On-Base Perception

The trade that brought Ichiro Suzuki to the Yankees is now more than a month behind us. So was it worth it?

It's not enough to look at Ichiro's numbers with the Yankees in that span. You also have to look at what the Yankees lost in the trade, and we're not talking spare parts like Danny Farquhar and D.J. Mitchell (the two players the Yankees gave up to get Ichiro). We mean Dewayne Wise.

The...

Manager Terry Collins thinks Ruben Tejada is getting worn down, so he started Ronny Cedeño at shortstop and might do so again from time to time. Tejada entered the game in the seventh and struck out in his only at-bat ... Josh Thole went 0-for-4 and is hitless in his last 25 at-bats ... Mets relievers threw two more scoreless innings to increase their unblemished streak to 15 1/3 innings ... The...

PHILADELPHIA — Justin Turner said he is “fine” after getting hit in the batting helmet by Jonathan Papelbon’s fastball in the ninth inning of the Mets’ 3-2 loss to the Phillies yesterday.

Turner, who was removed for a pinch runner, said, “I’m OK ... The one that hit me in the elbow hurt more than that, about a week ago.”...

It's Roger Clemens vs. Long Island on Sept. 7.

That's when Clemens will make his second start for the Sugar Land Skeeters, an unaffiliated Texas team which plays in the Atlantic League, according to Fox 26 Sports. Clemens will face the Ducks in Sugar Land, a Houston-area suburb.

Clemens, 50, pitched 3.1 scoreless innings during his debut on Aug. 25, allowing just one hit and striking...

Clint Eastwood plays Gus Lobel, the best scout in baseball whose skills are starting to decline. There a whole lot of emotional stuff thrown in the mix here with his daughter played by Amy Adams.

Here's the trailer for your perusal ahead of the Sept. 21 release date.

In the movie, he's part of the Atlanta Braves' organization....

PHILADELPHIA — Mets manager Terry Collins was going to start Kelly Shoppach against Cole Hamels on Wednesday. When the Phillies scratched Hamels because of a stomach ailment and switched to righthander Tyler Cloyd, Collins could have gone with Josh Thole to gain the platoon advantage. He didn’t.

Part of that is Shoppach’s 3-for-5 (single, double, home run), 3-RBI night on Tuesday in the Mets’...

The Mets minor-leaguers who will play in the Arizona Fall League are pitchers Ryan Fraser, Chase Huchingson, Adam Kolarek and Greg Peavey, infielder Danny Muno and outfielders Darrell Ceciliani and Cesar Puello . . . First-round pick Gavin Cecchini was promoted from Rookie League Kingsport to Brooklyn (A). The shortstop hit .246 with one home run and 22 RBIs for Kingsport....

Joba Chamberlain saw some action Wednesday for the first time in a week and a half.

The reliever entered the game in the ninth with the bases loaded and the Yankees trailing 6-5. He faced four batters, allowing just one hit and striking out one. It was a bit of a surprise considering Joe Girardi had said he didn’t plan on using Chamberlain in any critical spots, preferring to let him work...

Andruw Jones rolled his left wrist and bent back a few fingers on a diving attempt to make a catch in the Yankees’ 8-5 loss to the Blue Jays Wednesday.

However, Jones doesn’t believe the injury is serious and made it clear he doesn’t think he’ll miss any time at all, which is good news for the injury-ravaged Yankees.

“My fingers went back a little, but it will be all right,” Jones said....

Joe Mauer was placed on waivers this week and the Minnesota Twins scheduled a press conference Wednesday afternoon.

But if you granted yourself even a fleeting moment of thinking the two items were related, that the Twins' star catcher might be the latest big name traded this August, rest easy.

The announcement was that the Twins would host the 2014 All-Star Game.

Mauer was never...