Mets Acquire Marcus Stroman  —  8:08PM: The deal has been officially announced.  The Mets will also receive some cash considerations from the Jays.  —  5:41PM: The Mets and Blue Jays have reached an agreement on a trade that will send Blue Jays right-hander Marcus Stroman to New York, according to Jon Morosi of MLB Network.

Twins boost bullpen, acquire Romo from Marlins  —  The Twins have traded for reliever Sergio Romo, whose playoff experience will deepen a bullpen in need of help as Minnesota tries to hold off the Cleveland Indians in the American League Central.  —  The Twins on Saturday night announced …

Huntington: Pirates “Looking At Adding To Future Clubs” At Deadline  —  With the trade deadline less than three days away, Pirates GM Neal Huntington said that his front office “in the process of looking at adding to future clubs” rather than buying for a late run at a postseason berth in 2019.

Brewers Considering Trading Moustakas, Grandal For Pitching  —  Only one game back in the NL Central but featuring one of baseball's worst farm systems, the Brewers are kicking around ideas to address their beleaguered pitching staff.  Per Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic …

The reasons behind the slow trade deadline activity (so far); Brewers getting creative?  ; Yankees' urgent need  —  In 2018, Manny Machado, Brad Hand, Zack Britton and Cole Hamels were traded between July 18 and July 27.  —  It's July 28.  Where are all the deals?

Yankees Place CC Sabathia On IL  —  The Yankees have placed left-hander C.C. Sabathia on the 10-day injured list and recalled utilityman Tyler Wade from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the team announced.  Sabathia is dealing with right knee inflammation.  —  This continues a brutal week …

Reds Activate Alex Wood, Designate Ryan Lavarnway  —  The Reds have activated left-hander Alex Wood from the injured list and designated catcher Ryan Lavarnway for assignment, C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic tweets.  —  As expected, the 28-year-old Wood will finally make his Reds debut against the Rockies on Sunday.

White Sox activate Eloy Jiménez  —  Eloy Jiménez is back in the lineup for the first time since his  —  disastrous outfield collision with Charlie Tilson earlier this month.  In a corresponding move, infielder  —  José Rondón has been designated for assignment.

A's hit 4 HRs in testy 5-4 win over Rangers  —  Ramon Laureano took a slow trot after a home run and later got hit by a pitch, prompting the benches to clear as the  —  Oakland Athletics posted a testy 5-4 win over the  —  Texas Rangers on Saturday night.  —  Matt Chapman hit his 23rd home run,

Indians Acquire Hunter Wood, Christian Arroyo  —  6:41PM: The two teams have officially announced the trade.  Jefry Rodriguez will move to the Indians' 60-day injured list to create roster space.  The Rays will get $250K in international bonus funds, MLB.com's Mark Feinsand tweets.

Thaiss hits walk-off HR, Angels avoid 4-game sweep by O's  —  Albert Pujols have combined for 654 career home runs.  —  Of course, the rookie third baseman has plenty of work to do to make it a more equitable distribution with the Hall of Fame-bound Pujols, but both contributed to a vital win Sunday for the