Injury Updates
- The Padres activated Jake Peavy and he pitched 6 shutout innings against the Dodgers.
- The Angels expect to activate Chone Figgins from the DL tomorrow.
- Nomar Garciaparra is on target to return June 25, the first day he is eligible to come off the 60-day disabled list.
- Andruw Jones has started shagging flyballs and thinks he is 2 weeks from beginning a rehab assignment.
- The Canton Repository reports that Indians catcher Victor Martinez is expected to miss 6-8 weeks after he has surgery to remove bone chips from his right elbow.
- Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman will miss at least another 4-6 weeks. If rehab does not improve his left shoulder, he may have surgery which would cause him to miss 3-4 months.
- The Mariners are portraying closer J.J. Putz's sore elbow as a problem of the day-to-day variety and don't believe he will go on the DL.
Labels: Andruw Jones, Chone Figgins, J.J. Putz, Jake Peavy, Nomar Garciaparra, Ryan Zimmerman, Victor Martinez
Greg Fieg is a former sports news editor and award-winning writer whose bylines have appeared on the wires of the Associated Press and in numerous publications, including San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Light, Houston Chronicle and Philadelphia Bulletin. He formerly was posted in various positions on the U.S.-Mexican border with Freedom Newspapers, and was a regular, independent contributor to United Press International. The former Cooperstown Museum Guide is a graduate of State University of New York at nearby Oneonta.

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