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The Atlanta Braves and manager Fredi Gonzalez have agreed to a contract extension that will keep him with the team for at least one more season.   

Per the Braves' official Twitter account, Gonzalez's deal has been extended through 2016 and includes a team option for 2017. 

While the MLB All-Star Parade is a chance for the fans to cheer the biggest stars in baseball, Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper used this year's parade in Cincinnati as an opportunity to give back to the fans.

At the parade, the 22-year-old hopped out of his truck and gave away a PlayStation 4 to a lucky fan.

Love him or hate him on the field, there's no denying that this was a very cool gesture by the young star.

Some of the best to ever play the game joined the festivities for the 86th Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday at Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park. 

Before the game, MLB revealed its "Franchise Four," naming the four greatest players in each organization's history as well as the league's best.

The four players below were honored as the greatest living players to take the field: 

Pete Rose may be one of the most controversial figures in baseball history, but there's no doubt that the city of Cincinnati still loves the all-time hit king.

Major League Baseball revealed each team's "Franchise Four" at the 2015 MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday night. With the Cincinnati Reds hosting the game, they were the last team to have its Franchise Four announced.

That set the stage for a great scene on the field.

Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper was one of 24 athletes who took part in ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue this year, and he has revealed that he put in quite a bit of work to make sure that his body was ready for the photoshoot.

Todd Frazier's 2015 Home Run Derby was so epic that it deserves special honors—namely, the Star Wars treatment.

SportsManias has turned the Cincinnati Reds star's walk-off shot in the finals into a scene that looks like it could be straight out of the movie. Goodbye, baseball bat; hello, lightsaber.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke finished the first half of the season with a 1.39 ERA, the lowest mark for any pitcher with at least 15 starts since Bob Gibson (1.06), Luis

The Philadelphia Phillies set an unwanted record during the season's first half, losing 62 games before the All-Star break for the first time in franchise history, per Sportsnet Stats.

Although there was no expectation of the team being competitive this season, the Phillies have arguably still been somewhat disappointing, as they're in a league of their own when it comes to futility.

The turbulent skies above Great American Ball Park cleared just long enough to allow Major League Baseball's 2015 Home Run Derby to proceed as scheduled, albeit with some slight modifications:

Though the storm had momentarily stopped, the thunder and lightning continued in the park as the league's eight chosen hitters combined to set a new Derby record, more than doubling last year's output, per ESPN Stats & Info:

The 86th annual All-Star game will take place at 8 p.m. ET Tuesday at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. The festivities, though, got started off with a few bangs on Monday night with baseball's Home Run Derby.  

Todd Frazier seemed all too comfortable in his home park as he did something he'd done 15 times before in 2015: hit a ball into the red-shirted screaming fans beyond the outfield wall.