JUPITER, Fla. • Excluding righthander Adam Wainwright, who didn’t play in the World Series in 2011, the Cardinals have four members of that championship club in camp. But two of them weren’t doing much on Thursday as spring training drills opened for batterymen.

Pitcher Jaime Garcia was one of those who threw a bullpen session on the first day, which is a story in itself because the oft-injured lefthander hasn’t always been available at the start of camp. Outfielder Matt Holliday took some swings in the batting cage, although he is not required to suit up officially until next week.

Righthander Lance Lynn, out for the season after Tommy John elbow surgery in November, was observing and, for the most part, so was catcher Yadier Molina, recovering from a second offseason surgery to repair ligament damage in his left thumb.

The Cardinals are hoping that Molina can be ready at, or near, the start of the season on April 3 but there are no guarantees.

General manager John Mozeliak said, “Day One, my take on this is he had one surgery and then he had to have a second. The last thing you want to do is to have a third, because that would be a problem.