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Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Elian Herrera was forced to leave Saturday's 9-7 loss to the Cincinnati Reds after colliding with Shane Peterson, according to MLB.com's Adam McCalvy. 

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The reappearing act is an underrated one.

That is mostly because it is shrouded in disappointment, which is a necessary prerequisite. Without a massive letdown, there is no unexpected burst back onto the scene to stun the masses.

The Los Angeles Angels have both ends covered now.

Omar Infante’s disastrous regular season for the Kansas City Royals may be over, as it's unlikely he'll play again before the postseason due to a back injury.

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In the bottom of the eighth inning of Friday night's game, Arizona Diamondbacks center fielder A.J. Pollock made a great play to keep the San Francisco Giants off the board.

The Giants were able to muster all of one hit through the first seven innings of the game. However, they entered the eighth trailing just 2-0.

Predicting the World Series matchup at the beginning of the season is more times than not an exercise in futility.

That from a guy who picked the Washington Nationals to knock off the Seattle Mariners in his preseason predictions.

Even when the postseason picture takes shape and we have a good idea of which 10 teams will be fighting it out to reach the ultimate goal, it's still hard to predict who will come out on top when the lights shine brightest.

In a 2-2 game Friday night against the Miami Marlins, Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams went to check on pitcher Max Scherzer during the top of the seventh inning, with only one out to go.

But Scherzer didn't need a pep talk. He was plenty fired up.

Scherzer could be seen screaming, "I want this! I f-----g want this! I f-----g want this!" as his manager approached the mound. And that was all Williams needed to hear.

Fact: There are 22 rookies this season with 10-plus HRs, that is the most in a season in MLB history.

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Source: Elias (via ESPN Stats & Info)

Summer's final Saturday MLB slate gets the party started early with a pair of afternoon rivalry matchups. As all 30 teams compete during the day, players will have to carefully study the DraftKings catalog for bargains.

Team strengths are abundant among Major League Baseball’s postseason contenders. They have to be over the course of a demanding 162-game season.

In October, those strengths become more critical than at any other time of the year. However, as the playoffs have shown in series after series, year after year, it is not always a team’s strengths that actually decide its eventual fate.

The injury bug often rears its mighty head at the most inopportune times in Major League Baseball. The optimism of a team can quickly disappear when a key player goes down. And when the injury warrants a lengthy recovering time—sometimes—that optimism is crushed completely.

With the 2015 MLB playoffs right around the corner, postseason contenders will have their fingers crossed that injuries will be avoided from here on out.