Joel Pineiro News

Lincecum is one of the best and most electric pitchers in the game and had another fantastic season.

Let's face it : for some of us the baseball season never actually ends, particularly for us Phillies fans this year after a defeat in The Big Dance Contest by The Evil Empire.

The Mets have talked a good game about spending money and retooling this offseason.

Do you think Jeff Suppan wakes up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night thinking "I am why the Brewers cannot win..."? I doubt it.

Yes, the Cardinals paid a big price to muscle up for the stretch run last season.

Let's get to a discussion of the NL Gold Glove voting from a St. Louis perspective: * Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina deserved to win the NL Gold Glove for the second consecutive season.A A And this should be Molina's 4th in a row, but at least the NL managers and coaches who do the GG voting have finally caught on to Yadi's brilliance.

As few mistakes as Adam Wainwright made on the mound in 2009, he made even fewer in the field.

As general manager John Mozeliak and his staff begin the task of building the 2010 Cardinals, they have an interesting challenge before them.

Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan has arrived at an answer for the most immediate question confronting his starting rotation this offseason.

Cardinals General Manager John Mozeliak was already in a poor mood when he got the call.

Ken Rosenthal posted a new rumors article over at Foxsports.com yesterday, and now that the Cardinals have been eliminated from the playoffs, he is speculating that Albert Pujols could become a free agent when his contract runs out after the 2011 season.

Sam, a reader of MetsBlog, sent in an e-mail that said: "I'm surprised I haven't heard anything about Joel Pineiro .

Somehow, it was perfect Rick Ankiel should be the one to make the last out. a It was perfect on so many levels for Swingin' Dick to be up there, taking his hacks as the last chance of the 2009 season, that it almost seemed scripted.

John Smoltz expressed a strong interest in returning to the Cardinals for 2010, but many of his free-agent-to-be teammates were less sure about what the future may hold for them.

Fielding the Cardinals' Game 3, 5-1 loss to the Dodgers on a short hop ... In Joel Pineiro With the Cards needing a strong outing from Pineiro to keep their season alive, the righty instead gave up four runs and seven hits and was pulled after just four innings.

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Joel Pineiro sits alone in the dugout during the fifth inning after being pulled out of Game 3 of the National League division baseball series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Saturday, Oct.

It was his back-pocket pitch - an afterthought, really - and Cardinals starter Joel Pineiro figured he threw it five, maybe six times total last season.

Manager Tony La Russa suggested Thursday that the may use Chris Carpenter on short rest if the Cardinals make it to Game 4. The Birds are down 2-0 in their NLDS matchup with the Dodgers and are sending Joel Pineiro to the hill Saturday against Vicente Padilla.

Being the Cardinals' third starter is a little bit like being the fifth Beatle, or the fourth Stooge.

Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright are two Cy Young candidates, two power pitchers who are built like power forwards, and co-aces who grind up bats like wood chippers.