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The Cincinnati Reds have endured their fair share of struggles throughout 2015, but Joey Votto's superlative campaign has offered the franchise and its fans a reason to remain optimistic as the team's regular-season slate nears a conclusion.  

A disappointing season for the Seattle Mariners is ending with injury woes for star second baseman Robinson Cano, who will have offseason surgery for a sports hernia.

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Over the past few weeks, New York Yankees second baseman Stephen Drew has been dealing with concussion-like symptoms. 

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The Minnesota Twins are crashing the wild-card party and have been one of the biggest surprises of the 2015 season. After finishing last year with the second-worst record in the American League, the Cinderella Twins are now very much in the postseason picture and are just one game back for the second AL wild-card spot following a dramatic win Thursday night.

You remember Steve Bartman, right?

Of course, you do. He's the most notorious fan in all of sports:

The playoff-bound Chicago Cubs are trying to make things right after Bartman was made out to be some sort of villain in 2003. A GoFundMe account started by a fellow fan has emerged with a goal of $5,000 in mind. The purpose is to send Bartman to the NL Wild Card game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Although the postseason has yet to even begin, many fans are already looking toward MLB free agency.

If you don't have a dog in the playoff fight, then your only source of potential optimism is envisioning how your favorite team will improve once the season ends.

With the final weekend of the regular season upon us and the postseason just around the corner, fans around the league are gearing up for what promises to be another exciting month of playoff baseball.

That being said, things tend to move quickly once the World Series wraps up and the offseason officially begins, so it's never too early to take a look ahead at the upcoming crop of free agents.

What follows will be our initial top 25 big board of the best available free agents around the league this coming winter.

Major League Baseball and its rules, written or otherwise, bring about the most passionate of sports discussions. Tradition, the "right way" of doing things and one side's self-interest go against new-age, outside-the-box thinking and the other side's self-interest in a carousel of arguments, from the barstools to traditional and social media and even to front offices.

With the top corner outfielders in the bag, the B/R MLB 300 now moves on to the guys who only work in the batter's box: designated hitters.

For a terrifying moment Wednesday, the New York Mets fanbase held its collective breath. Yoenis Cespedes—the trade-deadline acquisition who jolted New York's moribund offense and propelled the Amazins to a division title—was doubled over in agony, clutching his left hand.