YANKEES' NADY DONE FOR SEASON  —  NEEDS TOMMY JOHN SURGERY  —  The Post has learned Xavier Nady's season is over and next year is in question, too.  —  According to several teammates, the Yankees outfielder told them late Thursday night that his right elbow requires Tommy John surgery …

Who gets bumped when Kaz returns?  —  ST. PETERSBURG - LHP Scott Kazmir will come off the disabled list and pitch Saturday or Sunday against the Marlins, and an announcement on whom he will replace on the roster and in the rotation is imminent.  —  Manager Joe Maddon reiterated Thursday …

New York Mets reliever Francisco Rodriguez regrets confrontation with New York Yankees reliever Brian Bruney  —  Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez says he regrets his aggressive confrontation with New York Yankees reliever Brian Bruney two weeks ago at Yankee Stadium.

Jeffress gets 100-game suspension  —  By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel  —  Right-hander Jeremy Jeffress, rated by many as the top pitching prospect in the Brewers' farm system, has drawn a 100-game suspension for testing positive for a second time for a “substance of abuse.”

Deal set for young outfielder  —  The Cardinals and representatives for 16-year-old Dominican outfielder Wagner Mateo have agreed in principal on a signing bonus that would make Mateo the franchise's highest-priced amateur acquisition out of the Caribbean, according to sources familiar with the situation.

Royals' Moore lacks vision, should lack job  —  sports, royals, zack-greinke, coco-crisp, mike-jacobs, kyle-farnsworth, juan-cruz, leo-nunez, dayton-moore, ramon-ramirez  —  Disastrous.  —  It's the word I used to describe the Royals' offseason at the time that they made their one positive move.

Sidney Ponson of Kansas City Royals tested positive for stimulant at WBC  —  Kansas City Royals pitcher Sidney Ponson tested positive for a stimulant during the World Baseball Classic and has been banned from international competition for two years.  —  Major League Baseball will not suspend Ponson.

Perplexed About Lee  —  As Dave noted earlier this afternoon, several teams are currently trying to improve their starting pitching, presently plugging holes either internally or via stopgap veterans.  Two of the bigger names on the market, Erik Bedard and Jake Peavy, have battled health issues all season …

Bizarre Bazardo  —  In the past four years, Yorman Bazardo has played for four organizations (Florida, Seattle, Detroit and how Houston), being traded twice, designated for assignment twice and outright released once.  Seems strange for a guy with a career ERA of 4.61 in Triple …

Perkins dominates as Twins stymie Cardinals  —  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Glen Perkins worked seven dominant innings in 92-degree heat and the Minnesota Twins got key hits from Jason Kubel and Michael Cuddyer in a 3-1 victory over the slumping St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night.

Red Sox get creative while Josh Beckett does his thing  —  Use bag of tricks to back Josh  —  ATLANTA - As if dealing with Josh Beckett [stats] on one of his patented runs wasn't enough, the Atlanta Braves were also up against a Red Sox [team stats] team on a roll last night.

Shapiro addresses speculation on Wedge  —  Tribe GM says no one person to blame for club's troubles  —  CLEVELAND — The fingers of fans remain pointed at Indians manager Eric Wedge, but general manager Mark Shapiro continues to deflect the negative attention away from his beleaguered skipper.

Tejada sparks Astros, helps snap Tigers' seven-game winning streak  —  HOUSTON (AP) — Miguel Tejada had a double and drove in two runs to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-4 victory over Detroit on Friday night, snapping the Tigers' seven-game winning streak.  —  Tejada doubled in the third inning …

Cubs snap four-game losing streak, edge White Sox 5-4  —  CHICAGO (AP) — Geovany Soto hit a three-run homer, Jake Fox went deep again to back another solid start by Randy Wells and the Chicago Cubs broke a four-game losing streak by beating the White Sox 5-4 on Friday.

Magadan suspended for one game  —  Red Sox coach also fined for arguing balls and strikes  —  Boston hitting coach Dave Magadan, ejected from the Red Sox's Wednesday night game in Washington for arguing balls and strikes, has been suspended for one game by Major League Baseball.

Backe to be designated for assignment  —  Astros letting pitcher go to make room for Paulino on roster  —  HOUSTON — The Astros announced they will designate pitcher Brandon Backe for assignment to make room for Felipe Paulino to come off the disabled list on Saturday.