MLB’s trade deadline, Thursday at 6 p.m., is a looming presence at Yankee Stadium, where Cam Schlittler’s third big-league start showed an unpolished pitcher with plenty of promise.

Baseball's biggest spenders are stumbling, slowed by injuries and scrambling to patch rosters with help for battered bullpens and other positions ahead of Thursday's trade deadline.

It seems like they want to increase internal competition at shortstop, notable because Anthony Volpe isn’t having his finest season.

The Tampa Bay Rays bring a 1-0 lead into the next game of the series against the New York Yankees.

Junior Caminero hit a two-run homer, Drew Rasmussen recovered from a rocky start on the mound and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 4-2 Monday night in the opener of a four-game series.

As the team endures a marked fall from grace after a torrid start to the year, it has placed the franchise slugger on the injured list with a strained flexor tendon. He is expected to return this season, but the fallout from that brutal injury will still be far reaching.

It's no secret that Aaron Judge is the heart and soul of the New York Yankees, and it would be a devastating loss if he missed a significant amount of time.

Cody Bellinger and the New York Yankees play Junior Caminero and the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday.

At Oracle Park on Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants (54-52) open a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates (44-62), at 9:45 p.m. ET.

Perdomo has slashed .275/.375/.421 this season for the Diamondbacks.