1.   An MRI revealed a slight tear in his elbow ligaments.

2.   During the exhibition schedule, Kerry Wood of the Chicago Cubs and Matt Morris of St. Louis each tore an elbow ligament.

3.   He sat out for two months, went to Arizona on a rehabilitation assignment and tore an elbow ligament.

4.   Kerry Wood of the Chicago Cubs, an instant star as a rookie last season with a torrent of strikeouts, tore an elbow ligament during spring training.

5.   Nor is defensive end Pete Holland, who sprained elbow ligaments in practice and may not play.

6.   Scott Kamieniecki pulled a groin muscle, changed his pitching mechanics because of it, strained an elbow ligament, and he joined Mussina on the disabled list.

7.   Team physician Dr. Frank Jobe said calcification in the replaced ligament led to Dreifort tearing an elbow ligament last June, but testing since that surgery showed no calcification.

8.   The most recent move came a week ago with word that John Smoltz would miss the season because of a torn elbow ligament.

9.   The soft-spoken Jobe rose to prominence when he came up with the radical idea of transplanting a tendon and wrapping it into an elbow ligament.

10.   Todd Hundley strained his elbow ligament last week, but he acknowledged that if his mother were healthy, he would have gone to Cleveland for the All-Star Game.