July 3, 2012

DL-K

Daisuke Matsuzaka returns to the disabled list:

Matsuzaka experienced tightness in the same muscle, which stretches from the neck to the shoulder, during spring training. The issue flared up again in May while he was rehabbing from Tommy John surgery.

“We’re going to try to give it some more time and see if it doesn’t go away for good this time,” Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine said prior to Tuesday’s game against the Oakland Athletics.

Dice-K has only started 12 games since the start of the 2011 season and 49 games since the start of the 2009 season, his third with the Red Sox.

Update: The Orioles return Brian Roberts to the disabled list with a strained groin. He’s only played 115 games since the start of the 2010 season.

Update: Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter opted to have surgery:

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter will have season-ending surgery later this month to repair a nerve issue in his shoulder that has sidelined him since spring training.

The 37-year-old Carpenter says he wants to continue pitching. He has been told the operation to relieve compressed nerves in the shoulder could allow him to resume his career, although there are no guarantees that he will. The procedure involves removing the first rib and connecting muscles, and cleaning out scar tissue.

St. Louis, luckily, has a deep rotation and for the most part was able to absorb losing Chris.

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