Hughes lands on disabled list
So much for the half-hour Joe Girardi and Brian Cashman spent before Wednesday night’s game attempting to wave off questions about Phil Hughes by saying he remains in the rotation “right now.”
The Yankees announced during the seventh inning that they had placed Hughes on the 15-day disabled list with a right oblique muscle strain.
Right-hander Darrell Rasner is the likely replacement for Hughes. Rasner is 4-0 with a 0.87 ERA in five starts at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Hughes was not on the field with the team during batting practice.
The 21-year-old right-hander is 0-4 in six starts with a 9.00 ERA.
Clearing the bases
Chicago Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano said his right calf feels fine and he’ll be “100 percent” when he returns from the disabled list today. … The Detroit Tigers traded right-hander Jason Grilli to the Colorado Rockies for minor league pitcher Zachary Simons. … Umpire Jerry Crawford was released after spending a night in a hospital because of a bad reaction to medicine. Crawford became ill during Tuesday’s game between the Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers. … Washington Nationals reliever Chad Cordero is expected to be sidelined for at least a month with a tear in a muscle below his pitching shoulder. … San Francisco Giants minor league catcher Eliezer Alfonzo was suspended 50 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. … New York Mets catcher Brian Schneider was released from a hospital after six days of treatment for a staph infection in his left thumb.
Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki returned to Denver to have an MRI on his injured left leg. Colorado called up second baseman Jonathan Herrera from Triple-A Colorado Springs and placed right-hander Kip Wells on the 15-day DL with a blood clot in his pitching hand. … Arizona Diamondbacks rookie Max Scherzer will take Edgar Gonzalez’s spot in the starting rotation and make his major league debut Monday at home against Philadelphia. … Former baseball slugger Darryl Strawberry, whose achievements on the field often were overshadowed by his struggles with cancer and substance abuse, is writing a memoir, “Straw,” that will come out in 2009.