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With the postseason out of reach, one of the main reasons to watch the New York Mets over the final few weeks will be the team's exciting young players. 

Unfortunately, that list may have been shortened by one on Tuesday, as center fielder Juan Lagares was forced from the game with a hyperextended elbow, per the team's official Twitter feed:

Health becomes even more important as the MLB season enters the stretch run, and the Los Angeles Dodgers and Hanley Ramirez are finding that out the hard way.     

Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times and Ken Gurnick of MLB.com filled fans in on the details regarding Ramirez’s latest ailment:

Not much has gone wrong for the Los Angeles Angels lately, but injuries have a nasty way of changing that. 

For the Halos, the concern is over rookie starting pitcher Matt Shoemaker, who helped the Angels clinch a playoff spot Monday night with a dominant effort against the Seattle Mariners but left after 96 pitches with a minor injury to his oblique.    

MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez provided an update following an MRI Tuesday:

Slugger Chris Davis can't help the Baltimore Orioles on the field right now, but he is doing things that are more important than hitting home runs.

Last week, Davis was suspended 25 games after testing positive for amphetamines. That means that his 2014 regular season is over, and the Orioles will have to advance past the American League Division Series for him to have a chance to play again this season.

New York Yankees star Martin Prado is expected to miss the rest of the regular season after an emergency appendectomy.

Meredith Marakovits of the YES Network passed along the news:

The Yankees later confirmed the news of Prado appendectomy (via Danny Knobler):

Actor Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad—famous for his role as Walter White (chemist-turned-high school chemistry teacher-turned-methamphetamine manufacturer)—put on a one-man recreation of baseball's postseason in this new commercial for MLB on TBS.

A little less than two months ago, the Los Angeles Angels were six games out in the AL West. Now, with two weeks to go still in the regular season, they have a 10.5-game lead and are the first team in the majors to clinch a spot in the postseason. 

Following the team's 8-1 drubbing of the Seattle Mariners on Monday, the MLB's official Twitter feed celebrated the news with a fancy Mike Trout gif: 

Updates from Tuesday, Sept. 16

Angels communication director Eric Kay confirms Albert Pujols' status for tonight's game vs. the Mariners: 

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The Cleveland Indians are doing their best to stay loose as they try to make a playoff push. That means players, like rookie reliever C.C. Lee, have to be alert for possible pranks by their teammates.

On Monday night, at least one of Lee's Indians teammates—reliever Marc Rzepczynski was allegedly involved—was able to pull off the old cup-on-the-hat trick on Lee. 

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jonathan Papelbon will begin serving a seven-game suspension during Monday's contest against the San Diego Padres.

MLB Public Relations reported the news of Papelbon's punishment: