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Relapse The Dallas Morning News is reporting Texas Rangers outfielder and recovering drug addict Josh Hamilton had a relapse earlier this week when he drank alcohol at a bar.

Former All-Star pitchers Joe Saunders and Hong-Chih Kuo, and Baltimore outfielder Luke Scott became free agents Tuesday after their teams declined to offer 2012 contracts.

"Dutch police say Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman has been stabbed to death and his brother has been arrested as a suspect," The Associated Press reports from Rotterdam .

Seattle Mariners outfielder Greg Halman was stabbed to death early Monday and his brother was arrested as a suspect, Dutch police said.

Delmon Young's big bat is back in play for the Detroit Tigers in the AL championship series. Young was added to the roster before Game 2 at Texas on Monday and replaced Magglio Ordonez, another ailing outfielder who is out for the season after he re-fractured his right ankle.

Manager Jim Leyland listed Young in his customary No.

The outfielder was activated from the disabled list Monday and listed in the leadoff spot in manager Manny Acta's batting order, playing center field, as second-place Cleveland started a three-game set against the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers.

The best team in baseball just got better. Needing a right-handed bat, the Phils acquired outfielder Hunter Pence from the Astros for a package of four prospects, reports Jon Heyman.

The best bat on the market? It may be Hunter Pence. The buzz is now heating up around the Astros outfielder, says Jon Heyman.

Will he be traded? Some now believe so ... but to where?

It could have been over before the fans had settled into their seats, before the chalk lines of the batter's boxes had been wiped out, before Ervin Santana had broken a sweat.

On Santana's third delivery of the day, Indians rookie outfielder Ezequiel Carrera sliced a humpback liner almost directly at Angels shortstop Erick Aybar.

The ball hit the ground about a foot in front of Aybar and, as they say, ate him up, bouncing off his chest and into short center field.

The New York Mets agreed to trade Carlos Beltran to the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, and were waiting for the outfielder's approval to complete the deal, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.