Chatter: Dallas Braden, Rafael Soriano, Andrew Cashner, Brandon Snyder

Some quick chatter happening this afternoon:

• Jane Lee reporting via the Athletics that Dallas Braden's shoulder surgery was successful, but he'll miss the rest of the season.
• Rafael Soriano is being placed on DL, Chris Dickerson is recalled to the Yankees per Bryan Hoch.
• Andrew Cashner is in Chicago for an MRI on his shoulder, Doug Davis will meet team in Florida according to Carrie Muskat.
• Carrie is also reporting that the Cubs are are calling up Scott Maine and Marcus Mateo to Iowa.
• Could Brandon Snyder be promoted tonight for Baltimore? Jeff Zrebiec's sources think so, but both he and Patton's promotions dependent on Lee and Izturis' status.