Howard Hits the DL

In a quite expected move, Ryan Howard was officially placed on the 15 Day DL. He should have already been out of your lineup but if you were holding out hope you definately need to pick up someone to fill his shoes for the time being. His DL stint is retroactive to last Wednesday's pinch hit grand slam so he is eligible to come off the DL Thursday the 24th -- If he's ready by then. He should be, but you never know.

Tough Break For Morneau

Defending AL MVP was lost today due to a broken nose. The Twins lost the game too. His status is Day To Day. He Broke it when third baseman Nick Punto caught a line drive hit by Brandon Inge and threw to Morneau to try for the double play. But the ball one-hopped Morneau and bounced off his nose. His nose was treated by the trainer to stop the bleeding and then had a doctor set it back in place. Take him out of your lineup for now.

Elite Pitchers Making Headlines

A couple of elite pitchers have been making headlines this year. Here's an update about whats going on:

- Roger Clemens will make a tune-up start next week. It will probably take him 3-4 tuneup starts before he's ready which puts him on track to get to the majors in the first week of June.

- Roy Halladay had to have emergency surgery and will be out 4-6 weeks. The surgery was not baseball related.

- Some good news out of Toronto, BJ Ryan's back is okay! Everything else...not so okay.

- Jake Peavy is still dominating teams. Taking down the Cardinals in another 10 K outing yesterday.

- Carlos Zambrano continues to struggle. Debate and speculation over his contract is all over the media. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?

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