Yankees call up Claggett  —  TORONTO — Right-handed reliever Anthony Claggett has joined the Yankees for their game tonight against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.  —  Claggett, 25, was 4-6 with a 3.02 ERA in 32 games (two starts) for Scranton-Wilkes Barre (Triple-A).

Prince Fielder of Milwaukee Brewers tries to charge Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse after beaning … LOS ANGELES — Not even Prince Fielder really knows what he might have done if a phalanx of security guards and teammates hadn't prevented the furious Milwaukee Brewers slugger from entering …

Damon and Swisher Homer for Yankee Win  —  TORONTO (AP) — Johnny Damon hit a solo home run and had three RBIs, Nick Swisher also connected and the New York Yankees completed a two-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays with an 8-4 victory Wednesday night.  —  Reliever Alfredo Aceves (7-1) …

25 things you didn't know about baseball  —  Buzz up!  —  I have found baseball nerd heaven, and it is a place called FanGraphs.  —  Earlier this year, the invaluable repository for statistics unveiled its pitch-type linear weights.  Do not be scared by the math jargon.

Pedro Martinez strikes out 11 in Double-A rehab start  —  READING, Pa. — Pedro Martinez recorded nine of his first 12 outs by strikeout and worked six innings for the Double-A Reading on Wednesday night, in what could have been his final rehab start before joining the Philadelphia Phillies.

Study: Spring training boosts Florida economy by $752 million  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Baseball's spring training is lucrative business in Florida.  —  The 2009 Florida Grapefruit League season boosted the state's economy by an estimated $752 million, the Florida Sports Foundation reported Wednesday.

Jays GM Ricciardi looks like a lame duck after botching Halladay talks … Call them the Blew Jays.  Because they blew the Roy Halladay trade talks big time.  —  Sure, the Jays still have Halladay, the best pitcher in baseball.  But by all appearances it's a disappointed Halladay, who expected to be gone from Toronto by now.

Super Two Update: Maybin, Snider  —  Certain players come closer to Super Two status with every day they spend in the majors.  The more service time they get, the closer they come to securing a fourth year of arbitration and a bigger payday.  Cameron Maybin and Travis Snider could set themselves …

Yuni Watch ... and, yes, my life  —  Yuniesky Betancourt ... and my professional future.  All in one blog post!  —  Yes, true, I had put the Yuni Watch away ... but I thought it would not be fair to allow Yuniesky Betancourt's back-to-back two-hit days — which included a double …

Suddenly, that famous Volquez-for-Hamilton deal has lost its luster … The rarest occurrence in baseball isn't a perfect game, a cycle, or even an afternoon without New York sports talk radio ranting that [Joba Chamberlain] Phil Hughes is the most irreplaceable relief pitcher of all time.

Doug Davis, Heath Bell and Lyle Overbay among players who could move in August waiver trades  —  The July non-waiver trade deadline has passed, and Major League Baseball's August trade deadline is approaching.  —  It's the same thing, only with more gamesmanship, smaller names in play and no real sense of anticipation.

Avila and Lambert up  —  It's almost like the Tigers got a bulk discount on a shuttle between Toledo and Detroit.  Wilkin Ramirez's stay in the Detroit was very brief and expressly for the purpose of facing Brian Matusz.  Chris Lambert will replace him on the roster.  But that's not all my friends.

Clock ticking for teams to sign top picks  —  Twenty yet to come to terms as Aug. 17 deadline approaches  —  With fewer than two weeks to go before the First-Year Player Draft signing deadline, there are only 12 first-round picks who have signed with their respective teams.

Union will not file order for Ortiz results  —  While David Ortiz assured that he will soon address last Thursday's New York Times report that he failed a test for performance-enhancing substances in 2003, the reasons behind Ortiz's delay in addressing the matter remained uncertain today.

Abreu named AL Player of Month for July  —  Outfielder bats .380, compensate for loss of Vlad, Hunter  —  Bobby Abreu, whose recent performance helped compensate for the injury absences of Torii Hunter and Vladimir Guerrero and kept the Angels flying high in the West, has been named …

Steps for attaining baseball happiness  —  1. Buy a pack of baseball cards.  For best results, pay no more than a quarter and make sure the pack has a hard stick of gum sliding around loose inside.  If packs long ago stopped costing a quarter or less and no longer include flour-flecked sticks …

When the Bond Market Meets a Baseball Prospect  —  The Washington Nationals' hopes of reaching respectability may rest with the signing of Stephen Strasburg, the pitching sensation the team picked first overall in baseball's amateur draft.  But here's the burning question: How much is the right-handed fireballer worth?