A positive sign from this practice was Beck throwing the ball with his formerly injured arm. He was spotted working on his own, laying on his back tossing the ball in the air like a child would to ...

The pass was a few yards short of the end zone, but receiver Drew Pearson outmuscled the only defender contesting him for the ball ... and throw a pass that traveled 61 yards in the air to tight ...

With pitchers throwing harder ... as Dawson put it. But someone like Contreras with lots of power? “We would like William to hit the ball in the air – on a line,” Dawson said.

That's because New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, who had corralled third baseman Jonathan Arauz's off-line throw, fired the ball deep into the stands along Busch Stadium's first base line.