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Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
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 …
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Baseball America:
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.
Discussion: Amazin' Avenue
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Mets Making Progress On Clippard Trade; Other Teams Still In Play
Associated Press:
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 …
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Steve Schrader / Detroit Free Press:
GM Dombrowski: Tigers not sellers yet
Discussion: Know Hitter and MLB Daily Dish
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
Blue Jays To Acquire Troy Tulowitzki In Exchange For Jose Reyes, Jeff Hoffman, Miguel Castro  —  The Blue Jays have struck a deal to acquire star Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and veteran reliever LaTroy Hawkins in exchange for Jose Reyes and a trio of minor leaguers, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports (links to Twitter).
Jon Heyman / CBSSports.com:
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 …
Associated Press:
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.
Discussion: Lookout Landing
Associated Press:
Crawford Homers to Back Heston as Giants Win Again, 4-2  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Brandon Crawford hit a two-run homer to help rookie Chris Heston win his fifth consecutive decision, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 Monday night for their sixth straight victory.
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Matt Kawahara / Sacramento Bee:
San Francisco Giants likely to activate left fielder Nori Aoki on Monday
Discussion: MLB Daily Dish and Bleacher Report
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
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 …
Associated Press:
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.
Associated Press:
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 …
Discussion: Yahoo Sports
Jeff Todd / MLB Trade Rumors:
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.
Associated Press:
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.
Discussion: Royals Review
Associated Press:
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.
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