Dropping like flies

Jason Schmidt will undergo exploratory arthroscopic surgery today, and there isn’t any definitive prognosis until doctors figure out what’s going on in his shoulder. Meanwhile, Yhency Brazoban appears done for the year. He’ll have surgery to repair what is believed to be a torn labrum, although it isn’t clear how bad the tear is, and he could return sometime this year if the ligament isn’t torn free of the bone. Sorry I never posted the lineup tonight. It has been a crazy day and still is. … Oh, Billingsley will start on Thursday in place of Schmidt. He is officially in the rotation now.