Elephant Rumblings: A’s add Bailey, Red Sox acquire Cashner as trade season begins

A’s Coverage:

• Kroichick: A’s complete sweep with walk-off win over White Sox...
• Gallegos: How sweep it is — A’s walk-off vs. White Sox...
• Kroichick: A’s trade for starting pitcher Homer Bailey, with eye on playoff run...
• Flanagan: 5 things to know about Royals-A’s Bailey deal...
• Poindexter: The A’s add Homer Bailey to their rotation and they’re not done looking for pitching... ($)
• Kroichick: A’s reliever Blake Treinen ‘beyond frustrated’ after rocky outing...
• Fegan: Marcus Semien reflects on the trade that sent him to Oakland and Andrew Vaughn’s future with the White Sox... ($)
• Szymborski: The Blossoming of Marcus Semien...
• Slusser: A’s midseason analysis — Semien, Hendriks bright spots but Montas ban hurts...
• Slusser: ‘A lot like last year’ — A’s hope to get healthy, make moves for postseason...

Best of AN:

• Baker-Gillman: Game #95 — An Errant Walk Off...
• Hall: Oakland A’s acquire pitcher Homer Bailey from Royals...
• Nico: Trade Deadline Forces Some “Fish Or Cut Bait” Decisions...
• Hall: Fan confidence strong as Oakland A’s enter second half on a roll...

MLB News:

• Browne: Red Sox acquire righty Andrew Cashner from O’s in exchange for two international prospects...
• Cassavell: Padres unlikely to make a push for top arms Noah Syndergaard, Matthew Boyd...
• Sullivan: Rangers not ruling out trade of lefty Mike Minor...
• Frisaro: Marlins’ bullpen earning scouts’ attention...
• Hoornstra: Mike Trout to undergo MRI Monday for minor calf injury...
• Hoornstra: Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy to undergo nasal surgery after home plate collision; will miss three weeks...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Ardaya: ‘You can’t make this stuff up’ — Angels combine for no-hitter as they honor Tyler Skaggs in day filled with emotion... ($)
• Lindbergh: We Have No Idea What the 2019 MLB Trade Deadline Will Bring...
• The 2019 FanGraphs Franchise Player Draft: Picks 1-15...
• Clemens: Josh Hader’s Fastball is Hilarious...
• Murphy: Fans care passionately about these games. Players should show that they do, too... ($)

Today in Baseball History:

• 2013 — Yoenis Cespedes, although not named to the American League All-Star team, wins the Home Run Derby by defeating Bryce Harper in the final round. The Cuban slugger blasts 17 homers in the opening round, and bests the young Harper in the final round, 9-8, while using up only 4 of his 9 outs.

Best of Twitter:

• Can’t wait to hear it!

• Sunday’s trade for Homer Bailey left the Rockhounds a hitter short, so they had to use a pitcher at DH (he went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts)...

• There are a hundred different tweets from the Angels’ magical no-hitter that I could include here, but I think this one says it all...