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Adam Wainwright will not make another start for the St. Louis Cardinals, and the retiring 42-year-old pitcher will finish with exactly 200 wins in his MLB career.
Manager Oliver Marmol announced Tuesday that Wainwright's start last week against the Milwaukee Brewers was his final one. The Cardinals are currently last in the NL Central and will miss the playoffs for the first time since 2018.
In his final trip to the mound in an 18-year career, Wainwright delivered a vintage performance during a 1-0 win in front of a sold-out Busch Stadium. He allowed four hits in seven innings — his longest outing of the season— and struck out three while not allowing an earned run for the first time this season. That was good enough for his 200th win, making him the fifth active major-league pitcher with 200 or more wins and only the third pitcher in franchise history to win 200 games.
Wainwright's final start was the 411th of his MLB career and his 59th in the regular season since he turned 40 in 2021.
There was a chance that Wainwright could've pitched again this season, but shoulder and back pain forced Marmol to skip his regular turn in the rotation, which would've come this past Saturday against the San Diego Padres.
Marmol didn't rule out Wainwright grabbing a bat during one of the Cardinals' final games, however. The pitcher has been hoping to serve as a designated hitter or pinch-hitter in a game this season, but that will depend on whether the Cincinnati Reds are still in playoff contention at the time.
While Wainwright has a career .193 batting average, he has shown some pop, with 10 home runs, 75 runs batted in and 39 doubles.
"He's definitely been lobbying for it, I'll tell you that," Marmol told St. Louis radio station KMOX. "There has to be a word above [lobbying]."
Also, Wainwright will perform music from his upcoming album on Sept. 30 as part of "Waino Weekend" to celebrate the franchise legend.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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