Notes: Robertson lands on DL  —  After shaky start, 'tired arm' puts left-hander on the shelf  —  ARLINGTON — Less than 90 minutes after insisting his health was sound, Tigers left-hander Nate Robertson emerged Wednesday from a closed-door meeting with manager Jim Leyland with the news …

Now, Mets are hurting for wins and players  —  Chavez injures hamstring as depleted Mets drop three in a row for first time this season  —  The Mets could handle losing players as long as they won games.  But now that the defeats are starting to stack up as rapidly as the body count …

Nationals armed, ready for Draft  —  Washington hopes to utilize extra scouts, extra picks effectively  —  WASHINGTON — The Nationals have never kept it a secret that they have a long way to go when it comes to having a very good farm system.  —  However, the system could get better in a hurry.

Mock Draft  —  The Devil Rays will make Vanderbilt lefthander David Price the No. 1 overall selection in the 2007 draft, which begins today at 2 p.m. Eastern.  That's no surprise, as other clubs have said for weeks that they would have been surprised if Tampa Bay had gone in a different direction.

Baseball Draft: Cardinals get STOUT  —  Any attempt to handicap who the Cardinals will take with the 18th pick in today's entry draft is a fool's errand.  —  The Cardinals certainly have their type: They lean toward college players, covet talent that has shown success in wood-bat leagues or tournaments …

Premium Nats Tickets to Rise  —  At $400, New Stadium's Top Seats Among Priciest  —  Tickets for the top seats at the Washington Nationals' new stadium will cost as much as $400 per game, among the highest prices in Major League Baseball, the team announced yesterday.

Sox can't get started: Spark is missing as skid hits 4  —  OAKLAND, Calif. - It took more than two months, but there may finally be a reason for Red Sox [team stats] fans to start fidgeting.  —  Although their lead in the AL East remained the largest in baseball at nine games …

Ring up No. 500  —  Hoffman raises his own career saves record to landmark level  —  The bells just keep ringing and ringing and ringing.  —  At this point, only a fool would predict when they will stop.  —  Trevor Hoffman fastened another save onto his all-time record last night, raising the total to a tidy 500.

MLB Amateur Draft: Pirates pick 4th, but they may have limited options  —  Rose Palmisano, The Orange County Register  —  Josh Vitters, a third baseman for Anaheim (Calif.) Cypress High School tops the Pirates' wish list.  —  The Pirates face a bunch of questions concerning …

In Case You Missed It . . .  With the draft and preparations for the 2007 Futures Game in San Francisco next month, things can get a little hairy around the Baseball America World Headquarters here in Durham, NC at this time of year.  —  So in case you might have missed it, here are some happenings around the minors:

Video: Heckling the wild and crazy Julian Tavarez  —  It is well documented that not only is Julian Tavarez not the biggest student of the game, he's a bit... hmm... crazy?  —  It is interesting, then, that out of all the players on the Red Sox, the hecklers who shot this video below decided to pick Tavarez as their target.

Giambi asked to cooperate with Mitchell investigation  —  After carefully reviewing information from the meeting between Major League Baseball officials and Jason Giambi of the New York Yankees and all other relevant information, Commissioner Allan H.  (Bud) Selig announced today …