Who Wants To Ride The Wain-Train?

If you were to ask who is the heart and soul of the St. Louis Cardinals most people would say Albert Pujols but if you were to ask me who the heart and soul for this ball club is I would pick big gun and third starter Adam Wainwright. On Friday night Wainwright picked up his 8th win of the season and his 2nd complete game and 1st shut out of the year against the Brewers by a score of 8-0. Wainwright only gave up 2 hits in the ball game striking out 8 batters on 103 pitches. His last start before Friday's game he went 7 innings against the Cubs where he picked up his 7th win of the year. In that game against the Cubs he also picked up 8 K's. Boy I'm telling you this guy is a pitching machine, who would think that this guy 3 - 4 years ago would be the guy leading his team in wins where he was in bull pen. Wainwright is the third starter for the Red Birds but he could easily be the number one starter. His first complete game this year came back on April 18, 2010 against the New York Mets where he struck out 9 Met batters. Wainwright this year is ranked 2nd in the NL in wins with (8), ranked 1st in the NL in strikeouts with (85), ranked 2nd in the NL in complete games with (2), and ranked 4th in the NL in ERA with a (2.05). Wainwright has definitely made a name for himself in St. Louis and have proven that he get the job done. Now who wants to ride the Wain-Train?


Seth Lempert,
For Beyond Baseball.


2010 NL CY Young

1. Rockies - Ubaldo Jimenez - ERA 0.78, 10 wins, 1 loss, 70 strikeouts.
2. Mets - Mike Pelfrey - ERA 2.39, 8 wins, 1 loss, 52 strikeouts.
Cardinals - Adam Wainwright - ERA 2.05, 8 wins, 3 losses, 85 strikeouts.
Phillies - Roy Halladay - ERA 2.03, 8 wins, 3 losses, 77 strikeouts.
3. Cubs - Carlos Silva - ERA 3.12, 7 wins, 0 losses, 42 strikeouts.
Cardinals - Chris Carpenter - ERA 2.76, 7 wins, 1 loss, 70 strikeouts.
4. Braves - Tim Hudson - ERA 2.30, 6 wins, 1 loss, 33 strikeouts.
Mariners - Josh Johnson - ERA 2.10, 6 wins, 2 losses, 77 strikeouts.
Padres - Jon Garland - ERA 2.15, 6 wins, 2 losses, 42 strikeouts.
Giants - Barry Zito - ERA 2.78, 6 wins, 2 losses, 48 strikeouts.
5. Giants - Tim Lincecum - ERA 3.14, 5 wins, 2 losses, 83 strikeouts.
Cardinals - Jaime Garcia - ERA 1.32, 5 wins, 2 losses, 51 strikeouts.