PLAYING TIME: Persistent neck stiffness sidelines Carpenter
Mar 10 2012
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Carpenter sidelined, return timetable uncertain
Persistent neck stiffness has sidelined Chris Carpenter (RHP, STL). Carpenter will skip his first scheduled Grapefruit League start after leaving training camp to have his troublesome neck examined by a specialist. He first reported the stiffness March 3 after throwing live batting practice, then missed a scheduled throwing session. Carpenter currently is still listed as STL's Opening Day starter, but his status is now clouded by injury, with no clear timetable for his return.
STL had planned to limit Carpenter's spring innings to the minimum to adequately prepare him for the season due to his heavy 2011 workload. Carpenter hurled 273.3 innings, including the...
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