Roy Halladay offers will be considered, Toronto Blue Jays GM says  —  Toronto Blue Jays General Manager J.P. Ricciardi has spoken with Roy Halladay and prepared him for the possibility that he will bring trade possibilities to the pitcher in the weeks or months ahead.

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.

Ryan Dempster could miss month with broken toe  —  Chicago Cubs starter hurt it trying to run on field for celebration  —  A young fan in the crowd laughs as Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster tumbles over the dugout railing after Sunday's victory and breaks his toe.  (Nuccio DiNuzzo, Chicago Tribune / July 5, 2009)

Crew chief: Ump told Jeter he was tagged, too  —  Buzz up!  —  NEW YORK (AP)—Given another swipe at the play, the umpires said Derek Jeter  —  was told he got tagged, too.  —  A day after a disputed call left the New York Yankees and their captain peeved, crew chief John Hirschbeck tried Tuesday night to quell the ill will.

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:

Ross putting forth All-Star effort  —  Florida (43-42) at San Francisco (46-37), 3:45 p.m. ET  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Prior to the opener of the Marlins' series against the San Francisco Giants, manager Fredi Gonzalez was trying to figure out a scenario that would allow Cody Ross to make the National League All-Star team.

Stars help Red Sox rebound  —  Josh Beckett, Jason Bay & Co. show way past A's  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email  —  A night after a visitor (Nomahh) drew more cheers than the home starter (Smoltzie), the Red Sox [team stats] and their fans behaved much more like themselves last night.

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 …

A's designate Eveland for assignment  —  Left-hander will be optioned to Triple-A if he clears waivers  —  The A's designated pitcher Dana Eveland for assignment following Tuesday night's 5-2 loss in Boston.  —  Eveland remains on the A's 40-man roster and will be optioned to Triple-A Sacramento if he clears waivers.

Kershaw twirls more zeroes in Dodger romp  —  As they say in the news biz, “We have a developing story.”  And it's not about Manny Ramirez.  —  Clayton Kershaw pitched six shutout innings in the Dodgers' 8-0 blanking of the New York Mets.  — In his past five starts …

Punchless David Wright takes crack at the Mets  —  After another awful loss in a season already full of them before the All-Star break, David Wright stood in the home clubhouse Tuesday night at Citi Field and blasted the Mets for the way they've been playing.  They were the best hacks Wright has taken all week.

Pena trade won't be last one for D-backs in '09  —  Jon Paul Morosi is a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com.  He previously covered baseball for the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer.  He began his journalism career at the Bay City Times in his native Michigan.  —  add this

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?”