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By Tim Dierkes [March 12, 2008 at 8:21am CST]
Joel Pineiro's second bout of shoulder tightness this spring has the Cardinals scrambling for pitching help. Fortunately there are still a few names left on the market who are probably as good as Pineiro. One such pitcher is Kyle Lohse; the Cardinals put in an inquiry with Scott Boras recently.
GM John Mozeliak was upfront in saying that Pineiro's uncertainty changes the landscape for his team. If Lohse truly goes in the $4-5MM range we've been hearing about, that's a fine signing. Hell, Pineiro got two years and $13MM and was more questionable than Lohse at the time of the signing. Jeff Weaver and David Wells are the other two names we've heard linked to St. Louis this winter. A few people have asked me about Eric Milton. He had Tommy John surgery on June 15th, so he'd be of no help to the Cards right now.
Rockin' The Red gives five reasons why they think the Cards should sign Lohse, if you're interested.
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I am so glad to see so many free agents 'fail' this year....the salaries players are now getting is getting more and more redicuolous by the year. To me....Kyle Lohse at anything more than 5MM a year...is rediculous.
Posted by: cincy_11 | March 12, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Getting more and more desparate in STL. It's hard to point to any position other than Pujols (who has his own injury concerns)where the Cardinals are in good shape, most notably the starting rotation and MIF. It's going to be a little adjustment for a franchise used to winning.
Posted by: cardsfan05 | March 12, 2008 at 01:36 PM
"I am so glad to see so many free agents 'fail' this year....the salaries players are now getting is getting more and more redicuolous by the year. To me....Kyle Lohse at anything more than 5MM a year...is rediculous."
If you think about it, more and more teams are going with young pitchers while pitchers are not retiring like they used to (I mean, D.Wells and R.Clemens could both try to pitch at what, like 45 a pop?) Since pitchers are throwing late into their 30s while other teams are looking at rotations full of 25&unders ~ well, there will probably be more and more of these borderline guys being left out to dry in the upcoming years... I mean, we have guys like Marquis and C.Lee and 3-or-so in Mil, etc unwanted with FAs like Lohse still on the FA market, it seems to be holding true...
Posted by: darkstar1661 | March 12, 2008 at 02:34 PM
the season is saved, the season is saved. kyle lohse is coming to town. strike up the band. i dont like that comment about piniero being more questionable than lohse. anyone who said that didnt see him pitch for the cards last year, they just looked at numbers. piniero may have had his career derailed a bit, but hes a gamer. he is tough and he battles on the mound. when you go through an entire season and see two losers who have no backbone pitching every fifth day(im talking to you kip wells and anthony reyes) you can appreciate someone who fights out there. im not saying piniero is great but he has the makeup. lohse is a bum and wells or reyes dont even deserve to be talked about as big league pitchers.
Posted by: Joelcards | March 12, 2008 at 04:34 PM
I'm inclined to agree with Joelcards about Piniero; until the recent injury issue, I'd gladly take Joel Piniero over Kyle Lohse.
Piniero at least posted a decent line for 11 starts or so; I can't remember Lohse ever posting a sub 4 ERA, even in partial seasons after or before being dealt.
Posted by: Devlsh | March 12, 2008 at 06:52 PM