Tommy John Surgery
Adam Wainwright went 5-0 in his first 5 starts in August with a tidy 1.47 ERA and .203 batting average against, and he looked to some as though he had finally made it all the way back from his Tommy John surgery. Then he blew up his last 2 starts to the tune of 11 […]
Rumors persist among Cardinal fans and scribes that Kyle McClellan is the logical fifth starter if Chris Carpenter can’t go because of persistent injury issues. I’ve gone on record here more than once as being opposed to this idea, and I haven’t changed my tune. As McClellan labored down the stretch, I wrote Save McClellan […]
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Tagged with: Adam Wainwright, Anthony Reyes, Braden Looper, Bullpen, Chris Carpenter, Jaime Garcia, Jeff Suppan, Joel Pineiro, John Mozeliak, Kyle Lohse, Kyle McClellan, Mike Parisi, Mitchell Boggs, Starting Rotation, thesouthern.com, Todd Wellemeyer, Tommy John Surgery
Why, you ask? Because I just read two statements that make me cringe in the same article about the procedure Albert Pujols had on his elbow today. The first: Pujols has elbow surgery Ok, not terribly surprising – and it sounds like it was a lesser surgery, one intended to minimize down time for El […]
I think it’s time to start thinking about shutting Kyle McClellan down (if he’s not unofficially done anyway) for the season, albeit what little is left of it. Kyle had another rough outing on Tuesday night, surrendering three runs in one-third of an inning. Unfortunately, this type of appearance has become all too common in […]
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Tagged with: Braden Looper, Bullpen, Jeff Suppan, John Mozeliak, Johnson City Cardinals, Kyle McClellan, NL Wild Card, Quad Cities River Bandits, Spring Training, Springfield Cardinals, St Louis Cardinals, Starting Rotation, Todd Wellemeyer, Tommy John Surgery
Well, that’s really where it all began, isn’t it? I apologize for my longer than anticipated absence, and in some ways, I’m not that sorry. I barely got to see any Cardinal baseball while I’ve been on ‘hiatus’, and that’s seemingly been a good thing. I hate to go down the path of pessimist, but […]
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Tagged with: Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Bullpen, Chris Carpenter, Chris Duncan, Chris Perez, Houston Astros, Injuries, Jaime Garcia, Jason Motte, Kyle McClellan, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Mets, NL Wild Card, Opening Day 2009, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Rick Ankiel, Spring Training 2009, St Louis Cardinals, Starting Rotation, Tommy John Surgery, Tony LaRussa, Uniforms