Collateral Damage Daily for May 18

Apparently the Twins changed their mind about placing Ryan Doumit on the disabled list with a strained calf. No details were released about the MRI on his calf, but I’m assuming it wasn’t as bad as what they were expecting. Just because they reversed course doesn’t mean they can’t do it again, so there’s a chance he could be placed on the disabled list anyway. Just goes to show you, even if the team says the player is going on the DL, nothing is set in stone.

Additions

• Brandon Inge was placed on the disabled list with a strained right groin retroactive to May 13. Oakland has been middle of the pack in terms of numbers of injuries but tied for third in the number of surgeries/recovery from surgery. It’s highly unlikely that Inge will need surgery since it was questionable whether he would need to be DL’d in the first place. He tried to run on Wednesday to prove that he was healthy enough to avoid the DL, but clearly that didn’t work. He’s expected to miss around the minimum. Adam Rosales will take his roster spot.
• Nick Blackburn was dealing with a left quad strain and was placed onto the disabled list yesterday. He doesn’t have a history of quadriceps strains that caused him to miss any significant time.
• Jason Bartlett was placed on the disabled list with a strained right knee retroactive to May 15. There is word that there is some cartilage damage as well, but we will see how that teases out over the next few weeks. Given that there is some concern for cartilage damage as well, it will likely take longer than the minimum. Everth Cabrera and Alexi Amarista were brought up from the minors to replace Bartlett and Orlando Hudson, who was released on Thursday.