MLB News and Notes

As expected the Yankees have placed Gary Sheffield on the 15-day disabled list with an injured left wrist". Melky Cabrera has been recalled from Triple-A and will get the bulk of the playing time while Sheffield is out. Cabreras has been splitting time for the Columbus Clippers between center field and right field and was hitting .384 with 4 home runs and 22 RBI in 122 at-bats at the time of his call up. He also had a .566 slugging percentage

The Devil Rays top prospect, Delmon Young has been suspended 50 games by the International League for his bat throwing incident last month. Upset at being called out on strikes, Young fired that bat at home plate umpire, striking him in the chest. Young has also been ordered to perform 50 hours of community service. Considering what occurred, Young was lucky to only be suspended for 50 games.

Barry Bonds is expected to be in the lineup tonight when the San Francisco Giants take on the Chicago Cubs. Bonds will eventually pass Babe Ruth. The hope here is that the ball is caught by a Cubs fan who immediately destroys it. Oh, and Andy Nesbitt, of foxsports.com, you can go take a flying leap into McCovey's Cove. Nesbitt feels that "we" should be rooting for Bonds. Yeah, okay.

The Cardinals Sidney Ponson was off to a great start, but had to leave his last outing with a pulled muscle in his elbow. Ponson, 3-0 with a 2.81 ERA, could wind up on the DL. His teammate, Ricardo Rincon is expected to have season ending shoulder surgery this week.

Jose Contreras, considered by many to be the best pitcher in baseball right now, may be headed to the DL as well. Contreras has been lights out since last August, winning 13 of 14 decisions (one no-decision). This year he's been nearly unhittable going 5-0 with a 1.41 ERA. After throwing a side session on Saturday, Contreras woke up in severe pain in his hip and back on Sunday morning. At the very least he will be scratched from his scheduled start on Wednesday.