Jake Peavy to Chicago White Sox deal not a sure thing, agent says … The agent for San Diego Padres pitcher Jake Peavy expressed doubt Thursday that his client is ready to sign off on a proposed trade to the Chicago White Sox.  —  Agent Barry Axelrod told ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick that Peavy has a …

Mets Confirm Interest in Mark DeRosa  —  Even before Jose Reyes became the latest Met to suffer an injury, leaving Wednesday night's game, the Mets had been talking with the Indians about acquiring Mark DeRosa to play first base in Carlos Delgado's absence, an official from one of the teams confirmed to FanHouse.

Infante's injury is a crushing blow  —  To the casual baseball fan, word that the Braves are going to spend the next six-to-eight weeks without the services of Omar Infante might prove to be even less interesting than talk about Jose Canseco entering the world of mixed martial arts.

Strasburg injury only a back cramp  —  Prospective top pick leaves game, not seriously hurt  —  When Stephen Strasburg left his Mountain West Conference Tournament start against New Mexico in the eighth inning after a visit from the trainer and holding his back, baseball fans from San Diego …

Yankees hold kangaroo court  —  Players, coaches playfully dole out own brand of justice  —  NEW YORK — For two months, Xavier Nady dutifully collected scraps of paper in a shoebox tucked near the back of his locker — clubhouse infractions reported by his teammates, waiting …

Big Papi ends long homerless drought  —  Ortiz goes deep for first time since September 2008  —  BOSTON — The much-dissected drought finally ended in the bottom of the fifth inning at Fenway Park on Wednesday night, when Red Sox slugger David Ortiz had his first Big Papi moment of 2009.

Players express interleague angst  —  Most think annual NL-AL schedule is in dire need of a makeover  —  Another must-see edition of interleague play (insert your favorite Rockies-Tigers joke here) begins this weekend.  And here's something you might not know:

Wang will get another Triple-A start  —  Joe Girardi just announced that Chien-Ming Wang will start tomorrow night . . . for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at Pawtucket.  —  The Yankees feel Wang's stuff is not ready to face big-league hitters.  —  Phil Hughes will pitch Monday against the Rangers in Arlington.

Pitch count facts  —  Edwin Jackson's 132 pitches are the most by a Tigers pitcher in the Jim Leyland era.  The last Tiger to throw that many in a game was knuckleballer Steve Sparks, who threw 132 pitches against the Mariners on Aug. 21, 2002.  —  The last non-knuckleballer to hit that count?

Revisiting Eric Chavez' Extension  —  Eric Chavez' career could be coming to a close soon.  The list of injuries associated with Chavez is long and tiresome and this news has simply thrown gas on a debate just as silly; whether Billy Beane should have blame placed on him for the Chavez extension failing.

Runs are scarce for Cubs  —  At least one thing is constant about the Chicago Cubs.  If they don't score at least four runs in a game, they don't win.  —  The Cubs have tallied three or fewer in a game this season 14 times and have lost all 14.  The last two nights, they haven't even come close to three runs, let alone more.

Yuniesky Betancourt, rest of Mariners defense steps up as trade talks swirl  —  A much better night for Yuniesky Betancourt at shortstop, turning in a number of fine plays on ground balls.  He looked locked-in tonight, as did Jose Lopez, Adrian Beltre and Ichiro with their gloves.

: MLB Owners Meetings End, TV Territories Vote Tabled  —  Major League Baseball's quarterly meetings have just ended, and with that, the vote to redefine MLB's television territories has, yet again, been tabled.  The issue has now been tabled for the last two years.