Jaime Navarro

Moves Baseball MLB: Suspended Cubs OF Sammy Sosa eight games for using illegal bat Tuesday. ANGELS: Activated P Troy Percival from 15-day DL. Optioned IF Chone Figgins to Triple-A Salt Lake. Recalled P Bart Miadich from Salt Lake. BLUE JAYS: Agreed to terms with P Josh Banks (Severna Park), 50th overall pick in amateur draft. DEVIL RAYS: Claimed 1B Jeff Liefer off waivers from Expos. DIAMONDBACKS: Placed former Orioles OF David Dellucci on 15-day DL, retroactive to June 2, with concussion.

Auto racingInternational Motor Sports Association -- Announced that 1993 races at New Orleans and San Diego have been canceled.BaseballAtlanta Braves -- Agreed to terms with C Javier Lopez, OF Tony Tarasco and P Pedro Borbon on one-year contracts.California Angels -- Announced that P Matt Keough will remain as special assignment scout.Chicago White Sox -- Agreed to terms with 11-time All-Star C Carlton Fisk (.229 in 188 at-bats) on a one-year contract.Colorado Rockies -- Signed P Doug Bochtler and P Travis Buckley to one-year contracts.

Ripken gets back to basics, finds average soars to .350When Cal Ripken was batting .209 last June and dropped from third to sixth in the batting order, he decided it was time for serious experimentation."

MILWAUKEE -- Chris Sabo, struck on the right hand by Ricky Bones' pitch in the first inning of Friday night's game, stayed in the game but was a late scratch from the lineup yesterday.Sabo had a sore index finger and had trouble gripping the ball. X-rays of the finger revealed no fracture and the injury was diagnosed as a bruise."It doesn't bother him as much swinging the bat as gripping the ball," Orioles manager Johnny Oates said. "He tried to throw but he couldn't. I'd like to have him available to swing the bat against the three left-handers in New York."

BaseballBaltimore Orioles -- Agreed to terms with P Ben McDonald on a one-year contract for a base salary of $355,000 and an incentive package that could add $145,000.Boston Red Sox -- Agreed to terms with OF Bob Zupcic, 3B Scott Cooper and C Eric Wedge on one-year contracts.Chicago White Sox -- Agreed to terms P Wilson Alvarez and P Jeff Carter and OF Warren Newsonto one-year contracts.California Angels -- Agreed to terms with IF Luis Sojo on a one-year contract.Kansas City Royals -- Agreed to terms with 2B Terry Shumpert on a one-year contract.

The 115 players who filed yesterday for salary arbitration (x-agreed to contract after filing). Salary figures will be exchanged Tuesday:American LeagueOrioles (3) -- Brady Anderson, of; Mike Devereaux, of; Todd Frohwirth, rhp.Boston (3) -- John Dopson, rhp; Carlos Quintana, 1b; Luis Rivera, ss.California (2) -- x-Steve Frey, lhp; Luis Polonia, of.Chicago (6) -- Shawn Abner, of; Craig Grebeck, 2b; Lance Johnson, of; x-Ron Karkovice, c; Jack McDowell, rhp; Scott Radinsky, lhp.Cleveland (2)

Baseball ANGELS: Agreed to terms with IF-OF Clay Bellinger and P Donne Wall on minor-league contracts. CARDINALS: Agreed to terms on minor-league contract with P Jaime Navarro and assigned him to Triple-A Memphis. DEVIL RAYS: Agreed to terms with P Jesus Colome, P Travis Phelps and P Ryan Rupe on one-year contracts. INDIANS: Signed IF Mike Lansing to minor-league contract. PADRES: Agreed to terms with former Orioles OF Pete Incaviglia on minor-league contract. RED SOX: Agreed to terms on minor-league contract with IF Tom Hage.

The Orioles offered a multi-year contract to left-hander Al Leiter last night, general manager Pat Gillick confirmed.Leiter, 30, went 11-11 with a 3.64 ERA last season for the Toronto Blue Jays, with poor run and bullpen support costing him several victories."

The 15-man protected lists of the 25 other major-league clubs, as reported by the Chicago Tribune. None of these players can be taken next week when the Florida Marlins and Colorado Rockies each will select 36 players in an expansion draft. AlsoUnprotected: OF Ellis Burks, P Greg Harris, P Joe Hesketh.California AngelsPitchers: Jim Abbott, Chuck Finley, Hillary Hathaway, Mark Langston, Joe Grahe, Troy Percival, Julio Valera, Ron Watson. Catcher: John Orton. Infielders: Gary DiSarcina, Damion Easley, Kevin Flora, Luis Sojo.

BaseballCincinnati Reds -- Signed P Erik Hanson to a one-year, $2.7 million contract.Florida Marlins -- Reached agreement with P Luis Aquino ona minor-league contract and invited him to spring training.Houston Astros -- Invited P Jim Bruske, P Gino Minutelli, C Raul Chavez, C Scott Makarewicz and 3B Phil Nevin to major-league spring training as non-roster players.Milwaukee Brewers -- Agreed to terms on a one-year contract with P Jaime Navarro.New York Yankees -- Signed IF-OF Randy Velarde to a one-year contract.