Contreras goes on DL with elbow tendinitis

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Baseball Today: Monday, July 21
Published 7/21/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... on their volcanic scale -- as he seethed after the Phillies' loss to the Marlins yesterday. (Philadelphia Inquirer) TRADE TALK: The A's may soon add Huston Street to their list of departed starts (SI.com) . . . Adam Dunn says trade speculation doesn't bother him. (Dayton Daily News) HERE AND THERE: The Cubs are about to place Kerry Wood back on the disabled list (Chicago Tribune) . . . Ditto the White Sox and Jose Contreras (Chicago Sun-Times) . . . Pat Burrell wasn't happy about being removed ...

Jose Contreras is not to be trusted
Published 7/22/2008 by R.J. at Snobs vs. Slobs
Sunday, Jose Contreras was placed on the disabled list, retroactive to 7/18, due to elbow tendonitis. Contreras currently sports a 4.60 ERA , but has struggled in his previous two starts. He’d given up 12 runs in 9.2 IP. The word on the street (and, to some extent, in the newspaper ) is that Contreras was hurt after being hit by a line drive in the Cubs series. That was, uh, a while ago. Apparently, Guillen’s mad at Contreras for trying to be a hero and play through the pain when it wa abundantly clear that his pitching was way off. He told Guillen he was fine, but Guillen ...