Sports Frog

• After the shaky way he performed again last night, Yankees' starter Phil Hughes is officially on the clock now.

• The bad news keeps coming for the Yankees. Alex Rodriguez has been placed on the disabled list. He has a Grade 2 quadriceps strain. And now we are left to wonder exactly how many grades their are.

• The Hardball Times is calling for the head of John Gibbons. Of course the back up their opinion with trends and statistics unlike most websites.

"This year, with a groundswell calling for his head, I find myself defending the man. As you no doubt are aware, the Blue Jays' clutch numbers reveal that they are clutching both their bats and their throats far too firmly."

• SI ranked the ballparks. And Cleveland comes in first.

• New York Rangers forward Sean Avery was rushed to a Manhattan hospital on Wednesday morning in cardiac arrest just hours after his team's playoff loss, the New York Daily News reported, citing unnamed sources.

• John Smoltz, who dominated the National League as a closer for 3½ years, is willing to return to the Atlanta Braves' bullpen when he comes off the disabled list, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Smoltz, who was placed on the 15-day DL on Tuesday with inflammation in his right rotator cuff and biceps tendon, said "Yes" when asked about becoming the Braves' closer again, the newspaper reported.

• In their first 47 years in existence, the Angels had one pitcher who went 5-0 in April: Frank Tanana, in 1978.

They could have two this year. Joe Saunders finished his April at 5-0 on Tuesday, and Ervin Santana could do the same tonight.