WAINWRIGHT ... to have tommy john???

[bigsportsguy2006]

UT OHHHHHHHH cardinals fans ...

Spring training 2011: St. Louis Cardinals' Adam Wainwright injures throwing elbow - ESPN

doesn't look good

[smitch124]

Wow that would be a huge blow, are the Cardinal team totals still up?

[Dr. Jack]

Ouch! Long year for Cards this year

[bigsportsguy2006]

smitch i just checked ... my site didnt have team win totals up at all yet, but i am looking at odds to win the central right now ... still up ... problem for me is i think reds/cubs/brewers could all win it... plus tommy john not confirmed, but they are saying it 'doesnt look good' as you can read in that article

[NightCap424]

A couple friends of mine deep into baseball said some reports have already said he is going to HAVE to have the surgery.

[chibob]

Brings tears to my eyes

[PHILLYBIRDS20]

cubs still 3rd in division

[Windy City Irish]

take brewers over now

[TN TITAN Fan In STL]

Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak confirmed Thursday that Adam Wainwright will undergo Tommy John surgery.

Tough break for the Cardinals and one of the game's most talented pitchers. Tommy John surgery usually requires 12 to 18 months of rehabilitation, so Wainwright won't be back on a major league mound until the first half of next season, at the earliest. The Cardinals plan to look at a number of internal options to replace him in the starting rotation, including Kyle McClellan, Ian Snell, Lance Lynn, Brian Tallet and Miguel Batista, but they could also be in the mix for free agents Kevin Millwood and Jeremy Bonderman. Either way, he's next to impossible to replace.

[Slammer]

That article didn't really suggest Brian Tallet as a possible replacement, did it? He was bad in 2009 and got worse last year and really has only had one year where he started a lot of games.

[NightCap424]

Mitchell Boggs (back) and Chris Carpenter (hamstring) both sustained injuries today.....yikes for Cards fans