Gorzelanny's effort might be rotation-clincher  —  VIERA, Fla. — Nationals left-hander Tom Gorzelanny had his best outing of the spring on Sunday afternoon, pitching five innings and allowing two runs on four hits in a 6-1 loss to the Tigers on Sunday afternoon.

Peavy shut down after feeling shoulder pain  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — In the matter of approximately 16 hours, Jake Peavy went from a veritable White Sox roster lock to almost certainly not being part of their Opening Day active ranks on April 1 in Cleveland.  —  “Ah, he will be in Cleveland …

Mets owners fire back at trustee trying to recover money for Madoff victims in motion to dismiss  —  Lawyers for the owners of the Mets have obtained two sworn depositions that they say severely undercut the claims in the $1 billion lawsuit that Irving Picard, the court-appointed trustee recovering money …

Twins' staff losing ground in AL Central  —  DUNEDIN, FLA.  —  The Minnesota Twins have won six division titles in Ron Gardenhire's nine seasons as manager.  In that span, no team in the majors has more.  —  Gardenhire is perhaps the best manager in baseball.  He has Joe Mauer (as long as he's healthy).

The Mets cut Oliver Perez  —  The Mets officially announced that they've cut Oliver Perez.  —  In January, during a video for SNY.TV, I said: … Thankfully, this all came true.  The team was right to bring him in and they were right to let him try out, mostly because of what it says to the rest of the team.

Jacoby Ellsbury has long-ball potential  —  Ascending to new power  —  + Recent Articles + Recent Blog Entries + Email + Bio  —  FORT MYERS — It took Rickey Henderson six years to top 10 homers in a season, and he finished his career with 297.  Johnny Damon didn't even reach double digits until …

Bud Selig doesn't enter the fray regarding Frank McCourt  —  The commissioner, on a visit to Camelback Ranch, says he's monitoring the Dodgers' ownership situation and wouldn't comment beyond that.  —  Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is interviewed during a game between the Arizona Diamondbacks …

Amaro gives scout Levis a second chance  —  CLEARWATER, Fla. - All Jesse Levis wanted was a second chance.  The Phillies have given it to him.  —  The former star catcher for Northeast High School and All-America at North Carolina, was quietly hired by the Phillies as a professional coverage scout this offseason.

Pujols gets bases-loaded magic back  —  • In the course of winning his second straight National League Most Valuable Player award in 2009, the Cardinals' Albert Pujols hit five of the 11 grand slams he has hit in his career and knocked in an astounding 35 runs with 10 hits in 17 bases-loaded at-bats.

All-Star Teams in Bonds Case: The Lawyers  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds will walk into United States District Court here on Monday ready for a contest likely to be tougher than any baseball game or home run race he ever took part in.  —  Nearly four years after his initial indictment …