Yankees Acquire Alfonso Soriano  —  Alfonso Soriano is heading back to the same team with which he began his Major League career.  After stops in Texas and Washington and an extended stay in Chicago, Soriano has come full circle by officially waiving his no-trade rights to approve a trade to the Yankees.

Sources: Phillies getting late offers for Lee  —  Multiple teams are making a late run at the Philadelphia Phillies with offers for pitcher Cliff Lee as Wednesday's trade deadline nears, baseball sources told ESPN.com Friday.  —  Although Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. declined …

Why the SF Giants traded for former A's pitcher Moscoso  —  UPDATE, 6:15 p.m.: The struggles of Mike Kickham and Eric Surkamp in their spot starts reinforced what the Giants already knew about their major-league-ready pitching depth.  They have none, which is why they traded for Guillermo Moscoso.

Morse closing in on return to Mariners lineup  —  SEATTLE — Michael Morse was scheduled to play nine innings in right field for Triple-A Tacoma on Thursday night in his fourth rehab game, and a decision could come soon on when he'll rejoin the Mariners, according to interim manager Robby Thompson.

Sources: Clinic gave high schoolers PEDs  —  CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The clinic operator at the heart of a Major League Baseball investigation into performance-enhancing drugs provided them to numerous high school students, according to former associates of Tony Bosch and documents obtained by “Outside the Lines.”

Mariners place Mike Zunino on DL  —  SEATTLE — The surging Seattle Mariners have received a major blow as young catcher Mike Zunino has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a fractured hamate bone in his left hand.  —  The Mariners announced the diagnosis on Friday.

Final Score (Game 1): Mets 11 Nationals 0  —  The Least You Should Know:  —  The Nationals have more losses than the Mets.  —  Jenrry Mejia returned for a spot-start and tossed seven shut-out innings.  He struck out seven batters, walked no one and surprised everyone.

Stiffening PED penalties  —  Would players consider lifetime bans or voiding of contracts?  —  Let's have a warm hand, ladies and gentlemen, for Jared Michael “Skip” Schumaker.  He spoke the two words this week we never thought we'd hear a baseball player utter:  —  “Lifetime ... ban.”

Brewers' Lohse more popular than Gallardo; is he available?  —  One rival general manager who talked to the Brewers recently posed this question of Brewers GM Doug Melvin: “How about Kyle Lohse instead of Yovani Gallardo?”  —  He's very likely not the only opposing GM asking that question, either.

Mets playing better than Yankees right now - and without the drama  —  The Mets are just the Mets.  They aren't very good and won't be very good in the near future, but they aren't performing terribly at the moment.  Their biggest stars, David Wright and Matt Harvey, actually make it onto the field.

Jake Peavy Rumors: Friday  —  Jake Peavy made what could have been his last start as a member of the White Sox yesterday, beating the Tigers after he allowed four runs on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in seven innings.  He was done in by a trio of homers, but Peavy also fired 118 pitches …

Fan forced to cover up Braun ‘Fraud’ jersey  —  MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee Brewers fan says she was asked to leave Miller Park because she had made some changes to her Ryan Braun shirt.  —  Karen Eidem says security tapped her on the shoulder while she was standing with friends at the ballpark Wednesday night.