Mulder??

You make it seem like he's trying to be a bum and not wanting to contribute to this team.  I can almost assure you the opposite is true and that no one feels worse about his constant setbacks than Mark Mulder himself.

With that said, it could mean that his days as a starter are probably over, but using that guy as a reliever or a closer?  That's something he could look into for the next few years of his career. 

At the time, it seemed like a reasonable trade.  Haren was a can't miss, but Mulder was already pitching at a top level.  It just didn't work out, due to injury.

Where the Cardinals made their mistake was in throwing good money after bad and resigning him after the 2006 season to such a high dollar contract.  They knew he was hurt and they resigned him.  Strange. pipe