Astros, Blue Jays Complete Ten-Player Trade  —  The Astros and Blue Jays have completed a ten-player trade, the teams announced.  The Astros obtain seven players from Toronto: right-hander Francisco Cordero, outfielder Ben Francisco, minor leaguers Joe Musgrove, Asher Wojciechowski …

Volquez throws one-hitter as Padres beat Astros  —  SAN DIEGO — Edinson Volquez threw a one-hitter — an infield single in the fourth inning — for the first complete game and shutout of his career as the San Diego Padres beat the Houston Astros 1-0 on Thursday night.

Stark: The 10 best (potentially) available starting pitchers  —  Cole Hamels, Zack Greinke and Matt Garza highlight the arms who could get dealt  —  The world is full of mysteries, and here's one of them:  —  It's supposed to be The Year of the Pitcher, right?

Ross' 3-run HR in 9th wins it for Red Sox  —  BOSTON—Cody Ross' five-year old son stood behind him as he sat at a podium during a postgame interview session, triggering him to recall when he first started to enjoy hitting in the clutch.  —  “I've always wanted to be up in those situations since …

Griffin shuts down Yankees as A's win 4-3  —  OAKLAND, Calif.—A.J. Griffin glanced into the visiting dugout and saw Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira among others.  Oakland's rookie right-hander felt some nerves all right.  —  Then, Yoenis Cespedes hit a two-run homer …

Barry Larkin and the Hall's call  —  A writer who covered the Reds' shortstop reflects on his Cooperstown qualities  —  COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The newspaper clips are yellowed and crinkly with the passage of two decades.  They've survived moves from Cincinnati to Denver to the Philadelphia suburbs …

Rockies, Royals Swap Guthrie, Sanchez  —  The Rockies and Royals have agreed to a trade that will send left-hander Jonathan Sanchez to Colorado for right-hander Jeremy Guthrie, Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports reports (on Twitter).  Both players have struggled in 2012 and are on track to hit free agency after the season.

Brewers offered Greinke $100M-plus but signs suggest he'll become a free agent  —  Greinke will most likely wind up a free agent.  (Getty Images)  —  The Brewers offered star righthanded pitcher Zack Greinke a $100-million-plus, five-year deal sometime within the past few weeks …

Mets must push for long-term relief  —  Mets on Twitter  —  The Mets should push hard for a reliever — but not just for this year.  —  The Mets, even after their 9-5 victory yesterday over the Nationals, have about a 20-percent possibility to reach the one-game wild-card playoff.

Source: Dodgers after Ryan Dempster  —  CHICAGO — The Los Angeles Dodgers have proposed a trade for Chicago Cubs starter Ryan Dempster, a baseball source told ESPNChicago.com on Thursday.  —  The Cubs have been clear their top priority on the trade market is adding young pitching.