Stats affirm why Young should win Final Vote  —  Aiming for seventh ASG nod, fans can help him go to Anaheim  —  ARLINGTON — Rangers third baseman Michael Young has already had a memorable first half.  —  Not only has he helped lead the Rangers to the top of the American League West …

Brewers scouts head home for summit; trades coming?  —  Fox Sports  —  Brewers scouts are gathering in Milwaukee this week for meetings that could influence the team's approach to the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, sources say.  —  While one team official stressed that there is …

Giants miss late big hit in 15-inning loss  —  Torres' inside-the-park homer helps force extra frames  —  DENVER — The Giants reached the season's halfway mark Sunday with a performance that almost cruelly demonstrated what they must accomplish during the rest of the year to avoid irrelevance.

Seeing Stars  —  Clay Buchholz tried to not think about the All-Star Game in the final days leading up to yesterday's selections.  With 10 wins this season, Buchholz knew he had a good chance to receive the honor.  All along, though, he said his dream was to just make a major league club.

Future Shock  —  Monday Ten Pack  —  J.P. Arencibia, C, Blue Jays (Triple-A Las Vegas)  —  And the hits just keep on coming.  Arencibia went 6-for-13 over the weekend with two doubles and a pair of home runs, but that's nothing new, as he's reeled off eight straight multi-hit games with a total of five home runs and 18 RBI.

Torii Hunter homers twice, drives in seven as Angels rout Royals  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Torii Hunter (FSY) celebrated his fourth career All-Star selection with two homers and tied a career high with seven RBI to lead the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-0 rout of the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.

A's place Braden on DL with elbow stiffness  —  Righty Mortensen recalled from Triple-A for Saturday start  —  As expected, the Athletics placed starter Dallas Braden on the 15-day disabled list with left elbow stiffness and recalled right-hander Clay Mortensen from Triple-A Sacramento on Saturday.

Jimbo and Killer  —  Jim Thome went deep twice Saturday to tie and then pass Harmon Killebrew for 10th place on the all-time home run list with 574 and as he got back into the dugout following the second blast the Twins played a pre-taped congratulatory video message from Killebrew on the Target Field jumbotron.

Uggla drives in 3 runs, Marlins stop Braves, 3-2  —  ATLANTA—Dan Uggla, left off the NL All-Star team, hit a homer and drove in all three Florida runs, Ricky Nolasco pitched seven strong innings and the Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Sunday.  —  Florida avoided a sweep in the three …

Cliff Lee Rumors: Sunday  —  9:17pm: The Cardinals had a scout at today's Tigers-Mariners game as well, tweets Morosi.  —  2:45pm: Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports says that both the Dodgers and Yankees had scouts in attendance for Lee's brilliant start against the Tigers today (8 IP, 9 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K).