Sheets shelved with elbow injury
Oakland Athletics pitcher Ben Sheets has been placed on the disabled list because of an injury to his right elbow.
This is the same elbow that Sheets had to have surgery on back in 2009, causing him to miss an entire baseball season.
The injury is being termed an elbow strain, and it comes at a bad time as the right-hander has pitched much better over the past several starts.
The A’s were possibly looking to trade Sheets before the July 31 deadline, but that is no longer a possibility.
It is the seventh time Sheets has landed on the disabled list in his career and he will likely be out for a significant period of time.
