Turnbow heads to Phoenix for tests

Brewers righty looking for answers on his pitching arm ST. LOUIS -- Former Brewers closer Derrick Turnbow's troubled season hit a new low this week when he was placed on the Triple-A disabled list and shipped to the team's training facility in Phoenix. On Thursday, Turnbow will undergo a full range of diagnostic tests, including an MRI scan, to determine if there are any structural problems with his right arm. "He came back from the All-Star break complaining that he is physically not right, so we decided to go back to square one," said Brewers assistant general manager Gord Ash, who is in Nashville with the team's top Minor League affiliate and chatted with Turnbow on Tuesday. "Shut it down, send him back to Arizona and start from the ground up." If Turnbow is deemed physically able, he will spend the next few weeks with the... [read full story]