Adam Wainwright News: Pro Sports Daily

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August 24

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Still classified by the Cardinals as a start-to-start starter, Adam Wainwright did will enough in his return Friday to merit a start Wednesday, in the homestand finale against Milwaukee. Manager Tony La Russa confirmed Saturday his starting pitchers for the two-game series against the wild-card-leading Brewers. Todd Wellemeyer will go Tuesday and Wainwright, fresh from his six-inning start and win Friday, will follow. "Pencil everything in and you adjust as you go," La Russa said of fitting his rotation around the schedule. "We are trying to win games and we have got no cushion. Quite literally, we're game to game. Look at how we've done it all year long. We're not going to make ..."

Wainwright will start Friday

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August 21

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Manager Tony La Russa today finally answered the burning question of what to do with righthander Adam Wainwright. La Russa said Wainwright, who has had a sprained middle finger on his right hand, will start Friday night here against the Atlanta Braves. Wainwright, who had lobbied La Russa to return to the rotation rather than coming back as a reliever, will be making his first appearance in the majors since he got hurt on June 7 at Houston. La Russa said that righthander Joel Pineiro, who was to have started Friday, will back up Wainwright, who is targeted to go as high as 80 pitches. "(Wainwright) feels like he's 100 percent and ready to go," La Russa said. In theory, Wainwright then ..."

Wainwright says he's ready

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August 20

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Suggesting a modification of the team's previously stated blueprint, disabled Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright insisted Tuesday he is ready to pitch, preferably in the team's starting rotation as early as Friday's series opener against the Atlanta Braves. Wainwright completed a bullpen throw Tuesday little more than an hour after fellow disabled starter Chris Carpenter threw for about 10 minutes in the Busch Stadium outfield. Tuesday's abbreviated session was Carpenter's first throw since leaving an Aug. 10 start against the Chicago Cubs with posterior shoulder discomfort. Carpenter emerged insisting that he experienced no residual pain; however, it is increasingly clear that Wainwright ..."

Wainwright in pitching limbo

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August 18

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"The Cardinals have not yet decided when Adam Wainwright will be activated or even how he will be used. But it is increasingly apparent to pitching coach Dave Duncan that the staff's current needs call for Wainwright and Chris Carpenter to perform different chores. In other words, Duncan is not projecting Wainwright and Carpenter as 40 percent of the late August or September rotation. "It's unlikely. I'm not saying it couldn't happen. But it's unlikely," Duncan said before Sunday's loss to the Reds. Duncan spoke to Wainwright after the pitcher's 4 2/3-inning rehab start Saturday night at Class AA Springfield. Wainwright struck out seven, did not allow a run and told Duncan he had much ..."

Wainwright's rehab

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August 17

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Adam Wainwright pitched well enough and felt good enough in Saturday's rehab start for Class AA Springfield to say he's ready for whatever role awaits in the majors. "I feel like I'm ready, for sure," Wainwright said in a phone interview after his 4 2/3 scoreless innings. "Eighty (pitches) would be no problem (in the next start). Eighty-five would be no problem. I'm ready for that. I just have to wait and see what role I'm in." Rehabbing a severely sprained right middle finger, Wainwright threw 64 pitches, and of the 14 outs he worked, half were strikeouts. Most of those strikeouts were on his off-speed pitches, including a curve that was the best it has been, Wainwright said. The ..."

Wainwright's role up in air

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August 13

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Even as Chris Carpenter made his way to St. Louis to meet with the team doctor about pain in his right arm, the Cardinals began to prepare in case the righthanded pitcher misses more than just Friday's start. That includes a change in Adam Wainwright's rehab plan. Carpenter, who was removed from Sunday's game after feeling discomfort in his right triceps, met with Dr. George Paletta and was diagnosed with a muscle strain in his posterior shoulder, the area on the backside of the shoulder near the joint. The club released a statement late Tuesday night saying a scan showed no damage to Carpenter's rotator cuff. The righthander will rejoin the team in Florida, though he will miss his start ..."

Wainwright continues to improve

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August 12

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Adam Wainwright continued his climb back toward the majors and his planned late-inning role in the Cardinals' bullpen with an increase in pitches and an improvement in performance Monday. He threw 48 pitches in Memphis in his three innings for the Cardinals' Class AAA affiliate. The righthander allowed four hits, two runs (both earned) and struck out two and was not involved in the decision in a 3-2 loss to New Orleans. At pitching coach Dave Duncan's urging, the Cardinals upped Wainwright's pitch count from the planned 25. Duncan said it was "to give him a better chance to work on all of his pitches." In his first rehab start Friday, Wainwright had to throw his curveball at odd counts ..."

Wainwright waiting; La Russa miffed at media

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July 30

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Pitcher Adam Wainwright will not go on a rehab assignment Friday after mixing in only "about eight strikes" during a bullpen session Tuesday. Pitching coach Dave Duncan previously suggested Wainwright could go out Friday if Tuesday's session was flawless. However, manager Tony La Russa insisted Tuesday that Duncan's comments were intentionally misrepresented and that no plan was in place to begin Wainwright's rehab this week. La Russa was also miffed by media queries about Wainwright's role -- starter or closer? -- once he returns from a sprained right middle finger. General manager John Mozeliak estimated Wainwright's rehab would begin in seven to 10 days, suggesting Aug. 5 as a target ..."

Wainwright ready to rehab

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July 29

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"The timeline may be written in pencil, but barring complications during today's bullpen session pitcher Adam Wainwright will begin a rehab assignment Friday with an abbreviated start for an unspecified affiliate. Wainwright was noncommittal about what might be planned. "I plan on throwing a side (today) and finding out what's next after that," he said. Last week, Wainwright believed he might be 2 1/2 weeks away from being activated. He has been on the disabled list since early June after suffering damage to the sheath protecting his right middle finger during a start in Houston. Pitching coach Dave Duncan did not project Wainwright's role upon returning, but an abbreviated rehab would ..."

No surgery for Wainwright

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June 11

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"The club will probably put Wainwright on the disabled list today with what it describes as a sprained right middle finger but is more specifically a tear of a "pulley" that connects to the finger's flexor tendon.The injury, which forced Wainwright from Saturday night's start against the Houston Astros, is less serious than a tear of the flexor tendon itself and, according to the club, will not require surgery. However, it is not considered minor."

Wainwright heading to DL

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June 10

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright spent most of Monday meeting with doctors about the injured middle finger on his pitching hand, and ended the day with the finger in a splint and an uncertain timetable for his return.Wainwright will be placed on the 15-day disabled list today with a sprained finger, the Cardinals announced Monday evening. It will be at least a week before the righthander grabs a baseball."