There was no panic, just patience, in the Royals organization when Mike Moustakas, the second overall pick in the 2007 draft, started slowly with low Class A Burlington. In April, Moustakas, 20, hit just .190/.253/.226 with one home run—his only extra-base hit.

Brian Cashman, the Yankees? general manager, took full responsibility for the Yankees? disappointing season and defended Manager Joe Girardi and Kevin Long, the hitting coach.

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With nearly six decades in Organized Baseball, Jack McKeon isn't easily impressed. But the former Marlins manager, now a special advisor to team owner Jeffrey Loria, has taken note of Mike Stanton.

Jason Giambi, who homered to tie the game in the seventh inning, drilled a single to center off Jonathan Papelbon with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth.

Cristian Guzman hit for the cycle and Elijah Dukes had two home runs, helping the Washington Nationals to an 11-2 romp over the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night. Guzman finished the cycle with an RBI triple in the eighth inning off

Douglas Arguello has been in the Astros organization longer than just about anyone else in their system after signing as a 17-year-old out of Nicaragua in December 2001. Nearly seven years later, Arguello is enjoying the best season of his career at high Class A Salem and has some in the organization believing the lefthander has a future in the major leagues.

Much more depressing to the Red Sox than their 3-2 loss to the Yankees was the notion that Josh Beckett would not start Friday.

Aramis Ramirez's grand slam capped a five-run eighth inning Thursday night, and the Chicago Cubs won their sixth straight game in dramatic fashion, rallying for a 6-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies The surging Cubs moved to 34 games over .500.

Brandon Wood has not performed well in three trials in the major leagues, batting .134 with two home runs and 33 strikeouts in 97 at-bats. However, that did not scare off other teams from asking about him in the weeks leading up to the July 31 trade deadline.