Union to look at lack of Bonds offers  —  The lack of offers to Barry Bonds will be examined by baseball's Players Association as part of its annual review of the free agent market.  —  Less than two weeks before Opening Day, the 43-year-old home run king remains unsigned …

Sources: Sox consider Japan trip boycott … According to multiple clubhouse sources, the Red Sox [team stats] will be holding a players-only meeting later this morning concerning the issue regarding the coaches potentially not being paid the $40,000 allocated the players.

Mets getting 2008 lineup in order  —  Wednesday night's starters may mirror Opening Day squad  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — With their one and only off-day and a second morning of sleeping in behind them, the Mets play the Indians on Wednesday night.  To borrow a phrase from the contentious days …

Marquis plying his trade  —  With 1.93 spring ERA, right-hander could help Cubs one way or another  —  MESA, Ariz. — With his name a regular part of trade rumors, Cubs pitcher Jason Marquis was asked if he had allowed himself to consider some of the possibilities — like, say …

Don't rush him: Rays would be wise to send Longoria back to Durham  —  His time is near, on that we can all agree.  The tricky part is defining near.  ¶  If you are Evan Longoria, then opening day sounds like the nearest thing to heaven.  If you are a Rays fan, after seeing another Longoria home run …

A's notes: Minor-leaguer De Los Santos hits 97 on gun  —  (03-18) 19:52 PDT Surprise, —  Ariz. - Fautino De Los Santos, who might be the real prize in the Nick Swisher deal, made his first appearance for the A's, and several other potential Oakland players also made their spring debuts with the team.

Forst says injury concerns a big reason for A's moves  —  Editor's note: This is the third in Jonah Keri's series of Q&As with players and executives from the Cactus League.  Click to read interviews with Arizona GM Josh Byrnes and Angels second baseman Howie Kendrick.

Obama Business Strikes Out  —  Major League Baseball forces closure of online t-shirt operation  —  Major League Baseball has forced the closure of an online business run by a Barack Obama supporter who tweaked team logos to create t-shirts promoting the Illinois Democrat's presidential bid.

Joe Crede likely to be White Sox's third baseman on opening day  —  Healthy and hard-to-trade, he will likely will get nod over Fields  —  TUCSON, Ariz. - Third baseman Joe Crede has timing issues that aren't limited to whether the White Sox trade him before the start of the regular season.

Choiceless Padres likely to start Gerut in left  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on the FSN Baseball Report and MLB on FOX.  —  add this  —  Jody Gerut hasn't played in the majors since 2005.

Nationals Have Logjam Up the Middle  —  Barring a trade — and with General Manager Jim Bowden at the controls, that never is a good idea — the Washington Nationals have three players for two positions in the middle infield.  Two of those players — would-be second basemen Ronnie Belliard …