Injury Updates & Fantasy Impact - Week 9

"He can hardly move ? he's got hemorrhoids so bad," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Tuesday. "He's been playing with hemorrhoids that probably need to be lanced. He probably shouldn't have been out there." Leyland said the hemorrhoids have been bothering Guillen for about four or five days, but they have gotten worse in the last few days. "He...

Chicken pox? No. Measles? Not quite. Diarrhea? Your getting warmer now. Damnit Jim Leyland just tell us why your 3rd baseman missed last nights game already!...

The Diamondbacks decided it was time to rest Eric Byrnes. This time it will be for more than a game or two. Eric Byrnes was placed on the 15-Day disabled list. The team said he is being placed on the DL as a result of a hamstring issue that has nagged Byrnes since spring training. [...] //Read The Rest Here: http://azsportshub.com/2008/05/27/snake-bytes-surprise-surprise...-not-the-d-backs/

First, the Tigers were forced to move Miguel Cabrera from third base because the former Marlin and current fatty didn't seem comfortable manning the position. Well now, Jim Leyland says Carlos Guillen had some comfort issues of his own, while playing third base:

Cleveland manager Eric Wedge revealed yesterday that Travis Hafner's struggles - inevitable in his third straight year on my roster - are not only mental, but physical. Hafner is hitting .217 this season, and I'm hitting 217 random cement walls with my fists in his honor.

A look back at the ups and devastating downs of the first third of the season. What's been good, what's bad, and what needs to change? Can the Braves win the NL East?

Some are taking solace in the fact that the Tribe has scored 13 runs in the last two games. In fact they've scored 31 in the past six games, four of which they lost. Yes the hitting seems to slowly be pulling out of its season-long futility, though there's still lots of convincing to do on that one. Take today for instance. The game is on the line. The Tribe is down...

What is less likely, the Tribe scoring 5 runs in one inning or Andy Marte actually starting a ballgame? Amazingly both have happened tonight in Cleveland. In fact, with Travis Hafner and his balky shoulder likely to be rested until at least Friday, we may see Marte more than once in a row. More oddsbreakers: The Tribe got a two-out hit. The Tribe got a two-out hit...