The Marlins have placed 27-year old righty swinging shortstop Hanley Ramirez on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to August 3rd with a sprained left shoulder. Ramirez has played in 92 games this year for the Marlins and he is 82 for 338 (.243 avg, .712 OPS) with 55 runs scored, 10 homers, 45 RBIs and 20 stolen bases. Emilio Bonifacio will continue to replace Ramirez until he’s ready to return to action. Bonifacio has played in 106 games already this year for the Marlins and he is 107 for 373 (.287 avg, .732 OPS) with 58 runs scored, 2 homers, 18 RBIs and 27 stolen bases. The Marlins hope that Ramirez will be ready to return to action next weekend.

The Marlins have placed 29-year old righty swinging starting 2B Omar Infante on the 15-day disabled list due to a fractured right middle finger. Infante has played in 111 games for the Marlins so far this year and he is 118 for 423 (.279 avg, .688 OPS) with 38 runs scored, 3 homers, 34 RBIs and 3 stolen bases. The Marlins have called up 31-year old lefty swinging 2B Joe Thurston. Thurston has played in 104 games in AAA-ball for the Marlins and he is 118 for 375 (.315 avg, .878 OPS) with 59 runs scored, 9 homers, 44 RBIs and 10 stolen bases. Thurston last played in the majors back in 2009. Thurston has played in 183 games in his first six years in the majors and he is 75 for 333 (.225 avg, .630 OPS) with 34 runs scored, 1 homer, 27 RBIs and 4 stolen bases. The Marlins hope that Infante heals soon as he has been playing much better as of late.

UPDATE: (8/6/2011) - The Marlins have designated Joe Thurston for assignment. He went 1 for 4 with a stolen base last night for the Marlins.

UPDATE II: (8/12/2011) - Joe Thurston has accepted an outright assignment to AAA.

The Marlins have placed 25-year old righty reliever Ryan Webb on the 15-day disabled list due to a case of right shoulder tightness. Webb has pitched in 35 games (0 starts) for the Marlins so far this year and he is 1-4 with a 3.67 ERA and a 1.37 WHIP. The Marlins have called up 21-year old lefty starting pitcher Brad Hand to replace Webb on the pitching staff. Hand started 3 games earlier this year for the Marlins and he was 0-3 with a 3.45 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP. Hand only gave up 9 hits in his first 15 2/3 innings in the majors earlier this year but he also walked 9 batters and that is way too many. Hand has also started 13 games in A+AA-ball this year and he is 7-3 with a 4.36 ERA and a 1.37 WHIP in the minors this year. The Marlins will try to help Hand get some wins this time around.

The Marlins have sent starting CF Chris Coghlan to AAA. The 26-year old lefty swinging Coghlan has played in 65 games for the Marlins this year and he was 62 for 269 (.230 avg, .664 OPS) with 33 runs scored, 5 homers, 22 RBIs and 7 stolen bases. Coghlan was the N.L. Rookie of the Year in 2009. 26-year old switch-hitting Emilio Bonifacio and 33-year old lefty swinging DeWayne Wise will probably share CF now. Bonifacio has played in 61 games for the Marlins this year and he is 53 for 194 (.273 avg, .722 OPS) with 23 runs scored, 1 homer, 11 RBIs and 3 stolen bases. Wise has played in 36 games in A+AAA-ball this year and he is 51 for 153 (.333 avg, .935 OPS) with 32 runs scored, 5 homers, 21 RBIs and 8 stolen bases. Wise played in 52 games for the Blue Jays last year and he was 28 for 112 (.250 avg, .675 OPS) with 20 runs scored, 3 homers, 14 RBIs and 4 stolen bases.

UPDATE: (6/20/2011) - The Marlins have placed Chris Coghlan on the 15-day disabled list due to a pre-existing left knee problem. So he gets out of going to the minors, for now.

The Marlins have placed 31-year old righty reliever Clay Hensley on the 15-day disabled list due to a sprained right shoulder. Hensley has pitched in 20 games (0 starts) for the Marlins so far this year and he is 0-2 with a 3.60 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP. The Marlins have called up 23-year old righty swinging infielder Osvaldo Martinez to replace Hensley on the active roster. Martinez has played in 10 games earlier this year with the Marlins and he was 1 for 8 (.125 avg, .250 OPS). He also has played in 22 games in AAA-ball this year and he is 24 for 96 (.250 avg, .700 OPS) with 11 runs scored, 3 homers, 8 RBIs and 2 stolen bases. He will likely get some P.T. at SS with Hanley Ramirez’ back barking.