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 …

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 …

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.

Maddux, Wells more alike than you'd think … PEORIA, Ariz. — San Diego's pitchers were participating in some routine spring drills last week when one of the younger players asked David Wells if he had a cough drop to spare.  Always happy to oblige, Boomer pulled a lozenge from his back pocket and handed it to his teammate.

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.

Blogging the Detroit Tigers versus Philadelphia Phillies - 3/1/07  —  Check back throughout the afternoon as I'll be providing details on the game as they happen.  Game time is less then an hour away and Jamie Moyer will get the start for the Phillies.  —  ***UPDATE 1***  —  Interesting lineup.

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.