Ortiz, K-Rod, Johnson accept arbitration (AP)

Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz, Milwaukee reliever Francisco Rodriguez and Toronto second baseman Kelly Johnson have accepted salary arbitration offers from their former teams. The three are considered signed players for 2012 following Wednesday night's decisions. The 36-year-old Ortiz has been with Boston since 2003.

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Mets’ Backman moving to Nationals? (Yahoo! Sports)

Wally Backman spent eight seasons as the second baseman for the New York Mets and helped the team win a World...

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MLB Notebook: Utley cleared to exercise, BoSox’ Youkis has bursitis (Yahoo! Sports)

Doctors have cleared Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley to resume exercising, ruling that he is free of symptoms of the concussion he suffered Wednesday when he was hit in the head by a pitch. Utley worked out Saturday and will do so again on Sunday.

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Padres 2B Hudson leaves game with groin injury (PA SportsTicker)

San Diego Padres second baseman Orlando Hudson has left Tuesday night's game against the New York Mets with a strained right groin.

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Mets lose Murphy for the season (Yahoo! Sports)

New York Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy suffered a Grade 2 tear of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee during Sunday's game, according to ESPN New York. Murphy won't need surgery, but he will have a four-month recovery period and is done for the season.

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Marlins rally past Mets 4-3 on error by rookie 2B (AP)

The Florida Marlins have climbed back to .500, no small feat after a 1-19 free-fall in June sent them spiraling toward a low point of 11 games under. Rookie second baseman Justin Turner committed a crucial throwing error in the ninth inning, allowing the Marlins to score two runs and rally past the New York Mets 4-3 on Tuesday night.

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Tigers activate Guillen, Alburquerque from disabled list (Yahoo! Sports)

The Detroit Tigers activated second baseman Carlos Guillen and reliever Al Alburquerque from the disabled list Saturday. Relief pitcher Ryan Perry and infielder Danny Worth were optioned to Triple-A Toledo Friday night to make room on the 25-man roster.

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A look at those to be honored by Hall of Fame (AP)

A look at the honorees to be inducted Sunday into the Baseball Hall of Fame: ROBERTO ALOMAR: Born: Feb. 5, 1968, in Ponce, Puerto Rico ... switch-hitting second baseman who in 17 major league seasons had 2,724 hits, 210 home runs, 1,134 RBIs, a .300 batting average and .984 fielding percentage ... third Puerto Rican-born player to be inducted into Hall of Fame ...

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First-place Yankees, Phillies, Giants represented well at All-Star Game (Yahoo! Sports)

The New York Yankees claimed four of the nine American League starting nods when Major League baseball announced the rosters for the 82nd annual All-Star Game on Sunday. Second baseman Robinson Cano, third baseman Alex Rodriguez, outfielder Curtis Granderson and shortstop Derek...

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Athletics activate 2B Mark Ellis from DL (The Canadian Press)

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Oakland Athletics have activated second baseman Mark Ellis from the 15-day disabled list and optioned slumping first baseman Daric Barton to triple-A Sacramento.

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