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Huston Street is back.  Sort of.  Street was activated from the disabled list on Tuesday as Juan Rincon was designated for assignment, making room on the roster.

Just because you’ve slipped behind in the Stolen Base category doesn’t mean you can’t catch up.  Here are some reasonably available SB threats.

Corey Patterson, OF, Baltimore Orioles

Patterson had 5 SBs in the past 15 days while hitting .279 with seven runs. On the year he’s hitting .250 with 10 SBs, 19 runs, three HRs, and six RBIs in 128 at-bats.

The Florida Marlins have fired manager Fredi Gonzalez, naming Edwin Rodriguez his replacement, but only on an interim basis.

Rodriguez has spent the past one-and-a-half seasons as manager of Triple-A New Orleans.

The team also said Wednesday it would be dismissing bench coach Carlos Tosca and hitting coach Jim Presley.

With the season almost halfway over, it's a great time to start thinking about the end-of-season awards, so this week, Bleacher Report's featured columnists have prepared a mock Cy Young vote.

Using a scoring system identical to that of the BBWAA, we have determined an idea of not only the best pitcher in the AL, but how the other top arms rank. The top five vote-getters are featured here with commentary submitted by different writers.

The Yankees beat the Diamondbacks 9-3 last night behind a strong seven-inning performance by Andy Pettitte and a big home run by Alex Rodriguez . The score was a lot closer until the eighth inning when the Yankees broke it open with six runs in the inning.

Here are some notes:

One of the better ideas that Major League Baseball has had recently is introducing a "Futures Game" as part of its All-Star festivities. It really gives fans some insight into their favorite team's best prospects as well as the game’s best prospects.

Here is the roster breakdown by major league team:

It's a good thing the New York Yankees starting pitchers have been able to go deep into ballgames most of the season. It is, however, a long season, and the bullpen will need to step up and win some games for this club.

Do you feel confident they can? I sure don't. Outside of Mariano Rivera , who is having yet another excellent season, the Yankees bullpen is full of question marks.

How much playing time will Angel Pagan get now that Beltran is back?

Should Beltran play in right field leaving Jeff Francoeur the odd man out?

Jason Bay isn’t hitting for power, so should he become the fourth outfielder?

Shouldn’t the Mets trade one of their outfielders for a starting pitcher?

Whoa people. Slow down a bit.

The news that Carlos Beltran will start his rehab assignment on Thursday has kicked off a great deal of speculation about playing time in the Mets’ outfield.

Forget the Chinese Zodiac. 2010 was supposed to be the Year of the Mariner. 

As a result of a promising 2009 season and the acquisition of many talented players, there were extremely high expectations for the Seattle Mariners to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2001.

But through the first two and a half months of the season, the Mariners stand 28-41 and 13 games behind division-leading Texas Rangers.

Jamie Moyer was bombed on June 11, allowing nine runs and nine hits in one inning in a loss to the Red Sox. However since then, in two starts against the Yankees and the Indians, he has allowed only three runs and five hits in 16 innings.

He is currently tied with Bob Feller and Eppa Rixey with 266 lifetime wins, good for 36th on the all-time wins list. He needs three wins to pass Jim Palmer, who has 268 wins, and he needs five wins to pass Mike Mussina and Burleigh Grimes with 270 wins each.