Rangers Start Trade Talks; Place Vicente Padilla On Outright Waivers  —  UPDATED: 3:35 with correct waiver process information  —  NEW YORK - The Rangers have started the search for more parts for a playoff run in earnest, but will likely have to move some salary in order to acommodate a major trade.

Game 53: Rangers at Yankees (updates with Wang returning to rotation and Teixeira scratched)  —  YANKEES (31-21)  —  New lineup  —  Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (5-1, 4.10).  —  RANGERS (30-21)  —  Kinsler 2B  —  Young 3B  —  Jones DH  —  Cruz RF  —  Murphy LF  —  Byrd CF  —  Davis 1B

Atlanta Braves cut 305-game winner Tom Glavine  —  Tom Glavine's return to the Atlanta Braves will not have a storybook ending.  —  Glavine  —  The surefire Hall of Famer was released by the team on Wednesday, the team announced.  The move was first reported by ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.

Welcome to the Majors, Daniel Schlereth  —  This time last year, Daniel Schlereth was waiting to be drafted by a team.  The University of Arizona reliever found himself chosen by the hometown Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round.  A few days ago, Schlereth got the promotion from Double-A …

Montero's Coming  —  Can confirm that the plan is for Jesus Montero to be promoted to Double-A Trenton.  With the team at the maximum of 24 players, apparently the delay in announcing the move is in making the final decision on what the corresponding move would be.

Roy Halladay would like you to wait before voting for Cy Young  —  Not that anyone would ever jump the gun around here, but can someone call the Cy Young engraver and tell him to suspend the Zack Greinke  —  order?  —  Oh, he can hold onto it for safekeeping.  —  And if he's already finished with the ‘Z’ and ‘A’?

Farm report: Holt to Binghamton  —  Mets officials say Brad Holt is on a similar trajectory to Mike Pelfrey.  So Holt, the 33rd overall pick in the draft one year ago and the fastest-rising pitching prospect in the organization, was promoted to Double-A Binghamton on Wednesday.

Baseball's Lebron … One rainy February day in Las Vegas, home to a fake pyramid, a phony volcano, a faux Eiffel Tower, an ersatz New York skyline, a pirated copy of a pirate ship and the clever sleights-of-hand of magicians and plastic surgeons, Sam Thomas watched two men stretching …

SWINE FLU SCARE FOR METS, BELTRAN  —  PITTSBURGH — The Mets were on high alert here yesterday after a producer on their SNY broadcast crew was sent back to New York and put in isolation with a possible case of swine flu.  —  The Mets were even more on guard because center fielder Carlos Beltran …

Nobody's perfect: The early line on trade needs for the contenders … No team looks perfect with nearly two months to go before the trade deadline ... well, no team except the Dodgers, that is.  Whomever they use performs.  At least that's the way it looks now.

Reliving the Randy Johnson experience  —  What's it like hitting against the Big Unit?  Hitters share their often terrifying moments.  —  ESPN The Magazine … The most fitting tribute to the greatness of Randy Johnson came 12 years ago when Baltimore Orioles manager Davey Johnson benched …

Coonelly fields questions in chat  —  Pirates president interacts with fans in monthly online forum  —  Frank Coonelly: Good afternoon, Bucco fans, and thanks for joining me today.  Let's get started.  —  jm_bucsfan: Which prospects might we see in Pittsburgh soon - Andrew McCutchen, Brad Lincoln, Neil Walker?

Notes from Newman (Mitre, Russo, McAllister, Vazquez...)  —  A phone call with Yankees vice president of baseball operations Mark Newman touched on any number of subjects.  Let's tackle them one at a time, shall we?  —  Sergio Mitre  —  Probably the most immediately newsworthy information …