Thursday afternoon PRO Rumors madness:

• Rob Bradford of WEEI.com says the Red Sox will send Tim Wakefield to the bullpen when Daisuke Matsuzaka returns to the rotation.
• According to Tony Jackson of ESPN, the Dodgers have placed reliever Jeff Weaver on the 15-day disabled list because of a strain on the right side of his lower back. The team activated Hong-Chih Kuo from the 15-day DL.
• Joel Sherman of the New York Post says that the Met’s Mike Jacobs has accepted assignment and will report to Triple-A.  Jacobs was DFA’d by the team on Sunday which opened up a spot on the 40 man roster for Ike Davis.
• ESPN Insider says that the Washington Nationals Stephen Strasburg is not going to replace injured pitcher Jason Marquis. Marquis was placed on the 15-day disabled list with bone chips in his elbow. The Nats will call up Luis Atilano from Triple-A Syracuse to start against hte Dodgers.
• Giants manager Bruce Bochey said Todd Wellemeyer’s recent poor outings (13 ER in 14/13 innings over three starts) is a “hiccup”. Possibilities to replace Wellemeyer include Madison Bumgarner, Joe Martinez and Kevin Pucetas. Bochey has no indications that hey’ll replace Wellemeyer. (Henry Schulman of the San Francsico Chronicle)
• Todd Zolecki of MLB.com says that J.A. Happ is headed to the disabled list. The team has activated J.C. Romero to take Happ’s place on the active roster.
• Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times said that former Dodgers pitcher Russ Ortiz has elected to become a free agent rather than be sent to the Minor Leagues.
• Jayson Stark of ESPN.com says that Adrian Gonzalez and Heath Bell would “crush both the bat and bullpen markets” in July – meaning that as long as the Padres are out of the race, they could fetch a huge bounty for trading one or both of these players.
• Stark also adds that the following bats may be in play come the July trading deadline: Josh Hamilton, Adam Dunn, Adam LaRoche, Rick Ankiel, Paul Konerko and Manny Ramirez.