Longoria out of All-Star game; Young will start … ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria is out of the American League starting lineup for the All-Star game because of an infected right ring finger.  —  He is being replaced in the starting lineup for Tuesday night's …

Prince reigns supreme in Derby  —  Brewers star tops Cruz in Finals; Pujols thrills home crowd  —  ST. LOUIS — Prince Albert, meet Prince Fielder.  —  With a sellout red-clad Busch Stadium crowd chanting for the hometown royalty, Albert Pujols, to claim the State Farm Home Run Derby hardware …

Selig wants rehab for suspended players eliminated  —  ST. LOUIS - Turns out Commissioner Bud Selig was like the rest of us.  He wondered why on Earth should a guy coming off a 50-game steroid suspension be able to have a rehab assignment before the 50 days are up?

Phillies, Perdro agree to one-year deal  —  ST. LOUIS — Pedro Martinez and the Phillies have agreed to a deal on Tuesday and an announcement is expected on Wednesday, SI.com has learned.  —  The Phillies scouted Martinez twice recently and the right-hander passed a physical in Philadelphia on Tuesday, according to Yahoo! Sports.

Report: Wilpon lost $700 million  —  (UPDATED: 7:15 P.M.) Keep this in mind, Mets fans, if the Wilpons sit tight at the trading deadline or in offseasons to come: CNN's Larry King says that close friend Fred Wilpon lost a staggering $700 million in the Bernie Madoff scheme.

Angels hot to trot for Halladay  —  The second installment of summer book odds on the running of the first Roy Halladay sweepstakes leading to the July 31 trade deadline:  —  ANGELS 5-2  —  Infielder Brandon Wood, a pitching prospect like Trevor Reckling or Jordan Walden.  Will Halladay go to the coast?

Mets hope Johan stays out … ST. LOUIS - Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen offered this bit of parting advice to Johan Santana before the ace joined Francisco Rodriguez and David Wright on a private plane bound for the All-Star Game: Be careful.  —  In fact, the Mets prefer that Santana goes unused in Tuesday's Midsummer Classic.

A tale of two new ballparks  —  Citi Field in Queens / Yankee Stadium in the Bronx (Newsday Photo by John Keating, April 13, 2009 / Newsday Photo by Audrey Tiernan, April 16, 2009)  —  This just proves that all rookies need a while to settle in, even a pair that came in together …

Pedro Martinez passes physical, expected to sign with Phillies  —  Breaking: Free-agent pitcher Pedro Martinez  —  passed his physical with the Phillies about 20 minutes ago, clearing the way for him to sign a deal with the defending world champions.  A press conference announcing his signing …

All-Star Game still stuck in the middle  —  The Midsummer Classic still straddles line between meaningful game and exhibition … ST. LOUIS — Phillies manager Charlie Manuel has been to one All-Star Game in his career, as a coach for the American League squad in 2002.

Dayton Moore and Defense … That quote comes from Dayton Moore on a Kansas City radio station yesterday morning.  Let's ignore that Moore probably shouldn't publicly admit that he doesn't know about defensive metrics and assume he's not the only GM with this ‘flaw’.