Sound the alarms: Matt Carpenter appears to be headed to the disabled list. The St. Louis Cardinals, struggling against winning teams, simply cannot afford to lose a player of Carpenter’s caliber. Or can they?
Perhaps the better response to the Carpenter injury is that the St. Louis Cardinals should embrace this opportunity for change. Let me expound: in the wake of Carpenter’s exit, the St. Louis Cardinals (and thereby Mike Matheny) need to encourage other players to rise to the challenge.
Let’s look at this a little deeper. As soon as Carpenter exited tonight’s game, Kolten Wong entered to replace him.