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).

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.