Alderson wants to see more before deadline buy or Murphy sell  —  Mets GM Sandy Alderson (inset) wants to see the Mets play 10 more games before making a trade deadline call on second baseman Daniel Murphy and others.  —  SAN DIEGO — Despite the Mets' improved play heading into the All-Star break …

Source: Phillies currently not looking to deal Cole Hamels  —  According a major league source, the Phillies are currently showing no inclination to trade Cole Hamels.  —  Hamels has been the subject of rumors involving the Red Sox recently, with the Boston Globe suggesting the Red Sox might …

Astros Fail To Sign Aiken, Nix, Marshall  —  The Astros did not sign first-round pick Brady Aiken, fifth-rounder Jacob Nix or 21st-rounder Mac Marshall, reports MLB.com's Jim Callis (on Twitter).  Aiken and Nix are both advised by Casey Close.  —  The Astros will receive the No. 2 pick …

Jays open series with Rangers to start second half  —  The Sports Network  —  The Toronto Blue Jays start their second-half quest to regain ground in the American League East as they open a three game series with the Texas Rangers tonight at Rogers Centre.  —  Toronto went into the break two games above .500 at 49-47.

Greenberg could follow Selig - but will he?  —  Commissioner Bud Selig already asked him.  —  He said no.  —  Baseball owners asked again, with a request as recently as last week.  —  No again.  —  While Major League Baseball searches for the next commissioner to replace Bud Selig …

Braves Release Dan Uggla  —  2:05pm: The Braves announced that they have officially released Uggla (Twitter link).  —  1:40pm: The Braves will release embattled second baseman Dan Uggla, reports Joel Sherman of the New York Post (via Twitter).  —  The 34-year-old Uggla's tenure …

Fedde agrees, but no deal with second-rounder  —  Right-hander was Nats' first pick, No. 18 overall; Suarez says he's returning to college  —  The Nationals and their top Draft pick, Erick Fedde, reached agreement on a deal before Friday's 5 p.m. ET deadline, the team announced.

NINE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE BEST CHANGEUP IN BASEBALL … If the baseball season ended today, an awful lot of people would be awfully confused, and the Seattle Mariners would qualify for the playoffs.  —  There's no bigger reason for the Mariners' success than Felix Hernandez …

CUBS SLUGGER RIZZO: THE MAKING OF AN ALL-STAR … Thanks to the desires of the fans' Final Vote, Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo was an All-Star, and a well-deserved one at that.  The towering lefty has crushed the ball this season to the tune of a .275/.381/.499 line …

PITCHMAN: HOW TOM EMANSKI CHANGED THE SPORT OF BASEBALL — AND THEN DISAPPEARED  —  For 20 years, he was the biggest name in youth baseball.  His coaching popularized a new wave of analysis, while his instructional videos entranced a generation of professional players and fans.

GM Brian Cashman to target pitchers  —  NEW YORK — Yankees GM Brian Cashman is aggressively trying to upgrade his starting staff, which has seen four-fifths of its opening day rotation end up on the disabled list.  —  “I have to reinforce our pitching, in my opinion,” Cashman said in a phone conversation Thursday.