Strasburg's price tag doesn't turn off future (?) teammates  —  Miller: Stuff of legend  —  Yeah, they've heard of him.  Of course they've heard of him.  —  Stephen Strasburg?  Yeah, of course the Nationals know who he is.  —  “I know he throws a billion,” Adam Dunn said.

Dodgers edge past wild Giants  —  Ethier doubles home Ramirez for go-ahead run in ninth  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Jonathan Broxton blew his first save in the eighth inning.  Will Ohman converted his first one in the ninth.  —  Late innings in close games for the Dodgers are becoming true adventures …

Guess who's back?  It's Phil Hughes  —  Phil Hughes wasn't just good tonight, he was great.  Six scoreless innings, two hits, two walks, six strikeouts.  He threw 59 of 99 pitches for strikes and never cracked in a scoreless duel with Edwin Jackson.  —  If you were watching closely …

Bowden discovers his calling in La-La Land  —  The guy who left the dead fish to rot in the safe-deposit box and skipped town - you know, the general manager who built the Washington Nationals' bullpen - is on the rebound.  —  Jim Bowden has gone Hollywood.  He loves L.A.

Opinion: I Don't Trust the Mets  —  Last night, David Wright had an RBI single, plus two more strike outs, yet is hitting .282 on the season with a .371 OBP.  —  Wright also made a ‘fielding error’ in the sixth, on a ball hit hard, that bounced off of his chest and in to the outfield, on which a run scored.

‘Cincinnati, YOU have a problem’  —  As Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker talked to the media after Tuesday's 8-3 loss to the Houston Astros, a member of the media relations department laid a copy of the stat pack on his desk - a box score, play-by-play and up-to-date statistics.

Too many good starters?  Oh, no!  —  You knew this would happen.  You just knew it.  —  The Yankees lost four in a row and the fans wanted everybody fired.  Then Phil Hughes pitched six shutout innings and now everybody wants to know what will happen when Chien-Ming Wang comes back.

Let's Get Real  —  The Toronto Blue Jays have the best record in baseball.  The Toronto Blue Jays have played well for three weeks.  Both statements are true, but one carries greater impact.  Unfortunately, it's the one most likely to lead you to the wrong conclusion.

Guys like Figgins are hard to find  —  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

Game 21: Yankees at Tigers (with A-Rod rehab updates)  —  YANKEES (10-10)  —  Pitching: RHP Joba Chamberlain (0-0, 3.94).  —  Chamberlain vs. the Detroit hitters.  —  TIGERS (11-9)  —  Granderson CF  —  Polanco 2B  —  Ordonez RF  —  Cabrera 1B  —  Guillen DH  —  Laird C  —  Inge 3B

Cook back on top, shuts down Padres  —  With his sinker heavy as a cannonball and his pitch command precise for the first six innings, Aaron Cook returned to form Wednesday afternoon against the Padres.  —  Though Cook stumbled in the seventh, and reliever Matt Belisle got rocked in the eighth …

Uehara, O's fall to Angels  —  Orioles starter leaves game in 7th after getting hit in chest by a line drive  —  Torii Hunter and Kendry Morales hit back-to-back homers in the seventh inning off Koji Uehara to break a tie and push the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-2 victory over the Orioles and a two-game series sweep.

Carlos Quentin, Jermaine Dye HRs lead White Sox past Mariners  —  CHICAGO — Slumping Carlos Quentin and Jermaine Dye hit consecutive home runs in the seventh inning Wednesday, leading the Chicago White Sox over the Seattle Mariners 6-3.  —  A.J. Pierzynski also homered as the White Sox …

Shoulder sends Cleveland's Hafner to DL, again … CLEVELAND (AP) — Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner was placed on the disabled list Wednesday with a sore right shoulder, an injury that limited him to 57 games last season.  —  Hafner had surgery on the shoulder last October.

Indians end Boston's 11-game winning streak 9-8  —  Buzz up!  —  CLEVELAND (AP)—Javier Lopez took his eyes off the ball for an instant—and Boston's 11-game winning streak was over.  —  Mark DeRosa had four hits and scored from second base on Lopez's error with two outs in the ninth inning …