Jays' Halladay all but gone in Toronto  —  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  —  Let the Roy Halladay sweepstakes begin.  —  “We have to see what's out there …

Game 83: Yankees at Twins (Updates: Aceves to start Thurs., Halladay talk and Girardi pre-game audio)  —  YANKEES (48-34)  —  Pitching: LHP CC Sabathia (7-5, 3.85).  —  TWINS (43-40)  —  Span LF  —  Harris SS  —  Mayer C  —  Morneau 1B  —  Cuddyer RF  —  Crede 3B  —  Young DH

White Sox acquire Pena from D-backs  —  Addition of right-hander bolsters bullpen stockpile  —  CHICAGO — Prior to Tuesday's game, the White Sox announced the acquisition of relief pitcher Tony Pena from the D-backs in exchange for Minor League infielder Brandon Allen.

Dempster to DL with broken toe  —  How about this?  The Cubs just announced they've put pitcher Ryan Dempster on the DL with a “great right toe fracture.”  That's not so great.  —  Demp was supposed to start tonight, but Big Z will replace him.  The Cubs have recalled Kevin Hart from Iowa …

Would having Manny really be so bad?  —  Remember when news first broke of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension, how Mets fans everywhere had this huge sigh of relief?  Close call, they thought.  That could have been us!  But flash forward two months, and do Mets fans still feel that way?  Doubtful.

GIRARDI CALLS OUT JETER AFTER BAD CALLS BEDEVIL YANKEES  —  BLUE JAYS 7 YANKEES 6  —  The ABCs of baseball conspired yesterday to end the Yankees' homestand on a sour note.  —  “Atrocious” starting pitching, “brutal” umpiring and “Captain” Jeter were the culprits.

Marlins close to adding vet Williamson  —  Right-handed reliever last pitched in Majors in 2007  —  MIAMI — The Marlins are adding another veteran reliever to their system.  —  According to a Major League source, the team is finalizing the signing of right-hander Scott Williamson to a Minor League contract.

Reds recover, rally past Phillies 4-3  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Brandon Phillips already had a pair of homers when he came to the plate with the go-ahead run on second in the ninth inning.  The cleanup hitter had no problem sacrificing.  —  After losing the previous two games by a combined score of 32-2 …

Seeking a Way to Predict Baseball Injuries  —  LOS ANGELES — Beyond the massage tables and stacks of athletic tape in the Dodgers' cramped training room stands a dry-erase board with scribbled questions like “Fat?  Skinny?” and “Country of origin?  Region of the country they grew up in?”

Vazquez has too much value for Braves to move  —  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  —  Teams can call all they want on right-hander Javier Vazquez, but why would the Braves trade him?

Manny Ramirez reveals our true attitude about baseball's drug war.  —  Well, it seems that Manny Ramirez is back with the Los Angeles Dodgers, having done his time both under suspension and in Albuquerque, N.M., which seems just a touch redundant.  (He also briefly played against Lake Elsinore …

Parra likely for Thursday  —  Updating my post from a few hours ago, it appears that Manny Parra will return to the Brewers' starting rotation on Thursday against the Cardinals.  Manager Ken Macha wouldn't confirm who will pitch that game, but he did lay out his rotation for the rest of the week:

WEE CHANGE FOR YANKEES  —  Yankee fans are now at liberty to go to the bathroom during the playing of “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch, thanks to a settlement reached yesterday in Manhattan federal court.  —  Signing off on the deal were the Yankees …

Kinsler, Sandoval early Final Vote leaders  —  Rangers 2B, Giants 3B leading out of gate for All-Star spot  —  Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler and Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval are the early leaders in the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Final Vote, which is under way through 4 p.m. ET on Thursday exclusively at MLB.com.

Chris Davis Had a Hard Time Making Contact  —  On Sunday the Rangers sent Chris Davis down to AAA.  After a good rookie season last year Davis' performance took a step back this year.  His power is still there (23% HR/FB), but his already poor strikeout rate has ballooned up to an unacceptable 44.2% K/AB.