Silva demotion temporary, team says  —  MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins made a move with their struggling rotation Monday morning, sending shaken right-hander Carlos Silva to the bullpen temporarily and promoting lefty Francisco Liriano.  —  Liriano, 22, is one of baseball's top prospects …

Padres-Diamondbacks Preview  —  The San Diego Padres look for a ninth straight road victory as they try to hand Arizona Diamondbacks ace Brandon Webb his first loss of the season when the NL West rivals begin a three-game series at Chase Field on Monday.  —  San Diego (22-16) …

Red Sox reach milestones in win over O's  —  BALTIMORE —The Boston Red Sox enjoyed another blowout victory over the Baltimore Orioles, only this time they enhanced their pleasure by reaching several significant milestones.  —  Josh Beckett allowed two hits in seven innings …

Notes: Angels thinking pink  —  Colored bats and story behind them a hit with players  —  ANAHEIM — Major League Baseball broke out the pink bats on Sunday in support of the fight against breast cancer.  —  In a collective effort to raise money for the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation …

Davies to be placed on 15-day DL  —  Right-hander suffered strained right groin in third inning  —  ATLANTA — Kyle Davies will be placed on the 15-day disabled list.  The Braves can only hope that his ailing right groin doesn't cause him to miss a significant amount of time.

Prospectus Today  —  He's Baaaaaaack  —  So yesterday afternoon, instead of my usual routine of flipping through a number of ballgames, I had settled on the Yankees/A's tilt.  I liked the pitching matchup, with one of my favorite young pitchers, Dan Haren, going up against someone who's …

A's bring out Bonderman's best  —  When Jeremy Bonderman went to the mound in Oakland last Wednesday night the Tigers had won one of 18 games and were on their way to being anchor and talk-show host punch lines, not to mention lending themselves to a stockpile of negative footnotes to history.

Catch Me If You Can  —  Alternate Title: Oh, Wiki You're So Fine...  Nationals 8, Braves 1  —  I realize it's been a long, long time since I've done a game recap, but it's been a long time since there's been a game that I've (a) seen and (b) felt any urge to revisit.  (Cable monopolies... they're COM-CASTIC!!!)

Future Shock  —  Howie Kendrick's first taste of the big leagues turned out to be one to forget, as arguably the best hitter in the minor leagues went just 3-for-26 before being sent back to Triple-A Salt Lake to make way for shortstop Erick Aybar.  The Angels already have three players …

Mailbag: Much ado about Milledge  —  Beat writer Marty Noble answers Mets fans' questions  —  With Cliff Floyd slumping and Lastings Milledge hitting around .300, isn't it time to consider bringing up Milledge?  —  No. It's time to give Milledge more time.  And it's time to afford Floyd more time as well.

Hall of Fame Game canceled due to rain  —  Sixtieth annual event — between Reds, Bucs — called in third  —  COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The annual Hall of Fame Game requires nearly 12 months of planning on the parts of Hall of Fame officials and Cooperstown, N.Y., village employees …

Tomko, Dodgers take the opener  —  Three-run seventh inning key to Los Angeles win  —  DENVER — Brett Tomko pitched seven innings and scored the tiebreaking run with a headfirst slide into home, and the Dodgers held on to defeat the Colorado Rockies on Monday night, 5-4.

Minor Matters: Unlisted Hitting Prospects Worth Knowing  —  We're just six weeks into the minor league season and it's already time to throw away your favorite "Top Prospect" lists from this past winter.  Young players can mature significantly during the offseason, when they rest nagging injuries …