Toronto Blue Jays prospects draw interest as trade deadline nears  —  FOX Sports  —  Two of the Blue Jays' best pitching prospects started in the minors on Tuesday — and the scouting presence at both games strongly indicated that rival clubs expect the Jays to be serious buyers.

Padres, Preller prepared to sell and buy  —  Change, not fire sale, coming as trade deadline approaches  —  San Diego Padres A.J. Preller talks on the phone during a spring training practice.  — K.C. Alfred … PITTSBURGH — As it was in the offseason, predicting exactly what Padres General Manager …

Tanaka, Gardner, Figueroa Lead Yankees Over Athletics 6-2  —  NEW YORK — Masahiro Tanaka allowed two hits over 7 2-3 innings, Brett Gardner hit a first-inning home run and learned midgame he had been picked for his first All-Star team, and the New York Yankees rallied past the Oakland Athletics 6-2 Thursday.

Royals could lose Alex Gordon for months after left fielder strains groin  —  Royals left fielder Alex Gordon (4) was taken off the field on a cart after being injured chasing a fly ball by Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Logan Forsythe in the fourth inning Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium.

Fosse Still Feels Effects From 1970 All-Star Game Collision  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Ray Fosse's body still aches, 45 years later.  —  He never did fully recover physically from one of the most infamous plays in All-Star Game history, when Pete Rose bulled him over in 1970 to score the winning run …

Defying Time and Space … He looks out of place, at least at first.  Wearing a Mets uniform that grants no slimming effect to his block of a body, he could easily be mistaken for an overinvested fan who has wandered past assorted “Authorized Personnel Only” signs at Citi Field, onto the outfield grass.

Neftali Feliz Clears Waivers  —  Rangers righty Neftali Feliz has cleared outright waivers, SB Nation's Chris Cotillo tweets.  Feliz was designated for assignment last Friday.  —  The 27-year-old Feliz is playing on a $4.13MM arbitration deal this year and remains controllable for a final year in 2016.

Trout Hits 2 HRs, Giavotella Lifts Angels Over Rockies 3-2  —  DENVER — Mike Trout homered twice and Johnny Giavotella singled in the tiebreaking run with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Los Angeles Angels over the Colorado Rockies 3-2 Wednesday night for their fifth straight win.

MLBTR Podcast: Jon Heyman Chats Deadline  —  Jeff runs down the week's news, and then welcomes Jon Heyman of CBS Sports to the show for an overview of the market for key teams and players as the trade deadline approaches.  Among the clubs covered are the Brewers, Padres, Twins, Rangers, and Rockies.

Groin injury could sideline Angels closer Huston Street through All-Star break  —  Angels closer Huston Street fell to one knee late Wednesday night as Ben Paulsen's grounder rolled to second baseman Johnny Giavotella, who threw to first base for the final out of a somewhat stressful 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.

Kershaw Strikes Out 13 in Shutout, Dodgers Beat Phillies 5-0  —  LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw struck out 13 in an eight-hit shutout that snapped a five-start winless streak, and Jimmy Rollins hit a three-run homer against his former team to help the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-0 Wednesday night.

DeGrom dominates as Mets top Giants, 4-1  —  Jacob deGrom tossed eight shutout innings and the Mets got a solid offensive output as they beat the Giants, 4-1, on Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco.  —  The Mets opened the scoring in the sixth when a Brandon Crawford throwing error allowed Ruben Tejada to score from first base.