[bigboydan]

Chris Carpenter is out for the season and will have Tommy John surgery next week. I guess that means the Cardinals are done this year now officially.

[Razz]

Yep. I hope they call up Ankiel, I hear he is having a huge year in the minors.

[bigboydan]

He actually is doing quite well down there surprisingly IMO. They will probably call him in for September call ups for sure Razz.

[onlooker]

Thanks for the heads up Dan. I can now drop his ass off the DL of my fantasy team.

[tullamore]

I believe the cards are waiting until september to call up ankiel, because if they call him up, they can only send him down if he clears waivers because he is out of options

[isetcap]

This essentially means that his will be worthless for next season also. It will be 2009 before he has value again. Meanwhile, Pujols must be looking around each day wondering what the hell happened to his team.

[bigboydan]

There is not trade talk going on here right now either, which is surprising considering what the owners said during the off season. They said if they were with in striking distance they would make a trade to get some more pitching help if need be.

[Razz]

There is not trade talk going on here right now either, which is surprising considering what the owners said during the off season. They said if they were with in striking distance they would make a trade to get some more pitching help if need be.

But realistically Dan, who are other teams going to receive if they send STL a decent pitcher? Duncan is the only guy who comes to mind, and I don't see them getting rid of him.

[Doc JS]

This essentially means that his will be worthless for next season also. It will be 2009 before he has value again.

Agree 100%. It really makes no sense for him to try and pitch next year. Maybe a rehab outing or two next September. But if you're the Cards, you can't count on anything before 2009.

Meanwhile, Pujols must be looking around each day wondering what the hell happened to his team.

I know they won the World Series, but it's not like they were a great team last year. They were what, 83-78 or something like that? They won a weak division. Got hot at the right time. And the Detroit pitchers couldn't field their position. And before you knew it, they were World Series champions.

I was watching the Cards/Braves game last night, they put up a graphic that showed how many injuries they've had just this year. Mulder, Carpenter, Rolen...the list just went on and on. That's what's happened to Albert's team...

[moses millsap]

They need to go with the young guys and leave the dinosaurs on the bench.

Duncan should just become a DH the way he plays out in the field.