The Braves aren't out of the playoff race. 

No disrespect to the Marlins, but the NL East is again shaping up as a Mets-Phillies duel. 

The roster for the USA Olympic Team was announced earlier this week. 

MEDICAL WATCH: OF Ryan Spilborghs (strained left oblique muscle) went on the 15-day disabled list July 9. 

The Rockies are trying to sort out the back end of their rotation, a job made easier by a bullpen that has been practically invulnerable. 

--LHP Glendon Rusch earned his first career win against the Dodgers. 

The Braves aren't out of the playoff race. 

Brian Fuentes tunes out everything when he's brought in to close a game. 

Brian Fuentes tunes out everything when he's brought in to close a game. 

As July reaches its wane, and the trade deadline looms, major league teams scramble to tweak and tune their rosters in preparation for the season's stretch run. 

Several of baseball's preseason top pitching prospects have already made their way to major league rotations, pitchers such as Johnny Cueto, Clayton Kershaw, Homer Bailey and Chris Volstad, among others. 

--LHP Brian Fuentes has retired 21 consecutive batters, one short of the franchise record. 

MEDICAL WATCH: OF Ryan Spilborghs (strained left oblique muscle) went on the 15-day disabled list July 9. 

With Troy Tulowitzki batting seventh and Ian Stewart hitting eighth, the Rockies have anything but two soft spots at the bottom of their order. 

The Los Angeles Dodgers' best offensive performance of the season kept them in a first-place tie in the NL West.