BASEBALL DAILY REPORT : AROUND THE MAJOR LEAGUES : Bedrosian Retires Without Regrets

Relief pitcher Steve Bedrosian, the 1987 Cy Young Award winner, is retiring.

Bedrosian, 34, was 5-3 with six saves and a 4.42 earned-run average last year with the World Series champion Minnesota Twins, who let him go over the winter.

“I have no regrets,” he said. “It was a great way to end, with a world champion.”

Milwaukee Brewer reliever and Venezuelan murder suspect Julio Machado may be freed from prison to play during the 1992 season, according to Venezuelan officials.

A Venezuelan superior court judge reduced the charges against Machado, 23, from intentional murder to unintentional murder, after a request by his lawyers.

The reduction of charges opens the door for Machado’s attorneys to request that the pitcher be given “provisional freedom.” That would enable him to leave the country without bail to play for the Brewers.

Machado was charged last month in the late-night shooting death Dec. 8 of Edicta Vasquez.

Boston Red Sox first baseman Carlos Quintana, who broke his left arm in a car accident in Venezuela, is expected to be out of the lineup at least until the All-Star break in mid-July, the team physician said.