High-profile cardiac arrests, like Damar Hamlin’s, have really brought the importance of life-saving skills to the spotlight.

Brewers manager Pat Murphy pauses for a second, then smiles. A play that defines William Contreras? That’s easy. “The \[Justin\] Verlander at-bat,” Murphy said, as if recalling a masterpiece.

It was around this time a year ago that Jared Jones properly burst onto the Major League radar. He had been a highly-rated prospect ever since the Pirates took him in the second round of the 2020 Draf ...