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Monday, April 09, 2007

AP: Cardinals’ Carpenter goes on disabled list with arthritis, elbow twinge

Cardinals staff ace Chris Carpenter was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday after an MRI exam in St. Louis revealed arthritis and a previously undiscovered impingement in his right elbow.

Carpenter, limited to one start this season, will rest for the next 10 days to two weeks and will be re-examined after that. The condition sometimes requires surgery but also can be cured by rest and treatment.
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With Carpenter unable to make his previously scheduled start Tuesday night in Pittsburgh, left-hander Randy Keisler was called up from Triple-A Memphis to pitch.

STL Post-Dispatch: Carpenter shelved

NTNgod Posted: April 09, 2007 at 07:50 PM | 20 comment(s)
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1. jamcadbury Posted: April 09, 2007 at 07:18 PM (#2330645)

Well, it was a good run Chris. Nice knowing ya.

2. Guts

Posted: April 09, 2007 at 07:42 PM (#2330673)

Good thing Looper is pitching well, eh? #### #### ####### ####.

3. Matt Clement of Alexandria Posted: April 09, 2007 at 07:54 PM (#2330691)

Great, and I still can't add a new pitcher to my ESPN fantasy team off waivers. #### you, ESPN.

4. Raskolnikov Posted: April 09, 2007 at 08:12 PM (#2330708)

Ouch, good thing Carpenter signed that extension. That was just this past offseason, right?

5. phredbird

Posted: April 09, 2007 at 08:31 PM (#2330722)

**throws chair**

6. Leroy Kincaid Posted: April 09, 2007 at 08:36 PM (#2330727)

ESPN's fantasy baseball sucks nearly as much as the Sporting News.

7. Craig K Posted: April 09, 2007 at 08:40 PM (#2330728)

*projectile vomits*

8. The George Sherrill Selection Posted: April 09, 2007 at 08:49 PM (#2330731)

*kicks puppy*

9. Raskolnikov Posted: April 09, 2007 at 08:54 PM (#2330736)

C'mon, Carpenter brought you guys a championship. You have to figure everything else on top of that is gravy.

10. Guts

Posted: April 09, 2007 at 09:17 PM (#2330755)

*flings gravy*

11. SoSHially Unacceptable Posted: April 09, 2007 at 09:49 PM (#2330786)

That's funny Guts.

12. Urban Bovine Knievel (Sheriff Blalock) Posted: April 09, 2007 at 09:56 PM (#2330792)

Which one of these buttons above is "panic"?

13. cardsfanboy

Posted: April 10, 2007 at 12:24 AM (#2330884)

if we had an average pitching coach like say Mazzone I would be worried, but with Duncan I'm not worried at all (although Keisler coming up isn't really a resounding positive)

14. Phil Coorey Needs To Know How To Kill A Cat Posted: April 10, 2007 at 02:48 AM (#2330908)

They'll be right, Central will be tight till the very end

15. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: April 10, 2007 at 08:26 AM (#2330971)

Wait, Keisler's really coming up? I assumed that was just someone's idea of a sick joke.

16. ghost of perros Posted: April 10, 2007 at 08:45 AM (#2330991)

Yahoo has the best roto game out there -- for free.

Obviously, Carpenter will be impossible to replace, and his loss puts the rest of the young pitching staff in jeopardy of blowing up trying to bear his weight. Maybe he can pitch through the pain this season without making his condition worse and correct it in the offseason, but for the long term, it's probably better to go ahead and fix it now.

Luckily, the Cards can probably absorb this hit and still compete in the NL Central.

17. retro-shiite Posted: April 10, 2007 at 05:08 PM (#2331509)

phredbird:
**throws chair**
Craig K:
*projectile vomits*
Pedro Feliz Navidad:
*kicks puppy*
Guts Posted:
*flings gravy*

retro-shiite:
*Says "welcome to my world, only with a WS title to show for it."*

18. Mister High Standards Posted: April 10, 2007 at 06:05 PM (#2331536)

if we had an average pitching coach like say Mazzone I would be worried, but with Duncan I'm not worried at all (although Keisler coming up isn't really a resounding positive)

Yeah, Dave Duncan has done great things with Mark Mulder. He is a good pitching coach, just not historicly great like Sain or Leo.

19. cardsfanboy

Posted: April 10, 2007 at 06:18 PM (#2331548)

wow, point to a failure, ok Mazzone has done great things with Victor Zambrano and Jason Schmidt. he's a good pitching coach but he hasn't caught/coached 7 different cy young winners has he?

20. Biscuit_pants Posted: April 11, 2007 at 07:09 AM (#2332060)

wow, point to a failure, ok Mazzone has done great things with Victor Zambrano and Jason Schmidt. he's a good pitching coach but he hasn't caught/coached 7 different cy young winners has he?

What?

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