NEW YORK — The Detroit Tigers placed outfielder Delmon Young on the restricted list Saturday and said he would be evaluated under baseball's employee assistance program following his arrest on a hate-crime harassment charge for an encounter at his hotel during which police say he yelled anti-Semitic epithets.

Young was arraigned Friday and posted a $5,000 bond at a brief hearing in Manhattan court. He faces a misdemeanor aggravated harassment charge. If convicted, he could face up to a year in jail.

Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said he expects Young to return to the lineup if he is cleared by the evaluation. That could happen as soon as Monday, he said. Dombrowski would not say if the Tigers were considering any punishment of their own.

"He's accused of a misdemeanor," Dombrowski said. "If he's cleared to play, he will play."

Dombrowski said that Young was "extremely remorseful, extremely apologetic" about the events of early Friday morning.

Around 2:30 a.m., Young was standing outside the Hilton New York. Nearby, a group of about four Chicago tourists staying at the hotel were approached by a panhandler wearing a yarmulke and a Star of David around his neck, according to police. Afterward, as the group walked up to the hotel doors, Young started yelling anti-Semitic epithets, police said.

Notes

• The Colorado Rockies have placed right-hander Jeremy Guthrie on the 15-day disabled list a day after he injured his shoulder in a fall from his bicycle.

The Rockies' opening-day starter was placed on the DL Saturday, retroactive to Monday. He'll be eligible for reinstatement May 8.

Guthrie said he was injured Friday when the chain on his bike snapped as he was pedaling to the ballpark, causing him to tumble to the ground. He jammed his right shoulder in the fall.

• Giants second baseman Freddy Sanchez has a strain in his right shoulder, a minor setback in his recovery from surgery last season.

Sanchez, who has been on the disabled list all season, underwent an MRI on Friday in the Bay Area but the team didn't disclose the results until before Saturday's home game against the San Diego Padres.

• Boston Red Sox slugger Ted Williams' 1949 MVP plaque sold for nearly $300,000 at the first major auction of his sports, military and personal memorabilia. Nearly 800 items sold at Fenway Park.

• Ryan Howard will be heading to Clearwater on Sunday and Chase Utley (knee) could join him within a week as the two injured Philadelphia Phillies stars inch closer toward joining the team for the first time this season.

Howard, the 2006 NL MVP, hasn't hit in two months since having a procedure to remove an infection near his surgically repaired left Achilles tendon.

• Milwaukee purchased the contract of right-hander Vinnie Chulk and optioned reliever Mike McClendon to Class AAA Nashville after Saturday's loss to St. Louis.