For those of you who are starved for baseball, the Serie del Caribe (Caribbean Series) begins today and all the games will air on the MLB Network.

Here are the rosters:

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Los Leones del Escogido 
Pitchers
Raúl Valdez, Nerio Rodríguez, Jason Standridge, Heath Phillips, Nelson Figueroa, Julio Mañón, Darío Veras, José Veras, Claudio Galvá, Félix Díaz, Pedro Viola, Joel Peralta. 
Catchers 
Wilkin Castillo, Danilo Sánchez, Brayan Peña. 
Infielders
Emilio Bonifacio, Willis Otáñez, Alex Valdez, Argenis Reyes, Joaquín Arias, Ramón Santiago, Juan Francisco, Kevin Barker. 
Outfielders 
Ben Copeland, Wladimir Balentien, Fernando Martínez, Freddy Guzmán, Víctor Méndez. 


MEXICO
Naranjeros de Hermosillo 
Pitchers 
Juan Delgadillo, Travis Blackley, Juan P. Oramas, Pablo Ortega, Walter Silva, Hector D. Rodriguez, Francisco Campos, Rafael Martin, Mario Mendoza Jr., Hector Navarro, Francisco Felix, Edgar Huerta, Fernando Salas, Marco Zavala. 
Catchers
Humberto Cota, Saul Sota, Adan Amezcua. 
Infielders 
Luis Alfonso Garcia, Carlos Gastelum, Carlos Valencia, Vinny Castilla, Luis Alfonso Cruz, Heber Gomez. 
Outfielders
Nelson Teilon, Chris Roberson, Karim Garcia, Ruben Rivera. 


VENEZUELA 
Leones del Caracas 
Pitchers 
Guillermo Moscoso, Jose Ortegano, Ramon Ramirez, Jose Sanchez, Jason Simontacchi, Heath Totten, Edgar Alfonzo, Darwin Cubillan, Edgar Estanga, Gabriel Garcia, Yoel Hernandez, Eric Junge, Orber Moreno, Rayner Oliveros, Elio Serrano. 
Catchers 
Carlos Maldonado, Jose Lobaton. 
Infielders 
Marwin Gonzalez, Jesus Guzman, Luis Maza, Raul Padron, Eduardo Perez, Gregorio Petit, Oscar Salazar. 
Outfielders 
Erold Andrus, Jose Duarte, Jackson Melian, Cesar Quintero, Rene Reyes, Michael Ryan. 


PUERTO RICO
Indios de Mayaguez 
Pitchers 
Fernando Cabrera, Pete Parise, Bill Simas, Hector Hernandez, Juan Padilla, Brodie Downs, Nelvin Fuentes, Angel Garcia, Bill Pulsipher, Mario Santiago, Andrew Baldwin, Saul Rivera, Efrain Nieves, Orlando Roman. 
Catchers 
Edwards Guzman, Stephen Morales, Martin Maldonado, Raul Casanova. 
Infielders
Randy Ruiz, Felix Molina, Angel Sanchez, Danny Valencia, Luis Figueroa. 
Outfielders
Michael Hernandez, Jesus Feliciano, Miguel Abreu, Edgardo Baez, Armando Rios.

Mariners deal Betancourt to Royals

Seattle acquires pair of prospects in excange for shortstop

By Jim Street / MLB.com

07/10/09 3:18 PM ET

The Mariners have traded shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt to the Royals for Minor League pitchers Danny Cortes and Derrick Saito.

The 27-year-old Betancourt, signed as a non-drafted free agent in January 2005 after he fled Cuba, currently is on a rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Tacoma. He suffered a strained hamstring more than two weeks ago.

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Experiment begins with Blanks in left

Sunday, May 10, 2009

An uncertain yet potentially far-reaching experiment by the Padres will begin soon when Kyle Blanks plays left field for the Triple-A Portland Beavers.

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Tribe calls up LaPorta, others

By Sheldon Ocker
Beacon Journal staff writer

POSTED: 11:44 p.m. EDT, May 01, 2009

LINK TO STORY

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