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11:40 AM ET, Mar 20, 2010

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Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal: Stephen Strasburg, Drew Storen to start in Class AA Harrisburg — The inevitable became official this morning when the Nationals optioned phenom Stephen Strasburg …

Bill Ladson / MLB.com: Strasburg's fate to be decided Saturday — Team meeting to determine if righty is ticketed for Minors — VIERA, Fla. — Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg …

Associated Press: Stephen Strasburg fans 8 in 4 innings as Nats top Cards 13-5 — VIERA, Fla. (AP) — Stephen Strasburg (FSY) watched two of his first 11 pitches sail out of the ballpark.

Adam Kilgore / Nationals Journal: Stephen Strasburg's striking preference: groundball outs — Three starts, 9 innings, 149 pitches and 1 at-bat into his Washington Nationals career …

Steve Popper / NorthJersey.com: Mets' John Santana all smiles after erratic outing against Twins — Mets third baseman David Wright, left, and starting pitcher Johan Santana get together …

Marty Noble / MLB.com: Johan bested by former mates — Mets fall to Twins; Santos hits second spring homer — TWINS 7, METS 3 — Twins at the plate: Rookies Danny Valencia and Wilson Ramos …

Mark Hale / New York Post: Francoeur gets license to steal — JUPITER, Fla. — Last summer, after Jeff Francoeur was acquired from the Braves, Mets manager Jerry Manuel asked him to try to steal more bases.

Robert Cribb / Toronto Star: Sabermetrics: Stats guru advising Blue Jays — There's no statistic too obscure for Blue Jays adviser Tom Tango, a self-taught, secretive superstar in the growing field of sabermetrics

Fred Claire / MLB.com: Lajoie excels at scouting intangibles — Former Tigers GM publishes book about his career — There was a very interesting point that came out of the MIT Sloan Sports …

Geoff Baker / Seattle Times: Reds 6, Mariners 2: Don Wakamatsu rips umpire over Milton Bradley “witch hunt” — Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu just went off on Class AAA umpire Jon Merry for ejecting Milton Bradley in the fourth inning.

Peter Abraham / Boston Globe: Red Sox sign Embree to minor-league deal — The Red Sox, unhappy with their bullpen options, today signed 40-year-old lefty Alan Embree to a minor-league deal that included an invitation to spring training.

Fox Sports: Shame we can't see Dodgers' true potential — Ken Rosenthal has been the senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com since Aug. 2005. He appears weekly on MLB on FOX.

Tony Jackson / ESPN: Scully released from hospital — GLENDALE, Ariz. — Vin Scully, the Los Angeles Dodgers' legendary broadcaster and a member of baseball's Hall of Fame …

Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune: For Cubs core, this could be the last hurrah — Window of opportunity closing for Lee, Lilly, Soriano, Ramirez, Dempster, Piniella and Hendry

Bruce Levine / ESPN: Oney Guillen, son of White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, has resigned from his position with the team — Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen stormed past media representatives …

Rob Neyer / ESPN: Yanks' ‘Core 4’ aging ... but this fast? — My friend Allen Barra on some surprising projections for a quartet of aging Bombers:

Allen Barra / Runnin' Scared: Yankees Prospects Look Grim — Star Pollster Nate Silver — If Nate Silver is correct, both the Democratic Party and the New York Yankees might be headed for tough times this fall.

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