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Article: Jake Peavy headed to DL
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- May 20, 2008
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Reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Jake Peavy will go on the disabled list with swelling and a strained muscle in his pitching elbow.
An MRI exam showed no structural damage, manager Bud Black said Monday night.
"You always fear the worst," Black said after the Padres lost 8-2 to the St. Louis Cardinals in a game Peavy had been scheduled to start, before being scratched on Sunday. "In this case it wasn't, so that's a good thing. The doctors were confident Jake will be fine. He's feeling better already."
Peavy said on Sunday that it was "not like a normal soreness. ... Your arm is sore all the time, but I do feel some of it in the elbow (and) ...