"Although his season is a lost cause, Ben Sheets is still sticking around his teammates in the clubhouse. On Monday, Sheets told reporters he will undergo surgery next week to repair a torn flexor tendon in his right elbow, before he went out to the field to stretch and shag balls during batting practice.

Sheets was in good spirits and said he will approach the surgery "very cautiously," as he underwent similar elbow surgery prior to the 2009 season and it wiped out the whole campaign.

"It won't be the same, it will be slightly different," Sheets said. "But I ain't medical enough to talk in terms." "