Market for Lee is wide open this time  —  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.  —  The Cliff Lee sweepstakes are somewhat democratic, as these things go.

Ironman Utley leaves early as Phils fall  —  Infielder to have MRI; Kendrick stumbles after shining  —  CINCINNATI — Phillies second baseman Chase Utley once said an injury is an injury only if it keeps him off the field.  —  Utley could not take the field in the ninth inning Monday night …

Who was the dude in the white shirt at the Braves-Nats game?  —  The most remarkable thing about he Braves-Nats game last night was not that Atlanta got to Stephen Strasburg a bit.  It was not that the Nats' defense melted down.  It was not even that Tim Hudson quietly shut down Washington.

Mets sign Barrett to minor-league deal  —  SAN JUAN, P.R. — The New York Mets have signed former major league catcher Michael Barrett to a minor league contract, a club official confirmed on Tuesday.  —  Barrett, 33, has not played since 2009, when he went into the season as Rod Barajas' backup …

Dunn deal has appeal  —  GM Williams said to be ‘itchy’ for more ‘O’ from left side  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Throughout the SoxFest convention last winter, White Sox general manager Ken Williams proudly walked from ballroom to ballroom and back to his suite with a list of left-handed power hitters tucked in his pocket.

Lackey a pinch hitter?  —  Red Sox pitchers show off their free-swinging sides  —  BOSTON — The Red Sox will be missing an unexpectedly productive component of their offense when they meet the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night in the first game of a quick two-game set in Fenway Park.

Turnaround?  Hardly.  Cubs can't beat woeful Pirates  —  Pittsburgh ends 17-game road losing streak, improves to 8-2 this season against Piniella's crew  —  Alfonso Soriano can't catch ball hit by Pirates pitcher Paul Maholm in the fifth inning.  (Scott Strazzante, Chicago Tribune / June 28, 2010)

Super Two Cutoff Less Than Expected  —  The next Super Two cutoff will require fewer days of service time than usual, MLBTR has learned.  Last year's Super Two cutoff was at two years and 139 days of service time.  In previous years, the cutoff was never less than two years and 130 days.

Zumaya injured in eighth vs. Twins  —  Collapses to ground after pitch, leaves field holding right arm  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Joel Zumaya has already had to battle through more arm injuries than a 25-year-old probably deserves.  But for everything he endured, he never looked in as much pain …

Pursuit of Barry Bonds, all-time home run record, by Alex Rodriguez lacks buzz after PED admission  —  Alex Rodriguez is six homers away from hitting 600 in his career.  As he chases No. 763, he can earn an extra $30M, an incentive in his contract suggested by billionaire friend Warren Buffet (b.).

New York Yankees pitching coach Dave Eiland returns to team  —  Speaking for the first time since taking his nearly four-week leave of absence, Yankees pitching coach Dave Eiland said he is back for good with the team after taking care of “a personal family matter.”

Best & Worst Minor League Teams, Power Index  —  Seven Up, Seven Down: The Best And Worst Minor League Teams  —  Lake Elsinore leads the California League in run prevention and ranks second to High Desert in run scoring, so it's little wonder that they have rolled to that circuit's best record.