Sad news for Majewski

There been some clamoring to get Gary Majewski and Bill Bray up to the Reds to help the bullpen. That's not going to happen anytime very soon -- for very different reasons.

Majewski is healthy and he was pitching well. But he's gone home to Mississippi to deal with a family tragedy. His sister was killed a few days ago in the ATV accident. Wayne Krivsky said he talked to Majewski briefly while Majewski was in the Philadelphia airport on his way back from Ottawa. Krivsky didn't have a lot of details. Obviously, the club will give Majewski all the time he needs. Even more obviously, dealing with the situation is more important than baseball.

Bray has thrown two bullpen sessions. The next step is to throw to hitters, then pitch in a game at extended spring training. He's pain-free, but it sounds like he's a week or two from even going on a rehab assignment.

Also:
--Infielder/outfileder Jerry Gil will have “Tommy John” surgery on Tuesday. Gil appeared in 17 spring training games. He shut it down March 18 with elbow pain. He has been on the disabled
list all season.

--Scott Hatteberg is hitting leadoff tonight against the Rockies. He's led off nine times in his career, all in 2003 for Oakland.