The other day I said that I smelled a Disgraceful List stint coming for Tony Cingrani from a dead arm, then yesterday the Reds announced Cingrani had shoulder tendinitis. He said he didn't think he needed a DL stint. I've said this before, but it always surprises me how teams can put players who are not injured on the DL. Before a player can go on the DL, Major League Baseball should require approval from one person: a strict school nurse. "Hey, Nurse Blumenthal, this is the Mets calling and we were wondering if we can DL Bartolo Colon with an inflamed elbow?" Nurse Blumenthal gives out a disapproving groan, yanks up her hosiery and then tells them, "I saw him playing catch and talking to some girls in the parking lot. I'd say he looked fine. Goodbye!" I'd DL Cingrani for now and pray to whoever will hear fantasy baseball prayers -- A nerdy priest? An athletic rabbi? Do these things exist? -- that Cingrani gets right with himself and the world in two weeks' time. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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