Odds & Ends: Bray, Fox, Manny, Crow

Links for Wednesday…

• Today's chat will be at 3pm CST.
• According to Andy Martino, the Phillies claimed righty Steven Register off waivers from the Rockies today and sent him to Triple A.
• Reds reliever Bill Bray will miss the rest of the season due to Tommy John surgery, according to MLB.com's Mark Sheldon yesterday.
• Dave Cameron at FanGraphs says Jake Fox belongs in the Majors, given his ridiculous Triple A numbers (.431/.513/.954 in 130 ABs with 17 HR and 50 RBI).  The Cubs, though, are already trying to find ways to get Micah Hoffpauir into the lineup.
• ESPN's Buster Olney pictures what would've unfolded if Manny Ramirez hadn't used PEDs.
• Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle on the Noah Lowry situation.
• Tony Massarotti of the Boston Globe speculates on possible moves for the Red Sox.
• Baseball America's Jim Callis says Nationals GM Mike Rizzo has been talking to Randy Hendricks about getting Aaron Crow's consent in the event the Nationals want to draft him again.