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JUPITER, Fla. — The Cardinals have a clear vision who they expect to ultimately be their left fielder for the bulk of the upcoming season, but until they know when Lars Nootbaar will step out of his rehab from surgeries and into the lineup they’re canvassing the roster, infield and out, for the right fit in left.

Bryan Torres, a utility fielder, started in left field Saturday, and he is only the third fielder to start their for a second time. Through the first eight Grapefruit League games, the Cardinals have started five different left fielders.

JUPITER, Fla. — Rain held off enough around Roger Dean Stadium on Saturday afternoon, allowing the Cardinals to finish off a 10-2 win over the Marlins that was catapulted by a six-run second inning started by a two-run homer from Cesar Prieto.

Later in the second inning, the Cardinals received two-out, RBI singles from top prospect JJ Wetherholt, Jordan Walker and Jimmy Crooks, who opened the inning with a single to right field.

JUPITER, Fla. — Taking the mound on Saturday for a live session of batting practice that had him scheduled for a workload reflective of three innings on Saturday, Hunter Dobbins felt his tempo on the mound in the first frame was just “a little too slow.�

The issues with his pace led the Cardinals right-hander to talk with catcher Yohel Pozo after the inning ended as he looked to shift gears when he returned to the mound.

JUPITER, Fla. — When last Michael McGreevy started a spring game at Roger Dean Stadium, he knew something wasn't quite right about the baseballs.

He tossed one chewed-up one aside only to receive another one.

If you have an extra $12 million, you could own former St. Louis Cardinals great Matt Holliday's Oklahoma home.

The compound on 138 acres just outside Holliday's hometown of Stillwater, Oklahoma, features a professionally lit baseball field and a 7,500-square-foot living area.

JUPITER, Fla. — Thomas Saggese has questions for the host of the Best Podcast in Baseball.

Moments after finishing his first ever start in center field for the Cardinals, Saggese joins baseball writer Derrick Goold to talk about the transition to a new position and how much work he wants there before playing it in the regular season. But that's not all.

JUPITER, Fla. — When JJ Wetherholt got a swing off on the first pitch he saw Friday against the Mets in his at-bat against St. Louis native Devin Williams, all the top Cardinals prospect was looking for was to try and hit a ball to left-center field.

The pitch, an 89.1 mph cutter the two-time All-Star reliever placed up in the strike zone, cut in on the barrel of Wetherholt’s bat and came off it with a 105.4 mph exit velocity. The fly ball traveled 422 feet to straightaway center field and hit high off the batter’s eye for a leadoff homer in the fourth inning of the Cardinals’ 14-3 Grapefruit League loss at Roger Dean Stadium.

JUPITER, Fla. — With both the commissioner (of MLB) and the governor (of FLA) in attendance Friday for a visit from the New York Mets, the Cardinals showcased the power potential of their top prospect and some pitchers still getting their footing and also, well, there was that power potential from their top prospect.

JJ Wetherholt's first hit of spring training was also his first home run of spring training as he briefly put the Cardinals back in the game in the fourth inning.

JUPITER, Fla. — Unhappy with a fastball that should have finished off the at-bat but instead veered outside and into a walk for the batter, Cardinals starter Dustin May shook his head and denied the hitter taking a base.

“One more pitch,� he said from the mound.

JUPITER, Fla. — After getting his first outfield innings as a pro and getting just one ball hit to him, Thomas Saggese is set for another start in the outfield Friday in the Cardinals’ spring tuneup vs. the Mets.

Saggese, who started in left field and had just one ball hit to him Thursday vs. the Astros, is starting in center field when the Cardinals face the Mets at Roger Dean Stadium.