Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright out for the season with elbow injury..
Written by The Go-To-Man Mattie T. on February 26, 2011
One of the National League’s best pitchers will be shelved for the entire 2011 season, as St. Louis Cardinals’ ace Adam Wainwright will require Tommy John surgery to repair a ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.
Wainright has won 39 games in the past two seasons, has pitched over 230+ innings, struck out 210+ batters & more impressively, had 5 complete games in 2010 alone which was a career-high.
He’s finished in the top 3 in NL Cy Young voting in last of the last two seasons, but lost out respectively to Tim Lincecum & Roy Halladay.
The Cardinals will now place Chris Carpenter atop their rotation to start their season opener on March 31st against San Diego.
