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Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Nick Tropeano left Monday's game against the Texas Rangers with right elbow soreness, and the timetable for his return is uncertain.  

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With less than two weeks until MLB's non-waiver trade deadline, everyone now knows the top candidates to move.

Ryan Braun, Carlos Gonzalez, Jonathan Lucroy, Rich Hill, Aroldis Chapman and Andrew Miller will light the rumor mill on fire leading up to August 1. Some of those guys will stay put, and the ones who go will cost a pretty penny and some valuable prospects.

There's never a shortage of rumors and speculation surrounding the top MLB players who could be on the move ahead of the trade deadline, but the other side of that conversation is the prospects who could be used to acquire that proven talent.

The Boston Red Sox already pulled the trigger on one big trade, sending pitching prospect Anderson Espinoza, who was ranked as the No. 15 prospect in baseball, to the San Diego Padres in exchange for left-hander Drew Pomeranz.

So who else might join Espinoza as a top prospect changing teams?

Let's hear it for Michael Fulmer. The Detroit Tigers rookie right-hander entered 2016 with relatively little hype but is now charging toward the American League Rookie of the Year award with a 2.13 ERA in 14 starts.

It hasn't been a smooth ride for his fellow rookie pitchers, however. And the more hyped they are, the worse it's been.

What do you get when you combine former MLB outfielder Eric Byrnes, three high-tech cameras and an IFB earpiece?

To hear some tell it, you get the future of umpiring.

In June, during an independent league game between the San Rafael Pacifics and Pittsburg Diamonds, Byrnes crouched behind the plate in full umpire gear. He made the calls for the fans' benefit, in typically gregarious fashion. The balls and strikes, however, were fed to him using PITCHf/x data.

Leave it to Jose Fernandez, whose fastball is barely contained by the fabric of reality, to get somewhere really fast.

But while that's all well and good, just how far can he go?

Anchored at the bottom of the American League East standings, the Tampa Bay Rays will be sellers at the MLB trade deadline on Aug. 1, and a big question is whether franchise stalwart Evan Longoria could be on the move.

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A frustrating season for Cleveland Indians catcher Yan Gomes has gotten worse after he suffered a shoulder injury during Sunday's game against the Minnesota Twins.

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When Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki legged out an infield single in the bottom of the eighth inning during Sunday's game against the St. Louis Cardinals, the hit represented his third of the day and 2,994th of his MLB career, per MLB.com.

Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Chris Tillman accomplished a rare feat over the weekend, becoming just the fifth hurler in franchise history to win 13 of his first 15 decisions to begin a season, per Elias Sports Bureau (via ESPN Stats & Info).