Getty Images The badly-slumping Cardinals have dropped three straight games and five of their last eight. And now they’ve also lost a member of their starting rotation for a yet-to-be-determined amount of time.
According to MLB.com’s Jenifer Langosch, right-hander Jake Westbrook suffered a strained right oblique during his start Saturday night against the Brewers. He has been ruled out for his next turn and there’s a chance he won’t pitch again in the regular season, pending the results of an upcoming exam.
Westbrook has registered a 3.97 ERA and 1.39 WHIP across 174 2/3 innings (28 starts) for second-place St. Louis. The 34-year-old sinkerballer landed a one-year contract extension earlier this summer.
Shelby Miller, Trevor Rosenthal and Lance Lynn are all candidates to take the vacant rotation spot.
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- maynardstool - Sep 9, 2012 at 2:51 PM
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It’s gotta be Miller. Lynn is gassed and I don’t think Rosenthal is good enough to be a major league starter.
Westbrook has been terrible since signing his extension. Very dumb and pointless decision to do that in-season.
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- okwhitefalcon - Sep 9, 2012 at 5:11 PM
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Much will be known tomorrow after Chris Carpenter’s bullpen, if all goes well he’s starting Saturday in LA – hard to believe..
I think we may see a Rosenthal/Miller (or vice versa) piggy back Thursday, who knows at this point..
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- stlouis1baseball - Sep 10, 2012 at 10:57 AM
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Things are going real well for us right now. Looking great!
