Roy Halladay placed on DL, out 6-8 weeks with strained lat

The Philadelphia Phllies have placed starting pitcher Roy Halladay on the 15-day DL with a strained right lat muscle, and he will be out for six to eight weeks. That would put him out of commission for the Phillies until mid to late July, which is absolutely not what this team needed at this point in time. Halladay left Saturday's start against the Cardinals in the first inning after experiencing soreness in his shoulder. This is bad for the Phillies...very bad. Vance Worley is already out with elbow soreness, but threw a bullpen session today, and experienced no pain. Worley's visit with Dr James Andrews went well, and he won't need Tommy John surgery (well, yet). But Worley isn't ready to go yet, and the Phillies are going to need to replace Halladay. One option is Roy Oswalt, whose odds I handicapped at signing with the Phillies (and five other teams) earlier today. The options to replace Halladay in AAA Lehigh Valley are largely veteran sludge that can't succ...