Carpenter sees specialists about neck injury
...Fla. • Cardinals co-ace Chris Carpenter returned to St. Louis on Tuesday to be examined by nerve specialists after experiencing renewed symptoms associated with a bulging cervical disc. Carpenter, who threw live batting practice Sunday, experienced what the...info
Carpenter shut down; likely to start year on DL
...recent round of tests in order to meet with the same doctors that have treated the issue in the past. JUPITER, Fla. -- Chris Carpenter returned to St. Louis on Tuesday to undergo a new series of tests after shoulder/neck weakness resurfaced during the right-hander's...info
Carpenter diagnosed with nerve inflammation
...Fla. -- Chris Carpenter got a clearer diagnosis on the source of the weakness in his right shoulder, but that diagnosis did little to clear up the question of a timetable for his return. As a result the Cardinals will prepare to open the season with Carpenter...info
Chris Carpenter scratched from opening day start
...Louis Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter won't start opening day after a setback in his recovery from a bulging disk in his neck. The right-hander returned to St. Louis on Tuesday for tests. He threw live batting practice Sunday but didn't feel right the next day....info
Carpenter returns to St. Louis
...Fla. -- Cardinals co-ace Chris Carpenter returned to St. Louis Tuesday to be further examined after experiencing symptoms associated with a bulging cervical disc that has truncated his camp. Carpenter, who threw live batting practice Sunday, experienced renewed...info
Neck injury clouds Chris Carpenter's status
...Cardinals know they won't have Albert Pujols in 2012. Now it appears likely they won't have Chris Carpenter for the start of the season Carpenter, the longtime Cardinals starter who was crucial to the Cardinals' surprising run from afterthought to World Series...info
Notes: Chris Carpenter, Cardinals broadcasters
...He's just going to kind of leave them there, like, until people come over, and then maybe he'll buy another neck. Last year Chris Carpenter threw 43 innings more than anybody else in the rotation. That's 10 more than Lance Lynn or Eduardo Sanchez threw last...info
Cardinals ace Carpenter has setback in recovery
...He just keeps fighting. This is another setback he's going to answer the bell too. He always has in the past." Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter won't start opening day after a setback in his recovery from a bulging disk in his neck. 1332348429 Cardinals ace Chris...info
Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter out indefinitely
...Fla.â€"Chris Carpenter has nerve irritation that has caused weakness in his pitching shoulder and the St. Louis Cardinals' ace will be sidelined indefinitely. The Cardinals made the announcement Friday, after Carpenter was evaluated in St. Louis this week. The...info
Cardinals' Carpenter completes evaluation
...undergoing a bevy of tests in St. Louis this week, the Cardinals have determined that starting pitcher Chris Carpenter has nerve irritation, leading to weakness in his right shoulder.The cervical disc injury which Carpenter suffered earlier in spring training...info