Kazuo to join Rockies' Triple-A club  —  DENVER — The Rockies have reached a Minor League agreement with second baseman Kazuo Matsui, who will join Triple-A Colorado Springs provided he passes a physical on Tuesday, Major League sources said Monday.  —  The Rockies have yet to make an official announcement.

Rosenthal: Imagining the Oswalt market  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  Fast forward to July ...  Astros general manager Ed Wade walks into owner Drayton McLane's office …

Game 46: Red Sox at Rays  —  The road trip continues with the first of three games in Tampa Bay.  Here are the lineups for Game 1 of should be an interesting series:  —  RED SOX (24-21)  —  Ellsbury CF  —  Pedroia 2B  —  Martinez C  —  Youkilis 1B  —  Ortiz DH  —  Drew RF  —  Beltre 3B

Mauer leads AL in early All-Star voting  —  Longoria holds edge on A-Rod to prevent all-Yankees infield  —  One thing was evident when the first batch of American League voting results for the 81st All-Star Game were made public Monday: Winning yields votes.

MLB mock draft 1.0  —  Bryce Harper is solid at No. 1, but things will shift quickly after that  —  We're just two weeks from the 2010 Rule 4 MLB draft, close enough that the teams selecting in the top half of the first round are narrowing their preference lists to the point …

No Miracle Required  —  A surprisingly simple plan for healing the Mets.  —  Suffice to say Jeff Wilpon, chief operating officer of the Mets, will never be confused with George Steinbrenner.  A former major-league hopeful—he briefly appeared at spring training with the Montreal Expos …

McDonald answered the call  —  Journeyman excelled in filling Sox' hole in center  —  PHILADELPHIA — Darnell McDonald was sitting in a hotel room in Boston on the afternoon of April 20 when his cell phone rang.  —  The conversation was brief: Get in a cab and come to Fenway Park.

Lima's Time  —  The image of Jose Lima that will stick with me forever comes from the Kansas City Royals clubhouse in the moments after he had pitched a beautiful baseball game.  Lima had gone nine innings, allowed just five hits and one run to the Detroit Tigers.  He had tipped his cap to the crowd as he exited the field.

Texas Rangers Voluntarily Go Into Chapter 11 Bankruptcy to Finish Sale to Greenberg/Ryan Group  —  THIS IS BREAKING NEWS...  Texas Rangers Baseball Partners, the current owners of the Texas Rangers Baseball Club, and Rangers Baseball Express, the local investor group led by team president Nolan Ryan …

Schneider activated; Phils designate Hoover  —  PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies on Monday activated catcher Brian Schneider from the 15-day disabled list.  —  They designated catcher Paul Hoover for assignment to make room for Schneider on the 25-man roster.  —  The Phillies placed Schneider …

It's time for Rockies to bench Helton  —  Rather than pick up a piece of lumber from the bat rack, Todd Helton should grab some pine on the bench.  —  Is it baseball blasphemy to suggest the Rockies should sit down the best player in franchise history?  —  At age 36, he's not Beltin' Helton anymore.

Gonzalez, Cruz named Players of Week  —  Sluggers put on offensive show to lead Padres, Rangers  —  Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and Rangers right fielder Nelson Cruz — two thriving sluggers for a couple of first-place West-division teams — were named Players of the Week for their respective leagues on Monday.

Phils merely window shopping for pitching  —  Internal reinforcements likely negate need to make moves  —  PHILADELPHIA — It is impossible to know exactly where the Phillies will stand in a couple months, but they know nearly two months into the 2010 season that they are not frantically scrambling …

Blue Jays Designate Dana Eveland For Assignment  —  The Blue Jays designated Dana Eveland for assignment, reports MLB.com's Jordan Bastian.  If he clears waivers, Eveland says that he will report to Triple-A Las Vegas.  —  The lefty was pitching successfully until he faced the Red Sox on May 11th.