ESPN: Red Sox sign Colon

According to ESPN's Jerry Crasnick, Bartolo Colon has agreed to a minor-league deal with the Boston Red Sox.

Colon was hurt for much of last season, so it's not a given that he will produce. However, with Curt Schilling being hurt, the Sox felt that he could provide insurance for their starting rotation.

Schilling to the disabled list

Red Sox starter Curt Schilling has been placed on the disabled list.

Curt Schilling's right shoulder was normal, according to an MRI exam, but the Boston Red Sox right-hander will be put on the disabled list following a cortisone shot.

Schilling will miss at least two starts after he is put on the DL on Friday, retroactive to Tuesday.

The 40-year-old right-hander was sent back to Boston from Atlanta on Tuesday for an exam after he got roughed up in his last two starts.

"I have not felt right this year," Schilling told WEEI-AM earlier Wednesday, adding he believes the problem may be tendinitis.

"Pain is a relative term. There's been a lot of this year trying to discern what's because I'm 40 or what's because I don't feel good," he said (source).

Schilling is 0-1 with a 7.00 ERA against the Yankees in three starts this season. He has given up 14 earned runs and six home runs in 18 innings. He will be missed.

Thank you, Shannon Stewart

Oakland A's outfielder Shannon Stewart (pictured) broke up Curt Schilling's no-hit bid in the bottom of the ninth with two outs this afternoon.

From all of us here in Yankees Universe, thank you Mr. Stewart. It would've been absolutely awful if we had to watch him being mobbed on the mound.

On a more somber note, the Red Sox won and snapped their four-game losing streak.