Brewers release Suppan  —  By Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel  —  No longer willing to carry Jeff Suppan on their pitching staff merely on the basis of his salary, the Brewers finally decided to part ways with the veteran right-hander by releasing him Monday.

MLB mock draft 4.0  —  The final mock draft is predictable at No. 1, but deviates greatly from there  —  This is the final complete first-round projection I'll do for the 2010 draft's first round, but I will update this over the course of the day on Monday as I get more information.

Diamondbacks have problems everywhere  —  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.  —  “Organizational advocacy” isn't working out so hot for the Diamondbacks.

Mock Draft: Draft Day  —  Version 4.0 still finds little to be certain of  —  It's the morning of the draft, and we don't know for certain anything more than we knew heading into the weekend.  JC of Southern Nevada catcher Bryce Harper will go No. 1 overall to the Nationals.

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Jerry Stephenson dies  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Jerry Stephenson, who pitched for the Boston Red Sox in the 1967 World Series, has died.  He was 66.  —  Family spokesman Steve Brener said Monday that Stephenson died Sunday at his home in Anaheim of cancer.

MLB commissioner's office looking into Oliver Perez's medical records after Mets place pitcher on DL  —  The commissioner's office is still receiving medical records from the Mets for its review of the team's decision to place ineffective pitcher Oliver Perez on the 15-day DL …

Carlos Silva goes to 8-0 as Cubs finally beat Pirates  —  PITTSBURGH— Carlos Silva extended the best start by a Cubs pitcher in 43 years by allowing one run over seven innings, Ryan Theriot scored four times and Chicago beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1 on Monday.

Time to Release Raul  —  Raul Ibanez is killing the Phillies.  I know, I know, there are a number of Phillies that are “killing the Phillies” right now: Jayson Werth, Chase Utley, the shortstop du jour, Greg Dobbs, etc.  —  But the difference is that the aforementioned players …

Final Top 50 Before The Draft  —  Here is a final update on our Top 50 overall prospects before the draft.  This isn't a ranking of where we think players will go, but how they line up based on talent.  The First round is picks 1-32 and the supplemental first is 33-50.  What do you think?

Baseball experts say amphetamines ban, not steroids, is biggest reason for steep drop in offense  —  What got lost amid the furor of Jim Joyce's historic blown call in Detroit last Wednesday was that it prevented what would have been the third perfect game and fourth no-hitter of a baseball season that is barely two months old.

Down to the wire: Who's going where?  —  With the first pick hours away, a final first-round projection  —  Here it is, ladies and gentlemen, the last best (educated) guess at what Monday's first round will look like.  —  Teams were still scrambling to figure out who was going there …

Sources: Pittsburgh Pirates set sights on prep RHP Jameson Taillon … The Pittsburgh Pirates are targeting high school pitcher Jameson Taillon with the second pick in Monday night's Major League Baseball entry draft, sources have told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.

Marlins notebook: Hanley Ramirez, Marlins enjoy passionate fans at Mets' Citi Field  —  NEW YORK — Hanley Ramirez isn't a big fan of Citi Field, but he said he and his Marlins teammates get a kick out playing there because of passionate Mets fans.  —  “They boo their own players, so we like to come here and beat the Mets,” he said.