Chris Ray To The DL

The Baltimore Orioles placed closer Chris Ray on the DL with a sore elbow.

Dammit, I had just traded for him, too.

Fantasy Impact: Ray has a bone spur in his elbow. The current plan is that he'll rest and come back in September. If rest doesn't cure the issue, he'll undergo surgery to remove the spur, and that will obviously force him to miss the rest of the season. Pitchers have been able to pitch through an injury like this in the past, but it depends on the nature of the spur. Hopefully Ray is one of those pitchers.

It'll likely be a closer by committee, but I would assume that it'll shake out like Atlanta's situation earlier in the year. Dannys Baez will be the favorite against a RH 9th inning, and if 2 or 3 LHs are due up, Jamie Walker will get the call. If that's the case, Baez will have more value, just like Rafael Soriano did with Atlanta.