Nationals’ Guillen Out for Year

Washington Nationals outfielder Jose Guillen will have season-ending surgery today for a torn ligament in his right elbow.

The ligament reconstruction -- known as Tommy John surgery -- will be performed by James Andrews, who examined Guillen in Birmingham, Ala., on Monday. An MRI exam revealed a full tear.

“He could not go forward without having this operation,” Nationals General Manager Jim Bowden said.

Bowden wasn’t sure how long the injury would sideline Guillen, whose Nationals contract expires at the end of this season.

“It can be as early as eight months, it can be as late as a year and a half,” Bowden said.

Guillen began the season with a .276 career batting average, but he hit only .216 in 2006, with nine home runs and 40 RBIs in 241 at-bats for last-place Washington.

Also Monday, a group led by local real estate developer Ted Lerner and former Atlanta sports executive Stan Kasten officially took control of the Nationals, completing the $450-million purchase of the club from Major League Baseball.

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Barry Bonds’ attorney is asking federal authorities to investigate who told a newspaper that the Giants forwarded the baseball star’s medical records to a grand jury investigating him for perjury and tax evasion.

Citing two people familiar with the probe, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday that the U.S. Attorney’s office had received the medical records last week in response to a subpoena issued to the San Francisco Giants.

Bonds’ attorney, Michael Rains, said there is nothing in the records indicating Bonds used performance-enhancing drugs. Still, Rains said he would file a complaint with a federal judge in San Francisco protesting what he alleged was a government leak of his client’s medical records.

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The Chicago Cubs put first baseman Derrek Lee on the 15-day disabled list because of inflammation in his right wrist, and said there are no plans to shelve the National League batting champion for the rest of the season.

Lee, a two-time Gold Glove winner, broke two bones in his right wrist in a collision with Rafael Furcal of the Dodgers on April 19. He was activated from the DL on June 25 but has experienced some pain and weakness in the wrist since his return.

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The Chicago White Sox acquired right-handed reliever Mike MacDougal from the Kansas City Royals for minor league pitchers Tyler Lumsden and Daniel Cortes.... Cleveland purchased the contract of reliever Tom Mastny from triple-A Buffalo and optioned right-hander Edward Mujica to Buffalo.