Pedroia is jolted by news  —  Healing won't be on his schedule  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Dustin Pedroia, much to his dismay, is human.  —  Dr. Lewis Yocum examined the injured Red Sox second baseman yesterday and informed him that the broken medial navicular bone in his left foot will need …

Phillies could get Oswalt, keep Werth  —  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 Phillies are positioned to get Roy Oswalt — if they want him.

MRI shows no damage in Strasburg's shoulder  —  An MRI revealed no damage in the shoulder of Nationals' star rookie pitcher Stephen Strasburg.  Washington will monitor him closely and see how he responds.  It's uncertain how long he'll be out.  —  Strasburg, the Nats rookie phenom …

Trade won't make sense unless it all turns around  —  When a team plays as badly as the Rockies are right now, fans tend to think making a trade becomes more urgent.  —  The front office tends to think the opposite.  —  If management believes one or two well-placed additions could put …

Mets must show they've learned from past mistakes  —  Mets on Twitter  —  We have seen this movie.  The Mets had a manager and GM holding on for their jobs.  They had played surprisingly well for about half the schedule, but as the trade deadline neared they began trending the wrong way.

A very important article on fielding  —  Baseball Prospectus has published an article by Colin Wyers today that may be one of the most important pieces written about fielding measurement in the last decade.  The full piece is available only to BP subscribers, but let me briefly recap some of the topics Colin covers.

Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett says Coghlan's freak accident won't deter him from throwing pies  —  CLEVELAND - Celebrating has become dangerous in baseball, but don't expect A.J. Burnett to curb his pie throwing.  —  Florida's Chris Coghlan tore the meniscus in his left knee on Sunday …

Derrek Lee to remain a Cub  —  CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee has told the organization he prefers to remain a Cub rather than accept a trade, general manager Jim Hendry told ESPNChicago.com on Wednesday.  —  The Los Angeles Angels proposed a trade to the Cubs over the past 10 days …

Mauer playing through all kinds of pain  —  is hurt.  He smiles through the pain because the unwritten part of a $184 million contract calls for grinning and bearing.  He refuses to talk about his injuries because to do so would be to admit they exist, and to do that would seem like an excuse …

Okajima caught in culture clash  —  Red Sox reliever talks about lack of communication with media, teammates  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — There's an easy way to refute the notion that Boston Red Sox reliever Hideki Okajima has no use for reporters: He's married to one.

Dan Uggla homers twice, but Josh Johnson's streak ends in Florida Marlins' 6-4 loss  —  In the Marlins' 6-3 loss to the Giants tonight, Josh Johnson wasn't at his best — but even then, he was still pretty darn good.  —  Johnson avoided the loss but he allowed three runs in seven innings …

Choice, A's Agree On $2 Million Bonus  —  The Athletics and No. 10 overall pick Michael Choice have agreed on a $2 million bonus.  Choice becomes just the 11th of 32 first-rounders to sign this summer, and the first since the Angels landed Chevez Clarke on July 2.

Daily Rumble: Three who will get traded  —  As the chances of a Roy Oswalt deal by Saturday fade to black, we're going to do something revolutionary:  —  We're going to look at three players who, unless something changes, actually will get traded this week.  —  OK, so he isn't the most magical name on the Trade Deadline Marquee.

Hall of Fame Comps  —  Omar Vizquel has been a superb defender but that, and the fact that fellow defensive whiz Ozzie Smith is already enshrined in Cooperstown, does not make him a Hall of Famer.  (Chuck Solomon/SI)  —  One fairly useless (but enjoyable) thing to play is the …