Abreu and Junior Mints: Very Refreshing

It's nice for a change to not have a rightfielder shoooting his mouth off. Gary Sheffield was quick to remind us that "Bobby Abreu is not Gary Sheffield". We think that's a great thing! And the news gets even better. Abreu now appears to be on track to be in the opening day lineup after injuring an oblique muscle this spring. The kinder, gentler corner outfielder has been taking dry swings, hitting the ball off a tee as well as taking soft tosses, as he gets nearer to returning to live BP.

Maybe Todd Pratt isn't out of the running for backup catcher afterall. Wil Nieves has been shut down indefinitely with inflammation in his right bicep near the elbow. Raul Chavez helped his chances yesterday, gunning down a would-be Indians base stealer.

Humberto Sanchez has been long tossing as he gets nearer to throwing off a mound.

"Right now they have the hammer. One day I will". Those words came from a young Don Mattingly during contract negotiations. Chien-Ming Wang, who finished 2nd in the '06 Cy Young voting, now knows how Mattingly felt. He had his contract automatically renewed for this season for $490K. How do you think he feels seeing what the MLB unproven Igawa is getting?

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