June 24, 2008
The Truth is Out There
I guess Mark Mulder won't be making a major league start this weekend, as he was scratched from his rehab start Monday night:
My gut feeling is that the Cardinals are simply stalling here. A player can't make an indefinite number of rehab starts and Mulder's time is up, but he's nowhere near ready for the bigs. In his last rehab start, he got pounded for 10 hits and six runs in less than four innings. I'm guessing this is all going to end in a DFA for Mulder, followed by a full-time AAA assignment. Without a major revelation, I doubt he's going to be seeing the mound in St. Louis anytime soon.
Okay, but why would the Cardinals be so misleading?
Posted by David Pinto at
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Okay, but why would the Cardinals be so misleading?
Well... one reason would be so that they have a stronger hand in any trade negotiations for another pitcher. If a team knows that Mulder is not coming back any time soon, they know that the Cards will be more desperate for pitching help.