Mets make all the Wright moves vs. Nats  —  Third baseman gets three hits, including first home run  —  METS 8, NATIONALS 2  —  Mets at the plate David Wright singled in each of his first two at-bats against Matt Chico and hit his first home run of the exhibition season against Chris Schroeder in the fifth.

Yankees' ticket prices skyrocket for new stadium  —  NEW YORK — Those $250 box seats at Yankee Stadium will seem inexpensive in 2009.  —  The New York Yankees will charge $500 to $2,500 for seats near home plate in the first five-to-eight rows of their new ballpark.

Mariners not interested in Bonds  —  CEO leaves no doubt about club's position on slugger  —  PEORIA, Ariz. — Scratch the notion of Barry Bonds ever playing for the Mariners.  —  “No, absolutely not,” Mariners chief executive officer Howard Lincoln said Friday morning when asked …

O's, Fish and Cards look like cellar-dwellers  —  Also in the Daily Scoop...  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Down here in the forgotten towns of spring training reside three teams struggling to find their identities.  And once the season starts, three teams that should struggle to find wins, as well.

Crede deal becoming less likely  —  PHOENIX — The list of suitors to acquire Joe Crede this spring has all but dried up.  —  That was made evident when Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti was asked Thursday about acquiring a third baseman to fill the void created by Nomar Garciaparra's broken right hand.

Texas Rangers' Millwood aces every test  —  egrant@dallasnews.com  —  TUCSON, Ariz. - A sore hamstring and unfortunate scheduling reduced Kevin Millwood's spring résumé to a single, solitary start.  —  He made the most of it.  —  Facing National League West champion Arizona …

Happy landing in Tokyo for exhausted Sox  —  Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (left) arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport March 21, 2008.  The Boston Red Sox flew into Tokyo on Friday, arriving just after midnight.  —  TOKYO — There was no daylight to tell the Red Sox what time it was when they touched …

Fixing a Pitcher's Quirk  —  Jeremy Bonderman of the Detroit Tigers is one of the best young starting pitchers in baseball — from the second inning on.  Throughout his career, Mr. Bonderman has exhibited one of the game's most puzzling quirks.  Last season, his earned run average in the first inning was a nightmarish 11.57.

Cubs too remiss about so-so starters  —  From what I can gather from listening to the radio talk shows, only two questions matter as the Cubs strut toward the regular season:  —  • Who will be the closer?  —  • When will Brian Roberts and Coco Crisp arrive to help plan the parade route for the World Series celebration?

MERRY CHRIS-MISS, GOLF FANS  —  DON'T worry.  Be happy.  —  This past October, from the moment ESPN announced it had entered the mix to televise the Masters, the fear and loathing among golf fans in anticipation of Chris Berman's smothering presence has grown by the day.

Trade talks starting to wear on Roberts  —  Second baseman says uncertainty tough to handle; he hopes for resolution before Opening Day  —  JUPITER, Fla. - He was supposed to have been somewhere in Arizona today, wearing a Chicago Cubs jersey, playing second base and batting leadoff for a team with legitimate World Series aspirations.

Smoltz held out with tightness in shoulder  —  It's possible veteran pitcher could start season on DL  —  Lake Buena Vista, Fla. — Braves pitcher John Smoltz was scratched from his scheduled start Friday due to shoulder soreness, but the veteran insisted it was “no big deal.”

Mets vulnerable to lefthanded pitching  —  PORT ST. LUCIE - Moises Alou is in the Dominican Republic, recovering from hernia surgery that may sideline him into May.  And that not only leaves the Mets lacking one of their potent hitters, it also may leave them vulnerable to lefthanded pitching.

HELD FOR RANSOM  —  YANKS FACE DILEMMA WITH ENSBERG  —  DUNEDIN, Fla. - Are the Yankees better served by Cody Ransom's ability to play shortstop if Derek Jeter goes down or having Morgan Ensberg to DH against lefties?  —  That's the dilemma facing the decision makers for the second …