The St. Louis Cardinals are one hurt team right now as they placed six pitchers and one outfielder on the disabled list.  All listings are retroactive back to March 21st.

Chris Carpenter, Matt Clement, Joel Pineiro, Josh Kinney, Mark Mulder, and Tyler Johnson are the six pitchers that were put on the disabled list.

Juan Encarnacion was the outfielder put on the list.

The Cardinals are going to have a rough season if they can’t get some of those pitchers healthy.  They are going to need them if they want to have any shot in the National League Central.

Reports are starting to spread around the Internet this afternoon that the St. Louis Cardinals and pitcher Matt Clement have agreed on a contract.  The contract is for one year and a club option for 2009.  Pretty much what you can expect for someone coming off a major should injury.

This is a pretty good move by the Cardinals in my opinion.  Clement hasn’t pitched in a while, and is coming off surgery but I think he will be pretty good in 2008.  Definately worth taking a shot at in my opinion when you look at the rotation the Cardinals have.

What do you think?  Matt Clement a good fit for the Cardinals?  Wonder how it will go when he makes his first trip back to Wrigley Field to pitch against the Cubs!

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