Reports: Mets deal for Diamondbacks OF Green  —  NEW YORK — Outfielder Shawn Green reportedly was traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the New York Mets on Tuesday night, giving the NL East leaders one more big bat as they gear up for the postseason.  —  Two team officials familiar …

Mets' Glavine doesn't need surgery, will return soon  —  On Sunday it was feared Tom Glavine might miss the rest of the season.  Now, the veteran Mets left-hander might be on the mound as soon as next week.  —  Sources told ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney that an angiogram performed Monday revealed …

Abreu Has Become a Natural Fit In a Patient and Powerful Lineup  —  About 10 seconds after hearing that Bobby Abreu had been traded from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Yankees, Curt Schilling, who is as much of a baseball analyst as a pitcher, was concerned.

Pirates trade Hernandez to Phillies for cash  —  By Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  —  ATLANTA — The Pirates today traded utilityman Jose Hernandez to the Philadelphia Phillies for an undisclosed amount of cash.  —  Hernandez, 37, was making $850,000 on a one-year contract.

Phils' Rowand out 4-6 weeks with broken ankle  —  As the Phillies make their push for the NL wild card, they will have to do it without starting center fielder Aaron Rowand.  —  Rowand suffered a fractured left ankle in a scary outfield collision with teammate Chase Utley on Monday night …

Dodgers-Padres Preview  —  Jake Peavy has started to turn around his miserable season.  That bodes well for the San Diego Padres as they look to defend their NL West crown.  —  Peavy will try to help the Padres move closer to the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers when the NL West rivals resume their three-game series on Tuesday.

New York Yankees Are Losing Money, Cashman Says (Update1)  —  Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) — The New York Yankees are losing money even as they're winning games, General Manager Brian Cashman said.  —  The team's highest-in-baseball payroll, revenue-sharing outlay and other expenses eclipse its revenue …

JLWS umpire nurtures baseball in Romania  —  Years from now, if baseball becomes popular in Romania, Cristian Manea may be considered the person responsible for getting it there.  —  Manea, a successful 32-year-old computer business owner in his native Bucharest, became the first umpire …

Not To Pile On The Red Sox Here, But ...  We know that often American celebrities will do advertisements in other countries — or their home countries — that they might not necessarily want to be seen doing here.  But that doesn't change the bewilderment of seeing David Ortiz ... doing a boner commercial?

Mariners recall outfielder T.J. Bohn  —  SEATTLE — Seattle Mariners Executive Vice President & General Manager of Baseball Operations Bill Bavasi announced today that the club has recalled outfielder T.J. Bohn from Triple-A Tacoma.  —  To make room on the 25-man roster, the club has optioned outfielder Adam Jones to Tacoma.

Hall of Fame should embrace Felipe Alou … When speaking of future candidates of Latin descent for the Hall of Fame, the list includes Pedro Martinez, Mariano Rivera and Ivan Rodriguez, as well as Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa.  —  But it's possible that none of the above have more genuine credentials …