The Strasburg & Ackley Deals  —  Stephen Strasburg:  —  Four-year major league deal, $7.5 million bonus, $7.6 million in salaries (including pro-rated $400,000 salary for remainder of 2009), $15.1 million total guaranteed.  Also various incentives based on big league award voting.  —  Dustin Ackley:

Rockies Agree with Matzek - Updated  —  The Colorado Rockies came up to the deadline, and then got the deal done with their top draft pick, high school lefthander Tyler Matzek.  —  The Rockies agreed to a signing bonus of $3.9 million, insidetherockies.com learned, more than double …

Yankees Sign Heathcott For $2.2 Million  —  The Yankees have signed first-round pick Slade Heathcott for $2.2 million.  He was drafted 27th overall, and the MLB recommendation for his slot was $1,107,000.  —  A two-way star at Texas High (Texarkana, Texas), Heathcott will be an outfielder in pro ball.

Tigers acquire infielder Huff from O's  —  Veteran brings left-hand bat to lineup and versatility in the field  —  DETROIT — Finally, the Tigers found help at the plate on the trade market.  In turn, Aubrey Huff found arguably his best chance to finally get to the postseason.

Hernandez Continues to Struggle, and So Do the Mets  —  Manager Jerry Manuel had considered dropping Livan Hernandez from the rotation after watching him struggle in his recent starts.  Manuel kept him in the rotation because, he said, Hernandez had shown an ability to bounce back after such a run.

Ankiel's HR helps sizzling Cardinals sink Dodgers … LOS ANGELES(AP) Although Ryan Franklin graciously accepted his teammates' congratulations in the Dodger Stadium clubhouse for his 30th save, the St. Louis closer thought the spotlight should be on Chris Carpenter 's setup work.

Braves not interested in Smoltz  —  The Boston Red Sox severed ties with John Smoltz on Monday, announcing they were releasing the former Brave, which made him available to other teams at a pro-rated major league minimum salary.  The Braves are not among the teams interested in signing him though …

Game 119: Yankees at Athletics (with draft signing updates)  —  YANKEES (74-44)  —  Pitching: RHP AJ Burnett (10-5, 3.71).  —  ATHLETICS (52-65)  —  Kennedy 3B  —  Davis CF  —  Suzuki C  —  Hairston LF  —  Sweeney RF  —  Ellis 2B  —  Cust DH  —  Crosby 1B  —  Pennington SS

Tribe negotiations with White at standstill  —  Pitching prospect taken 15th overall in June Draft  —  CLEVELAND — While 5 p.m. ET might be the normal close of business for some, members of the Indians' front office were prepared to remain active late into the evening Monday …

Yankees Sign Mitchell For $800,000  —  The Yankees have signed 16th-round pick Bryan Mitchell for $800,000.  It's the third-highest bonus after the 10th round this year, following Orioles signees Michael Ohlman ($995,000, 11th round) and Cameron Coffey ($990,000, 22nd round).

Phillies Nab Colvin for $900,000  —  Baseball America has confirmed that Louisiana State signee Brody Colvin has spurned the defending national champions to sign with the Phillies, who drafted him in the seventh round.  Colvin signed for $900,000, the second-highest bonus in the seventh round …

Rays Break Off Talks With Top Picks  —  The Tampa Bay Rays, who have already signed several of their top picks to above-slot deals, have released a statement saying they don't expect to sign their top two picks, outfielder LeVon Washington and shortstop Kenny Diekroger.

Red Sox Sign Volz For $550,000  —  The Red Sox have signed Baylor righthander Kendal Volz for $550,000.  That's the second-highest bonus in the ninth round this year.

Hanson hurls Braves past Diamondbacks 9-4  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Tommy Hanson (FSY) isn't worried about how many innings he pitches as long as he can keep helping the Atlanta Braves win.  —  Hanson gave up two runs in six innings for his third consecutive win and Ryan Church (FSY) …

O's rally but come undone in 13th frame  —  Bullpen allows nine runs in fateful extra inning vs. Halos  —  BALTIMORE — They bent and then they broke.  The Orioles played from behind for most of Sunday's game and tied things up in the ninth inning, only to see the Angels pull away in extras.