Orange County Register

• In a few minutes, Chien-Ming Wang will take the mound for the Yankees. According to Baseball Prospectus, his first five starts this season are the worst first five starts in Major League history. (Or, at least since 1913.)

• Rangers GM Jon Daniels knows a lot more about his team’s finances than I do, and he’s still talking like a guy who plans to be buying at the trade deadline.

• Jorge Says No runs down the relief market for this year’s trade deadline. Make no mistake — six game winning streak or not, the Angels could struggle to staff the 300 or so more innings they’ll need out of the bullpen this year.

• Bugs and Cranks suggests Joe Mauer’s position will be an obstacle to batting .400. I wondered, though, whether it could actually help him. It hasn’t kept winning two batting titles, and to hit .400 you really want to have as few at bats as possible (while still clearing the minimum), since it’s obviously harder to hit .400 over 600 or 700 at bats. Combine his late start to the season with his position, and Mauer might be in the perfect situation to make a run.

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