Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright has a season-ending Achilles injury. Just don't tell him that.
Wainwright still hopes to return to the mound this season.
"The doctors keep saying 'almost.' There's almost no chance I could do it this year," Wainwright said, per the Post Dispatch. "With Tommy John surgery (in 2011) I used that as a challenge to get ready because I knew there was a certain amount you could push it within the boundaries of not going too far."
"I’ll show up next year ready to play," he told MLB.com. "And I’ll show up every day this year ready to help this team in some fashion."