In four plate appearances with the Mets this season, Cancel is batting .250 and has two RBIs. Manager Jerry Manuel said he liked having the righty batter available for pinch-hitting situations because it gives him the freedom to pinch-run for other

It was the boss -- something urgent. 'I thought that I was traded,' Wright said. Instead, Mets general manager Omar Minaya delivered some markedly better news. Less than a day after falling short in the All-Star Game Final Vote to Corey Hart of the

Yet Mets manager Jerry Manuel isn't much for gossip. Regardless of what the front office might be cooking up as the July 31 trade deadline nears, Manuel won't concern himself with players on the other side -- at least not while they're still on that

'It kind of sent a little shockwave through me,' Easley said. So Easley stepped out of the batter's box. He regrouped. He fouled off one pitch, then cracked the next one over the left-center-field wall. There was a bit more baseball left to be played,

WOODBRIDGE, Va. - Last night, a three-run inning burned the Potomac Nationals. One game later, Potomac suffered a similar fate, but this time the damage came much sooner resulting in its third straight loss. The Wilmington Blue Rocks three runs in the

Wilmington, DE - The Wilmington Blue Rocks used All-Star-caliber pitching and some early offense to edge the Potomac Nationals, 3-2, at Frawley Stadium on Thursday night. Everett Teaford won for the first time in over a month and Tyler Chambliss closed

PITTSBURGH - The Pirates scratched left-hander Phil Dumatrait from his scheduled start against St. Louis on Saturday due to an aching shoulder and recalled double-A pitcher Yoslan Herrera to face the Cardinals. The Pirates made four roster moves

Kinston split a double header with Lynchburg, winning game two 9-2 after the Indians dropped the opening game of the double dip 7-1. Kinston jumped all over the Hillcats in game two, scoring five runs in the first inning helped by a grand slam home run

SAN DIEGO - Scott Hairston remained on a hot streak with a double and a triple to back Jake Peavy and help the San Diego Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 4-0 on Friday night. Hairston is 17-for-34 (.500) with six doubles, five homers, nine RBIs and nine

With three months of the season expired, we have a pretty good idea what the top quarter of the Top 100 Prospects list would look like. To qualify for this list, a player must be rookie-eligible; he must to be in the minor leagues at the time of the Futures Game; and he must have been under contract prior to 2008.