Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch dropped this moderate bomb -- at least moderately interesting bomb -- in his chat today:
I’m hearing Ankiel is open to giving pitching one last shot since his market as a position player appears minimal. And, yes, I think the Cardinals would be among those open to providing such an opportunity. For now it remains in the rumor stage. Developing story ...
It was amazing enough to see Ankiel come back from yips and injury to carve out a pretty nice career as a major league outfielder. If he could flip the script again and become a reliever or something? Hoo-boy, that’s movie of the week stuff.