Joel Pineiro
The news at ESPN.com is that and MRI has revealed that Chris Carpenter has a strain in his pitching *shoulder*, not a triceps strain as previously thought and reported. LaRussa and Duncan are already preparing to use either Brad Thompson or Jaime Garcia in Carpenter’s rotation slot on Friday. In yet another setback for a […]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Brad Thompson, Chris Carpenter, Dr. George Paletta, ESPN.com, Jaime Garcia, Joel Pineiro, Kyle Lohse, Mark Mulder, STLToday.com
Fresh off of a two-inning, one hit, no runs performance yesterday afternoon, Jason Isringhausen is hopefully feeling a little better about himself. I hope that Tony doesn’t feel the same. Sure, Izzy finally put together some pitches, even throwing most for strikes. This does not in the slightest form mean that he should be allowed […]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Braden Looper, Bullpen, Chris Carpenter, Chris Perez, Clayton Kershaw, Dave Duncan, Jaime Garcia, Jason Isringhausen, Joel Pineiro, Kyle Lohse, Kyle McClellan, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ron Villone, Russ Springer, Ryan Franklin, Starting Rotation, Tony LaRussa
Cardinal starting pitcher Joel Pineiro gave the team a much needed seven inning start last night against the Dodgers. Pineiro wasn’t particularly sharp early, surrendering three runs in the first three innings, but the big Cardinal fourth inning – puntuated by back-to-back home runs by Albert Pujols and Ryan Ludwick (is there an internal MVP […]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Braden Looper, Bullpen, Chris Carpenter, Chris Perez, Jason Isringhausen, Joel Pineiro, Kansas City Royals, Kyle Lohse, Los Angeles Dodgers, NL Wild Card, Ryan Ludwick, Starting Rotation, Todd Wellemeyer, Tony LaRussa
First big-league save tonight for Chris Perez! This was a big one for the Cards, and it was even of the multiple inning variety (1 2/3)! Perez bailed out the bullpen after a marvelous seven inning start by Joel Pineiro. My boy Brad Thompson was ineffective in one-third of an inning, proving I should never […]
Note: Preprogrammed thread written prior to Friday night’s game – so this does not take into account any further bullpen implosions. Assume no trades are made – make any assumptions you like with players already in the organization. Set your ideal pitching staff for the rest of the season. Mine is like this: SP Chris […]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Anthony Reyes, Brad Thompson, Braden Looper, Bullpen, Chris Carpenter, Chris Perez, Jaime Garcia, Jason Isringhausen, Joel Pineiro, Kyle Lohse, Kyle McClellan, Mark Worrell, Mike Parisi, Mitchell Boggs, Randy Flores, Ron Villone, Ryan Franklin, Starting Rotation, Todd Wellemeyer, Tony LaRussa
With the trade deadline fast approaching, and every post I write seemingly spouting off about “why can’t we trade this minor-leaguer for an All-Star?”, I thought it appropriate to get some information from a better source. Erik from Future Redbirds was gracious enough to take the time to answer some (admittedly) off-the-cuff questions about the […]
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Tagged with: Aaron Miles, Adam Ottavino, Adam Wainwright, Alan Embree, Anthony Reyes, Brett Wallace, Brian Barton, Brian Fuentes, Bryan Anderson, Chris Carpenter, Chris Duncan, Chris Perez, Clayton Mortensen, Colby Rasmus, Daryl Jones, Future Redbirds, George Sherrill, Huston Street, Jaime Garcia, Jarrett Hoffpauir, Jeff Weaver, Jess Todd, Joe Mather, Joel Pineiro, John Mozeliak, Jon Jay, Lance Lynn, Mark Ellis, Mark Grudzielanek, Mark Worrell, Mike Parisi, Mitchell Boggs, Nick Stavinoha, Nico Vasquez, Pete Kozma, Q&A, Rick Ankiel, Ryan Ludwick, Sean Danielson, Shane Robinson, Skip Schumaker, Terry Evans, Tommy Pham, Tyler Greene, Tyler Herron
Now, before everyone attacks me about this being a rebuilding year and the Cards shouldn’t be giving up propects for rentals, don’t sell the farm, they’re in this position because Walt Jocketty mortgaged the future for now, etc., please listen. It doesn’t have to be a big move. I’m not talking about shipping out Colby […]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Anthony Reyes, Arthur Rhodes, Baltimore Orioles, Braden Looper, Brendan Ryan, Brian Fuentes, Bullpen, CC Sabathia, Chicago Cubs, Chris Carpenter, Chris Duncan, Colby Rasmus, Damaso Marte, Doug Melvin, George Sherrill, Jack Wilson, Jarrod Washburn, Jason Bay, Jay Gibbons, Joe Mather, Joel Pineiro, John Grabow, John Mozeliak, Jon Jay, Kelvin Jimenez, Ken Rosenthal, Kyle Lohse, Kyle McClellan, Matt Holliday, Milwaukee Brewers, Mitchell Boggs, Randy Flores, Ray Durham, Ron Villone, Shane Robinson, Todd Wellemeyer, Tony LaRussa, Viva El Birdos, Walt Jocketty
It’s that wonderful time of the baseball season called the All-Star Break where, regardless of your team’s current position in the standings, discussion inevitably turns to what might happen in the post-season. Who’s going to be a free agent? What players are sure to be traded (perhaps even at this season’s deadline)? What are the […]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Anthony Reyes, Brad Thompson, Braden Looper, Bullpen, Chris Carpenter, Chris Perez, Dave Duncan, Jaime Garcia, Joel Pineiro, Kyle Lohse, Kyle McClellan, Mark Mulder, Mark Worrell, Mike Parisi, Mitchell Boggs, Orel Hershiser, Randy Flores, Ron Villone, Russ Springer, Starting Rotation, Todd Wellemeyer
*Sigh* Another rain delay. Bad for baseball, good for writing. As I reflected further last night and today on the big trades that took place in the NL Central earlier in the week – for those not paying attention, the Brewers got CC Sabathia and the Cubs got Rich Harden – the more I’m convinced […]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, AJ Burnett, Anthony Reyes, Ben Sheets, Carlos Zambrano, CC Sabathia, Chad Gaudin, Chicago Cubs, Chris Carpenter, Colby Rasmus, Cole Hamels, Danny Haren, Erik Bedard, Jaime Garcia, Jayson Stark, Jim Hendry, Joel Pineiro, John Mozeliak, Kyle Lohse, Manny Parra, Mark Mulder, Milwaukee Brewers, Mitchell Boggs, Rich Harden, Rick Ankiel, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Ludwick, Todd Wellemeyer
From my Sunday Spitballs – 06.08.08 post: Anyone else feel like the Cardinals badly need a sweep? It should’ve happened in the Nats series, but instead Ryan Franklin did his best Jason Isringhausen imitation. They really need to get on a tear to get some confidence back, it would seem. Sooner or later, the Cubs […]
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Tagged with: Albert Pujols, Brandon Phillips, Jason Isringhausen, Joel Pineiro, Paul Janish, Randy Flores, Ryan Franklin, Tony LaRussa, Troy Glaus
