Anaheim slugger Troy Glaus, a three-time All-Star and this season's AL home run leader, is scheduled for surgery on his right shoulder Friday and might be sidelined for the rest of the season.
The 2002 World Series MVP was limited to 91 games last season because of a shoulder injury while trying to make a diving catch.
Glaus was taken out of the lineup in New York on Wednesday. The third baseman had been the designated hitter recently because of a sore shoulder.
Glaus has hit 11 home runs in only 108 at-bats this season.
The surgery will be performed by Angels team physician Lewis Yocum to repair fraying of the labrum and rotator cuff, and Glaus will be placed on the 60-day disabled list, the team said Monday.
"I don't think there's any time frame on this," manager Mike Scioscia said. "It's going to hinge on what Dr. Yocum finds when he goes in there."
Glaus will join outfielder Garret Anderson, designated hitter Tim Salmon, first baseman Darin Erstad and reliever Brendan Donnelly on a crowded disabled list.
Despite the injuries, the Angels have a 25-13 record - best in the majors - and a 21/2-game lead over Texas in the AL West.
General manager Bill Stoneman said Glaus hopes to be playing again this year.
"It's a little bit early to be speculating on that," Stoneman said. "Rehab on normal rotator cuff and labrum stuff would suggest somewhere around season's end. But who knows."
Glaus, 27, was hitting .296 with 29 runs scored and 28 RBIs. Twenty of his 32 hits were for extra bases, and he reached double figures in home runs in his 24th game - fastest in club history.
WELLS INJURED: Padres left-hander David Wells cut his right wrist and left palm, apparently in an accident at home, and is expected to miss his next two starts.
General manager Kevin Towers said the 40-year-old Wells likely will be placed on the disabled list today. Wells wasn't on the team flight Monday to Pittsburgh. He lost to the Cubs on Sunday, and apparently was hurt that night.
"It was not a fight," Towers said. "It happened at his home. It sounds like he cut himself with some glass. How he did that, I don't know."
Towers said Wells received stitches in his right wrist and left palm.
Both Towers and Wells' agent, Gregg Clifton, said they hadn't been able to reach the pitcher by phone.
REVENUE SHARING: Several of the biggest beneficiaries of baseball's revenue-sharing plan have among the lowest payrolls in the majors, spending the money on prospects, not stars.
Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay, the teams with the three lowest payrolls in the majors, all received huge increases in revenue sharing last year, according to figures obtained by the Associated Press.
"We're not going to spend $10-million on one player," Pirates owner Kevin McClatchy said. "It's not going to get us to the World Series. ... We had the largest winning percentage in the minor leagues last year. For us, that's the only way we're going to compete, with our minor-league system."
Milwaukee got $16.6-million, up from $8.5-million, according to the figures that were provided to the AP by a major-league team executive. Tampa Bay's increased from $14.6-million to $20.5-million.
CUBS: Kerry Wood threw off flat ground, and Mark Prior pitched a regular side session at Wrigley Field. Wood missed his scheduled start Sunday after feeling tightness in his right triceps. Prior, on the DL because of an inflamed Achilles' tendon and sore elbow, is on track to return in June.MARLINS: A.J. Burnett will throw the most anticipated pitches of the team's season today when he starts against minor-leaguers in an extended spring training game in Jupiter. Burnett, 27, hasn't pitched competitively since April 25, 2003. He had ligament replacement surgery on his right elbow four days later.[Last modified May 18, 2004, 01:12:12]
