Cardinals' Yadier Molina Day-to-Day After Suffering Knee Injury vs. Reds

St. Louis Cardinals star Yadier Molina exited Saturday's game against the Cincinnati Reds and is considered day-to-day with a left knee contusion.

Molina took a foul ball off the bat of Kyle Farmer while working behind the plate in the fourth inning. The Cardinals brought on Andrew Knizner as their new catcher once the nine-time All-Star was deemed unavailable.

Molina entered Saturday batting .279 with seven home runs, 27 RBI and a .497 slugging percentage, the last of which is his highest since 2012. He ranks 11th in WAR (1.2) among catchers so far, per FanGraphs.

Simply by remaining an everyday catcher, the 38-year-old continues to defy Father Time. Unlike most notable backstops, he has yet to make a full-time move to first base.

At 31-27, the Cardinals are 1.5 games back of the first-place Chicago Cubs in the National League Central. They're 3.5 games off the final wild-card spot in the NL, with the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers leading that race.

St. Louis closes out its four-game set with the Reds on Sunday and has a two-game series with Cleveland between off days Monday and Thursday.

Since Molina's injury doesn't appear to be too serious, his time out of the lineup could be minimal.

That could be good news for the Cards since Knizner is batting .225 with a .319 slugging percentage through 54 games over three seasons.

And considering Paul DeJong and Harrison Bader are both on the injured list, manager Mike Shildt can ill afford to be without another regular contributor in his lineup.