Ohka and Blue Jays reach preliminary agreement  —  TORONTO (AP) — Right-hander Tomo Ohka and the Toronto Blue Jays reached a preliminary agreement Tuesday on a one-year, $1.5 million contract.  —  Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi said the deal was pending a physical.

Erstad departs Angels for White Sox  —  Longtime Halo signs with Chicago after injury-plagued year  —  Another piece of the 2002 World Series squad has been lost as Darin Erstad signed a one-year deal with an option for 2008 to play for the White Sox.  —  Two sources within …

Posada: Williams Is Hoping to Play  —  There is no spot on the Yankees' roster for Bernie Williams, who is uncomfortable as a free agent after 16 seasons in New York.  Williams does not want to retire, yet he does not want to leave the Yankees.  —  Jorge Posada, who received an award …

Perlozzo offers thoughts on baseball's economics … WASHINGTON // Washington Nationals owner Theodore Lerner wants to curb spending on player salaries, New York Yankees President Randy Levine wants to limit his team's luxury tax payments, while Baltimore Orioles manager Sam Perlozzo …

Reds acquire Saarloos, sign Bellhorn  —  Cincinnati bolsters pitching corps, adds veteran infielder  —  CINCINNATI — Add one more name to the list of candidates for the Reds' fifth starter spot.  —  Cincinnati acquired right-hander Kirk Saarloos in a trade with the Athletics on Tuesday for Minor League reliever David Shafer.

Delgado may miss opener  —  Carlos Delgado might not be with the Mets when they open the season in St. Louis on April 1.  —  The first baseman told El Nuevo Dia in Puerto Rico that his pregnant wife Betzaida Garcia's due date roughly coincides with Opening Day.  "My child comes first," he told the newspaper.

Reid denies McNabb unhappy with Eagles  —  'People are making a lot of things up here that aren't true,' coach says  —  PHILADELPHIA - Less than a week after he canceled Donovan McNabb's news conference, coach Andy Reid dismissed reports that his star quarterback is unhappy with the organization.

Cards hope to learn Weaver's fate this week  —  The Cardinals probably will learn this week whether their two-year offer to free-agent pitcher Jeff Weaver is enough to keep the righthander in their starting rotation three months after he became a cog in their World Series championship push.

Four teams that could surprise in '07  —  To start with, some parameters.  —  A team can't qualify as a surprise if it won 87 games last season (the Blue Jays), if it contended as recently as 2005 (the Indians) or if it spent $300 million this off-season (the Cubs).

2007 Top prospects: Nos. 15-1 (cont.)  —  8. Cameron Maybin, 20, CF, Detroit Tigers  —  2006 Stats (A-): .304/.387/.457, 27 SB in 385 AB  —  Maybin lived up to all the hype in his first pro season.  He might not be the second coming of Ken Griffey Jr., but Maybin has a generational five-tool set.

Wedge has plan for Tribe  —  Platoons in left, right; Garko must earn spot  —  CLEVELAND - Not surprisingly, manager Eric Wedge has a plan for the Indians.  —  You probably knew that already.  —  Part of Wedge's (and General Manager Mark Shapiro's) grand design involves using five outfielders …

RHP Seanez, INF Tatis to get deals with Dodgers  —  LOS ANGELES — Reliever Rudy Seanez, who used to play for Los Angeles, and infielder Fernando Tatis, who enjoyed the most memorable accomplishment of his career at Dodger Stadium, agreed Tuesday to minor league contracts with the Dodgers.

MLB's brushback pitch  —  Deal with DirecTV could leave most fans out in cold  —  The last place that any baseball fan ever wants to be is between team owners and a dollar bill.  It's like stepping between Pete Rose and Ray Fosse, circa 1970.  Or between Jose Canseco and his syringe sometime in the '90s.