Mets Acquire Tyler Clippard  —  5:35pm: New York will receive $1MM in the deal, meaning that they'll pay Clippard just over $2MM the rest of the way, Ken Davidoff of the New York Post tweets.  —  5:16pm: The Mets have agreed to a deal that will land them reliever Tyler Clippard from the Athletics …

Casali Hits 2 HRs to Help Rays Top Tigers 5-2  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Curt Casali homered twice, Nathan Karns took a one-hit shutout into the seventh inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Detroit Tigers 5-2 Monday night.  —  Casali's first homer came on the first pitch of the third inning …

Angels Acquire Shane Victorino  —  5:20pm: Los Angeles will be responsible for $1.1MM of the $4.9MM or so left on the contract, Alex Speier of the Boston Globe reports on Twitter.  —  5:00pm: The Angels have acquired veteran outfielder Shane Victorino from the Red Sox, Boston announced …

Hosmer Drives in 4 as Royals Roll Over Indians 9-4  —  CLEVELAND — Eric Hosmer drove in four runs, Kendrys Morales added three RBIs and the Kansas City Royals opened a 10-game road trip with a 9-4 victory over the spiraling Cleveland Indians on Monday night.

Gerardo Parra trade market: Mystery team joins Angels, Mets, Orioles  —  The Angels, Mets, Orioles and a “mystery team” are said to be in the mix for Brewers outfielder Gerardo Parra, who's raised his trade value with an excellent season in Milwaukee.  —  Parra is a certain bet …

Bryant's HR in 9th Lifts Cubs to 9-8 Win Over Rockies  —  CHICAGO — Kris Bryant's two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Chicago Cubs to a 9-8 victory over the Colorado Rockies 9-8 on Monday night.  —  Colorado had taken an 8-7 lead in the ninth inning …

Wong's Slam Paces Cardinals' 4-1 Win Over Reds  —  ST. LOUIS — Kolten Wong hit a grand slam that backed Lance Lynn and led the St. Louis Cardinals over the Cincinnati Reds 4-1 Monday night.  —  Wong connected on a 3-2 fastball from rookie Raisel Iglesias (1-3) with two outs in the fourth, putting St. Louis ahead 4-1.

Dodgers Willing To Listen On Yasiel Puig  —  The Dodgers have informed rival clubs that they would be willing to move outfielder Yasiel Puig “in the right deal,” Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports on Twitter.  Thus far, however, Los Angeles has received more trade inquiries on their higher-end prospects.

Zobrist draws huge interest; Pirates, Royals in, Angels, Yanks, Cubs also  —  Ben Zobrist's market is said to be red-hot, with the versatile star drawing interest from the Pirates, Royals, Angels, Yankees, Cubs and several others.  —  Zobrist is so popular that basically every contender but the Dodgers …

Cards have talked to Brewers about Lind  —  With the trade deadline arriving Friday, the Cardinals have had conversations recently with Milwaukee, and the Brewers are believed to be willing to trade first baseman Adam Lind.  —  Lind has 16 homers, a .549 slugging percentage against righthanded pitchers …

Oh, my!  Dick Enberg feted in Cooperstown with writer Tom Gage; Curt Flood gets special mention  —  COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters was presented on Saturday to Dick Enberg and Tom Gage received the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for writers in a ceremony at Doubleday Field.