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Based on the prices for Tuesday's daily fantasy baseball contests, you almost can't help but find value in other places. If you want to draft Clayton Kershaw ($15,000) or Bryce Harper ($6,400), you better also find some bargain picks to fill your lineup.

Here is a look at some of the top options at each position, as well as value picks to balance everything out.

In an age where franchise values are skyrocketing, television contracts are doing the same and player deals rise in worth every winter, Major League Baseball is the one North American professional sports league constantly having its finances evaluated and booming payrolls criticized. 

All 30 MLB teams are in action Tuesday night, which gives DraftKings daily fantasy players a great many options to choose from.

With less than two weeks to go before baseball's trade season officially comes to an end, contenders are beginning to scramble to add whatever reinforcements they can before making their final playoff pushes.

That hasn't necessarily been reflected in the rumor mill, which has maintained its speed over the past week, but we can be sure that general managers are feverishly working the phones. Some are trying to work out deals for players they've claimed on waivers, while others are focused on players who have already passed through waivers unclaimed.

1. Cubs Fever: Catch It

So, who starts Game 1, Jon Lester or Jake Arrieta?

It's got to be Arrieta, now 10-2 with a 2.08 ERA over his past 15 starts. Right?

OK, so maybe we're getting ahead of ourselves. First, the Chicago Cubs must win the National League Wild Card Game. But given that the Cubs are threatening to get ahead of themselves right about now anyway, it's OK think ahead a bit, no?

After his Colorado Rockies were swept last week at Citi Field, Nolan Arenado explained it away by raving about the New York Mets' pitching.

"The Mets have four No. 1's. We saw all four of them," Arenado said.

No one ever says that about the Los Angeles Dodgers.

On April 28, Jung Ho Kang owned a .182/.208/.227 slash line. He had one extra-base hit to his name. It was way early, sure, but it was also worth wondering if the Korean import's game was going to translate to the big leagues.

Almost four months later, Kang has answered that question with an emphatic "ne." (That's "yes" in Korean.)

By now, you probably already know that Major League Baseball is enjoying one of its finest rookie classes ever in 2015. In particular, the limelight has had little trouble finding the likes of Carlos Correa, Joc Pederson, Kris Bryant, Noah Syndergaard, Randal Grichuk and Kyle Schwarber. 

But enough about them. It's high time the limelight was cast on someone else. His name is Miguel Sano, and he's quietly all sorts of awesome.

The Boston Red Sox acquired Alejandro De Aza from the Baltimore Orioles in June, but the outfielder could be on the move again before the season’s stretch run.

Continue for updates.

Dodgers Interested in De Aza

Monday, Aug. 17

Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports noted Monday that the Los Angeles Dodgers talked to the Red Sox about De Aza’s availability as a potential alternative to trading for Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies.

Just as their adorable matching jerseys tell us, Carol and Warren Reckmeyer have been married since 1952.

Carol is a huge San Francisco Giants fan, and her 92-year-old husband deeply loves the St. Louis Cardinals.

What happens when their teams play each other, just as they did Monday night when the Birds took home a 2-1 victory?

“We make a truce,” Carol said laughing, per Scott Leber of MyStateLine.com.