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Schoeneweis

Schoeneweis is rehabbing from an elbow injury, but even if he is able to return it will only be for one or two brief appearances. He won’t help you the rest of the way for fantasy purposes.

He allowed one run on three hits and a walk in one inning of work. Schoeneweis will be a fringe starter somewhere next season. We can’t recommend him though.

Well, the good news is that the Jays do intend to use Schoeneweis as a reliever. As they did with Kerry Ligtenberg last year, they’re paying him twice what he deserves. Still, he’ll probably be useful out of the pen.

The White Sox offered Schoeneweis a one-year deal at his 2004 salary of $1.725 million. He wanted a raise even though he missed a third of the season and had a 5.59 ERA in 112 2/3 IP. If you ask us, the White Sox were too generous. Jason Grilli is currently penciled in as the team’s fifth starter, but an upgrade is desperately needed.

Manager Ozzie Guillen does not want to start Schoeneweis in the fourth game and follow him with Mark Buehrle in the fifth game. Jon Garland is expected to start Friday.

Unfortunately for their fans, the White Sox are going to put Schoeneweis into the rotation and pay him at least $1.5 million next season. He’ll be someone to stay away from in AL-only leagues.

Schoeneweis had debris and bone chips removed from the elbow. The Sox said Dr. Lewis Yocum also found inflammation in the elbow. Schoeneweis now begins the first phase of rehabilitation — two weeks of rest and range of motion therapy. After two weeks, the Sox likely will know if Schoeneweis can return in mid-September. With the 5th spot in their rotation being skipped over for now, if Schoeneweis is able to come back, he will likely fill that role upon his return.

Schoeneweis has made it known he is unhappy with his relief role in Anaheim, but the Angels aren’t likely to trade their only lefty in the bullpen unless they clearly get something that can help them win now. They could use a lefthanded bat with Brad Fullmer out, but it’s doubtful they’d want Tampa’s Ben Grieve. Even if Schoeneweis is traded to a bad team, his value would jump by virtue of getting to start.

Schoeneweis did not pitch badly last night (four runs in seven innings), but he seems to have reverted to his previous mediocre form. We hope you traded him when he looked like a solid number two starter.

Chicago pitching coach Don Cooper indicated that the team may be better served if Felix Diaz went into the rotation and Schoeneweis became the Sox third lefthander in the pen. Needless to say, Schoeneweis is not happy about the proposed change. Nothing is etched in stone here, but certainly the White Sox have ruffled the inconsistent Schoeneweis’ feathers.