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Nats' Strasburg headed to DL

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08/23/2010 - Washington, DC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Washington Nationals rookie phenom Stephen Strasburg will be placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained flexor tendon in his right forearm.

According to the Mid-Atlantic Sportsbook Betting Lines, Strasburg's second MRI was still pending, and the team denied the righty the chance to throw on Monday. The retroactive date for the transaction has not yet been decided, and the team may not make an official move until Thursday.

In the fifth inning of Saturday's game against the Phillies, Strasburg's third pitch to Philadelphia right fielder Domonic Brown went for a ball, and the righty immediately winced in pain following the throw. He glanced down toward his elbow and began shaking his arm. Shortly thereafter, trainers and manager Jim Riggleman came out and replaced him with Craig Stammen.

The injury is similar to the one that cost A's pitcher Ben Sheets all of 2009. Sheets tore his flexor tendon at the end of 2008 before sitting out 2009, signing with Oakland and suffering the same injury in 2010, putting him on the shelf for the remainder of the season.

Saturday marked Strasburg's third start since coming off the disabled list earlier in the season for right shoulder inflammation.


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Despite the debate that's swirling , Kurt Warner will remain the starting quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals, coach Dennis Green said today. The Arizona Cardinals are the +7 point underdog at online sportsbook MySportsbook.com for this Sunday's game.

Green's comment came in a statement released by the team following an ESPN report that Green decided that rookie Matt Leinart would replace Warner as starter for Sunday's game at Atlanta.

"Generally talking about the starting lineup is not something we do," Green told the AP. "However, given the speculation that was out there we want to make it clear. We're disappointed after last week, but we still expect to be a playoff football team and we fully expect Kurt Warner to be the quarterback that leads us. That has not changed."

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