Cleveland Indians fire manager Eric Wedge … CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians have fired manager Eric Wedge in the final days of a terrible season.  —  Wedge  —  Wedge guided the Indians to one playoff appearance in seven seasons, and this year the club fell out of contention early …

Roy Halladay's 3-hitter leads Jays over Sox 12-0  —  Roy Halladay pitched a three-hitter for his second consecutive shutout and the Toronto Blue Jays sent the Boston Red Sox [team stats] to their sixth straight loss, 12-0 on Wednesday night.  —  The Red Sox started only two regulars after clinching the AL wild card late Tuesday night.

Phillies clinch NL East, prepare to defend World Series title  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Now, the Philadelphia Phillies can rest and prepare to defend their World Series title.  —  Kyle Kendrick (FSY) pitched three scoreless innings in relief of Pedro Martinez (FSY) and the Phillies beat …

Hermida A Non-Tender Candidate  —  The Marlins are unlikely to tender a contract to outfielder Jeremy Hermida, according to Joe Capozzi of the Palm Beach Post.  Hermida followed up on a lackluster '08 with a .259/.348/.392 line in 491 plate appearances this year.

Rockies lead NL wild card by 4 after 10-6 win … DENVER(AP) Todd Helton , Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki each hit a two-run homer, and the Colorado Rockies moved closer to a playoff spot with a 10-6 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night.  —  The Rockies extended …

Appreciating the understated brilliance of Chipper and the Braves … There is a very short list of players in baseball history who over long careers hit .300, own an on-base percentage of .400 and slug .500.  There are more complete ways to judge a player's hitting talents, of course …

Nats 4, Mets 3: Magic number 4 for season to be over  —  Pedro Feliciano matched the franchise record he set last season when he made his 86th relief appearance and struck out Adam Dunn, but the Mets lost, 4-3, to the Nationals on Tuesday night when the eighth inning unraveled after Feliciano departed.

Crawford Open To Long-Term Deal With Rays  —  7:02pm: As Topkin notes, the Rays sound interested.  —  “We are very pleased to hear C.C.'s comments,” executive vice president Andrew Friedman told the St. Petersburg Times just moments ago. … 6:47pm: Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times reports …

Ailing Tampa Bay Rays reliever Chad Bradford may shut it down for season, ponders retirement  —  ST. PETERSBURG — RHP Chad Bradford's season may be over due to some slight elbow discomfort, and his career may be, too.  —  “I'm leaning toward probably shutting it down,” Bradford said …

Mets SS Reyes has new hamstring tear  —  WASHINGTON (AP) -New York Mets shortstop Jose Reyes has a new tear in the injured right hamstring that sidelined him for most of this season.  —  Reyes has been on the disabled list since May with a hamstring tendon problem.

Offseason Outlook: San Diego Padres  —  Next up in our Offseason Outlook series, the Padres.  Their likely commitments for 2010:  —  C - Nick Hundley - $404K  —  C - Eliezer Alfonzo - $400K  —  1B - Adrian Gonzalez - $4.75MM  —  2B - David Eckstein - $1MM  —  SS - Everth Cabrera - $400K

Each playoff team's main concern (cont.)  —  Atlanta Braves  —  They have perhaps baseball's best rotation, but they'll have trouble winning any slugfests.  Catcher Brian McCann is the only one who has at least 20 home runs and 80 RBIs as a Brave (Adam LaRoche has reached that figure …

Washington lays out Rangers' wish list  —  Veteran starter, lefty reliever are top offseason priorities  —  ANAHEIM — A veteran starting pitcher, a right-handed hitter and a left-handed relief specialist top manager Ron Washington's offseason wish list for the Rangers.

Dodgers in talks with GM Ned Colletti on contract extension  —  'He's obviously done a very good job,' owner Frank McCourt says.  —  The Dodgers have reached the postseason for three times in four years under General Manager Ned Colletti, whose current deal includes a mutual option for 2010.