St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright fell just two outs short of a quality start on Thursday, allowing three runs on six hits and a walk in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out six and threw just 86 pitches on the night. It was a decent enough return from a brief stay on the injured list due to a tight hamstring, but his fantasy owners would have loved to see him get two more outs. He ended up with a no decision and will go into his next start with a 4.50 ERA.

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright (hamstring) has been activated from the 10-day injured list on Thursday. The veteran righty missed his last start due to a strained hamstring. Wainwright will get the start against the Miami Marlins on Thursday. He's usually not a great fantasy option at this point in his career, but Wainwright could be reliable against the struggling Marlins offense.

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright (hamstring) will return to the starting rotation for Thursday's game against the Miami Marlins. Wainwright has been sidelined the last week due to a hamstring issue. Michael Wacha will have his start pushed back a day. Wainwright normally isn't a great fantasy option, but could have some value against the struggling Marlins offense.

After Adam Wainwright landed on the IL earlier this week, the St. Louis Cardinals announced that Daniel Ponce de Leon will take his spot in the rotation for the time being. His first test will come Friday night in New York to take on the Mets in a decent streaming matchup. In one spot start this season, Ponce de Leon gave up one run through five frames striking out seven in a no-decision against the Brewers. In 11 starts at Triple-A the right-hander holds a 3.90 ERA and 1.43 [...]

St. Louis Cardinals executive John Mozeliak said that starting pitcher Adam Wainwright (hamstring) is dealing with a mild hamstring strain and will be re-evaluated in a week. Wainwright was placed on the injured list on Monday, but it sounds as though he might only need to miss two starts at the most. Daniel Poncedeleon is likely to fill the void this Friday at the Mets and will be an acceptable deep league streamer. Wainwright, on the other hand, has a 4.46 ERA, 1.40 [...]

The St. Louis Cardinals placed starting pitcher Adam Wainwright (hamstring) on the 10-day injured list on Monday with a left hamstring strain that he suffered in his start on Sunday night. Rookie reliever Ryan Helsley was called up from Triple-A Memphis in a corresponding move. The 37-year-old [...]

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright was forced from Sunday's start early against the Cubs with left hamstring tightness. He left the game with one out in the fifth as the Cubs were rallying with two runs in the frame. Wainwright finished his line giving up three runs with a walk and a pair of strikeouts with the team trailing 3-1. We should know more about the injury post game as the Cardinals will update the severity post game in all likelihood. [...]

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright threw eight shutout innings Sunday in a 2-1 win over the Chicago Cubs. Wainwright allowed just two hits and struck out eight, but also walked seven batters while throwing just 70 of a whopping 126 pitches for strikes. Nonetheless, Wainwright is now 5-5 on the year with a 4.34 ERA. Despite the effective start against a strong lineup, [...]

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Adam Wainwright tossed six decent innings on Tuesday, allowing four runs on eight hits. He didn't walk anyone and struck out 10 batters. It took "Waino" 92 pitches to get through six innings. He allowed two runs in the third inning and two runs in the fourth but otherwise kept the Phillies off the board. It was an okay fantasy performance, as the 10 strikeouts were nice, but he didn't score a win or a quality start.

Welcome back to "Are You For Real?" Each week, we look at lower-owned starting pitchers who have performed unexpectedly well in their last outing(s).This week we're looking at two pitchers that were on nobody's radar coming into the season,Chris Bassitt of Oakland and Adam [...]