St. Louis Cardinals: Brayan Pena next to the DL

The St. Louis Cardinals announced this morning that backup catcher Brayan Pena will undergo left knee surgery. He’s expected to miss 2-4 weeks.

We’re not really doing this again, are we?

Fresh off of the news that the St. Louis Cardinals would be without replacement shortstop Ruben Tejada for an extended period of time, they now have learned that Brayan Pena is going under the knife.

Eric Fryer now makes the club as the team’s backup catcher.

Pena had been dealing with soreness and stiffness in his knee that he said was the result of slipping in the dugout a week and a half ago during spring training.

Are you freakin’ kidding me?

A “loose body” was found in Pena’s knee, and it has been determined that arthroscopic surgery is the only option.

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In an interview with StlToday’s Derrick Goold, Pena was emotional about the situation, saying “They signed me to be Yadi’s backup. I feel like I let them down.”

I certainly feel for Pena, and there’s no reason for him to feel that way, but holy cow is this getting frustrating.

My biggest fear in this situation is that Yadier Molina feels compelled to push things past where he should, and big-time trouble is the end result.

The Cards will now start the season tomorrow in Pittsburgh with three guys on the 15-day DL in Jordan Walden, Tejada and Pena.

All three of those guys (outside of maybe Walden) were in good shape to start the season a week ago.

All of this is said without mentioning the loss of Jhonny Peralta, Lance Lynn, and “The Secret Weapon” Jose Oquendo.

“Next man up” I suppose.

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The St. Louis Cardinals announced this morning that backup catcher Brayan Pena will undergo left knee surgery. He’s expected to miss 2-4 weeks.

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