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MORNEAU PRIMED FOR OPENER (11:43 p.m. ET)
Justin Morneau wrapped up a big spring, doubling and driving in three runs Saturday as the Minnesota Twins beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6.

The former AL MVP hit .394 with three home runs in 14 exhibition games for the Twins. He also went 4-for-9 for Canada in the World Baseball Classic.

Morneau showed no ill effects from the back soreness that hampered him this past week. He hit .300 with a team-high 23 home runs and 129 RBIs last season.

"No, not at all," Morneau said when asked if his back still troubled him. "I'm good to go."

METS FALL TO BOSOX IN FINAL TUNEUP (9:35 p.m. ET)

Citi Field will be neither a pitchers' nor a hitters' park if no one throws strikes.

Oliver Perez made his first appearance at the New York Mets' new home and was as inconsistent as he was at Shea Stadium.

The left-hander failed to make it out of the first inning, walking four and giving up a grand slam to Jed Lowrie in a 9-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Saturday that completed a two-game exhibition series.

The Red Sox, who also got Jason Varitek's fifth spring training homer, headed home after the game for Monday's opener at Fenway Park against AL champion Tampa Bay

New York planned to work out at Citi Field on Sunday before flying to Cincinnati for the traditional NL opener Monday. The Mets don't return home until the ballpark's official opener against San Diego on April 13.

CONTRERAS, COLON DAZZLE AGAIN (9:02 p.m. ET)
Jose Contreras threw four shutout innings and Bartolo Colon followed with five more, leading the Chicago White Sox over the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-0 on Saturday at Chase Field.

Contreras gave up one single while throwing 55 pitches, and Colon gave up three singles and walked one while throwing 72 pitches. Question marks entering the spring, the two have made Chicago's starting rotation behind Mark Buehrle, Gavin Floyd and John Danks.

Contreras, who underwent surgery after suffering a season-ending Achilles' injury Aug. 8, was 3-0 with a 5.82 ERA in 17 innings. Colon (0-2, 6.60) hasn't pitched a full season since winning 21 games and the AL Cy Young Award in 2005 because of shoulder, elbow and oblique muscle injuries. He had surgery to remove bone chips in the offseason.

Manager Ozzie Guillen hasn't yet determined the order of his rotation, other than Mark Buehrle being the opening-day starter.

"I want to check out the matchups when we get to Chicago [on Sunday]," Guillen said. "That way, I'll have a better idea. I want to see who they are going to face if they go '4' and '5.' No matter who is '4' or' 5,' I really don't care. You are No. 1 when you are on the mound. ... The way they threw made a lot of people in this locker room very excited."

ROYALS TRIM FOUR PLAYERS (6:56 p.m. ET)
The Kansas City Royals trimmed four players off their roster Saturday, leaving them one move to make.

The Royals reassigned left-handed pitcher Tim Hamulack and righties Roman Colon and Brandon Duckworth to Triple-A Omaha. The club also optioned outfielder Mitch Maier to Omaha after its game Saturday against the Texas Rangers.

Kansas City still have 26 players on their roster and need to have it down to 25 by Sunday afternoon. Royals manager Trey Hillman said outfielder Shane Costa and catcher Brayan Pena are battling for the final roster spot.

NATIONALS SET UP ROSTER (5:58 p.m. ET)

The Washington Nationals optioned right-handers Jason Bergmann and Garrett Mock to Triple-A Syracuse, part of a series of moves to set their 25-man active roster.

The Nationals also reassigned right-handers Jesus Colome and Jordan Zimmermann and infielder Alex Cintron to minor league camp. Zimmermann earned a spot in the Nationals' rotation, but they won't need a fifth starter until April 19, so he opens the season at Triple-A Syracuse.

Earning roster spots: right-hander Julian Tavarez, left-hander Wil Ledezma and catcher Josh Bard, whose contracts were selected Saturday.

The moves mean Washington will have three lefty relievers (Ledezma, Mike Hinckley, Joe Beimel) and three catchers (starter Jesus Flores, Wil Nieves and Bard).

BURRELL TAKES HAMELS DEEP (5:33 p.m. ET)
Pat Burrell hit his first homer at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia since he left the Phillies in the offseason, and Carlos Pena also went deep to lead the Tampa Bay Rays to a 9-7 victory on Saturday.

Rays manager Joe Maddon put Burrell in the leadoff spot to get him an at-bat and took him out after his first-inning homer off ace Cole Hamels. Pena also hit a three-run drive in the first.

Raul Ibanez, Greg Dobbs and Jason Donald homered for the Phillies.

JOBA WORKS OUT AT MINOR LEAGUE CAMP (2:42 p.m. ET)
Joba Chamberlain worked out at the Yankees' minor league complex Saturday, one day before his final spring training start.

New York's No. 5 starter flew to Florida after watching the Yankees play their first game -- an exhibition matchup with the Chicago Cubs -- at the new Yankee Stadium on Friday night.

Chamberlain says he will throw five innings or 75 pitches in Sunday's camp game between Triple-A Scranton/Wikes-Barre and Double-A Trenton. The right-hander is scheduled to make his first start of the regular season April 12 at Kansas City.

Also, Jason Johnson, who had treatment for a cancerous tumor behind his right eye in February, gave up two hits over 5 2/3 scoreless innings in a minor league spring training game Saturday.

BUCHHOLZ SENT DOWN; 5 PUT ON DL (2:38 p.m. ET)

The Boston Red Sox have optioned right-hander Clay Buchholz to Triple-A Pawtucket and placed five players on the 15-day disabled list.

Right-hander John Smoltz (right shoulder surgery), outfielder Mark Kotsay (right elbow), shortstop Julio Lugo (right knee surgery), outfielder Jonathan Van Every (right ankle sprain) and right-hander Miguel Gonzalez (right elbow surgery) all went on the DL on Saturday retroactive to March 27.

Boston must make at least one more move by Sunday to get down to the 25-man active limit.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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BIG UNIT THROWS 5 SOLID INNINGS (1:19 a.m. ET)
In deference to Randy Johnson's .127 lifetime batting average, San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy agreed to allow the designated hitter Friday night. Johnson gave the Giants five solid innings -- one more than scheduled -- in his first appearance against a major league team in 11 days.

"We know he's going to have to hit during the regular season but we just wanted his focus on pitching for now," Bochy said. "This is the first time in a long time he's been this far along in spring. We look forward to seeing him pitch here. It will be great to see him out there."

Johnson, five wins shy of 300, gave up a run and four hits with two walks and four strikeouts. He was originally scheduled to throw four innings but his pitch count allowed an extra inning. He lowered his spring ERA to 2.20.

"I thought things got a little better as the game progressed," Johnson said. "I threw a few more pitches than I would have liked in five innings."

PHILLY WELCOMES BACK BURRELL (11:03 p.m. ET)
Six months after leading the parade down Broad Street atop a horse-drawn carriage, Pat Burrell returned to Philadelphia wearing an unusual color.

Donning the navy blue of his new club -- the Tampa Bay Rays -- Burrell received multiple standing ovations during his visit to the city that was his home for the past nine seasons.

"It's good to be back," said Burrell, who drove in the first run of Tampa's 3-2 preseason loss to the Phillies with a two-out single. "I've spent a lot of time here, with a lot of memories. Being at the park is great, but I've never seen the view from [visitors'] side."

SCHAFER WINS ATLANTA'S CF JOB (7:35 p.m. ET)
Jordan Schafer's rise to the major leagues became official on Friday when the Atlanta Braves set their 25-man roster and named the 22-year-old rookie their starting center fielder.

Schafer beat out Josh Anderson, who was traded to the Detroit Tigers on Monday, and Gregor Blanco, who was optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday.

Schafer won the job even though he has never played above Double-A Mississippi and was suspended for the first 50 games of the 2008 season for a violation of baseball's drug policy.

"He earned the job," said general manager Frank Wren. "He played, probably the best word is he played inspired baseball this spring."

Schafer hit .269 with 10 home runs, 51 RBIs and 12 steals in 84 games for Mississippi last season. He hit .303 in the second half of the season after having his confidence rocked by the suspension.

"It really tested me mentally," Schafer said. "It tested my faith in myself. ... I didn't know going into camp if I had a shot or not, but I'm here.

M'S SEND CORONA BACK TO YANKS (4:39 p.m. ET)

The Seattle Mariners have returned Rule 5 selection Reegie Corona to the New York Yankees, leaving the Mariners with four open spots on their 40-man roster.

Corona, an infielder, was taken by the Mariners during the Rule 5 draft in December. Players picked in that draft must remain in the major leagues for the entire 2009 season or be offered back to the original team for $25,000.

Corona played in 26 spring games for Seattle, hitting .281 with three doubles, one homer and seven RBIs.

NATS SEND 2 TO MINORS, PUT RHP YOUNG ON DL (4:35 p.m. ET)

The Washington Nationals trimmed their spring training roster by three on Friday, outrighting infielder Kory Casto and left-handed pitcher Mike O'Connor to Triple-A Syracuse and placing right-handed reliever Terrell Young on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation.

Casto and O'Connor both shuttled between Washington and the minors last season. Each cleared waivers, and was considered a long shot to make the team.

Young, who was the first pick in the Rule 5 draft last December, had posted a 5.59 ERA in nine spring training appearances.

SEAL TO SING ANTHEM AT FENWAY OPENER (3:08 p.m. ET)

It's not "Crazy" talk, it's absolutely true: Grammy Award winner Seal will sing the national anthem at the Boston Red Sox's season opener.

The Red Sox take on the AL champion Tampa Bay Rays on Monday at Fenway Park.

Seal, in Boston as part of his North American tour in support of his latest album, "Soul," is a three-time Grammy winner whose best-known songs include "Crazy," "Kiss from a Rose" and "Don't Cry."

JETER, WRIGHT FACE OFF FOR CHARITY (2:06 p.m. ET)

Yankees captain Derek Jeter and Mets star David Wright will try to outdo each other offensively for their foundations. Delta Air Lines will award $100,000 to the foundation of the player with the highest batting average and $50,000 to the foundation of the runner-up.

"It's a win-win situations for both foundations," Jeter said at a news conference before adding jokingly: "We'd like to thank Delta for giving -- what is it? -- a million dollars to the winner."

The competition benefit's Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation and the David Wright Foundation. In the event one of the players fails to reach 400 plate appearances, each foundation will receive $75,000.

"To kind of emulate, you know, the Turn 2 Foundation, to try to get my foundation to that level, is definitely a goal of mine," Wright said.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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STREET WINS ROCKIES CLOSER ROLE (8:50 p.m. ET)
Huston Street is taking over the closer role for the Colorado Rockies.

Street, a right-hander acquired as part of a November trade with the Oakland Athletics involving for Matt Holliday, was named Colorado's closer before the Rockies' 7-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday.

"This is what I came to camp to accomplish and it's a role I feel comfortable with. There is a lot of responsibility that goes along with it," Street said. "My teammates should expect me to not only get the job done but be prepared to get the job done. That's what I spent the whole offseason doing. I feel like this is just the beginning."

Street, who lost his closing role to Brad Ziegler with the A's last season, has beaten out Manuel Corpas despite early spring struggles.

RED WITH ANGER: SARASOTA BOOED (5:27 p.m. ET)
Fans booed the mayor before Cincinnati's final spring training game in Florida and, in front of only less than half the capacity of Ed Smith Stadium, the Reds wrapped up a dozen years in Sarasota with a 6-5 loss to a Pittsburgh Pirates split squad.

The Reds have trained in Florida since the 1920s, but are moving to Arizona -- the site of their first camp in 1891 -- to share a complex with the Cleveland Indians.

The small crowd vented at politicians who failed to keep the team in town and have been unable to lure a replacement. Mayor Lou Ann Palmer and two other local officials were booed loudly on the field before the game. When Palmer asked the crowd for a moment of silence over the Reds' departure, one man yelled: "It's your fault!"

With that, the mayor invited the fans to go ahead and express their frustration.They did, providing a long, collective boo. "I'm glad so many of you are angry with us, I really am," she said, "because I'm angry with us, too."

Reds owner Bob Castellini presented mementos to the stadium crew and thanked residents for supporting the team for 12 years.

ICHIRO SEES DOCTOR ABOUT FATIGUE (4:09 p.m. ET)
Ichiro Suzuki was examined by a doctor to try to determine the cause of fatigue that has kept him out the past three days.

Late Thursday, the team said results of Ichiro's exam would be available Friday.

Ichiro wasn't around the clubhouse Thursday morning, the Mariners' final day in Arizona. He experienced some fatigue and light-headedness earlier this week. Ichiro is still expected to accompany the team to Las Vegas on Friday for a pair of games against the Rockies.

Ichiro played nine games during the World Baseball Classic last month before arriving in the Mariners' spring training camp on March 26. He has played in four spring training games.

BAKER TO MISS TWO STARTS (12:42 p.m. ET)
Twins right-hander Scott Baker has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with shoulder stiffness and will miss at least his first two scheduled starts, including Opening Day.

Left-hander Francisco Liriano will take the mound for Minnesota on Monday against Seattle. The move with Baker was made retroactively to last Saturday, making him eligible to return April 12.

The Twins also put right-hander Boof Bonser and catcher Joe Mauer on the DL Thursday.

Bonser had shoulder surgery and is expected to miss the season. Mauer is recovering from inflammation in his lower back, which will keep him out for at least the next few weeks.

YOUNG ALSO GOES ON DL (12:39 p.m. ET)
The Nationals put first baseman Dmitri Young, who has hip and back strains, on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 1. This is in addition to putting second baseman Anderson Hernandez on the DL because of a left hamstring strain, which the team announced on Wednesday.

Hernandez hit .276 with four RBIs in 11 games this spring; Young hit .250 with one home run and three RBIs in four Grapefruit League contests.

COSTE WORRIED OVER HOMETOWN (12:31 p.m. ET)
Phillies backup catcher Chris Coste still owns a home in Fargo, N.D., and he's been keeping up to date on the Red River flooding there.

Coste, in Clearwater, Fla., told The Forum of Fargo that he felt as if he should be helping people in Fargo, which has been on edge with a cresting Red River and the threat of disastrous flooding, in addition to a snowstorm.

"You almost feel guilty," Coste told the newspaper. "I'm all the way down here in the warm weather when I feel like I should be up there sandbagging or doing something else."

Coste, 36, said his Fargo home, which his relatives have been tending, was not damaged by the flood.

Coste's wife, Marcia, and his two daughters, ages 9 years and 9 months, won't return to Fargo "until 100 percent everything is safe."

LOUX HOPING HE DID ENOUGH (11:51 a.m. ET)
Shane Loux did not leave a particularly solid impression in his final chance at a rotation spot, but indications are that Loux, a career minor leaguer, will open this season in the majors.

Loux gave up three runs, two of them earned, in five innings in a 5-4 loss to the Rangers on Wednesday. Manager Mike Scioscia has been coy and vague regarding who will be in the starting rotation.

"[Loux] is certainly a guy competing for one of our rotation spots and our pitching staff," Scioscia said. "He's been throwing well, but he wasn't sharp today. But his stuff is there."

Loux, 29, clearly would cherish the opportunity to be with the Angels on Opening Day.

"For 12 or 13 years, playing all over the country, up and down, my goal has always been to be a major leaguer on Day 1," Loux said. "It's never happened for me. Obviously it's a dream. I'm not going to take anything for granted on April 6. It's going to be a special moment for me. I'm a fan of the game and it's going to mean a lot to me."

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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ROYALS DEAL GLOAD TO MARLINS (10:31 p.m. ET)
The Kansas City Royals traded first baseman Ross Gload and cash to the Florida Marlins on Wednesday for a player to be named.

Kansas City also optioned right-hander Brian Bannister to Triple-A Omaha and released right-hander Joel Peralta. Left-hander John Bale, who is recovering from thyroid surgery, was placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 27.

Manager Trey Hillman said Sidney Ponson would be the fourth starter and work the home opener April 10 against the New York Yankees. Left-hander Horacio Ramirez will be the No. 5 starter but also would work out of the bullpen.

Gload hit .280 in 22 games for the Royals in spring training. He was acquired from the White Sox in 2006 and hit .273 in a career-high 122 games last season.

"As long as there is a uniform on the other side there's an opportunity," Gload said. "I think I can fit in well with a National League ballclub. Ideally, I would have liked to been here. I wish there was a spot."

Kansas City agreed to pay most of Gload's $1.9 million contract. General manager Dayton Moore said the Royals would receive a minor leaguer in the deal.

GLAVINE IMPRESSES FOR BRAVES (8:38 p.m. ET)
Tom Glavine passed his final spring test Wednesday.

The left-hander tossed five innings in Atlanta's 9-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers and will pitch in two minor league games before making his season debut for the Braves on April 18.

"He threw great," manager Bobby Cox said. "That's what he does. He's at the top of his game and when the 18th rolls around, he'll be ready to go."

Glavine gave up three runs and seven hits, including Curtis Granderson's two-run homer in the third inning. Glavine made only 13 starts a year ago for Atlanta, going 2-4 with a 5.54 ERA before his season was cut short by an elbow injury.

He went on the disabled list for the first time in his 22-year career, undergoing surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon and clean up his shoulder.

"I feel better than I did last week," said Glavine, who leads all active pitchers with 305 wins. "I had some uncertainty about what was left but I feel a lot better now. I just made one mistake. I tried to throw it too hard on a fastball to Granderson and he homered. It happens."

A'S ANNOUNCE ROTATION (8:27 p.m. ET)
Athletics' manager Bob Geren finally announced the team's rotation after Wednesday's 8-8 tie with the Cubs.

Dallas Braden, who gave up six runs in five innings, will be the Opening Day starter, as expected. He'll be followed by Trevor Cahill, Dana Eveland, Brett Anderson and Josh Outman.

Sean Gallagher, who began the season penciled into the No. 2 spot, is now "competing for a bullpen spot," Geren said.

"What I'm looking for from him this spring was to attack the strike zone a little better," Geren said. "I'm looking for his stuff to be a little crisper."

Cahill and Anderson, the A's highly touted pair of 21-year-olds, will each be making their big league debuts. Neither has pitched a regular season game above Double-A. Cahill will start the second game in Anaheim, about an hour from his home in the San Diego area.

"It's awesome," Cahill said. "I'm still shaking. All my friends are already asking me for tickets."

Braden said the news that he was going to get the Opening Day start took some of the sting out of a poor performance against the Cubs.

"When you think about it you've been given a go ahead from an entire organization, a front office, to try and get the season off on the right foot, to try to set the tone," Braden said. "And you know what? I think we're all ready to have this spring come to an end and kind of get it crackin' for real."

TOP TIGERS PROPECTS MAKE CUT (7:09 p.m. ET)
Top Tigers pitching prospects Rick Porcello and Kyle Perry found out Wednesday they made the opening day roster. Porcello, selected in the first round of the 2007 draft, and Perry, Detroit's first-round pick last year, haven't pitched above Class A.

Both were impressive all spring and manager Jim Leyland, who is in the final year of his contract, said he had no choice but to keep them.

"They were better than everyone else we had," he said. "They deserved the job."

Leyland said he had no doubts and it was an unanimous decision between the organization and coaches that the two were ready for the big leagues.

"If people say we rushed them, I will take the blame," Leyland said. "All you have to do is look at them and know they are ready."

Porcello earned a spot in the rotation and Perry will pitch out of the bullpen.

ISRINGHAUSEN TO START SEASON ON DL (6:42 p.m. ET)
Although Rays manager Joe Maddon has not officially set the roster, several important decisions were made Wednesday.

Reliever Jason Isringhausen will begin the season on the disabled list, giving him additional time to build arm strength following elbow surgery. The move won't be made until Sunday, when injured outfielders B.J. Upton and Fernando Perez and reliever Chad Bradford also will go on the DL.

"I only had six innings since elbow surgery, and we all agreed I need a few more innings to get to where I want to be with my mechanics and my arm strength and stuff, so this is the right thing to do," said Isringhausen, who spent the past seven seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and has 293 career saves.

Meanwhile, second baseman Adam Kennedy, first baseman Chris Richard, infielder Ray Olmedo, catcher Michel Hernandez and outfielders Jon Weber and Ray Sadler have been told they will not make the team and will be reassigned to minor league camp after Saturday's exhibition in Philadelphia.

Matt Joyce, obtained in an offseason trade that sent starting pitcher Edwin Jackson to the Detroit Tigers, beat out Justin Ruggiano for a spot as the fourth outfielder -- even if it may wind up being until the April 13 home opener, when Upton hopes to be fully recovered from shoulder surgery.

BENSON MAKES ROTATION (5:14 p.m. ET)
Right-hander Kris Benson, who last pitched in the majors in 2006, has made the Texas Rangers' starting rotation.

General manager Jon Daniels said Wednesday that Benson will be a starter, a move that pushes right-hander Scott Feldman to the bullpen. Benson is 2-0 with a 4.76 ERA in five spring games.

Benson, the No. 1 overall pick by Pittsburgh in 1996, missed 2007 after surgery to repair a torn right rotator cuff. He was 1-4 with a 5.52 ERA in 11 starts last year for Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia's Triple-A team, before the Phillies released him Aug. 30.

Jason Jennings, a starter plagued by elbow problems the last two seasons, will start the season in the bullpen.

SABATHIA HIT SCARES YANKEES (4:52 p.m. ET)
The Yankees got a major scare in Opening Day starter CC Sabathia's final spring training start. The left-hander had Jason Ellison's line-drive RBI single go off his glove in the second inning of New York's 8-5 win over the Phillies.

Sabathia remained in the game and wound up allowing two runs and six hits over 3 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked one during a 70-pitch outing.

CARDS PUSH BACK TIMETABLE FOR GLAUS' RETURN (4:42 p.m. ET)
Third baseman Troy Glaus is expected to miss at least two months following a setback in his rehabilitation from arthroscopic shoulder surgery in January. Glaus was originally expected to miss only a few weeks of the regular season. But on Wednesday, the Cardinals said Glaus will be re-evaluated around June 1.

Glaus hit .270 last season with 27 homers and 99 RBIs.

David Freese is the top candidate to start at third with Glaus out. The 25-year-old rookie hit .306 with 26 homers and 91 RBIs at Triple-A Memphis last season.

Glaus traveled to California last week to consult with the doctor who performed the surgery.

Glaus will be in St. Louis for Opening Day on Monday before traveling to Phoenix to continue his rehab.

MARINERS PUT JIMENEZ ON DL, SEND DOWN OLSON (2:32 p.m. ET)
The Seattle Mariners have placed Cesar Jimenez on the 15-day disabled list and optioned Garrett Olson to Triple-A Tacoma, leaving the team without a left-hander in the bullpen to start the season.

The Mariners also sent right-hander Randy Messenger and infielder Chris Shelton, who hit .460 in 25 spring games, to their minor league camp.

Jimenez was placed on the DL with biceps tendinitis, retroactive to March 29. Manager Don Wakamatsu says the team wants Jimenez to be able to throw two innings out of the bullpen and he's not at that point yet.

Olson struggled in two of his last three spring relief appearances, including giving up two runs in two innings on Tuesday.

ORIOLES SWAP PENN TO MARLINS FOR ANDINO (1:49 p.m. ET)
The Baltimore Orioles have acquired infielder Roberto Andino from the Florida Marlins for pitcher Hayden Penn.

The Orioles announced the trade Wednesday.

Penn was 3-6 with a 9.31 ERA in 14 major league starts for the Orioles in 2005-06. The right-hander had 10 minor league starts in 2007 and spent 2008 at Triple-A Norfolk because of bone chips in his right elbow. He was 6-7 with a 4.79 ERA in 21 starts with Norfolk.

Andino has a .201 average (29-for-144) with two home runs and 12 RBIs in 79 games with the Marlins over four seasons. In 2008, Andino batted .206 (13-for-63) with two homers and nine RBIs.

PARK BEATS OUT HAPP AS PHILS' FIFTH STARTER (1:45 p.m. ET)
Chan Ho Park and J.A. Happ both wanted to be the Philadelphia Phillies' fifth starter. But only one could have the job, and the Phillies chose Park on Tuesday.

"J.A. Happ did not lose the job," general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. "Chan Ho Park won it. That does not mean that J.A. Happ pitched his way out of the rotation."

Park, the first Korean to appear in a major league game, wanted to start for the Phillies so he could provide some regular entertainment for fans in his country, which has been hard-hit by the recession. He won it by posting a 2.53 ERA this spring. "Probably [people back home] are very happy and excited about it," Park said, according to the report.

Happ said he would have rather remained in the majors as a reliever than begin the season at Triple-A Lehigh Valley as a starter. "I did all these things to be a big-leaguer," he said, according to the report.

BOSTON OR PAWTUCKET? BUCHHOLZ AWAITS DECISION (1:22 p.m. ET)
Boston right-hander Clay Buchholz had a strong spring training. Whether he starts the season with the Red Sox is now out of his hands.

Buchholz, who struggled in 2008, had been sharp in spring training up until Tuesday, when he let up nine hits and six earned runs in 5 1/3 innings against the Tampa Bay Rays. He must now wait and see how Brad Penny pitches on Thursday to determine whether he will start the season in Boston or with Triple-A Pawtucket. If Penny has a strong outing, he'll likely be Boston's fifth starter.

"I'm the next guy in line," Buchholz said, according to the Boston Herald. "So I'm just going to keep coming out every day and doing my work and then hopefully something good will come out of it. If Brad's healthy, he's definitely going to help the club, so I hope he has good health and goes out and does what he does. If not, I'll be there to back him up."

"I think, all spring, he set out to make decisions hard for us and he's done a terrific job," manager Terry Francona said of Buchholz, according to the report. "He's picked up his tempo, he's attacking with his fastball, his changeup is starting to have that old life to it, and he's thrown some good breaking balls. We're really pleased with him."

INDIANS DEAL MUJICA TO PADRES (1:02 p.m. ET)
The Cleveland Indians have traded right-hander Edward Mujica to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday for future considerations or cash.

Right-hander Jae Kuk Ryu, claimed on waivers by Cleveland from the Padres on Thursday, was returned to San Diego. The deal was voided by major league baseball, and the Indians would not comment on any injury concerns with the 25-year-old South Korean.

Mujica, a 24-year-old native of Venezuela, was out of options with Cleveland after pitching in relief in parts of the past three seasons for the Indians. In 53 games, he went 3-3 with a 6.04 ERA.

KARSTENS EARNS SPOT IN PIRATES' ROTATION (11:20 a.m. ET)
Right-hander Jeff Karstens has won the final spot in the Pittsburgh Pirates' starting rotation.

Karstens locked up the job Wednesday, when the team optioned right-hander Virgil Vasquez to Triple-A Indianapolis. That ended a five-week spring training battle in which neither pitcher dominated.

Karstens pitched in seven games, including three starts. He went 0-2 with a 6.17 ERA and allowed 30 hits and eight walks in 23 1/3 innings.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.