Jason Isringhausen News: Pro Sports Daily

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September 14

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"On the brink of free agency and with a freshly repaired right elbow, Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen is so tantalizingly close to his 300th save that he is plotting a return for next season. "I'm sure I'm going to play," Isringhausen said Saturday from his St. Louis-area home. "I'm going to go through the rehab so that I can make that decision, but right now I plan on playing. We'll see how it goes from here." Isringhausen had surgery Friday on the flexor tendon group in his right elbow. The righthander said he will have his wrist immobilized by a splint for a few days and will probably begin rehabbing the arm in three to four weeks. He said the tear of the tendon was worse than the ..."

Surgery for Izzy

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September 6

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Jason Isringhausen, the Cardinals' all-time leader in saves, will have surgery on his right elbow next week, the team announced Friday. Isringhausen, who had explored treatments other than surgery, was placed on the disabled list Aug. 20 with a partially torn tendon in his pitching elbow. The righthander, whose contract expires at the end of this season, has said he wants to pitch next season, saying that it's just a matter of making sure the "body is able." The surgery, described by team official as necessary if Isringhausen planned to throw again, would allow him to recover by spring training. The righthander was twice bounced from the closer role this season and finishes the year with ..."

Isringhausen is not ready to give up

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August 24

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"The Cards' all-time saves leader considers having surgery on his elbow to help keep his career options open. It is almost certain Jason Isringhausen has thrown his last pitch for the Cardinals. But that is quite different from saying he has thrown his last pitch, period. The franchise's all-time saves leader returned to the team's clubhouse Friday afternoon, three days after telling teammates he was "done" due to a torn flexor muscle near his right elbow. On Tuesday, team medical supervisor Dr. George Paletta verified the diagnosis. Isringhausen spent Wednesday at home pondering whether he should seek surgery and try to rehab his way back to the major leagues or walk away from a ..."

Isringhausen eyes return

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August 21

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Jason Isringhausen has time before he'll have to decide if he walked away from a season or a career when he signed a few autographs and then left Busch Stadium early Tuesday afternoon. But he and his agent relayed Isringhausen's desire to pitch again. "Tons of desire," Isringhausen wrote in a text message to the Post-Dispatch on Wednesday. "Mind is willing. Just gotta get the body there." Late Tuesday, the Cardinals announced that Isringhausen would miss the rest of the season with a torn flexor muscle in his right elbow. Isringhausen, who turns 36 in September, has been prescribed rest. His agent, Dan Horwits, said doctors outlined two remedies for the righthander. The tear could heal on ..."

Izzy's out

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August 20

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"All-time Cardinals saves leader Jason Isringhausen walked away from the club Tuesday with what is believed to be a career-threatening torn flexor muscle near his right elbow. Team medical supervisor Dr. George Paletta confirmed the finding to general manager John Mozeliak Tuesday night after reading the results from a magnetic resonance imaging of the elbow, according to sources familiar with the situation. The Brighton, Ill., native knew enough about his condition before leaving Busch Stadium early Tuesday afternoon to inform some club personnel, "I'm done." The tear is located to the inside of Isringhausen's elbow, according to sources familiar with Paletta's finding, and causes him ..."

Izzy returns to closer role

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July 29

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"The Cardinals will attempt to restore order to their long-scrutinized bullpen by going back to what worked last season and in most of five seasons before that. The ninth inning again belongs to Jason Isringhausen. Pitching coach Dave Duncan notified Isringhausen early Monday afternoon that he would regain the role he lost more than two months ago when bruised confidence and a self-inflicted hand wound forced him to the disabled list and out of the role that has netted him 292 career saves. Several minutes after Duncan approached Isringhausen, manager Tony La Russa called Ryan Franklin into his office to inform Franklin that he would be returning to his former role as Isringhausen's set-up ..."

Izzy's place on team remains 'wild card'

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July 20

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"A manager's perfect world always includes a single, unchallenged closer who allows the remainder of the bullpen to offer structured roles to its remaining six (or seven) arms. The Cardinals enter Sunday's series finale arguably the National League's most surprising team. But the NL wild card leader is living in far from a perfect world.For confirmation, one only need ask manager Tony La Russa or exiled closer Jason Isringhausen, whose last save came May 5, 11 days before he went on the disabled list because of ineffectiveness and a right hand laceration. La Russa said recently that having a defined closer is "the best scenario, but this season, you take the circumstances that ..."

Closing situation

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July 14

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Manager Tony La Russa said Saturday night's bullpen debacle won't affect how he'll handle the closing situation.He still plans to lean on Ryan Franklin in the ninth and mix in Jason Isringhausen in save situations after the All-Star break, even after the veteran duo were accomplices in blowing a six-run lead."We had a chance to get out of it, and we didn't get away with anything," La Russa said the morning after a 12-11 loss. "I'm not going to focus only on Izzy, or each individual. That's a game that you can't lose, that we lost.""

Isringhausen's role

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July 13

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"The Cardinals' plan is to integrate Jason Isringhausen into save situations, but manager Tony La Russa said that doesn't mean they are prepping Isringhausen to assume his preferred role of closer."I know he's asking about it, I know he thinks he's ready," La Russa said before Saturday night's game at PNC Park. "When he's the best guy, he'll be there. I think it's good that he has the challenge to be the best. I don't think you can give that (role) away."Isringhausen didn't help his cause when he gave up a three-run homer in the ninth inning that was a vital part of the Pirates' comeback for a 12-11 win in 10 innings."

Notes: Izzy in knee brace

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June 29

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"The Cardinals decided Saturday to put reliever Jason Isringhausen in a knee brace rather than on the disabled list, keeping the franchise?s all-time saves leader available after he suffered an apparent right knee strain Thursday in Detroit. Isringhausen was unavailable for Saturday?s game against the Kansas City Royals and may be held out of Sunday?s series finale. But the club hopes he will be available for Monday night?s series opener against the New York Mets at Busch Stadium. Isringhausen, who felt "a pop" in the knee while stretching between innings of his last appearance, admitted the condition remains painful but insisted he could pitch with any discomfort if there is ..."

Cards plan to activate Izzy for KC series

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June 13

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Barring an unforeseen calamity in today's bullpen session, the Cardinals anticipate activating exiled closer Jason Isringhausen before next week's three-game series against the Kansas City Royals.Isringhausen drew positive reviews from Wednesday's 1 2/3-inning outing at Class AA Springfield and is scheduled to throw at Busch Stadium this afternoon for the first time since landing on the disabled list May 16."

Isringhausen is ready to return

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June 12

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Jason Isringhausen will return to Busch Stadium on Friday for the first time since being so "tired" and "frustrated" and "down," in his words, that he had to get away to get right.He hopes he's coming back to stay.Isringhausen threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings for the Cardinals' Class AA affiliate Wednesday, and afterward said he's headed to St. Louis to throw Friday for the Cardinals' brass. If that goes well, Isringhausen could be activated from the disabled list as early as this weekend.He described his mechanics as corrected, his confidence rebooted and himself ready to return to the bullpen, if not immediately as the closer."

Izzy pitches in rehab stint

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June 10

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen breezed through the first two innings of his rehabilitation road back to the major-league bullpen and his quest for 300 career saves.With Chris Carpenter and several Cardinals officials watching, Isringhausen threw 21 pitches and faced seven batters in two swift, scoreless innings for Palm Beach, the Cardinals' High-A affiliate, in Jupiter, Fla. Isringhausen started the game against the Phillies' High-A club to help define his rehab schedule and give him a clean slate from which to work."