Carlos Gonzalez on trade block following Troy Tulowitzki deal  —  After their stunning trade of franchise shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, the Rockies are said to be planning to move star outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, as well.  —  “They expect to move him,” one GM with an interested team said.

Trade Central: Mets Get Clippard To Help Back Of 'Pen  —  THE DEAL  —  The suddenly aggressive Mets made their second trade in four days, acquiring righthanded reliever Tyler Clippard—who was traded to Oakland by Washington last offseason—from the Athletics for righthander Casey Meisner.

How Weird Is Alex Rodriguez's Resurgence?  —  Once-disgraced slugger Alex Rodriguez turned 40 years old Monday, and he's still hitting home run hat tricks.  His remarkable return to form (at the moment he's a top-10 hitter despite missing all of last year) has even New York fans who loathed him not long ago mulling his redemption.

Would Dodgers trade Yasiel Puig?  Unlikely, but he can't rule it out  —  Yasiel Puig has played in only 53 of the Dodgers' 100 games.  After spending five weeks on the disabled list because of a strained hamstring, he is batting .253 with six home runs and 22 runs batted in.

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 …

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 …

Goldschmidt Homers, Scores Winning Run in Arizona's 4-3 Win  —  SEATTLE — Paul Goldschmidt hit his 22nd homer of the season in the first inning and scored the go-ahead run in the 10th on Jake Lamb's sacrifice fly as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Seattle Mariners 4-3 on Monday night.

A Thesis Could Be Written on Haverford College's Influence in Baseball  —  With a restful duck pond at the main entrance and an arboretum of 1,400 labeled trees and shrubs dwarfing the few ball fields on its campus, Haverford College looks nothing like an athletic powerhouse.

Roundtable: All Of Baseball History Should Get An Asterisk  —  How the MLB should treat stats from the steroid, amphetamine and segregation eras  —  It always comes back to the use of performance-enhancing drugs.  The “steroid era” may be over, but Major League Baseball is still dealing with its consequences.