Adam Wainwright said he had programmed himself to go nine innings in Thursday’s Cardinals intrasquad game.
“They were going to cut me off at about six, probably. They had other plans,” said Wainwright, who actually worked only three scoreless innings.
"They’re going to do something different in my next start and I’ll let Shildty (manager Mike Shildt) talk about it. I don’t want to be the guy that breaks news before news is supposed to get broken,” said Wainwright, breezily. “But all’s good, just so you know.”
Shildt’s later revelation was that Wainwright “is going to be our No.