MLB trade deadline rumors heat up: Top players available, what to know  —  PHOENIX — We have been talking about this day for months.  —  We have devoted so many TV, radio and podcast hours, and even more written words on something that is often dreadfully boring.  —  And, mercifully, it's finally here.

Cubs acquire All-Star Isaac Paredes in trade with Rays  —  The Cubs and Rays swapped third basemen Sunday, with Christopher Morel heading to Tampa Bay while All-Star Isaac Paredes goes back to Chicago.  —  The Cubs are also sending two prospects — pitchers Ty Johnson and Hunter Bigge — to the Rays in the announced deal.

Simone Biles shakes off a calf injury to dominate during Olympic gymnastics qualifying  —  The similarities were striking.  Maybe fitting in the birthplace of déjà vu.  —  Simone Biles sitting off to the side at the Olympics.  USA Gymnastics team doctor Marcia Faustin by her side.

What I'm hearing about the MLB trade deadline: Orioles aren't done, Royals looking for a bat  —  The Baltimore Orioles are not done.  They want to add a reliever, preferably left-handed, a right-handed hitting outfielder to replace Austin Hays and yes, maybe another starting pitcher, according to sources briefed on their plans.

Royals acquire Michael Lorenzen from Rangers to boost rotation  —  The Kansas City Royals made a move to bolster their starting rotation before the trade deadline, acquiring right-hander Michael Lorenzen from the Texas Rangers on Monday.  —  The Rangers received left-hander Walter Pennington …

Reyes Moronta, former MLB pitcher, dies at age 31  —  Former major league pitcher Reyes Moronta, who dominated out of the San Francisco Giants' bullpen for two seasons, died Sunday.  He was 31.  —  According to multiple reports, Moronta died in a traffic accident in his home country of the Dominican Republic.

Rangers rollercoaster careens in Canada with sweep by Blue Jays  —  After appearing as though they had turned a corner, a sweep by Toronto has the Texas Rangers back at square one ahead of the trade deadline.  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Fresh off sweeping the last-place Chicago White Sox …

Red Sox' Tyler O'Neill on ninth inning play: ‘Just out of my reach’  —  BOSTON — Red Sox manager Alex Cora said the play left fielder Tyler O'Neill tried to make against the Green Monster with two outs in the ninth inning “is always difficult” to make.  —  “It was pushing away from him,” Cora said.

Dodgers' needs at the trade deadline take the spotlight after another disastrous loss  —  HOUSTON — Disaster struck again for the Los Angeles Dodgers at 9 p.m. CT.  The latest trauma mustered at Minute Maid Park, a 7-6 walk-off loss to the Houston Astros, was punctuated by an Alex Bregman bat flip …

Sources: Red Sox trade for Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen  —  The Boston Red Sox are finalizing a trade to acquire catcher Danny Jansen from the Toronto Blue Jays, sources told ESPN on Saturday.  —  Jansen, 29, was one of the few starting-caliber catchers available on the trade market …