With just a few games in after the All-Star Break there has been a bunch of news on injured players, some good, others not so much. So it's time for everyone's favorite game! Injured Players: Good News, Bad News!

Good News: Troy Tulowitzki returns from the DL tonight (7/21), starts, and singles in his first at-bat. Hopefully Tulowitzki won't find anything in life that frustrates him again, as he cut his hand slamming his bat into the ground. For the season, Tulo is batting a robust .161 with three homers and 16 RBI. Get him back in your lineups immediately, I see a big second half rebound for this guy.

Bad News: Jorge Posada is back on the DL with the same shoulder problem that has plagued him all season long. Posada has been trying to gut this out and play when he can, but this injury is completely taking him out of his defensive game. And since the Yankees are loaded with guys who are DHs anyway, it was hurting his playing time. Posada now goes back on the shelf and has a decision to make. Is it time to just have the surgery he was putting off until the end of the year and be ready for 2009? Or rest for a while and continue to play limited in the hopes of helping the Yanks if they make the playoffs? I am starting to worry that he will choose the surgery.

Good News: David Ortiz is on a rehab assignment and he is using it to play his own personal Home Run Derby. Big Papi played three games for the Pawtucket Red Sox, and he homered in all three games as he is on the way back from a wrist injury. After spending the weekend with the PawSox, Ortiz is heading to AA for three more games, and expects to reunite with his boys from Beantown in time for their weekend series with the hated Yankees.

Bad News: Erik Bedard is out indefinitely and won't pitch again until August at the earliest. If he wasn't already fired, the GM of the Mariners would be taking SO MUCH heat for the trade that brought Bedard to Seattle. He has been a colossal bust, not so much because he pitched bad (6-4. 3.67 ERA), but because he has been unable to stay healthy and has only made fifteen starts. Bedard has been a myriad of injuries this year, and the latest one, tightness in his left shoulder, looks like it will keep him out for an extended stretch. I wouldn't be surprised if the Mariners shut him down until September, or perhaps for the season, they aren't winning anything anyway.

Good News: Alfonso Soriano looks to return to the Cubs this Wednesday. After suffering a broken left hand on June 12th, Soriano has been itching to return to Wrigley. Now after a brief two game rehab assignment it looks as though he will come back on Wednesday, or Thursday at the latest. For the year, Soriano is batting .283 with 15 homers, 43 RBI, and 7 SB in 51 games.

Bad News: Roy Oswalt is back on the DL, this time with a hip injury. It looked as though this one was minor and Oswalt would miss just his one start. That was July 11th, the last time Oswalt started a game. He lasted just one inning, and they said he would be back. Now he is out for the 15 days, and the Astros are saying that he will just miss the 15 days and he will return to the rotation. I am skeptical that all of a sudden he will be back to normal, and you should be too.

Good News: J.J. Putz was activated off the DL on Sunday. Speaking on injury plagued seasons in Seattle, Putz finished his latest stint on the DL in time to come in to throw a shutout inning in relief on Sunday. It has been announced that Brandon Morrow will continue to close games for the near future, as they work Putz back into the groove and he is ready to close again. But get him back active on your roster now, I think within a week he will be pitching the 9th inning, if Seattle ever wins a game.

Bad News: Kerry Wood landed on the DL on Monday. Ok, ok, I know what you are thinking....."there's a shocker, stick a fork in him, he's done." But wait! This time it is just a blister problem he is having and should be back when his two week sentence is over. Now, I agree, if anyone can turn something so minor into a season ending injury it is Kerry Wood, but I am having faith this time, that this is something quick, and then he will be back. Carlos Marmol will close while Wood is injured.

Good News: Chris Carpenter is on the mend, and is on a rehab assignment with the Cardinals AA affiliate. Carpenter had a pretty successful start considering that he is attempting to come back from his second Tommy John surgery. He pitched four innings, allowed no runs, only one hit, but did walk four batters. This won't be a quick couple starts and back to the majors for Carpenter. Expect him to make at least five minor league starts before coming back, but so far, so good.

Bad News: Billy Wagner's shoulder needs a second opinion. First, Wagner was scheduled for an MRI today, then after the plane ride home it felt better and he didn't need the exam. Now he is back headed to the doctor's office on Tuesday for the team doctors to evaluate whether or not his should is in fact injured and needs an MRI. This doesn't sound good to me at all, and expect some sort of news by the middle of the week, and although I don't expect him to miss extended time, a stint on the DL wouldn't surprise me.

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