Beimel narrows decision down to three teams  —  Veteran lefty reliever considering Red Sox, O's and NL club  —  BOSTON — Free-agent lefty reliever Joe Beimel has pared down his choices to the Red Sox, Orioles and a National League team, and could sign as soon as Thursday.

Ex-Mets Star Valentine At Work In I-95 Traffic Mess  —  STAMFORD, Conn. (CBS 2/WCBS 880) — Several stranded trucks turned Interstate 95 into a virtual parking lot in parts of Connecticut Thursday morning.  As CBS 2's Wendy Gillette stood in the thick of it, she ran into former Mets player and manager, Bobby Valentine.

Ranking the top prospects (Nos. 1-25)  —  Trout, Harper lead the way in ESPN's fourth annual rankings of top prospects  —  Welcome to the fourth annual edition of my rankings of the top 100 prospects in baseball.  With a slew of impressive debuts from top prospects in 2010 …

MLB Star Adam Kennedy — Busted for DUI  —  Seattle Mariners 2nd baseman Adam Kennedy was busted for DUI in Orange County last night .... TMZ has learned.  —  Kennedy — who was a key member of the 2002 World Series winning Anaheim Angels — was driving on the freeway near Newport Beach around 9 PM …

Cashman serves up drinks, Pettitte talk  —  NEW YORK — The most frequent request Brian Cashman heard in his cameo as an evening bartender was also a predictable one from Yankees fans: Serve us up a pitcher, please.  —  Cashman's hustle in slinging beverages in a fundraiser for prostate cancer …

Guerrero's best bet could be Orioles  —  Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since August 2005.  He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.  Follow him on Twitter.  —  Vladimir Guerrero could be an Oriole soon, if only because he has no choice.  —  Try to find another suitor.

Mets see Omar Minaya in advisory role  —  NEW YORK — New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon said Thursday night that he wants former general manager Omar Minaya to return to the organization in an advisory role.  —  “I think Omar is a very good man and a very good person also,” …

U2 concert forcing Florida Marlins-Mariners series to Seattle  —  NEW YORK — A three-game series between the Florida Marlins and Mariners from June 24-26 has been moved from Miami to Seattle because of a U2 concert.  —  Major League Baseball said Thursday the change was made because of the scheduling conflict at Sun Life Stadium.

2011 Preseason College Top 25  —  About Our Grades  —  We love the 20-80 scouting scale at Baseball America; we use it to assess everything from prospects to our favorite local barbecue restaurants (the Backyard BBQ Pit consistently scores highest).  So we figured it would be fun and instructive …

Titans, Jeff Fisher parting ways … In an unexpected development in what already has been a turbulent offseason in Tennessee, the Titans and Jeff Fisher, the NFL's longest-tenured head coach, are preparing to part ways, SI.com learned Thursday afternoon.  —  According to an NFL source close …

Tampa Bay Rays switching to AstroTurf at Tropicana Field  —  Work is underway to replace the FieldTurf playing surface at Tropicana Field with AstroTurf's GameDay Grass 3D60H product.  —  According to company officials, the new turf will look and play better, and more like natural grass, than any other synthetic surface available.

Justin Maxwell designated for assignment  —  The Nationals today designated Justin Maxwell for assignment, potentially cutting ties with an Olney native and Maryland alum who could never harness his vast potential.  The Nationals designated Maxwell in order to make room for reliever Todd Coffey …