The sky is not falling, the outlines of a dark shadow creeping Carpenter just a burden on the 2012 season. History teaches us that when the great man is evil, the Cardinals' rotation feels pain.
Carpenter was in fact excluded from the 2007 and 2008 with the elbow / nerve damage, and the Cardinals finished out of the money in both seasons. When the Cardinals were at least 28 deviations from the Carpenter in the season, they made the playoffs in five of six.
Since 2004, the Cardinals have a winning percentage in the 0639 play by Carpenter, winning percentage in 0540 games created by someone else. Of course, baseball is a team sport. But this team has achieved clearly better results, especially on weekdays from Carpenter.
Anxiety about the state of Carpenter justified.
At best, a carpenter drives a couple of months of rest and treatment, and appear in late May or early June, worst-case scenario does not like. Carpenter 37 27 April, and another operation may mean an end to his career.
Optimism comes easily in the spring, but at some point you have to stop the smell of azaleas and ponder the question: how the loss of support staff and the cardinals of the elite?
Champions World Series was about 17 seconds to enjoy the magnificent conquest of October to manager Tony La Russa to retire.
Don Tony for 16 seasons, the Cardinals finished fourth in the premier league in the regular season wins and the second in playoff wins.
Pitching coach Dave Duncan, the best in the industry, unofficially retired to devote his time and energy to the medical needs of his wife.
Check out free agent Albert Pujols has all but made the earth shake at Busch Stadium.
Even with the sudden withdrawal from Pujols, La Russa and Duncan, the Cardinals in 2012, was in good shape. With the addition of Carlos Beltran offender is a lot of stress, and Adam Wainwright back. The rotation is headed by Carpenter and Wainwright would form a solid firewall NL Central.
Now the Cardinals have to do without Carpenter, at least for some time - or perhaps permanently. How many teams can develop during the previous criteria movement without Pujols franchise, La Russa, Duncan, and a carpenter?
The challenge, even with the former core of St. Louis, who did not flinch when faced with resistance, adversity and chaos in 162 games.
Regardless of how a new manager and pitching coach, no matter how Beltran visits, no matter how many victories Wainwright game, neither team will be as strong after the removal of Pujols, La Russa, Duncan, and Carpenter. It is a shock to the system.
Now, before you hit me over the head with his 40-ouncer filled with red Kool-Aid, I understand that I am not predicting gloom - or even second place.
There is a lot like the 2012 Cardinals. The range of power bullpen arm in a lot of good starting pitchers and living in the NL Central.
Cardinals pitching coach Derek Lilliquist was good during his tenure as the PC at the end of last season, when Duncan took time off to deal with a medical crisis of his wife.
It's just too early to say, as a freshman, Mike Matheny Manager will manage a baseball game in real time and real-world problems piling up of the club, the pressure of losing streaks, the media, and flying debris.
Everything seems to be wrong in the NL Central.
Cincinnati Reds just took a big success, losing about Ryan Madson a new one which detonated his pitching elbow and will miss the 2012 season. Prince Fielder Milwaukee lost to free will, and a starting pitcher Shaun Marcum experiencing shoulder stiffness in the camp.
When Carpenter returns to 20 or more starts, the rotation must be maintained. Lance Lynn Carpenter inherits the place now, and a young starter has a longer arm and the confidence that he can get there in the big leagues.
The Cardinals will enter the rotation in 2012 Wainwright, Jaime Garcia, Kyle Lohse, Jake Westbrook and Lynn. Newbie Shelby Miller, № 1 term, may be in line for promotion in case of need.
You can never have enough starting pitching, and Roy Oswalt will look like waves in a single Cardinals right now. But at least the Cardinals have a sufficiently attractive internal options, it is not always the case when a carpenter is not enough.
In 2007, the Cardinals used Kip Wells (5.70 ERA) for 26 runs, Anthony Reyes (6.04 ERA) for 20 runs, and converted reliever Braden Looper (4.94 ERA) for 32 runs. They turned to Brad Thompson, Todd Wellemeyer, Mike Maroth and Randy Keisler for some 38 combined starts.
Goodness.
It was not so bad, because in 2008, Lohse 6.15 to 3.71 ERA after signing in late spring training. '08, The Cardinals had to rely on housing and feeds the looper and Wellemeyer, Duncan, the two projects. And they were very hard.
Carpenter is the Cardinals' X Factor in 2012. The world champion is not the same with him stuck in a repair shop, it's just a matter of how long it takes to fix it.
We all learned an important lesson at the end of last summer's insane to have a team early. In 2011, the Cardinals made a comeback late in the season of historic proportions.
Again, this command was Pujols, Carpenter, La Russa and Duncan.
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