In the offseason I made a bold prediction: St. Louis Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright would be a Cy Young finalist in 2016. Don’t believe me? Read it and weep. Now, going back and reading that makes me want to weep.
Wainwright has pitched like anything but an ace and he is quickly losing that status as the season progresses. I don’t take any enjoyment writing that, either.
I’ve watched Wainwright pitch for the better part of a decade now and, next to Chris Carpenter, he has been one of my favorite Cardinals pitchers in my lifetime.