Chris Carpenter

[Pogotheostrich]

Press conference today at Busch, Mozeliak says Carpenter is unlikely to pitch this year. Speculation is he will retire.

[ironman]

That's a shame. Obviously looking at my avatar I'm not exactly a Cards fan, but I always appreciated Carpenter's play.

[ironman]

That being said do the Cards go back to Lohse now? I also heard suggestions on MLB radio this morning about making a trade for Bud Norris. That's just speculation but Norris back in the NL Central would be a nice fantasy sleeper.

[ayebatter]

If he retires doesn't he then give up his 2013 salary, if so I'd imagine he doesn't make this an official announcement but talks about his 2014 comeback.

[ccwindsong]

All the reports point to retirement...he would be 38 next season.

[GiantsFan14]

All the reports point to retirement...he would be 38 next season.

Yes, but it's pretty rare for a guy to just walk away leaving $12 million on the table. Unlikely he straight up retires.

[Ender]

The classy move would be to just retire and you know how the Cardinals are classy... only they never do the classy thing and there is no reason to expect him to do it. I hate to see anyone get injured but he was one of the bigger tools in baseball and I can't imagine a scenario where he lets the team off the hook.

[Skin Blues]

He won't retire, and he shouldn't. The risk of injury is taken into account when teams sign pitchers to contracts. Why should an injured pitcher let the team off the hook for his salary, since we know a team wouldn't give a player an extra $5M for every season they stay healthy?

Anyway, for fantasy purposes it really doesn't matter. He's effectively retired, or at least inactive for the 2013 season.

[Pogotheostrich]

The classy move would be to just retire and you know how the Cardinals are classy... only they never do the classy thing and there is no reason to expect him to do it. I hate to see anyone get injured but he was one of the bigger tools in baseball and I can't imagine a scenario where he lets the team off the hook.

Carpenter is very competitve when he is pitching so I see where you might have that impression of him. I haven't heard any of his former teammates say a bad word about him. The only complaint I've heard have been from guys that played against him.