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Put on your GM hat and pick the move you would try to close. + Which rumored trade do you like best? + Which rumored trade do you like best? - Which rumored trade do you like best? For whatever it's worth, M&M said Toronto would want three for Halladay ... one big name and two solids.

The Phillies ended a week of speculation on Wednesday afternoon when they announced they would promote 33-year-old veteran Rodrigo Lopez in time to start tonight against the Mets at Citizens Bank Park.

By LAURA HARVEY It's the start of July and the Milwaukee Brewers are leading the National League Central.

The Milwaukee Brewers appear to be in good shape at the very top of their rotation, but the rest of their starting staff has done little to inspire similar confidence.

A couple of thoughts on the Brewers as they move in for the sweep of the Mets and surge into first place.

Stetter's strikeout feat has Elias guessing : Bureau unsure how lefty's 14-out streak ranks historically Mitch Stetter has stumped the Elias Sports Bureau.

Standing in the batter's box against a Major League pitcher is tough enough. But trying to hit at Miller Park when you can't see the baseball? Brewers slugger Ryan Braun believes it's downright dangerous.

Apart from the over-hyping of Mark DeRosa,A Milwaukee's possible search for starting pitching seems to be the most talked about thing around baseball blogs and rumor mills.

Mitch Stetter has stumped the Elias Sports Bureau. The Brewers reliever went into Wednesday night's game against Minnesota at Miller Park having recorded his last 11 outs via strikeout.

It is deja vu all over again. Well, at least 2007 all over again for the Brewers.

At this writing, they sit in fourth place in the NL Central, playing .500 ball and trailing the division-leading Brewers by 31 2 games.

It became obvious during their series with the Cleveland Indians that the biggest need for the Milwaukee Brewers is starting pitching.

Bobby Heck was the director of scouting and drafting for Milwaukee from 1999 - 2007, credited for building their farm.

It makes a scouting director smile when organizational need merges with the top name remaining on his draft board.

Not since they drafted Ben Sheets a decade ago have the Brewers found first-round success with a pitcher.

We have all heard the old adage that defense wins championships. In baseball, this same saying holds true but in terms of pitching, not actual defense... by Mark Strotman 24 reads Opinion We have all heard the old adage that defense wins championships.

Except that the media mob scene last season was at Wrigley Field. And the pitchers of record that evening for the Milwaukee Brewers were a couple of guys no longer on the roster, Ben Sheets and Eric Gagn?. Otherwise, a whole lot of cameras and notebooks were awaiting Cameron's arrival, just like Tuesday.

MILWAUKEE The Milwaukee Brewers selected right-handed pitcher Eric Arnett of Indiana University with their first pick in the annual First-Year Player Draft Tuesday.

Max Stassi, a catcher out of Yuba City, Calif., is one of several position players the Brewers could possibly choose from with the 26th picked in the first round of the draft.

The month of May is in the books, and it was quite the month. We saw one of the biggest stars in the game get suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs, a couple of managers get the axe, ... by Adam Bernacchio 83 reads Rankings/List The month of May is in the books, and it was quite the month.