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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

Brewers' Gomez drawing interest from contenders, non-contenders  —  FOX Sports  —  Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez is one of the most intriguing players on the trade market - a right-handed hitter who is affordable and under club control through next season.

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 …

The Nationals and Blue Jays are among the teams showing some interest in Padres star closer Craig Kimbrel, who along with the rest of the San Diego roster, is available.  —  The Padres, in fact, suggested a return of shortstop Trea Turner in a potential package back from the Nats …

Ole Miss guard Moody arrested for DUI  —  OXFORD — Ole Miss senior guard Stefan Moody was arrested early Saturday morning for first-offense DUI, according to the Lafayette County Detention Center's jail docket.  —  An Ole Miss spokesperson said the school is aware of Moody's arrest, but is still gathering information at this time.

Taylor Swift concert date moved due to possible Astros playoff run  —  HOUSTON — The Houston date for Taylor Swift's “The 1989 World Tour” will be moved from October to Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at Minute Maid Park.  —  The move comes due to a potential Major League Baseball playoff conflict.

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.

David Wright closer to baseball activities  —  David Wright is expected to rejoin the team shortly, manager Terry Collins said Sunday.  —  “David has been simulating baseball activities,” he said.  “He's been doing some running, doing some light hitting.  Hopefully [this week] he starts baseball activities.”

San Francisco Giants likely to activate left fielder Nori Aoki on Monday  —  Aoki was on his way to San Francisco on Sunday morning  —  He went 2-for-3 with a run Saturday for Triple-A Sacramento  —  Manager Bruce Bochy will weigh lineup options with Aoki back