Braves' Sean Newcomb apologizes to team for inflammatory tweets  —  Braves left-hander Sean Newcomb apologized to his teammates on Monday for racist, homophobic and sexist tweets he sent as a teenager.  —  Newcomb's apology was delivered in a meeting attended by players, coaches, manager Brian Snitker and Atlanta staff.

Osuna sent to Astros by Blue Jays for Giles in closer swap  —  SEATTLE (AP) — Swapping a closer with on-field problems for one with off-field troubles, the World Series champion Houston Astros traded Ken Giles to the Toronto Blue Jays along with a pair of pitching prospects for Roberto Osuna on Monday.

Yankees Acquire Lance Lynn From Twins For Tyler Austin  —  The Twins and Yankees have announced a trade that will send veteran righty Lance Lynn to New York.  First baseman/outfielder Tyler Austin and minor-league right-hander Luis Rijo are headed to Minnesota.  —  Notably, the Twins will also send some cash in the swap.

Next Slide  —  A season which was on the road to being salvaged has ended.  —  Franklin Perez, the Detroit Tigers' No. 1 prospect at midseason, is out for the season.  —  Perez left his start on July 26 with shoulder tightness, which was diagnosed by an MRI test as right shoulder capsular inflammation …

Last Slide  —  When David Peralta was unexpectedly taken out of Sunday's game in the sixth inning, social media caught fire with speculation that the Diamondbacks' fan favorite might be on the move so close to the trade deadline.  —  However, it was revealed later that Peralta exited with right shoulder tightness.

Pirates Acquire Keone Kela  —  12:41am: It's an official deal.  The Rangers will acquire a pair of players to be named later, though that's just a formality since it is too late to contact the traded players, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic (via Twitter).

What could happen in the final 24 hours before the deadline?  —  As the trade deadline approaches, it's more about quantity of moves that could be made than the “wow” factor.  Once Manny Machado left Baltimore for Los Angeles, the top closers came off the market and Cole Hamels was traded …

Yankees trade reliever Adam Warren to Mariners for more international bonus pool money  —  The Yankees continued trimming from their bloated bullpen, trading Adam Warren to the Mariners on Monday.  —  The Yankees will get back $1.25 million in international bonus pool money from Seattle.

MLB power rankings: Deadline deals shake up the landscape  —  With the non-waiver trade deadline looming on Tuesday, major league teams will be scrambling for upgrades down to the final second.  —  The Boston Red Sox, ranked No. 1 in USA TODAY Sports' power rankings, and the New York Yankees …

24 hours from deadline, all seems quiet for Rays  —  With 24 hours until Tuesday's 4 p.m. deadline for non-waiver trades, the Rays are apparently still more into talk than action.  —  RHP Chris Archer has been and will be the main topic of conversation, with the Rays sorting through interest …

Gregerson is making no progress  —  As he sat on a wall down the left-field line next to his translator, Eugene Koo, righthander Seung Hwan Oh, a Cardinals reliever for the past two seasons but now with Colorado, pondered the state of the Cardinals' relief corps.

Column: It's time: Michael Kopech and Eloy Jimenez need to take their talents to the South Side  —  Photos of the White Sox outfielder and No. 4-ranked prosepct by Baseball America.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  If only the White Sox had a way to improve an outfield whose three Sunday starters have combined to hit 17 home runs.

Last Slide  —  Monsoons don't discriminate when it comes to power outages.  —  A major storm that moved through the Phoenix metro area Monday night left more than 100,000 residents without power.  —  It also knocked out some pretty important lights at Chase Field.