After having Tommy John surgery in 2005, Richie Lentz pitched just nine innings for Washington in 2006. Now, Lentz has dominated despite spending the first three months of this year in hitter-friendly high Class A Lancaster.

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When righthander Connor Robertson arrived in Tucson for his first spring training with the Diamondbacks, he had an arsenal that was well-suited for work as a reliever: a fastball, cut fastball and slider that he was able to spot well.

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If low Class A Delmarva's Matthew Angle reaches first base, don't expect him to stay there.

When you get a home run from John McDonald, you better not waste it. But that's exactly what the Blue Jays did yesterday afternoon in a 5-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners. McDonald, who hits home runs as regularly as there are Big Foot sightings on Bloor

Double-A Mississippi opened the Southern League season with a 2-15 record and spent most of the campaign's first two months in the South Division cellar. Yet by the all-star break, the M-Braves had improved to an overall mark of 46-49, thanks in large part to improved starting pitching.

The Blue Jays' gain will be Team Canada's loss. Pitcher Scott Richmond of Vancouver is on the verge of being called up by the Blue Jays to start this week, according to media reports, a move that would rule him out of the Beijing Olympics. Richmond, 28,

USA Baseball's college national team finishes 24-0 on its summer schedule after winning the FISU World Championship in the Czech Republic.

BOSTON The Mets liked Casey Blake, and general manager Omar Minaya has a strong working relationship with his Cleveland counterpart, Mark Shapiro. But we learned again yesterday that those facts, plus $160 million, will get you eight years of Manny