Alan Horne has Torn Muscle

Chad Jennings of the The Scranton Times Tribune reports that Alan Horne has a slight tear of his right biceps and has been put on the minor league DL. Jennings speculates that either Chase Wright or Dan McCutchen will be bumped up from Trenton to take Horne's place in the rotation.

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Jeter Out at Least a Few Days

That's the word from Joe Girardi after his captain, Derek Jeter, left Monday night's game with a strained quad. The injury first occurred on Sunday and Jeter aggravated it running out a ball in Monday's game.

Jeter was sent for an MRI after he came out of the game. For now it's being called a mild sprain, which really means nothing. Looks like Wilson Betemit and his .111 average will be in at shortstop.

If Jeter is not DL'ed the Yankees could send Ross Ohlendorf down and bring up a back up infielder.

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Tigers Lose Zumaya Until Mid-Season

Update 11/2 1:50 pm - Zumaya had a 50-60 pound box fall on his shoulder while moving items due to the fires in Cali. "Because this injury does not involve the shoulder joint, per se, the things we most worry about in the shoulder -- the rotator cuff, the labrum, the biceps -- tend not to be affected by the surgery," team physician Dr. Bruce Miller said. "The prognosis is quite good that he'll make a recovery." Source

For the 2nd straight season, the Tigers will be without the services of their hard throwing set up man Joel Zumaya for a big chunk of time. Zumaya injured his shoulder while moving things at his California home and had to undergo surgery. The Tigers have not released any information regarding the injury. Zumaya missed most of this past season because of a torn tendon in his finger.

Free agent closer Todd Jones may have just upped his asking price since the Tigers had Zumaya as a fall back plan in case they lost Jones.

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Pavano, Mussina, to the DL

Here we go again. Carl Pavano has made his 1st 2007 trip to the DL with a forearm issue. Mussina made several throws off a mound, didn't feel so hot, and joins Carlotta on the sidelines.

Chris Britton has been recalled from Scranton to help the pen. There's a good chance that Chase Wright, who has been on fire at AA-Trenton, will take Pavano's start on Tuesday.

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