Sources: Padres lining up suitors for shot at Peavy … The San Diego Padres have begun to exchange names with teams interested in All-Star pitcher Jake Peavy, in what appears to be an aggressive effort to maximize return on the right-hander, who is signed to a contract that keeps him under a team's control through 2013.

HEARTBREAKER  —  Rays first baseman Carlos Pena, left, and relief pitcher J.P. Howell leave the field in the bottom of the ninth inning as Boston's J.D. Drew rounds the bases after driving in the winning run.  Boston came back from a 7-0 deficit.  —  Times]  —  BOSTON  —  Time was, your mouth might be dry.

MLBPA says teams acted in concert against Bonds  —  NEW YORK — The baseball players' union says it has found evidence teams acted in concert against signing Barry Bonds but it reached an agreement with the commissioner's office to delay the filing of any grievance.

Zduriencik reportedly an M's finalist  —  Brewers' draft guru one of four vying for general manager post  —  MILWAUKEE — For the second straight year, the Brewers appear at risk of losing their highly regarded scouting director.  —  Jack Zduriencik, Milwaukee's amateur scouting boss since 2000 …

Hank Steinbrenner: Joba likely to start in 2009  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Hank Steinbrenner says Joba Chamberlain likely will return to the New York Yankees' rotation at the beginning of the 2009 season.  —  “The plan as of right now is Chamberlain is going to be a starter,” the Yankees co-chairman …

Cubs intent on keeping GM Hendry  —  Team declined Seattle's request to talk to GM  —  The Cubs are intent on keeping general manager Jim Hendry, despite the ongoing uncertainty of their franchise sale.  —  According to major league baseball sources, Cubs Chairman Crane Kenney recently declined …

3 UP: BOWA, MANNY AND THE YANKS  —  1. In today's Post, I wrote a column on how the impression that Joe Torre does not manage young players well is disputed by history.  He never did get much out of Randy Keisler or Brett Jodie, but then again, no one did.  When the players were talented …

Former Yankee Tresh dies at 71  —  VENICE, Fla. (AP)—Tom Tresh, the 1962 AL Rookie of the Year and part of three New York Yankees teams that reached the World Series, has died.  He was 71.  —  Tresh died Wednesday after a heart attack, according to the funeral home handling the arrangements.