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Movements in the world of baseball Tuesday: American League CLEVELAND INDIANS-Agreed to terms with OF Austin Kearns and UT Shelley Duncan on minor league contracts.

The Mets announced on Tuesday the signing of six players to Minor League contracts with invitations to Spring Training -- infielders Russ Adams, Andy Green, Mike Hessman and Mike Cervenak, right-hander R.A. Dickey and outfielder Jesus Feliciano.

Mike Cervanek, a member of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs since their inception in 2008, has finalized a minor league deal with the New York Mets , according to Metropolitans website.

Pirates ' players and friends in Tuesday's winter league action: MEXICAN PACIFIC LEAGUE Mayos de Navojoa 5, Tomateros de Culiacan 3 Three runs in the top of the 9th gave Navojoa the come-from-behind win over Culiacan.

With baseball reaching a fever pitch in Philadelphia, ita s time to dial it down a notch with some buzz-killing minor league updates.

Last of a three-part series Phillies fans familiar with the organization's minor league system are dreaming of a future outfield that includes Michael Taylor and Domonic Brown.

Second in a three-part series When you analyze the success of the IronPigs' season, Mike Cervenak says, you have to look beyond the International League.

He ended it by hitting cleanup for the IronPigs in his first Triple-A game after Andy Tracy was a late scratch due to illness.

Mike Cervenak, left, and J.J. Furmaniak figured prominently in IronPigs comeback win over Buffalo.

The boxscore showed that the IronPigs had just four hits in a 2-1 loss to Syracuse Wednesday night, a setback that ends their faint hopes of finishing the season with a better-than-.500 record.

He made previous starts with Class A Lakewood and Clearwater as well as two stints with Double A Reading.

Last season was a lifetime ago for IronPigs veterans Andy Tracy and Mike Cervenak, a pair of professional hitters who deserve to finish September in the majors but likely are doomed by circumstances to watch the Phillies' run to a third straight division title from the outside.

International League All-Stars Drew Carpenter, Mike Cervenak and Andy Tracy are among the Lehigh Valley IronPigs players who could be called up for Philadelphia.

America's Pasttime is the only professional sports league in which someone who has been a Durham Bull or a Lehigh Valley IronPig all summer long could potentially determine a team's playoff fate.

Buffalo dropped the series opener against Lehigh Valley, losing 12-6, Friday night from Coca-Cola Field.

Eric Duncan led off the seventh with a home run, and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre scored three more times in the inning en route to a 6-1 International League victory Sunday night over the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.

Kyle Drabek gave up six hits and four runs in five innings to take the loss last night for the Reading Phillies, who fell, 6-2, to the Binghamton Mets in the Eastern League.

The Rochester Red Wings have lamented all season their record when the score is close, going 22-28 in games decided by one or two runs.

Mike Cervenak was admittedly slumping shortly after he returned to the Lehigh Valley lineup following a 23-game stint on the disabled list.