A-Rod sits against Rays, chase for 600 on hold  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Alex Rodriguez is not in the lineup against the Tampa Bay Rays, putting his chase of 600 home runs temporarily on hold.  —  The reason for Rodriguez's absence was not immediately clear Sunday morning.

Prospect Kalish enjoys memorable debut  —  Red Sox outfielder collects hit in first at-bat, adds RBI single  —  BOSTON — The biggest acquisition the Red Sox made on Saturday's non-waiver Trade Deadline was courtesy of the farm system.  Outfielder Ryan Kalish, touted for a while as one of …

Red Sox acquire Saltalamacchia  —  The Red Sox have obtained catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia from Texas for 1B Chris McGuiness, RHP Roman Mendez, a player to be named later and cash considerations.  —  The 6-foot-4, switch-hitting Saltalamacchia was once a heralded prospect who has fallen on hard times.

Mets' idle deadline: Years in the making  —  Exorbitant salaries, thin farm system limit options as team languishes in standings … NEW YORK — The trading deadline passed Saturday at 4 p.m. with the New York Mets having done nothing, unless sending Triple-A first baseman Mike Jacobs …

Leveraging Future Surplus for Present Wins  —  This picture is totally unrelated to Ryan Ludwick or Jake Westbrook.  I just think it is funny.  —  Browse more photos »  —  I know a lot of you aren't happy with this trade.  I'm not here to tell you it's a blockbuster that John Mozeliak knocked out of the park.

Braves get Ankiel, Farnsworth  —  The Braves have acquired outfielder Rick Ankiel and reliever Kyle Farnsworth from the Royals, CBSSports.com has learned.  —  The Royals will get reliever Jesse Chavez, outfielder Gregor Blanco and minor-league left-hander Tim Collins.

Rockies win as Gonzalez hits walkoff homer, completes cycle  —  Arms wide open after hitting a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the 9th inning, Colorado Rockies left-fielder Carlos Gonzalez (21) jumps on home base while his teammates emphatically greet him.

New York Yankees obtain Cleveland Indians closer Kerry Wood for player to be named later or cash  —  NEW YORK — The New York Yankees acquired pitcher Kerry Wood from the Cleveland Indians on Saturday, the third deal in less than 24 hours for the World Series champions as they beefed up for the stretch run.

Slowey, Mauer lead Twins over Mariners  —  MINNEAPOLIS—Kevin Slowey pitched eight sparkling innings, Joe Mauer had three hits and the Minnesota Twins beat the Seattle Mariners 4-0 on Saturday night for their seventh consecutive win.  —  Delmon Young added two hits and two RBIs …

Burrell lifts Giants; trades beef up bullpen  —  (07-31) 17:48 PDT — As Sarah Palin might say, “Hey, ya Dodgers, whatcha think about hitting Buster Posey now?  How'd that work out for ya?  —  Saturday looked like a red-letter day for the boys in blue.  They added a barrel full of players …

MLB trade deadline: Chicago Cubs trade Ted Lilly and Ryan Theriot to Los Angeles Dodgers for Blake DeWitt, prospects  —  The Chicago Cubs have agreed to trade pitcher Ted Lilly and infielder Ryan Theriot to the Los Angeles Dodgers for infielder Blake DeWitt and pitching prospects Brett Wallach and Kyle Smit.

Mets use run in ninth to edge Diamondbacks  —  The Sports Network  —  Flushing, NY (Sports Network) - Jesus Feliciano tripled to deep right-center to open the ninth inning and scored the game-winning run on Carlos Beltran's sacrifice fly, as the Mets beat the Diamondbacks, 5-4.

Butler's late homer lifts Royals over Orioles  —  The Sports Network  —  Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Billy Butler's go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth proved to be the difference, lifting the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 win over the lowly Baltimore Orioles.

White Sox, Rays, Angels Asked About Manny Ramirez  —  3:47pm: Dodgers GM Ned Colletti says he believes Manny will stay with the team for the rest of the year, tweets Nightengale.  —  12:49pm: Brown says the Angels are not the third team he was referring to earlier.