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.