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Nobody wants to dump a big-name fantasy baseball star. Along with owners fearing the move coming back to haunt them, the decision is an admission to making a mistake months ago.

Not all of these players have hurt drafters all year. A few have actually provided a positive return on investment, but a recent slump and/or injury deflated their worth entering the season's final week.

After stopping off at second base, the B/R MLB 300 now moves to the left side of the infield with a look at shortstops.

Like our first basemen and second basemen rankings, this list of shortstops consists of 25 of the overall 300 players. As for how it came to be, we subjected each player to a scoring system that adds up to a total of 100 possible points.

NEW YORK — Over in the National League, the Wild Card Game matchup seemed set weeks ago.

Here in the American League, no one wants to acknowledge that any part of it is set yet.

Sometimes there’s a fine line between stalker and Major League Baseball player.

Today, David Peralta, 28, is a blossoming young outfielder with the bat of an artist. He ranks eighth in the National League with a .310 batting average, has his own snazzy "Freight Train" T-shirts circulating in the clubhouse and is beloved by his Arizona Diamondbacks teammates.

Hang on to your helmets, baseball fans. We've got the green light, and we're streaking down the third base line of the 2015 MLB season.

In less than two weeks, the 162-game grind will end, and the playoffs, with all their drama and spectacle, will begin. Every pitch, every out, every error and every run will mean something big. It's coming, ready or not—and here's guessing your answer is "ready."

First off, congratulations are in order. The Kansas City Royals, longtime doormats of the American League, are AL Central champions, which is something they've never been. That has to feel good.

Levi the Ballpark Baby is, for better or worse, a San Diego Padre for life.

That's what happens when you are born at a stadium. You are automatically a member of the home team's family as long as you shall live.

Levi arrived during the game between the Padres and the San Francisco Giants on Thursday, when a fan gave birth at Petco Park's Palm Court Plaza:

The inevitable crowning is finally upon us. With a 10-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday, the Kansas City Royals clinched their first AL Central championship and first division title overall since their 1985 World Series run.

As long as this Cincinnati Reds fan has his glove hand free, he's got the ability to make a play.

During the bottom of the second inning of Thursday night's game at Great American Ball Park versus the New York Mets, Reds catcher Brayan Pena hit a chopper foul down the first-base side. The ball ended up going a few rows deep into the stands, but it was deflected back at the front row.

That's when Dad reached back and made a nice catch—while holding a baby.

After battling a left forearm contusion, jammed thumb and right elbow contusion, Boston Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval has been diagnosed with pneumonia, according to CSN New England's Sean McAdam. 

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