First Round Recap  —  Scouting reports and stats on everyone taken in the first round  —  1. Tampa Bay Rays  —  B-T: R-R. Ht.: 6-0.  Wt.: 188.  Age: 18.  —  Scouting Report  —  Beckham solidified his status as the nation's top high school position player last year when he produced …

Tempers flare as Red Sox sweep Rays  —  Crisp ejected; Ellsbury and Ramirez exit early with injuries  —  BOSTON — Center fielder Coco Crisp started a heated exchange between Boston and Tampa Bay on Wednesday by intentionally sliding hard into Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura.

Rays select SS Tim Beckham with top pick in draft  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Rays selected Tim Beckham with the No. 1 pick in the baseball draft Thursday, choosing the talented high school shortstop from Griffin, Ga., over Florida State catcher Buster Posey.

Mets snag college bats Davis, Havens  —  Team adds pop in first round with first baseman and shortstop  —  NEW YORK — Recent history has rarely seen the Mets have their way when it comes to the First-Year Player Draft.  Their picks snapped away through free-agent spending …

Yankees draft fireballer in first round  —  Righty Cole goes No. 28; Stanford lefty first compensation pick  —  NEW YORK — The New York Yankees selected right-hander Gerrit Cole on Thursday with their first-round pick in the 2008 First Year Player Draft, using the 28th overall pick …

Dodgers' Matt Kemp suspended four games, fined for Tuesday's fight  —  Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp, left, has been suspended for four games and fined an undisclosed amount for his part in a shoving match that resulted in the clearing of both teams' benches.

June 5 — MANUEL BENCHES ROLLINS  —  So, this is how Charlie Manuel acts when he has a long-term contract.  —  Manuel did, in fact, bench Jimmy Rollins in the fifth inning today, two innings after he didn't run out a pop fly that wound up being dropped in shallow left field by Reds shortstop Paul Janish.

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McLaren's words came too late for Mariners  —  The contrived tirade began with a warning.  —  “We're gonna do this a little different,” John McLaren said.  —  He sounded a little like Tina Turner at the beginning of “Proud Mary.”  Then the downtrodden Mariners manager unleashed …

Chipper hits No. 400 against Marlins  —  Third baseman goes deep in sixth inning off Nolasco  —  ATLANTA — Braves third baseman Chipper Jones hit his 400th home run in the sixth inning of Thursday's game against the Marlins.  —  Jones hit the homer, his 14th of the season …

Report: Yanks, Cashman talking deal  —  In last year of his current contract, GM to discuss extension  —  NEW YORK — A potential contract extension for Yankees general manager Brian Cashman will be discussed this week while the club holds a summit in Florida, according to a report published …