After an abdominal strain caused him to take a few days off from any baseball activity, Cards ace Adam Wainwright returned to the mound Monday morning to throw a 30-40 pitch bullpen session, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Wainwright slowly increased the intensity of his pitches throughout the bullpen andRead More
The Cardinals will open Grapefruit League action Thursday against the Marlins with Carlos Martinez on the mound, manager Mike Matheny told reporters, including Brian Stull of St. Louis Baseball Weekly, on Monday. From Stull’s article: “We’ll have Carlos throw in the first one and Tyler Lyons will be backing him,”Read More
After receiving the “best possible news” regarding pain he felt in his abdominal area following an initial injury returning a weight to the weight rack, ace Adam Wainwright was back at the Cardinals Spring Training facilities Friday morning and outlined his plan regarding his recovery from an abdominal strain. WainwrightRead More
Despite a soggy day down in Jupiter, Florida on Friday, Mike Matheny made sure his club still got in some form of workout. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Matheny insisted the Cardinals would not lose a workout day to rain nor have their schedule upset. That required Matheny and hisRead More
Cardinals fans can now breathe a sign of relief, as rotation ace Adam Wainwright was diagnosed with an abdominal strain which is only expected to limit him completely for four or five days, general manager John Mozeliak told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “If all goes well, he should be full-goRead More
UPDATE: Wainwright shares injury details, expresses optimism: Just hours before leaving Jupiter, Florida Wednesday to return to St. Louis to see a specialist regarding abdominal pain he’s been suffering, Cards ace Adam Wainwright offered new details on the source of his injury and expressed optimism to reporters, including Cardinals.com’s JeniferRead More
Mark Ellis’ 2014 season with the Cardinals appears to have been his last in professional baseball, as the 37-year-old has decided to hang up his spikes after 12 big league seasons, he tells Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle: “It was definitely time,” Ellis told The Chronicle on WednesdayRead More
Even though the 39-year-old has played 15 years in the big leagues and is facing major left knee surgery that requires up to a year of rehab, veteran catcher Jose Molina isn’t ready to hang up his spikes just yet. But with Yadier’s assistance, the middle Molina brother has joinedRead More