Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras threw a bat that mistakenly hit his own coach and tossed bubble gum on the field after he was ejected in St.

Contreras, 33, entered Monday hitting .261/.345/.460 (125 OPS+) with 19 home runs and 70 runs batted in over the course of 120 games. His contributions were estimated to have been worth 2.3 Wins Above Replacement, according to the calculations hosted at Baseball Reference.

Willson Contreras is not happy after his ejection and has to be held back from the umpire and mistakenly hits Cardinals coach Brant Brown with his bat.

The Pittsburgh Pirates start their four-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium with a lineup featuring many changes. Bryan Reyn

The Cardinals fanbase is not responding well to the team's trend of mediocre play that has spanned the past three seasons.