Why this should be it for Milton Bradley  —  Last night, I wrote that I didn't think the Mariners would be ready to part company with Milton Bradley and that I expected to see him in Baltimore.  —  Today, having slept on it and looking at things under the light of day …

Braves' staff is better than Phillies'  —  Atlanta has far more depth behind its big arms than Philadelphia does  —  It might have been the biggest story of the offseason: The Philadelphia Phillies collected four arms that collectively would challenge the best rotations in the history of the game.

Scherzer takes aim at 6-0 mark in Tigers' finale with Jays  —  The Sports Network  —  (Sports Network) - Max Scherzer has been a pleasant surprise for the Detroit Tigers and can become just the second six-game winner in the majors with another strong outing tonight against the Toronto Blue Jays …

Firing Hendry would be wrong move  —  If Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts wants to fire general manager Jim Hendry at the end of the season, that's his absolute right.  —  The Ricketts family paid $845 million for the Cubs, Wrigley Field and 25 percent of Comcast Sports Net Chicago in October 2009.

Cardinals' La Russa headed to Mayo Clinic  —  • rhummel@post-dispatch.com > 314-340-8196 and DERRICK GOOLD  • dgoold@post-dispatch.com > 314-340-8285 |  Loading...  Manager Tony La Russa will use today's Cardinals off day to visit the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Falling BABIP  —  Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP) fell through the floor this season:  —  Batting Average on Balls in Play by season.  (Hits-HR)/(AB-(HR+K)) Click for a larger image.  —  Note that it has fallen to the 1987 level, which was at the time considered an outlier year for offense.

Hurdle, The Bunt, The Book And Dan Fox  —  This is in relation to Charlie's post about Hurdle deciding to bunt with McCutchen on Friday, but there are enough other points that I thought it was worth a separate FanPost.  I was in Hurdle's office and specifically asked him about the bunt situation and a bunch of other things.

Mets can't finish sweep of Andre Ethier and Dodgers, are stymied by Clayton Kershaw in 4-2 loss  —  The Mets began the day with their go-to starter on the mound, and they ended it with the tying run at the plate and their most dangerous hitters up in the bottom of the ninth.

Martinez shines in Bandits debut  —  Johnny Rodriguez said there was still a little chill in the air Saturday when the Quad-Cities River Bandits took the field at Wisconsin.  —  That changed in the first inning after Carlos Martinez brought the heat.  —  The hard-throwing 19-year old …

Bryce Harper Is The Dread Pirate Roberts  —  Twitterer @jwilhidejr sent this in to us.  It is Bryce Harper adjusting to the rigors of manhood by carrying a pink bat and sporting a stache like the Dread Pirate Roberts.  Fantastic.  He also threw in this pic of Harper pimping his pink cleats and pink bat for Mother's Day.