I just don’t know how much more of this I can take. It’s really heart wrenching to keep getting punched in the gut like this. Do I take it too seriously? Of course, I’m a Cardinal fan.

I kind of wish the season were over and everyone could just heal up for next year. It ain’t happening this year…and I’m tired of the disappointments.

It is a major body blow, and it sure seems like we have to deal with it more than other teams for some reason. But I guess that’s one of the intangibles about sports at any level; you can look unbeatable on paper, but you never know when injuries will take their toll. Well…we’ve persevered so far, let’s hope the Birds can keep finding ways to win. I still have hope…

Maybe it’s not that bad (though some would say that if it’s not now, it will be after he sees Paletta), but it definitely doesn’t bode all that well. Will Wainwright now move back to the rotation, with McClellan and Perez finishing games?

Shut him down. The front office’s failure to acquire bullpen help has killed this season - dead. No sense wasting Carpenter in a lost season.

Speaking of Wainwright: He will up his total of pitches tonight to 40 or 45. That comes at the request of pitching coach Dave Duncan. No, not because he’s back in the rotation but because of something mentioned over the weekend — 25 pitches is a lot of pitches to get work in. With 40 or so pitches to work with, Wainwright can treat at-bats like at-bats instead of sprints to get through all of his pitches (curve, slider, cut, etc.).

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I agree with the above. Shut him down and save him for next year. This year is not worth risking long term damage to the kid’s arm.

I don’t think this team is very far off from being that team from 06 if the bullpen can attempt to show some heart and pitch effectively. Carpenter is fine it is just a tweak from such a long lay off. A healthy waino in a couple weeks if we can hang around the brewers will be a big boost. Can aaron miles get the the everyday second basemen job please?

Every little pain means caution coming back from one of these surgeries. Let’s hope it’s no big deal. Fortunately most of these Tommy John procedures work out very well. I really don’t expect much from Chris this year. It’ll be a “feel it out” type of process.

Let’s face it. We’re just not that good. One baseball axiom is you have to be strong up the middle. We’re not. The bullpen stinks and the front office decided this team wasn’t worth investing in. Only a Colorado-like run to end the season could save us now.

just keep this in mind for the off-season: The Padres want to trip payroll down to around $40 Mil. Peavy is going to earn 1/5 of that. We will need an open outfield spot for Rasmus. And some guys stuck in the minors that are MLB ready, just the wrong positions.

Just sayin’.

Play it safe with Carp! If it means him missing a turn or two in the rotation then do it. He has looked good so far in his three outings. He gave the Birds a shot at a win last night, but poor defense blew it.

At this point it appears that Waino is headed to the pen and probably to the closers role. I have previously advocated Carp as the closer , and maybe that now is something to consider seriously. It would releive stress from his arm, and he has not lost alot velocity wise on his FB. He has the makeup of a closer, with his good fastball and his big breaking ball. BTW, does it seem to anyone that Carp does not use his big curveball as often since his return? I think I might have only seen a few during the game last night. Nice to get some news, DG.

Until we hear what Dr. Paletta says about Carpenter, we don’t know how bad the situation really is. But as of now it doesn’t look good. Maybe we need to bring Wainwright back to the rotation. We do if Carpenter’s injury is bad.

The fact that Carp had not thrown a ball for a year and half has probably resulted in this injury. That area of his arm probably needs to get used to throwing again. Hopefully it is something that won’t take long to get back into shape with the right kind of rehab.

We all have seen what 4 or 5 innings out of our starters results in. If this club is going to make a run it will need a horse or two at the front end to take the pull off the back end. We need the kind of games that Penero pitched last night from all our starters otherwise the bullpen and the wild card ticket will both get burned up.