Elephant Rumblings: A’s to prioritize bullpen help at trade deadline

A’s Coverage:

• Slusser: GM David Forst — A’s may look to add to bullpen again...
• Gallegos: Inbox — When will lefties Luzardo, Puk arrive?
• Tafur: Matt Chapman is out of the All-Star Starters Election, but the A’s know how valuable he is... ($)

Best of AN:

• Moriarty: A’s Farm Report — 2019 Mid-Season Organizational All-Star Team...
• Iversen: Marcus Semien has become a legitimate leadoff hitter...

MLB News:

• Dougherty: Nationals to add 42-year-old veteran reliever Fernando Rodney to 25-man roster...
• Rogers: Cardinals closer Jordan Hicks has torn UCL...
• Callis: First overall pick Adley Rutschman signs with Orioles for record $8.1 million bonus...
• Frisaro: Marlins have “no intentions” to trade young lefty Caleb Smith...
• Moura: Dodgers outfielder A.J. Pollock hopes to return by start of second half...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Ring: The Legal Ramifications of the Two-City Rays...
• Drellich: The first rule of beat writing — don’t talk about beat writing. What the Callaway-Vargas incident reveals... ($)
• Buchanan: Those shifty Diamondbacks — How Arizona excels at infield positioning... ($)
• Fink: The Nationals Have a Chance to Save Their Season...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1950 — The A’s Paul Lehner ties an American League record with 11 putouts in LF in a 13 - 5 win against the White Sox.
• 2010 — Edwin Jackson throws the 4th no-hitter of the season as the Diamondbacks defeat their brethren from the 1998 expansion, the Tampa Bay Rays, 1 - 0. Jackson needs 149 pitches to complete the game, after struggling with his control early on and walking 7 in the first three innings, but manager A.J. Hinch decides to leave him in the game to grab his chance at history. It is the second time the Rays are no-hit this year, having been the victims of Dallas Braden’s perfect game six weeks ago.

Best of Twitter:

• Zack Greinke is so much fun...

• Some insane Matt Chapman stats — without saying even a word about his defense...