Last Slide  —  The diagnosis on Jake Lamb's left-shoulder injury took a turn for the worse Tuesday with word that the Diamondbacks third baseman has fraying in his rotator cuff, according to manager Torey Lovullo.  —  One course of treatment, Lovullo said, is surgery, a route that would bring an end to his season.

Will Cole Hamels deliver as the Cubs' big deadline pickup?  —  PITTSBURGH — The Chicago Cubs are hoping that now — finally — is the time.  Time for their much talked about starting rotation to take command and lead the way to the team's fourth straight playoff appearance.

New Yankees pitcher J.A. Happ has hand, foot, and mouth disease  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Newly acquired Yankees left-hander J.A. Happ was diagnosed Tuesday with hand, foot and mouth disease, the second pitcher on a New York team to be recently affected by the illness.

Miley shuts down Dodgers in Brewers' 1-0 win  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) Wade Miley is a Louisiana guy with an affinity for Hollywood.  —  Miley remained undefeated at Dodger Stadium, delivering seven scoreless innings in the Milwaukee Brewers' 1-0 win over Los Angeles on Tuesday night …

MLB trade deadline winners and losers: Pirates win with big Chris Archer move  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Josh Harrison and Chris Archer were roommates while playing together with the Cubs' Class A team in Peoria nine years ago.  —  Now the old friends are reuniting after the Pirates pulled off …

After trade block, Orioles' Adam Jones says he earned right to stay with team  —  NEW YORK — Adam Jones chose to stay with the Baltimore Orioles, using his contractual right to block a trade from a team dealing veterans and going into a rebuilding mode.  —  “It's my decision.

Non-Trade Gives Bryce Harper One More Chance to Rewrite Nationals Legacy  —  On a deadline day when there was much more quantity (15 trades) than quality, the guy who could make the biggest impact on the rest of the season was the guy who didn't get traded.  —  The teams that made moves concentrated …

Mets stand pat, hold on to starting pitchers at trade deadline  —  Mickey Callaway said that he and pitching coach Dave Eiland pushed to keep Zack Wheeler and the front office responded.  —  WASHINGTON — As the clock struck 4 p.m. on Tuesday, all was quiet in the visitors' clubhouse at Nationals Park.

Dose: Deadline Doozy  —  Follow @drewsilv and @Rotoworld_BB on Twitter.  —  MLB trade deadline day is one of the busiest days of the year here at Rotoworld.  Even with big names like Manny Machado, Zach Britton, Cole Hamels, Asdrubal Cabrera, and Brad Hand already off the board …

Who might have won the World Series at the deadline — or lost it?  —  That was a fun deadline, as trades trickled in over two weeks, and then we ended up with a rush of activity in the final 24 hours.  What made this trade period especially unique was that most teams in playoff contention made multiple trades.

Nationals DFA Shawn Kelley after tantrum on mound  —  The Washington Nationals have designated reliever Shawn Kelley for assignment, one day after he threw a tantrum on the mound following a home run.  —  In the ninth inning of Washington's 25-4 drubbing of the New York Mets on Tuesday …

Khris Davis Hits 29th Homer, A's Beat Blue Jays 6-2  —  OAKLAND — Khris Davis homered among his three hits, Matt Olson had two RBIs and the Oakland Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 602 on Tuesday night.  —  Mark Canha doubled twice and stole home and Marcus Semien added two hits.

How many more chances will the Rangers give 45-year-old Bartolo Colon to break Latin America's all-time wins record?  —  PHOENIX - With no hopes for the playoffs and no prospects pushing toward the rotation, the Rangers have the luxury of giving Bartolo Colon every opportunity to pick …

Jon Lester clarifies his message on other players' offensive tweets: 'Those guys (aren't) a victim of anything'  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester clarified his thoughts on major-league players whose old racist and homophobic tweets have recently surfaced.