With a leadoff double against the White Sox on Friday night, Derek Jeter moved past Cal Ripken Jr. and into 13th place on the all-time hits list. The Yankee shortstop now has 3,185 hits in his career. Next up for Jeter on the list is Nap Lajoie, who finished with 3,252 hits. "Derek has been such a special player for such a long time and I am happy to see him continue to play at a high level," Ripken said in a statement. "He represents the game and the Yankees wonderfully, and I hope that he continues to play and continues to give all of us baseball fans great memories."

Yu Darvish is tied for the American League lead in wins (10) and fourth in strikeouts (106), but the right-hander doesn't think he is deserving of an All-Star bid. The All-Star teams will be announced Sunday. "But personally do I feel like I'm an All-Star? I don't think so," Darvish said through an interpreter. "I'm also hearing that there's a possibility I might start in an All-Star Game, and to me, that's totally out of context, I think."

R.A. Dickey helped lead the Mets to a 9-0 win over the Dodgers on Friday night, earning his 12th win of the season. The knunckleballer is the first pitcher in the Majors to win a dozen games. His latest start could help him land the starting job for the National League in the All-Star Game. "I think every little boy imagines playing in an All-Star game. So in that regard, it would be a real honor, obviously," Dickey said. "But more than that, I think it would give a real legitimacy to what I do as a knuckleball pitcher. I think there are camps of people out there who don't view it as a very legitimate thing. "I'm certainly thankful for the people who have come before me and done what I've done, because it's allowed me to have the foundation to build off of to become who I am presently," Dickey added. "I mean, I tried to be Charlie Hough. I tried to be Phil Niekro and Tim Wakefield, and it didn't work. So when I started bringing in who I was uniquely with that pitch, things started to kind of turn the corner for me."

For the second time in the month of June, Aaron Hill hit for the cycle on Friday night. The Diamondbacks infielder also singled, doubled, tripled and homered on June 18 against the Mariners. Brooklyn's Babe Herman is the only other major leaguer to hit for two cycles in one season since 1900, according to STATS LLC.

Albert Pujols collected four hits against the Blue Jays on Thursday night, his first effort of that kind since Sept. 20, 2011. The Angels first baseman has 159 games with at least two extra-base hits -- the most in the Majors.

Jose Bautista has hit 14 home runs in the month of June, giving him a total of 26 for the season. The total is the most ever for a member of the Blue Jays in a single month. Sammy Sosa holds the major league record with 20 home runs in June of 2008.

Martin Perez will make his first major league start on Saturday when the Rangers play the Athletics. The 21-year-old was called up on Tuesday to give the club an additional bullpen arm. "I hear it's a little different," Perez said of starting. "I will try and do my best with my pitches and keep it low and do the best that I can." Perez made his big league debut in Wednesday's 13-9 win over the Tigers and gave up four runs (one earned) on two hits with a walk in less than an inning.

The Opsera is a statistic RealGM Executive Editor Chris Reina created in order to objectively rank teams by how well they hit (OPS) and pitch (ERA). In order to determine the Opsera rating for each, we take their OPS, multiply that number by 10 to move the decimal point over one place to the right and then subtract their ERA from that number. Below are the rankings through the Thursday, June 28th games: The rankings from last week are in parenthesizes. 1. (1) Texas Rangers - 4.41 Long known for their offense, Texas employs a pitching staff with the tenth-lowest ERA (3.69) in baseball. 2. (2) New York Yankees - 4.24 It may not take long for the Yankees to drop in these rankings with Andy Pettitte and CC Sabathia on the disabled list. Luckily, their offense has begun to show signs of life. 3. (3) Washington Nationals - 4.03 Twelve games over .500, the Nationals own the third-best record in baseball and have a three-plus game lead in the National League East. 4. (6) Los Angeles Angels - 3.99 It took some time, but the Angels are surging. 5. (5) St. Louis Cardinals - 3.90 Entering Friday, the Cardinals are third in the three-team race for the National League Central crown (behind Cincinnati and Pittsburgh). They cannot be counted out. 6. (7) Cincinnati Reds - 3.80 Speaking of the Reds, they have the third-highest run differential in the National League. T7. (4) Los Angeles Dodgers - 3.67 Losers of five straight, the Dodgers have fallen behind the red-hot Giants in the National League West. That could change again when Matt Kemp returns. -- (8) San Francisco Giants - 3.67 The Giants have recorded four-straight shutouts. 9. (T11) Boston Red Sox - 3.55 10. (T11) Arizona Diamondbacks - 3.54 11. (14) Chicago White Sox - 3.38 12. (T11) Detroit Tigers - 3.34 13. (10) Baltimore Orioles - 3.31 14. (17) Atlanta Braves - 3.27 15. (9) Tampa Bay Rays - 3.24 16. (T19) New York Mets - 3.23 17. (18) Pittsburgh Pirates - 3.22 18. (T15) Philadelphia Phillies - 3.18 T19. (T19) Milwaukee Brewers - 3.11 -- (21) Oakland Athletics - 3.11 21. (22) Kansas City Royals - 3.09 22. (T15) Toronto Blue Jays - 3.08 23. (24) Miami Marlins - 2.68 T24. (26) San Diego Padres - 2.66 -- (T28) Houston Astros - 2.66 26. (27) Seattle Mariners - 2.55 27. (23) Cleveland Indians - 2.48 28. (T28) Colorado Rockies - 2.42 29. (25) Chicago Cubs - 2.31 30. (30) Minnesota Twins - 2.09

The Phillies want to be cautious with second baseman Chase Utley, who made his 2012 debut on Wednesday night and hit a home run in his first at-bat. "He and I talked, and we'll try two on and one off before the all-star break," manager Charlie Manuel said. "I want to keep it to where he feels as good as possible every day until the point where we can turn him loose." Manuel practiced a similar lineup routine with Utley when he returned from the disabled list last season, but eventually the second baseman started playing almost daily. "I think him and I definitely communicate with each other," Manuel said. "I trust him a lot, and he's a tough player. He might need a blow some day, but I don't expect him to come around and say, "Charlie, I can't play today.' I think he might throw me a line and let me run with it."

The Dodgers and Yasiel Puig set a record when they agreed to a seven-year, $42 million contract on Thursday. The deal is the largest ever for a Cuban defector, besting the four-year, $36 million deal that fellow outfielder Yoenis Cespedes received from the Athletics in February. "Puig's contract with the Dodgers should be completed by Friday. The young man could play in the major leagues this year, maybe in time to help with the race for the playoffs or the World Series," said a source.