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In a sport where those who fail 70 percent of the time are considered to be among the game's elite hitters, it's easy to forget how truly humbling baseball can be.

No matter a player's salary, track record of success or numbers on the season, every player inevitably finds himself in a funk at one point or another over the course of a 162-game regular season. And every player handles that funk differently.

Do you want to draft guys like Zack Greinke ($12,400), Nolan Arenado ($5,200) and Nelson Cruz ($5,400) on Sunday in your DraftKings contest? You'll need to find productive bargains and sleepers to pull it off.

Although a good problem to have, daily fantasy baseball gamers must choose from a crowded field of aces taking the mound on Sunday.

The San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals own October.

At least one of those teams has appeared in the National League Championship Series in each of the past five seasons, and the clubs have combined to win four of the last five World Series titles. Simply put, the Giants and the Cardinals have been there and done that.

In the process of ranking the most battle-tested squads of the 2015 MLB playoff races, there were a few key factors taken into consideration:

David Denson, a minor league first baseman in the Milwaukee Brewers organization, publicly announced he's gay, becoming the first openly gay active player in an MLB-affiliated league. The 20-year-old shared his story with Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Momentum is such a fickle thing in Major League Baseball.

While the narrative and storyline that comes along with it feed the public’s interest and make for good radio, column and bar-stool fodder, the truth is momentum in that sport shifts from day to day, inning to inning and even batter to batter. All the momentum in the world—negative and positive—can be altered by one misplaced pitch, a swat of a hanging breaking ball or the twirling of a gorgeous complete game.

Chicago White Sox third baseman Tyler Saladino is more than qualified to man the hot corner.

In the top of the second inning of Saturday's game against the Cubs, Saladino made a great diving catch on a scorching liner off the bat of Cubs right fielder Chris Denorfia. There wasn't much time to react, but he managed to lay out and get his glove up to rob the batter of a hit.

If only the Boston Red Sox played the Seattle Mariners in every game, they might still be in the playoff hunt. One day after they laid a 15-1 shellacking on the Mariners, they followed up with a 22-10 victory Saturday.

Boston Red Sox third baseman Pablo Sandoval suffered a bruised elbow as a result of getting hit by a pitch in Saturday's game against the Seattle Mariners. X-rays were negative, but Sandoval is still missing game action.

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The Miami Marlins' disappointing season has gotten worse, as star outfielder Christian Yelich has landed on the disabled list with a knee injury. 

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Yelich Out with Knee Contusion

Saturday, August 15

Per the Marlins' official Twitter, Marcell Ozuna has been called up to take Yelich's spot after he was placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to August 10.