What do you want: Adam Wainwright; Closer or Starter?

Question

When he gets back do you want to see him back as a starter or a closer..

I'm praying that he remains a starter. He is a really good guy to start

Answer 1

Since Carpenter got hurt again they will put him as a starter, for sure.   I thinnk Perez should be our closer.  He is used to being one and hasnt messed up.  So why not give him the ball and a crack at it.

Answer 2

With the amount of time he has been off he probably won't have enough time to get in the kind of shape he would need to help the team as a starter.  Since the Cardinals need a dependable closer right now I believe the team is planning to fill that void with Wainwright who could step up quickly by keeping  his pitch count under 30 pitches and possibly not pitching back-to-back games.

Answer 3

Wainwright is so good at both but i agree with you he should definitely be a starter

a guy like him can give u 7 good innings to win a game and with chris perez settling in like he has the cards should just leave him as a starter

Answer 4

Starter. If you have a choice to have a good pitcher, always make him a starter. Think of  math.

Closer, 6 games a week, potentially 3 games saving opportunity, for really good closer to pitch 4 outs per game. That is 4 innings.

Starter, 2 start a week. Each start 6 innings. (should be 7 but sometimes only 1 start for 1 week). That is 12 innings.

A starter should be worth 3 times than a closer to a team.

Plus, a win is a starter’s responsibility. A save is essential to a win too but it is not a win.

Finally, closer should be a specialist, Adam has so many arsenals that he is more suitable to start.

Answer 5

I was thinking he would come back as a closer for a while,but I guess they (finally) have their closing role figured out for now (one that doesn't include Isringhausen).So I guess he is coming back as a starter.

Answer 6

He's good at both roles, but I wanna see more Chris Perez in 9th inning  

Answer 7

I'm mixed. I'd like to see him start, but seeing him close would help the Cards' bullpen problems.