BASEBALL / DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJORS : Strawberry to Yankees: Premature

New York Yankee owner George Steinbrenner said he had talked with Darryl Strawberry’s agent, Bill Goodstein, but that a report in the Record of Hackensack, N.J., that a one-year deal was near was premature.

Said Goodstein: “I have not an iota of doubt that Strawberry will be signed by the weekend.”

Strawberry’s 60-day suspension for testing positive for cocaine ends June 23.

Yankee General Manager Gene Michael said he isn’t involved in the talks.

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Baseball players and owners agreed to postpone the teams’ trial on unfair labor practice charges until July 24. It was the third postponement of the trial, an indication, said administrative law judge Edwin Bennett, of a desire to resolve the problems outside the courtroom. However, the two sides have not negotiated since March 30, the day before an injuction was issued ordering the two sides to proceed under the expired bargaining agreement.

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Boston outfielder Mike Greenwell was released from a hospital, a day after he was injured when he ran headfirst into the left-field wall in Toronto. X-rays of his neck were negative and doctors found no neurological damage. . . . Toronto’s Roberto Alomar played his 88th consecutive error-free game, dating back to July 24, 1994. The American League record for a second basemen is held by Jerry Adair of Baltimore, who did it for 89 games in 1964 and 1965. Ryne Sandberg of the Cubs has the major league record, playing 123 games in a row without an error in 1989 and 1990. . . . The Detroit Tigers put infielder Scott Fletcher, who has a strained left hamstring, on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 10. Fletcher had appeared in 25 games with a .217 average and three RBIs. . . . Philadelphia right-hander Tommy Greene, on the disabled list because of a shoulder problem, made his first rehabilitation start Tuesday night for Clearwater in the Florida State League. He pitched seven innings, allowed four hits and two runs, struck out six and walked three.