MLB power rankings: A tie at the top as Astros complete perfect road trip  —  There is no true No. 1 atop USA TODAY Sports' power rankings this week, and that's probably appropriate.  —  It's difficult to parse greatest from great when it comes to the Houston Astros and New York Yankees …

Free agent-to-be Bryce Harper playing way out of $400 million deal  —  The Blue Jays beat the Nationals 8-6 on Sunday with back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the eighth inning from Teoscar Hernandez and Yangervis Solarte off Ryan Madson, who hadn't allowed a home run all season and just two in 2017 and 2018 combined:

Prospects who can deliver as soon as they get the call  —  While a lot of the focus of discussions this time of year is on which prospects contending teams should trade for which stars, quite often simply using their own top-performing prospect is a superior choice for a ballclub in win-now mode.

Dodgers, Cubs square off in NLCS rematch  —  CHICAGO — The Los Angeles Dodgers have been hitting home runs and scoring runs at enough of a prodigious clip this month that it is rare to see their bats go quiet.  —  The Dodgers will enter this week's three-game series against the Chicago Cubs having won seven of their past 10 games.

Brandon Nimmo's HR caps Mets' rally over Diamondbacks  —  Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo on team's ninth-inning rally Matt Ehalt, Staff Writer, @MattEhalt  —  PHOENIX — Hours before he delivered one of the biggest hits of the season, Brandon Nimmo thought about the famous winning streak quote from Major League II.

Oh, that good bullpen  —  The bullpen has as much to do with the Tigers' five-game winning streak as anything else.  —  Over the five-game streak, the bullpen allowed one run on 12 hits over 17 innings with one walk and 20 strikeouts.  —  In the three-game sweep, the bullpen combined …

Pedro Strop says 2018 Cubs bullpen is the best he has been a part of  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Pedro Strop paused before smiling when asked if this was the best bullpen he has been a part of during his six seasons with the Cubs.  —  “Numbers-wise, yeah,” Strop said.  “It's got to be the best so far.”

Cardinals' Reyes' family inspires him to keep fighting  —  Cardinals right-hander Alex Reyes saw the value of a father's sacrifice throughout his childhood while his father worked double shifts as a security guard at the Elizabeth, N.J., board of education.  —  Tomas Reyes Sr. …

Pivetta hopes to reverse fortunes as Phillies host Cardinals  —  Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Nick Pivetta is struggling so far in June.  He will try to turn his month around against the slumping St. Louis Cardinals.  —  The Phillies and Cardinals open a three-game set on Monday night at Citizens Bank Park.

Rangers, Royals meet in series between last-place teams  —  The Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers, two struggling teams in last place in their divisions, will open a three-game series Monday night at Kauffman Stadium.  —  The Royals have lost six straight and 12 of 13.

Brewers RHP Adrian Houser vomits twice on mound, finishes frame  —  Milwaukee Brewers reliever Adrian Houser made it through the top of the eighth inning of a 10-9 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday despite vomiting twice during the inning.  —  The right-hander, who was called …

Reds' Hamilton makes lowest probability catch of 2018 season  —  Cincinnati Reds outfielder Billy Hamilton showed off his range and speed with a full extension diving catch against the Pittsburgh Pirates.  —  Hamilton honed in on the baseball in the first inning of the Reds' 8-6 win Sunday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

Next Slide  —  Chase Anderson could only shake his head afterward and wonder what might have been after just having watched the Milwaukee Brewers' offense nearly pull off a miraculous ninth-inning comeback at Miller Park on a steamy Sunday afternoon.  —  Had things broken just a little differently …

Joe Maddon defends his decision to put Anthony Bass in over Steve Cishek  —  Cubs' Jose Quintana on his recent outings: ‘I feel better in my last starts.’ (Mark Gonzales/Chicago Tribune)  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Left-hander Jose Quintana wanted to work out of his sixth-inning mess Sunday night …

Rays journal: Adeiny Hechavarria returns and plays short, but now what?  —  NEW YORK — The Adeiny Hechavarria situation is going to be interesting for the Rays.  —  The veteran seemed destined to be traded or even released as he completed his recovery from a hamstring strain rather …

Power Rankings: A new No. 1 and NL contenders make their moves  —  It might be like this all season among baseball's power trio.  Riding the strength of their 11-game win streak, the Astros reclaimed the top spot in our rankings in the latest reshuffling of the top three teams.