Will Nats actually deal Bryce Harper and other deadline questions  —  It has been the perfect storm for a busy month of trades — there are 11 National League teams in reasonable playoff contention, with the second-best and seventh-best teams separated by just 5½ games …

Reliever trade all that's left for Sox at deadline  —  BOSTON — It's been standing by, waiting at his back door all this time.  The last question the Red Sox face as the Tuesday's non-waiver deadlines arrives is also the first one: the bullpen.  —  Here's betting Sox president …

Rangers turn out lights on Diamondbacks  —  Rougned Odor homered leading off the seventh inning Monday night to snap a tie and lift the  —  Arizona Diamondbacks in a back-and-forth game interrupted by a power outage at Phoenix's Chase Field.  —  Shin-Soo Choo hit a pair of homers for the Rangers …

Rays Acquire Tommy Pham  —  10:25am: The Rays and Cardinals have announced the trade.  Mark Feinsand of MLB.com tweets that the Cardinals are sending $500K of international money to the Rays in the deal.  St. Louis is barred from spending more than $300K on any single international signing anyhow …

Back from DL, Paxton pitches Mariners past Astros  —  James Paxton outdueled Gerrit Cole as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Houston Astros 2-0 Monday night in the opener of a three-game series between the American League West's top two teams.  —  Nelson Cruz hit a two-run double for Seattle …

Hernandez's HR in 12th, leads Giants to 5-3 win over Padres  —  SAN DIEGO — Their early 3-0 lead long gone, the San Francisco Giants got some big plays late to had the free-falling San Diego Padres their sixth straight loss.  —  Gorkys Hernandez hit a go-ahead home run leading off the 12th inning …

Jackson pitches offensive A's to 10-1 win over Blue Jays  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Edwin Jackson's wife and children had been traveling the country to make sure they didn't miss this milestone moment.  —  Complete with an extra-large bottle of champagne that wife Erika had ready for the celebration of his 100th victory, too.

Dodgers experience technical difficulties in more ways than one during 5-2 loss to Brewers  —  Vin Scully had been silenced.  That's when you knew something had gone haywire.  —  There was an omen in the first inning.  The right-field scoreboard was not working properly.

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.

Pirates Acquire Keone Kela  —  The Pirates have officially landed righty Keone Kela from the Rangers, per Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports (via Twitter).  Lefty Taylor Hearn is one of the players in the deal, the Rangers announced.  The other remains a player to be named later.

MLB trade deadline rumors, rumblings: Andrew McCutchen staying put?  —  Rumors may soon give way to reality for the few household names that remain on baseball's trade market as Tuesday's 4 p.m. ET non-waivers deadline approaches.  —  The latest rumblings as the deadline nears:

Nationals Willing To Discuss Gio Gonzalez, Jeremy Hellickson  —  10:04am: The Nats have pulled back their relief arms but are willing to consider scenarios involving Gonzalez or Jeremy Hellickson, per ESPN.com's Buster Olney (Twitter link).  —  It's not immediately clear why the D.C. organization …

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.