Justin Upton and Ian Kinsler had a friendly competition going earlier this season over who would reach 200 career home runs first. Ian Kinsler won the race July 3.

Alex Rodriguez hit his 696th home run, Ivan Nova hurled six solid innings and Aroldis Chapman wowed the crowd with a 105.1-mph fastball, leading the Yankees to a 2-1 victory over the Orioles on Monday at Yankee Stadium.

Watch out, A.J. McLean.

Rumors are swirling around the Yankees in advance of the Aug. 1 non-waiver Trade Deadline, and it’s looking increasingly likely that closer Aroldis Chapman will be on the move. The Cubs are in need of bullpen help, and the Yankees reportedly covet one of the Cubs’ rising young stars in slugger Kyle Schwarber, according to a report Monday from Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports.

The Nationals No. 1 prospect Lucas Giolito is set to make his Triple-A debut for Syracuse.

Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow said Monday “there’s a good chance” he will be able to make a trade prior to the Aug. 1 non-waiver Trade Deadline, but said there’s no urgency to do so. Luhnow didn’t say what the Astros are targeting, but starting pitching and left-handed relief pitching are their biggest needs.

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Nothing like a good old bunt derby.

Yan Gomes will not need surgery on his right shoulder. That was about the only good news that arrived on Monday, when the Indians placed their starting catcher on the 15-day disabled list.

Former Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa was sentenced to 46 months in prison by a federal judge on Monday for hacking the Astros’ player personnel database and email system.

Susanne Hilgefort, one of Major League Baseball’s longest-tenured employees and a key figure in the leaps forward for modern baseball broadcasting, was one of three passengers, along with her husband — Michael Mydlarz — who died in a small plane crash on Saturday near Albany, N.Y. She was 48.

The Red Sox made their moves and there’s a good chance more transactions are on the way. Now the question is what — if anything — the Blue Jays and Orioles will do to respond before the Aug. 1 non-waiver Trade Deadline.

Whether you’re in first place and looking to hang on or in fifth and hoping to make a push, go ahead and shake things up by making a savvy acquisition or three.

Mets pitcher Matt Harvey’s season officially came to an end on Monday, when he underwent surgery in St. Louis to relieve the thoracic outlet syndrome that had been causing numbness and discomfort in his right arm. Harvey began his roughly four-month recovery on Monday afternoon, with hopes to return to the Mets’ rotation next spring.

The Twins have not yet begun their search for a replacement for outgoing general manager Terry Ryan, but they hope to have a successor in place by the end of the 2016 regular season. Although the franchise traditionally has preferred to hire from within, the Twins will consider both internal and external candidates, and they could turn to an external search firm to guide their search.

The Dodgers and Rays are engaged in trade discussions, sources say, and that is not surprising: Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers’ president of baseball operations, was the Rays’ general manager for nearly a decade. He was fond of many Tampa Bay players at the time he acquired them. Presumably, he remains fond of them now.

The Pirates left the nation’s capital after Sunday’s marathon victory trailing the Cubs by 8 1/2 games in the National League Central. They are 2 1/2 games out of a NL Wild Card spot, still behind the Marlins, Mets and Cardinals. But in many ways, they are well set up for the season’s stretch run.