Walker hits go-ahead HR, Mets beat Reds for 4th straight win … NEW YORK — Normally a bit of a slow starter, Neil Walker hoped to quickly make a nice impression with his new team.  —  The best home run month of his career, that's really helped.  —  Walker hit his seventh homer in 10 games …

Grand jury indicts Manziel in family violence case  —  Johnny Manziel was indicted on a misdemeanor assault charge, News 8 confirmed.  The formal announcement is expected Monday. … DALLAS - A Dallas County grand jury has handed down a true bill of indictment against former Cleveland …

Indians To Place Carlos Carrasco On DL  —  TODAY: Carrasco is expected to be out for four to six weeks, the club has announced.  Obviously, that's just an estimate for an injury that will require quite a bit of careful monitoring, but it seems relatively promising news.

Too little, too Latos; Rangers swept in the Windy City … Part of the intrigue of baseball is that you can feel so confident in a team on one day, after they sweep a division rival in a decisive fashion, and then three days later, it feels like there can never again be joy in Mudville.

Marijuana ‘grow operations’ found at Ohio slaying sites  —  (CNN)Investigators found three marijuana “grow operations” at rural residences where eight family members were killed in southern Ohio, state Attorney General Mike DeWine said Sunday at a news conference.

Alex Rodriguez leaves with oblique injury in Yankees' 8-1 loss to Rays, MRI negative  —  The Yankees finally have an excuse to bench Alex Rodriguez — other than the fact that he's batting .145 on the season, of course.  —  The 40-year-old slugger left Sunday's 8-1 home loss to the Rays with left oblique stiffness.

Jacob deGrom's baby would stop breathing when he fell asleep, Mets pitcher reveals  —  ATLANTA — Jacob deGrom has had about half a dozen MRIs throughout his baseball career, but never in that tube was he as stressed out or nervous as waiting for his newborn son Jaxon to come through one last week.

Yankees Return to Site Where a Downward Spiral Began  —  ARLINGTON, Tex. — When the Yankees, fragile after Alex Rodriguez's injury scare and with a lineup that can't dent a sheet of tinfoil, arrived here for a three-game series with the Texas Rangers that began Monday night, the climate was noticeably different from their last visit.

Estimated TV Revenues for All 30 MLB Teams  —  The negotiations for the next Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) will feature considerable back-and-forth between the players' union and the league's various ownership groups.  This is only natural: those are the two parties which must ultimately agree upon the terms of a new deal.

Twins Option Buxton, Kepler; Recall Alex Meyer  —  The Twins have made several roster moves involving notable young players, per a club announcement (via MLB.com's Rhett Bollinger, on Twitter).  Outfielders Byron Buxton and Max Kepler have been optioned back to Triple-A …

10 Degrees: Free from O's purgatory, Jake Arrieta flourishing with Cubs  —  During their lowest moments, the four pitchers who were supposed to save the Baltimore Orioles looked at one another and asked a simple question: “What the [expletive] happened?”  Zach Britton, Chris Tillman …