Phillies Notes: Burnett, Hamels, Lee  —  Here's the latest on the Phillies and the numerous trade candidates on their roster...  - The Pirates had a scout watching A.J. Burnett's start on Friday, Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.  The Bucs are known to be looking for starting pitching …

Blue Jays Designate Sergio Santos For Assignment  —  3:02pm: Anthopoulos tells reporters, including Brendan Kennedy of the Toronto Star, that he made no effort to trade Santos and has already placed him on waivers (Twitter link).  Santos did not ask to be traded, either.

Following demotion, Milone wants A's to trade him  —  The odd man out in the Oakland Athletics' rotation wants to be gone for good.  —  Left-hander Tommy Milone has asked the club to trade him, major-league sources tell FOX Sports.  —  The A's sent Milone to Triple A on July 5 …

Trading for Price would be right move for Cubs … The moment the Cubs hired Derek Johnson as their minor-league pitching coordinator in Oct. 2012, many in the industry speculated that it was their first move toward eventually landing Rays left-hander David Price.  —  Johnson, you see, was Price's pitching coach at Vanderbilt.

A's consider some 2nd options  —  Eric Sogard played in his first game since July 12 on Sunday and had two hits and an RBI, but his roster spot remains iffy in the coming weeks - especially as the A's explore second-base options via the trade market.  —  Nick Franklin, pushed out of a big-league job …

Source: Uggla, Giants agree on minors deal  —  Dan Uggla has agreed to terms with the San Francisco Giants on a minor league contract, a source confirmed to ESPN's Jim Bowden.  —  Uggla will be assigned to Triple-A Albuquerque, according to the source.  —  The move came three days after Uggla was released by the Atlanta Braves.

Wacha improving, could begin throwing in two weeks  —  • By Rick Hummel rhummel@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8196  —  Injured Cardinals righthander Michael Wacha still hasn't been cleared to throw.  But general manager John Mozeliak said today that Wacha, who has a stress reaction in his right scapula …

Twins: Kurt Suzuki contract talks fizzled fast  —  The Minnesota Twins recently broached the subject of a contract extension with all-star catcher Kurt Suzuki, but the talks didn't go very far.  —  According to two people with direct knowledge, the Twins and Dan Lozano, Suzuki's agent …

Rays' Longoria hits two milestones on one swing  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Eventually, given the nine years remaining on his contract, 3B Evan Longoria figures to hold most of the Rays' franchise records.  —  But he said it was still special Sunday to move to the top, and on the same swing …