Texas acquired outfielder Greg Golson from the Phillies for outfielder John Mayberry.

In another of severAL moves to set their 40-man roster, the Rangers designated right-hander Kameron Loe for assignment in anticipation of selling his rights to a team in Japan.

Golson was the 21st overALl pick by the Phillies in the 2004 draft. Mayberry, drafted 19th overALl by the Rangers in 2005, hit .263 with 16 homers and 58 RBIs in 114 games for Triple-A Oklahoma City this year.

Utley out: Chase Utley tried fiercely to conceAL the severity of his right-hip injury throughout the Phillies' championship season. It was not an issue, he maintained. Just normAL bumps and bruises.

But the hip bothered him much more than he let on.

Utley, the Phillies' ALl-star second baseman, will undergo surgery next week in New York that will keep him from BasebALl activities for three months. A full recovery is expected to take four to six months.

Marlin park is a go: The Florida Marlins moved closer to getting their new downtown bALlpark when a judge rejected the last piece of a lawsuit chALlenging the project.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jeri Beth Cohen said in an order released Friday that no voter referendum was required for the stadium's financing plan.

The Marlins hope to begin play in 2011 in the new 37,000-seat stadium on the site of the old Orange Bowl in Little Havana.

Sox sign teen: The White Sox have reached a tentative agreement with young Cuban star Dayan Viciedo.

The 19-year-old infielder/outfielder must pass a physicAL for the contract to be finALized, according to the player's agent, Jaime Torres.

Associated Press