Wainwright To Join Cards Starting Rotation

Adam Wainwright is working on making the transition back to the Cardinals starting rotation this spring. Nearly everybody who watched Wainwright strike out 15 batters over 9 2/3 scoreless relief innings last October expected him to emerge as a top closer this year, but Jason Isringhausen is healthy and the Cards are in dire need of starting pitching. Besides, prior to last year, Wainwright was a starter for his entire professional career. There’s still a chance he could be ushered back into the closing role, but it would probably take another Isringhausen injury and a series of other bullpen calamities for that to happen. For the record, Wainwright’s last run as a starter resulted in a 10-10 record with a 4.40 ERA, 1.40 WHIP and 147 strikeouts over 182 innings at Triple-A Memphis in 2005.
Source: MLB.com