Even if you don’t care which minor leaguers have been signed, released or traded, you should scan the weekly Minor League Transactions blog to find out which prospects have been placed on the disabled list. This week brought news of DL trips for Gorkys Hernandez, Nick Hagadone, Gaby Hernandez, Daniel Cortes, Mike McCardell and Austin Romine.

And now two more . . .

• Second baseman Adrian Cardenas, the Phillies’ supplemental first-round pick in 2006, was placed on the disabled list with lower back inflammation. The 20-year-old, lefty-hitting Cardenas was batting .347/.373/.408 for high Class A Clearwater. He was our High School Player of the Year in 2006.

• Orioles righthander Chorye Spoone is battling shoulder soreness and was moved to the Double-A Bowie disabled list. The 22-year-old, an eighth-round pick from the Community College of Baltimore County-Catonsville in 2005, was 2-0, 3.00 with 13-9 strikeouts-walks in 15 innings.