The Colorado Rockies place Manny Corpas on the D.L.

The Rockies have placed 27-year old righty reliever Manny Corpas on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained ligament in his right elbow. Corpas has pitched in 56 games (0 starts) for the Rockies this year and he is 3-5 with 10 saves, a 4.62 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP. He will be replaced in the bullpen by 27-year old righty Samuel Deduno who has been summoned from AAA. Deduno made his major league debut last night working 1/3 of an inning, giving up 1 hit and 0 runs. He pitched in 10 games (all starts) in A+AAA-ball this year and he was 3-3 with a 3.83 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP. In six years in the minors for the Rockies, Deduno pitched in 120 games (119 starts) in which he was 40-37 with a 4.35 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP.