good news, bad news

For the first time in almost two years, Taylor Tankersley pitched in a big league game on Thursday. The former Warren Central star, whose 2009 season was wrecked by surgery on his left elbow, came on in a jam and got two big outs for Florida against the Atlanta Braves in a game the Marlins would lose. Tankersley struck out a batter and walked one. Tankersley was an effective reliever for the Marlins in 2006 and ’07 before suffering a tough 2008 and winding up in the minors in midseason. He missed virtually all of last season and began this year at Triple-A New Orleans, where he posted a 4.19 ERA before getting the call-up on Thursday. … The bad news belongs to former Ole Miss and Hillcrest Christian standout Cody Satterwhite, a rising star in the Detroit Tigers’ system. According to reports, Satterwhite will have surgery on his right shoulder next week and miss the season. The former second-round pick was 4-6 with a 3.47 ERA at Double-A Erie in 2009 and received an invitation to the Tigers’ big league camp this spring. Then, the shoulder problem cropped up. But he’s young — just 23. He’ll be back.