Carp Boner, or is Strauss a boner, both?

[MDCardsFan]

While I might normally be inclined to agree with you, have you seen our bullpen? One-armed Carp sounds good right about now stacked up against Boggs/Scrabble/Salas/Kelly.

[dan_yall]

I'm calling it right now. If this doesn't work out, Carp will be pitching again in 2014 as a lefty.

[Vidor]

It would be great if this worked out, but he was helpless last year. He might as well have been throwing underhand against the Giants.

It would be awesome if that wasn't the end of his career, though. Let him work out, see what happens.

[heyzeus]

I'm gonna do my best not to get my hopes up too much. I really really wish this would work.

[Jocephus]

I'm gonna do my best not to get my hopes up too much. I really really wish this would work.

i agree. how awesome would it be to see carp coming out of the bullpen but i cannot expect this to happen at all.

[IMADreamer]

It would be great if this worked out, but he was helpless last year. He might as well have been throwing underhand against the Giants.

It would be awesome if that wasn't the end of his career, though. Let him work out, see what happens.

Hell Carp underhanded is better then the crap we got throwing right now out of the pen.

[cardsfansince82]

Already paying him anyway, I don't really see the harm in letting him try. I doubt he would take the ball more than a time or two if he is toast. I wouldn't bet against that dude doing anything at this point.

[lukethedrifter]

I'm calling it right now. If this doesn't work out, Carp will be pitching again in 2014 as a lefty.

[Spider John]

Knowing Carp, he's planning on being the closer.

[fanforever]

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#Cardinals NOTEBOOK:
Carp begins throwing program, no timetable set.
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MILWAUKEE -- Manager Mike Matheny said Saturday he would welcome the return of Chris Carpenter if the veteran right-hander is able to recover from pain in his right shoulder.

Carpenter, 38, has begun a throwing program at Busch Stadium after being shut down during Spring Training due to weakness and pain on his right side.

"This is probably going to be a bigger deal because everything was made out, or going in the direction, that maybe he's done," Matheny said before the Cardinals played the Brewers on Saturday. "But I think any player that may feel all of a sudden their health's allowing them to do things they didn't think they were going to do, they're going to go out there and see how far they can take it."

The team said it would follow a similar plan that was used in trying to rehab Jason Motte's elbow where the player gradually progresses to more vigorous throwing. Motte's attempt to rehab his elbow ended Friday when the team announced he would undergo Tommy John surgery.

There is no timetable for the 2005 National League Cy Young Award winner to return, but with the Cardinals starters doing an outstanding job he likely would join the bullpen.

"I can imagine him doing anything," Matheny said. "But once again right now he's just another injured player that's out there trying to get himself right. We're big fans of helping him try to get there and see what we've got when we get there."