In Debut, Schilling Leaves Wanting More  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. — Curt Schilling was too good for his own good.  —  Schilling was so efficient in his two scoreless innings in the Red Sox's exhibition opener Wednesday night, he was left wanting more.  —  Schilling threw 19 pitches, 15 strikes …

Glavine off to great start in spring  —  Lefty hurls two scoreless innings, allows just one baserunner  —  METS 4, CARDINALS 3  —  Cardinals at the plate: Scott Rolen, who has a .493 career on-base percentage against Tom Glavine, was the only Cardinals batter to reach base against the left-hander; he was hit by a pitch.

Rangers give Young 5-year deal  —  All-Star shortstop's extension worth $80 million  —  egrant@dallasnews.com  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. - Michael Young will remain a Ranger until he's not so young anymore.  —  The club and its All-Star shortstop agreed early Thursday morning …

Marching orders a success  —  Tucson - Seeking more power, Todd Helton switched to a slightly heavier bat this spring.  It should come in handy in his new role as the Rockies' cleanup hitter.  Manager Clint Hurdle has flip-flopped Helton with Matt Holliday, leaving the all-star outfielder in the fifth spot.

2007 Top 100 Prospects  —  We proudly present our annual list of the best young players in the game, the culmination of our offseason prospect rankings.  —  But this year we bring you the list with a twist.  While we'd like to think that every player here will go on to big league success …

Injuries mount for Marlins' staff  —  Tankersley shut down 5-7 days; Johnson worries grow  —  JUPITER, Fla. — Some of the Marlins' most promising young pitchers have injury concerns.  —  On Wednesday night, the Marlins confirmed that reliever Taylor Tankersley has left shoulder inflammation …

Getting his groove back?  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — All the progress Rangers pitcher John Koronka made as a rookie last season was just good enough to get him right back where he was a year ago.  —  Koronka became the Rangers' fifth starter after Adam Eaton was injured at the end of camp in 2006.

Performance-enhancing drugs are here to stay  —  Often when I'm a guest on a radio talk show, the host will preface a question about steroids by saying, "I'm sure you're tired of talking about this, but . . ."  —  Actually, I'm not tired of talking about steroids.

Myers is open to being a closer  —  That could solve a pitching conundrum.  —  If Brett Myers is ever asked to close, he said yesterday, he would do it.  —  The Phillies begin their Grapefruit League schedule this afternoon against the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland with six starting pitchers on their roster.

Gaijin no longer means 'outsider'  —  Sometime this spring (maybe it's already happened), Daisuke Matsuzaka, the apple of every Beantown eye, the superstar in waiting, the man of a thousand pitches, is going to feel like a fish out of water.  Sometime this spring, when the cameras aren't rolling …

Selig Memo: MLB to Test Non-Players for Steroids, Drugs  —  A newly released and obtained 5-page memo from Commissioner Selig, outlining the breadth and width of attempts to eradicate steroid use in MLB, all personnel—players (Major and Minor League), non-players (Major and Minor League) …

Burgos is greeted as a Royal relief  —  PORT ST. LUCIE - For a team whose glaring need is starting pitching, the Mets' most notable trade of the winter seemed a curious one.  In Brian Bannister, they gave up a young starter of some promise for a wild-thing reliever who couldn't hold the closer's job for the sad-sack Royals.

Mets' Sanchez takes step in recovery  —  PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Good news doesn't necessarily mean definitive news.  —  It doesn't for Mets reliever Duaner Sanchez, who took a significant step in his recovery from shoulder surgery when he threw from flat ground yesterday, but hedged about being ready for Opening Day.

HITTING IT OFF  —  MR. OCTOBER SCHOOLS A-ROD IN CAGE, SEES MONSTER YEAR  —  Smooth and powerful swings sent the sound of thunder racing through the Legends Field batting cages yesterday, where a Hall of Famer was working with a future Cooperstown resident long after the Yankees' regular workout ended.