Elephant Rumblings: Sonny Stays at Least Another Day

Trades & Trade Rumors:

• The latest on Sonny Gray...
• Travis Sawchik’s “An Update on Yonder Alonso Prior to His Seemingly Inevitable Trade”
• Lewis Brinson got pulled in the first inning of his AAA game last night. The Brewers made a trade. But no, the two weren’t connected.
• The Red Sox traded for a third baseman. Does Lowrie still get moved?

ICYMI:

• The A’s wasted another strong start by Sonny Gray and fell to the Blue Jays 4-1.
• Some prospect notes on A.J. Puk, Max Schrock, and our prolific RockHounds.
• A truly bizarre play from last night’s Reds/Yankees contest. Todd Frazier hit into a run-scoring triple play...
• MLB tried shorter inning breaks in yesterday’s Cardinals/Rockies game. No one noticed...
• Nico writes that the future is bright...

Best of Twitter:

• Some quality #HugWatch stuff...

• Mark Canha had a nice night in AAA...

• This is how you rebuild...