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With the average length of Major League Baseball games up in 2016 compared to last season, Commissioner Rob Manfred expressed his displeasure Tuesday.

The Chicago Cubs reached an agreement Tuesday with veteran relief pitcher Joe Nathan on a major league contract for the rest of the 2016 season.

Houston Astros outfielder Carlos Gomez suffered a rib injury on May 13, and he was placed on the disabled list on May 17. It's unclear when he'll return to the field. 

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Francisco Cervelli won't be hitting free agency after all.

The Atlanta Braves have the worst record in Major League Baseball this season at 9-28, and they opted to make a big change on Tuesday, firing manager Fredi Gonzalez.  

The Braves announced they have dismissed Gonzalez and bench coach Carlos Tosca, and Brian Snitker will serve as Atlanta's interim manager.

We've seen a handful of May trades completed in baseball, but the players involved—Jason Bourgeois, Jhoulys Chacin, Anthony Recker and Brendan Ryan—elicit about as much excitement from fans as a Jered Weaver fastball.

Many will say interleague play in Major League Baseball has lost its luster, but it still has at least one gift to give every year.

It's an annual showdown of epic proportions, and the time has come for it to be renewed in 2016: Clayton Kershaw vs. Mike Trout.

We've jumped the gun on Jackie Bradley Jr. before. And if we didn't, all of New England did.

The fans. The media. The Boston Red Sox players.

"He's going to be good," Dustin Pedroia told Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe in 2013, just before Opening Day. "I mean, he is now."

We've jumped the gun on Jackie Bradley Jr. before. And if we didn't, all of New England did.

The fans. The media. The Boston Red Sox players.

What do Game of Thrones' Jon Snow and a guy who tells you he has a handle on the 2016 MLB season have in common?

They both know nothing.

Yes, we've reached the one-quarter mark of the 162-game grind. But predicting the future is still folly.

Hot streaks, cold spells, injuries and trades will inevitably upend the balance of power. The last won't necessarily be first, but they could be.