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 …

Sabathia stymies error-prone Mets  —  New York Yankees v New York Mets (Getty Images / June 26, 2009)  —  The Yankees had Kate Hudson cheering for them Friday night at Citi Field.  The Mets had Mr. Met.  —  The differences between the two teams, for one night at least, were as stark as a beautiful …

Rays send down Sonnanstine, add Kazmir, Bradford  —  The Rays sent RHP Andy Sonnanstine to Triple-A and designated Winston Abreu for assignment to make room on their roster.  Scott Kazmir will start on Saturday.  Jeff Niemann will be bumped back to Monday.  The Rays had to clear space for Kazmir and RHP Chad Bradford to be activated.

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.”

Nationals pursuing Morgan in trade  —  Washington is pursuing a trade for Pirates outfielder Nyjer Morgan, according to two sources late last night, including one source inside the Nationals' baseball operations.  —  The teams began discussing this eight days ago, and a Washington proposal …

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.

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.

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 …

A night of Red-faced embarrassments  —  You can sugar coat it, say it was just one of those games, throw a blanket over it to make it go away.  —  But it's there and it stunk to high heaven.  A genuine embarrassment.  —  Cleveland Indians 9, Cincinnati Reds 2.  It was 9-0 while fans were still finding their seats.

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.

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 …

CUBS IN BRIEF: DeRosa is indeed on team's radar  —  No, the Cubs aren't looking to replace Milton Bradley — not yet.  But sources confirmed Friday that the team had conversations with the Cleveland Indians about Mark DeRosa earlier this month when the Indians were shopping the versatile ex-Cub.

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 …

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.

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.