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Wainwright Placed on DL

Written by Mike on June 9, 2008 – 8:42 pm -

The Cardinals made it official today.  After meeting with team doctors to diagnose the finger injury that took him out the game in his last start, Adam Wainwright is added to the long list of disabled Cardinal pitchers.

Although fellow starter Joel Pineiro will be reactivated, Wainwright joins pitchers Chris Carpenter, Mark Mulder, Matt Clement, Jason Isringhausen, Brad Thompson, Tyler Johnson, Josh Kinney, and Kelvin Jimenez on the shelf. Todd Wellemeyer will miss his next scheduled start, but won’t need extended time off.

Luckily, the Cardinals have so many arms in which to try to fill the rotation.  The scheduled starter for tomorrow’s series opener in Cincinnati is Mitchell Boggs.  So far, there’s no word on who will pitch in Wainwright’s spot on Thursday.  Mike Parisi made two starts and several appearances in relief before being sent back down to Memphis. Of course Anthony Reyes is an option, as well as Cardinal reliever Kyle McClellan, and farmhands Jaime Garcia and Jess Todd.

Derrick Goold has more on Wainwright, and be sure to check out Bernie Miklasz’ take on the situation.

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