Pineiro has last rotation spot, Schumaker committed to 2nd

Shortly after telling Cardinals 3rd base coach (and Puerto Rico manager) Jose Oquendo that he would not play for Puerto Rico in the WBC, Joel Pineiro has been told that he has secured the # 5 spot in St. Louis’ starting rotation. TLR (manager Tony La Russa) announced today that Pineiro won the battle after being the favorite for that spot. He joins Chris Carpenter, Adam Wainwright, Todd Wellemeyer and Kyle Lohse.

Hey, there could be a worse # 5 starter for the Redbirds...

Also, Skip Schumaker is still vying for the team’s starting 2nd base job. The team is committed to making him their starting 2nd baseman, and even he is up for the idea.

“That’s the No. 1 thing. I wouldn’t be doing this, putting all this work in if I didn’t feel like there was a chance to do it every day and to win a spot. I know it’s going to take a lot of time. I’m working the kinks out every single day. It’s not an easy thing to do. If I take every day as a working day to move forward, then I’m going in the right direction. But I wouldn’t be doing all this if I didn’t think I had a shot.”

From the outfield to 2nd? It could happen.

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