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The Detroit Tigers have placed SP Anibal Sanchez on the 15-Day D.L. with a strained shoulder.

~MTK

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The Atlanta Braves have placed C Evan Gattis on the 15-Day D.L. with an strained oblique.

~MTK

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New York Yankees' 3B Kevin Youkilis will miss 10-12 weeks after undergoing back surgery this upcoming Thursday.

~MTK

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The New York Yankees have placed 1B Mark Teixeira on the 15-Day D.L. for the second time this season due to a wrist injury.

~MTK

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Article is from our friends at Fantasy Furnace...

Ironically, most of this week's waiver wire pickups all play on relatively poor teams who are either in last place or hovering just above it. All this proves is that it really doesn't matter where an owner gets his players from as long as they perform. This week all of our pickups are owned in 25% or less in most leagues so for mo...

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The Edmonton Oilers has just confirmed that prospect Kristians Pelss, age 20, has died after he went missing Tuesday in Lativa.

My prayers and condolences go out to him, his family, and his friends.

~MTK

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The Milwaukee Brewers have placed OF'er Ryan Braun on the 15-Day D.L. due to a right thumb contusion.

~MTK

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The New York Yankees have placed 3B Kevin Youkilis on the 15-Day D.L. due to a back injury.

This is the second time this season that Youkilis has been placed on the D.L. with a back injury.

~MTK

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The Colorado Rockies have placed SS Troy Tulowitzki on the D.L with a right rib fracture that is expected to keep him out between 4-6 weeks.

A crushing blow for the Rockies, but no surprise as Tulo has missed 25% of his games since making his debut.

~MTK

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Evgeni malkin has signed a 8 year/$76m contract extension with Pittsburgh.  For those of you grabbing your calculators, that is $9.5m per season as a cap hit.