The negotiating status of unsigned picks from the first 10 rounds, two days before the Aug. 15 signing deadline.

Shortly after Jerry Manuel suggested that he might move one or more of his starting pitchers into the bullpen, the second-place Mets are one game behind Philadelphia.

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In his major league debut, righthander Jeff Samardzija threw a 99 mph fastball, a wild pitch on a pitchout, gave up a game-tying run and struck out two batters in a pair of innings. The former Notre Dame wide receiver called the July 25 effort against the Marlins "bittersweet."

Nigeria won Group B by defeating the United States, 2-1.

CHICAGO, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Mark Buehrle combined with two relievers on a five-hit shutout Wednesday to help the Chicago White Sox secure a 4-0 win over the Kansas City Royals. Buehrle (10-10) hurled seven scoreless innings with no walks and five

The signing of Yamaico Navarro in September 2005 received little attention. The young shortstop was unheralded in the Dominican Republic, and did not sign until he was almost 18.

Thirty-eight innings into his major league career, Brad Ziegler had a 0.00 career earned run average.

DENVER, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Brad Hawpe's two-run home run in the eighth inning Wednesday boosted the Colorado Rockies to a 6-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Hawpe's homer sent the Rockies ahead 6-4. Arizona scored a run and loaded the bases in the

While critics were quick to criticize the Braves' haul upon trading first baseman Mark Teixeira just prior to the July 31 deadline, the Atlanta brass was quietly content with the package of first baseman Casey Kotchman and righthander Stephen Marek.