St. Louis Cardinals righthander Chris Carpenter has been scratched from his scheduled start Monday because of his ongoing neck pain, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.
As a result, Carpenter’s scheduled opening-day start could go to co-ace Adam Wainwright, who will make his first start Friday after his recovery from Tommy John surgery last spring.
Carpenter, whose throwing session Friday was canceled, left the team’s camp Friday morning to get a second opinion, according to the newspaper. He returned a few hours later but did no throwing.
Prior to camp, there was some concern about how Carpenter’s workload in 2011 might affect him this season. Including the postseason, Carpenter, 36, threw 273 innings in 2011.
In 34 regular seasons starts last season, Carpenter was 11-9 with a 3.45 ERA. He started six times in the postseason, including twice on short rest and three times in the World Series. - http://aol.sportingnews.com/
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