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Chris Carpenter: The best Cardinals pitcher in the past four decades? (Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com) Chris Carpenter has been shut down for an indefinite period because of a nerve irritation affecting his right shoulder.

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(AP) — Chris Carpenter has nerve irritation that has caused weakness in his pitching shoulder and the St. Louis Cardinals' ace will be sidelined indefinitely. The team says there is no new nerve injury and the cervical disc

Given the concerns about Chris Carpenter's disc injury, the Cardinals are preparing another pitcher to assume Carpenter's spot in the starting rotation.

Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak confirmed Saturday that surgery is “not even on the table” with Chris Carpenter. “The best way to look at it is that at least we have an understanding of what the next step looks like,”