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 …

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 …

Daniel Murphy would be amenable to contract extension  —  When he missed Opening Day for the birth of his first son, Noah, Daniel Murphy recalled the support he received “from the top of the organization to the bottom.”  —  As talk radio hosts skewered Murphy for leaving the team …

M's Have Discussed Zobrist, Price, Willingham, Byrd, Viciedo  —  9:51pm: Jon Heyman of CBS Sports reports that the Mariners' talks with the Rays have been more focused on Zobrist than Price, and the two sides have been discussing Zobrist “for weeks.”  Nick Franklin's name has frequently come up in talks, he adds.

TYLER CHATWOOD OUT FOR ROCKIES REST OF SEASON, WILL HAVE TOMMY JOHN SURGERY  —  The Denver Post  —  Tyler Chatwood (32) of the Colorado Rockies delivers a pitch in the first inning against the Boston Red Sox Sept. 24, 2013 at Coors Field.  (John Leyba, The Denver Post)

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.

Top 50 MLB prospects  —  Cubs' Kris Bryant unseats Byron Buxton as baseball's top prospect  —  From left to right: Buxton, the former No. 1; Bryant, the new top dog for the Cubs; and stud SS Correa.  —  At the MLB season's halfway point, and in the wake of the deadline to sign draftees …

Agent: Dodgers' Kemp open to trade if not playing every day  —  Matt Kemp isn't asking the Dodgers to trade him.  But he isn't necessarily opposed to the idea, either.  —  The outfielder's agent, former major-league pitcher Dave Stewart, told FOX Sports on Wednesday that Kemp again wants …

Victorino could rejoin Sox after two-game Triple-A stint  —  Shane Victorino has had a whirlwind of a rehab.  While recovering from a strained hamstring, he slipped a disk in his back in June.  While trying to get to a game for Double-A Portland Saturday, he got stuck in traffic.

Blue Jays Claim Brad Mills From Athletics  —  The Blue Jays have claimed lefty Brad Mills off waivers from the Athletics, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports (via Twitter).  Mills was designated for assignment on July 7 to make room for trade acquisition Jason Hammel.

Rangers Designate Carlos Pena For Assignment  —  The Rangers announced that they have designated first baseman Carlos Pena for assignment.  That move, along with yesterday's trade of Jason Frasor to the Royals, clears 40-man and 25-man roster spots for Geovany Soto and J.P. Arencibia …

Diamondbacks' Derrick Hall would be ideal commissioner  —  Maybe we've got it all wrong.  Maybe Derrick Hall hired the smartest guy in the room for personal reasons.  —  Maybe he hired Tony La Russa to be his successor, as a parting gift to Ken Kendrick and not as the new DH (designated henchman) for Kevin Towers and Kirk Gibson.