Chris Carpenter (1 Viewer)

[Statorama]

His visit with Dr. James Andrews is complete, and the Cardinals are being hush-hush about the results. I'd appreciate any updates, as he's currently burning a spot on my bench as a keeper for next year.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Word is that he had soreness in his elbow last week, which is a definite setback. Realistically, I am not expecting him to come back this year. To rush him back would be extremely foolish.

And not to be nit-picky, but his first name is spelled with an 'h.' You should be able to correctly spell the name of one of the best pitchers of the last half decade, ya know.

 

[MAC_32]

It'd have to be a real deep keeper league and I'd have to have a relativevly weak roster for me to consider keeping Carpenter.

 

[Statorama]

It'd have to be a real deep keeper league and I'd have to have a relativevly weak roster for me to consider keeping Carpenter.

The keeper rules are really restrictive, but it would be worth burning a roster spot in season A to have a staff ace in season B.

 

[Statorama]

Word is that he had soreness in his elbow last week, which is a definite setback. Realistically, I am not expecting him to come back this year. To rush him back would be extremely foolish. And not to be nit-picky, but his first name is spelled with an 'h.' You should be able to correctly spell the name of one of the best pitchers of the last half decade, ya know.

I must have been thinking about that guy that "only catches touchdowns". I'll make the change

 

[MAC_32]

It'd have to be a real deep keeper league and I'd have to have a relativevly weak roster for me to consider keeping Carpenter.

The keeper rules are really restrictive, but it would be worth burning a roster spot in season A to have a staff ace in season B.

The chances of him being a staff ace in season B are not good given what's happened to him over the last 14 months.

 

[Statorama]

It'd have to be a real deep keeper league and I'd have to have a relativevly weak roster for me to consider keeping Carpenter.

The keeper rules are really restrictive, but it would be worth burning a roster spot in season A to have a staff ace in season B.

The chances of him being a staff ace in season B are not good given what's happened to him over the last 14 months.

Yeah, I was kinda hoping he'd pitch the last two months of this year and shake the rust off.

 

[Statorama]

Carpenter cleared

Back from a quick trip to Alabama to learn his rehab can continue on a scaled-back schedule but continue nonetheless, Chris Carpenter said he plans to throw a side session at Busch Stadium and get back to Florida shortly so he can face hitters.

The Cardinals ace, recovering from Tommy John surgery in his right elbow, said specialist Dr. James Andrews confirmed Cardinals team doctor reports that there was nothing structurally wrong with the joint. Carpenter classified it as part of the pain of recovery and described as something he’s “going to have to push through.”

“Everybody is different,” Carpenter said at Busch before Tuesday night’s game. “Unfortunately mine went through pain at 10 ½ months. If I had this issue in February when I first started throwing, there would be no issue. … My ligament and my reconstruction looks good. Everybody reacts differently.

“It’s just a frustrating process.”

Carpenter halted his throwing progress and his rehab last week after experiencing pain during a 60-pitch simulated game. He met with Cardinals team doctors Friday and flew to Birmingham, Ala., on Monday for a second opinion with one of the most renowned orthopedic surgeons in the field. Both sides concurred, Carpenter said. There was nothing wrong with his elbow that would require surgery — nothing structurally wrong with the joint itself, its ligaments or the nerve, which sometimes requires transposition after a surgery of this type.

The news, as Carpenter described it, is “good.”

Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said that he still expects Carpenter to pitch sometime this season for the big-league team. It won’t be the previously believed All-Star break target date, but even after slowing down Carpenter’s schedule to accomodate more rest between appearances and fewer pitches in those appearances, Mozeliak sees Carpenter returning to Busch, to start, sometime this summer.

“We’ve changed his throwing program a bit,” Mozeliak said. “We’re hopefully he can pitch in 2008.”