# MLB: July 2023

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** baseball-mlb\
**Created:** [July 2, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2023/986430 "2023-07-02T01:00:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2023/986430/3 "2023-07-02T06:50:24Z")

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Some info on why Willson Contreras was [removed from the starting catcher](https://fansided.com/2023/07/01/mlb-rumors-new-info-willson-contreras-demotion-shocking/) position earlier this year:

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> “I found out something, I was talking to a lot of the Cardinal people. The reason that they took Contreras out from behind the plate, he was calling pitches that the pitcher on the mound didn’t have… He would be calling for a cutter, for a pitcher that didn’t throw a cutter. The pitchers were going crazy.”

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