Adam Wainwright RUMORS & NEWS

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Adam Wainwright, Daniel Descalso and Mike Matheny all recorded firsts at Petco Park on Tuesday night. The first had never won a game here as a pitcher. The second never had hit a grand slam. And the third had been 0-4 here as a manager. All those droughts were quenched in a 10-2 Cardinals..." May 22

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Baseball would be diminished without great arguments. It is entirely appropriate, even necessary, for a timeless game to promote inscrutable questions. What else to do during the pauses between Erik Bedard offerings? Who would you draft first, Trout or Harper? Should the designated hitter be..." May 06

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Two outs shy of his second shutout in three starts, Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright handed his carefully and dominantly crafted start to the bullpen for safe keeping. What he started, he would not be finishing. Edward Mujica did. With Bryce Harper on second base with his leadoff double..." April 24

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Cardinals righthander Adam Wainwright still is seeking his first opening-day victory. Rained out of one potential win and failed by his bullpen in another first-day start, Wainwright was cuffed for 11 hits and four runs, three earned tonight, by the Arizona Diamondbacks before he was lifted after..." April 02

MLB.com "With his family in the front row, management seated to his side and teammates watching from the corner, Adam Wainwright stood behind a podium and first offered a warning. "I'm going to try to get through this without crying," he said. "But it may be tough." On a day when the Cardinals..." March 28

Foxsports.com "The St. Louis Cardinals have locked up their top starting pitcher, reaching agreement with right-hander Adam Wainwright on a five-year, $97.5 million contract extension, according to major-league sources. Wainwright, 31, was set to become a free agent at the end of the season. He will earn $13..." March 27

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright made his final start Tuesday of spring training before opening day next week in Arizona. It was not, however, the last time he’ll make news this spring. Negotiations between Wainwright’s representative and the Cardinals continue to accelerate with a mutually..." March 27

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The same "day to day" description of the outlook for several injured Cardinals applies to another lingering question at the end of spring training camp: Whether a deal can be struck with ace Adam Wainwright on a contract extension. The Cardinals are operating on the understanding that their..." March 25

MLB.com "Adam Wainwright continued his steady march toward the regular season, giving the Cardinals 4 2/3 innings of two-run ball on Thursday in a 3-2 win over the Mets at Tradition Field. St. Louis' Opening Day starter walked three, struck out three and allowed three hits. One of the hits was a two-run..." March 21

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "While Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright pitches less than an hour north of his team's facility against the New York Mets, his agent met with Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. and general manager John Mozeliak about an extension for his client. Steve Hammond said he left the meeting with the sense..." March 21

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Cardinals righthander Adam Wainwright said he sensed that others might be more concerned about his future contract than he was, but, just in case, he decided to take the pulse of the clubhouse. “I just hope it’s not a burden,” said Wainwright, “so I asked Mitchell Boggs if anyone was getting..." February 26

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "This spring’s most anticipated Cardinals story increasingly looks like it might bleed into the regular season — and perhaps beyond. The Cards continue to send out signals that they want to see Adam Wainwright excel within the regular season before negotiating a contract extension that would remove..." February 25

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "When a franchise commits most of a decade and significant resources to achieving a goal, it is natural to wonder what happens when that goal is realized and what once represented an irritant becomes a source of pride. To be precise, now that the Cardinals boast the industry’s deepest player..." February 24

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "It’s been two years or maybe a millennium since Albert Pujols entered camp as a walking deadline. The Cardinals’ first baseman found a media horde awaiting his arrival and spent more than 30 minutes alternately clarifying, lecturing and at times scolding those wanting to hear his views on life as..." February 18

Redbird Rants "Contract negotiations between Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals are on hold at the moment. This does not mean that they are far from over. Not even close. Not even by a long shot. For years, it has appeared that the St. Louis Cardinals almost always end negotiations right around the..." February 13

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The Cardinals and Adam Wainwright’s representative engaged in preliminary talks about an extension for the righthander within the past week but as a result have decided to put negotiations on hold, both sides confirmed Tuesday. Wainwright cautioned that “on hold” shouldn’t be misread as an..." February 13

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "During his annual, and often informal, session with fans at the Winter Warm-Up, Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak fielded a question about ace Adam Wainwright and the righty's expiring contract. He replied with general parameters – and candor. "It's going to be long," he said. "It's..." January 20

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright left St. Louis for his home in Georgia after the season certain any concerns about his elbow are behind him, confident next season will be better than last, and convinced his best seasons are still ahead of him. He even has an idea of where he'd like to spend..." November 05

Viva El Birdos "Ever since he relieved an aging, ailing Jason Isringhausen (and shut down now-teammate Carlos Beltran on a curveball that cast a loop the Apollo 13 astronauts would've been proud of) on the way to the Cardinals first world championship in 24 years, Adam Wainwright has been one of my favorite..." November 01

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A handful of Cardinals came to the ballpark this afternoon for the swiftest of workouts on the eve of Game 6 in the National League championship series. The four starters -- Lance Lynn, Kyle Lohse, Adam Wainwright and Game 6's Chris Carpenter -- took to the field, while outfielder Carlos Beltran..." October 21

Fox Sports Midwest "Adam Wainwright couldn't have been more focused and excited to start the winner-take-all Game 5 of the NLDS in Washington last week. Then he went out and pitched a dud, allowing six runs in 2 1/3 innings to put his team in a huge hole. For a while, it looked like that would be the last start..." October 18

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "After their manager used the same lineup for each game of the division series, the Cardinals will employ the same roster in the National League championship series that worked against the Washington Nationals. The rotation, however, is a different matter. Because they were pushed to a fifth..." October 14

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "On the eve of Game 4 of the National League division series between the Cardinals and Nationals, a member of the Cards clubhouse was presented with a scenario: Winning Game 4 would be a break because it allowed the Cardinals to setup their ideal pitching rotation for the NL championship..." October 12

Washington Post "The St. Louis clubhouse was a quiet, somber place Sunday evening as the defending World Series champions reflected on how they squandered a lead in the final two innings and a strong performance from starter Adam Wainwright. For all the scowls and the lingering frustration that hung in the air,..." October 08

CSN Washington "With 2012 Cy Young candidate Kyle Lohse having pitched in the N.L. Wild Card game, the St. Louis Cardinals will trot out right-hander Adam Wainwright against the Nationals in Game 1 of the NLDS. Wainwright was once one of the game's best young pitchers, but returned this season from Tommy John..." October 07

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Cardinals manager Mike Matheny withheld until today the official announcement of Adam Wainwright as his Game 1 starter Sunday against the Washington Nationals. However, club sources indicated that Wainwright and Jaime Garcia would start the afternoon games at Busch Stadium on Sunday and Monday,..." October 06

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Adam Wainwright's pitching lines over his final August start and first September outing are highlighted by the fact he didn't pitch past five innings in either game, lost both and gave up 17 hits and 11 runs in 7 2/3 innings. If that doesn't scream the word "fatigue," it would suggest it, but..." September 06

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The Cardinals discovered more Tuesday than the Houston Astros are indeed an easy mark. They received confirmation that Adam Wainwright is again a pitcher of influence, perhaps even dominance. Yes, the Astros have unilaterally disarmed to the extent they must now be considered Relegation..." August 22

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Adam Wainwright, wearing his beltless pants high with the red socks showing, in part to honor of the 1982 World Series champion Cardinals who were on hand, went old-school on the Milwaukee Brewers Saturday night at Busch Stadium. First, Wainwright pitched nine innings, almost unheard of these..." August 05

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Adam Wainwright didn't publicly call his teammates out last Wednesday in Milwaukee. But he did make clear a need for greater "urgency" within a clubhouse he strongly believes is the most talented within the National League Central Division, quite possibly the entire league. Wainwright took a..." July 22

SportingNews.com "The man who will throw the next no-hitter stands in a hallway outside the visitor's clubhouse at Turner Field. He smiles when he is told that his career stats resemble the average career stats of every pitcher who has thrown a no-hitter at the time he threw it. He laughs at the prediction that..." July 11

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Normally, Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright spreads grape jelly on his PB & J sandwiches. Not on days that he takes the mound, however. "Always strawberry on game day," he said. "Like Tiger (Woods wearing) red on Sunday — jelly red on start day." Before his 17th start of the season..." July 05

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "It's fast becoming a theme to Adam Wainwright's season. No, not the recovery from the elbow surgery that kept him out of last season. That officially became a thing on the past with his May 22 shutout of the Padres. It's the results he's getting on the field. Yes, Wainwright is consistently..." June 18

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Adam Wainwright won 20 games in 2010. And he threw the last pitch of three playoff rounds in 2006, including striking out Carlos Beltran for the last out of the National League championship series and Brandon Inge for the last out of the World Series. But, never, he said Tuesday night, had he..." May 24

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Adam Wainwright won 20 games in 2010. And he threw the last pitch of three playoff rounds in 2006, including striking out Carlos Beltran for the last out of the National League championship series and Brandon Inge for the last out of the World Series. But, never, he said Tuesday night, had he..." May 23

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Adam Wainwright is almost to the point where he is "Waino" again, meaning that dominating righthander who won 39 games for the Cardinals in 2009-10 before losing last season to an elbow operation. After pitching poorly in his first three starts this season, amassing an unsightly 9.88 earned run..." May 07

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Tuesday marked 428 days since Adam Wainwright put his career on a surgeon's table. It also represented one of the more significant mile markers of a career no longer on hold. Given the unique combination of a pain-free elbow and an offense that clicked, Wainwright wrung his first win in more..." May 02

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "There is a scar running near his right elbow that is all the explanation Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright needs for his ragged start to this season. No more than four inches long, it illustrates the patience that his coaches say is required and the calendar that shows he's still less than 14..." April 20

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "For three tortured innings Saturday afternoon, Adam Wainwright found nothing except trouble. In the aftermath of a dreary, rain-soaked, 9-5 loss to the Chicago Cubs in the Cardinals' home opener, he didn't bother looking for excuses. He preferred to state the obvious. "This is the worst game..." April 14

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "When it was all over and the only thing left to complete the worst game of his professional life was the grim postmortem, Adam Wainwright took it like a man. We offered up excuses. We provided alibis. He accepted none of them. We wondered if it was the weather. Nope. We suggested it..." April 14

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "In case you didn't know, Adam Wainwright is just like you. He's positively jacked up about opening day at Busch Stadium. So this morning, maybe just like you, he will make the drive in early, getting to the ballpark four hours before game time. And when he gets close to the ballpark, he..." April 13

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "An afternoon designated for the grand return of an elite starting pitcher who might have a hand in tilting the division race delivered on that promise Saturday at Miller Park. It just wasn't only the ace in a Cardinals jersey. Milwaukee starter Zack Greinke bested Adam Wainwright and defused..." April 08

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak considered Friday Adam Wainwright's spring training results, how the righthander made every start and showed sharpness after a year of rehab, and came to an unexpected conclusion. "It's almost to the point where I'm nervous," Mozeliak said. Both the GM..." April 07

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Adam Wainwright was preparing to hit a drive Monday afternoon when he paused to scan a text message from his brother, Trey. The text was rather matter of fact: The San Francisco Giants had just signed righthanded starting pitcher Matt Cain, owner of a 69-73 career record, to a six-year, $127..." April 06

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Adam Wainwright was preparing to hit a drive Monday afternoon when he paused to scan a text message from his brother, Trey. The text was rather matter of fact: The San Francisco Giants had just signed righthanded starting pitcher Matt Cain, owner of a 69-73 career record, to a six-year, $127..." April 05

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "It took some imagination on his part and there will be no lasting record of his outing, but Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright completed his first healthy spring training in two years with a 75-pitch simulated game Monday. There were no fielders behind him. The hitters were a group from..." April 03

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "After watching his elongated righthander work five more scoreless innings, running his total this spring to 14 innings without allowing an earned run, Cardinals manager Mike Matheny expressed what surely almost everybody must be thinking about Adam Wainwright. The 20-game winner in 2010, who..." March 24

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "A month from now, Adam Wainwright will revel in the results of an outing such as Tuesday's three scoreless innings, but until then he'll look beneath the pitching line for a truer evaluation. This one was misleading. "When you look at the scoreboard it's just fine," Wainwright said after..." March 14

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "The Cardinals control Adam Wainwright for the next two seasons at the comparatively modest price of $21 million. His free agency is well off on the horizon: November 2013. Wainwright is locked in for the prime years of his pitching career. But it is not too early for Cardinals management to..." March 10

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Before going into his first start in more than 530 days, Cardinals righty Adam Wainwright said he "visualized every pitch" and "walked through" several times in his mind the game he wanted to pitch. He wrote a script for his pitches. He just didn't follow it. "I visualized every pitch before..." March 10