The Padres get good news on Andrew Cashner - MLB

On Saturday the Padres placed budding ace Andrew Cashner on the disabled list with elbow soreness. Given how things have been going for pitchers lately one might think that the next step was Tommy John surgery or, possibly, euthanization. Or, if he’s lucky, maybe they’d just shoot him into space in a cryogenic state in the hopes that future sports doctors could cure him.

Luckily, it does not appear to be as dire as all that:

#Padres announce that Andrew Cashner that MRI today concluded he has elbow soreness and irritation. Rest and recovery, no timetable.

— Corey Brock (@FollowThePadres) May 20, 2014

Cashner was off to a great start this year, starting nine games with a 2.35 ERA and 47/17 K/BB ratio in 57 innings. He’s got great stuff and killer velocity. And given how young guys with that profile have fared recently, medically speaking, here’s hoping that this relatively optimistic diagnosis holds.

OAKLAND, Calif. – Major League Baseball is looking into a video circulating on social media that appears to show Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon grab a fan by the shirt through the bleacher guardrails after Thursday night’s game in Oakland, a league spokesperson said Friday.

Rendon looks to have grabbed the fan’s shirt near his chest through the bars of the railing and exchanged words with him before appearing to take a swipe at the bill of the man’s ballcap and walking into the tunnel.

Angels spokesman Adam Chodzko says the team has no comment. The Angels do not play Friday, but the club expects Rendon to address the video Saturday in the clubhouse before the game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland.

The video shows the fan, dressed in A’s colors, approach the railing as Rendon turns toward him from the tunnel walkway below. Rendon then appears to grab the man’s shirt and ask him what he just said, accusing the fan of calling him a derogatory term before swiping at his ballcap.

The A’s won the game 2-1.