Injury update

Well a glimmer of good news today. Mulder will hopefully start throwing off a mound this week. However, there's still no time table for a return. More then likely it won't be until August. With that said, if the Cards are able to hang in there in the TERRIBLE NL Central, we could get a HUGE boost come August with Mulder and Carp set to come back. Carp shouldn't have that hard of a time coming back since it wasn't a huge surgery. Mulder, however, is a crap shoot. Those two months he would be back could be nothing short of bullpen duty since he's coming back from shoulder surgery.
Also, Preston Wilson is all but set to have knee surgery. As far as I'm concerned it's not a big deal at all. We have guys on our roster right now that are doing just what PW would be doing and J-Rod is having himself a good ol' time down in AAA, hitting 4 HR's in his last 3 games.
Duncan COULD be coming back as soon as Tuesday after suffering a staff infection. I'm not to hopeful for that...I'm think it will be more towards the end of the week. But at least as of right now it doesn't appear he'll have to hit the DL.
Rolen also could end up back in the lineup as soon as Tuesday. It might also be more likely that he'll come back later on. The team isn't going to push him back into the lineup.
Not any real news in regards to Carpenter. At this point I'm hoping that no news is good news.

In other news keep your eyes on the first year draft that's this Thursday. Not sure what to expect here. Keith Law from ESPN supposedly has a mock draft up that has the Cardinals getting Matt Wieters. Wouldn't mind this at all since Wieters is a possible top 5 pick. So why would he drop to the Cardinals at 18??? Two words...Scott Boras. The team hasn't been afraid to draft Boras clients in the past. However it's yet to be seen how damaged the Cardinal\Boras relationship is after the whole Weaver fiasco. I don't know nearly as much about the college\high school prospects as I wish I did so I won't even try to speculate as far as the draft goes. But it's good to see the MLB draft getting more publicity.