Erasmo Ramirez will get a start in Seattle, Jesse Chavez will replace Brandon Morrow in Toronto, and Jonathan Sanchez returns to Kansas City. Which of these are worth your fantasy dollars?

Brandon McCarthy, who was scheduled to start at Coors Field June 13, has been scratched from that start and sent back to Oakland for an MRI. He has made just two starts since returning from a stint on the disabled list, but the shoulder soreness that landed him there has apparently returned. Also, Brian Roberts makes season debut, Melky Cabrera returns to action, and more...

Torii Hunter's big weekend keeps Peter Bourjos nailed to the bench with little relief in sight. Robbie Ross as a potential TEX SP, Morrow faces a DL stint, and more ...

The A's have decided to go to a closer-by-committee, opening the door for young Ryan Cook to seize a more prominent bullpen role. Meanwhile, the Marlins have promoted Gaby Sanchez, installing at 1b, which will cost the team's OFers some playing time.

Quality starting pitchers are hard to replace and with two new key injuries to Jaime Garcia and Carl Pavano, their owners are looking for any decent arms. Plus a bunch of retroactive moves this week.

This NL Midweek Series Matchups column will cover eight three-game series. Seven of the series are interleague matchups taking place in NL stadiums, while Houston and San Francisco will be the lone NL-only series during the week.

This AL Midweek Series Matchup column previews seven three-game interleague series, all with AL home teams.

Daisuke Matsuzaka (RHP, BOS) returned to BOS rotation Saturday, after more than a year since his last start. A solid, though not spectacular, outing provides owners hope that he is trending more towards his minor league rehab numbers than his last 250 major league innings. Within the same division, BAL Opening Day starter Jake Arrieta (RHP, BAL) was sent to the bullpen due to some very unlucky surface stats.

Utility players veteran Jerry Hairston (IF/OF, LA) and rookie Elian Herrera (3B/2B/OF, LA) recently have seized regular PT spread among multiple positions while swinging hot bats amidst a spate of LA injuries. Herrera entered Friday having started 17 of 19 games. The initial 2B replacement for injured starter Mark Ellis (2B, LA), Herrera has more recently split time between 3B and CF, with Hairston settling in at 2B. Hairston has started 10 of 14 games, with his last six starts at 2B, since his May 25 activation from the DL.

When I began covering injuries back in 1993, Tommy John surgery was not nearly as successful as it is now. Torn labrums, flexor mass injuries, modified Mumford surgery, microfracture knee surgery and others were rarely reported because they either didn’t exist or the journalist reporting on the injury did not report true name for various reasons. And oblique injuries? Very, very rare.

The Rangers on Thursday placed Derek Holland (LHP, TEX) on the 15-day DL with what was officially described as "shoulder fatigue." Plus Jason Bay and Ike Davis, the PHI 2B situation and more ...