Adam Wainwright expected to have 'normal offseason' after elbow exam
Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright is expected to have a "normal offseason" after having his elbow examined on Friday.
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Mike Axisa
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During his annual end-of-season press conference on Monday, Cardinals GM John Mozeliak told reporters ace righty Adam Wainwright went for tests on his surgically repaired elbow late last week. Everything apparently came back clean:
Wainwright's elbow was examined on Friday, all came back optimistically and "should have normal offseason," Mozeliak said. #cardinals
— Derrick Goold (@dgoold) October 20, 2014
There was widespread speculation Wainwright's elbow was bothering him during the postseason, which included two pretty bad starts (Game 1 of both the NLDS and NLCS) and one good one (Game 5 of the NLCS). Both Wainwright and manager Mike Matheny insisted he was healthy, however.
Wainwright, 33, missed the entire 2011 season due to Tommy John surgery after pitching with a partially torn ligament for five years. He has thrown 723 1/3 innings in the three years since between the regular season and postseason, the most in baseball.
In 32 starts and 227 innings this season, Wainwright went 20-9 with a 2.38 ERA (154 ERA+) and a career-best 1.031 WHIP. He has gone 53-31 with a 3.05 ERA (123 ERA+) since having his elbow rebuilt.
