The high of the Indians’ success at the non-waiver Trade Deadline wore off in the third inning on Monday night. Manager Terry Francona walked to the mound, took the ball from Danny Salazar’s hand and the pitcher left the shortest start of his career with a head spinning with worry.

Coming up as one of the Twins’ top prospects, one of the only concerns about Max Kepler was how much power he’d produce in the Majors. Kepler has put that to rest during his breakout rookie season, and it was especially evident on Monday, as the German-born right fielder hit three homers and drove in six runs in a 12-5 win over the Indians at Progressive Field.

How good was Royals left-hander Danny Duffy in Monday night’s 3-0 win over the Rays at Tropicana Field? He was franchise-record good, as in 16 strikeouts. The previous Royals record was 15, set by Zack Greinke in August 2009 against Cleveland.

The trade that sent Antonio Bastardo to the Pirates for Jonathon Niese will give the Mets one more day to weigh their options in regards to shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, who suffered a strained patella tendon in his left knee on Sunday.

Just when it seemed things couldn’t get crazier in the New York baseball scene, with both teams active at the non-waiver Trade Deadline, Brett Gardner knocked the second pitch of the Subway Series opener on Monday off the wall in right-center field at Citi Field.

The Twins didn’t surprise anyone with their first trade of the day when they dealt reliever Fernando Abad to the Red Sox for relief prospect Pat Light. But their second deal came as more of a shock, as right-hander Ricky Nolasco and injured pitching prospect Alex Meyer were sent to the Angels for left-hander Hector Santiago and relief prospect Alan Busenitz shortly before the non-waiver Trade Deadline on Monday.

Jonathan Mayo examines the best Minor Leaguers who changed teams prior to the 2016 no-waiver Trade Deadline.

With hours to go before Monday’s non-waiver trade deadline, the Red Sox fortified their ever-evolving bullpen by adding lefty Fernando Abad from the Twins in exchange for Minor League right-hander Pat Light.

The Giants agreed to a trade that landed them left-hander Matt Moore just before Monday’s 4 p.m. ET non-waiver Trade Deadline. San Francisco parted with infielder Matt Duffy, as well as prospects Lucius Fox and Michael Santos.

The Brewers didn’t come out an anoint Tyler Thornburg as their new closer Monday after the team dealt away Jeremy Jeffress and Will Smith in separate deals, but he could get a chance to close games.

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The Orioles pulled off a late deal on Monday afternoon, acquiring infielder/outfielder Steve Pearce from the Rays in exchange for catching prospect Jonah Heim.

Interesting thing for a baseball player to be doing.

The Yankees traded away three of their best players to bring in a haul of prospects.

The Blue Jays have been saying all year that Aaron Sanchez was going to the bullpen. Now they have the pieces in place, led by left-hander Francisco Liriano, to make that move a reality.

Yasiel Puig, who did not make the Dodgers’ flight to Denver on Monday, had been told by the club that he would either be traded or sent to the Minor Leagues if a replacement right fielder was acquired, his agent said.

Just as the Cardinals were poised to clear their disabled list of three starting position players, they’re now forced to put another on it. Follow-up X-rays on Aledmys Diaz’s right hand Monday revealed a hairline fracture in his right thumb, which has been placed in a splint. Diaz, headed to the disabled list, will be out for an undefined period of time. General manager John Mozeliak, hesitant to put a timeframe on the recovery, said only that it’ll “likely be longer” than the minimum 15 days.