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Teammates joke around with each other quite frequently, but oftentimes the most fun comes from opposing players messing with each other.

On Friday night, Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera and Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve got into a silly little war—during the game.

The Kansas City Royals are creating a buzz—and it's contagious. The 69-46 Royals are in first place in the AL Central and are gearing up for the playoffs. 

The line "if the season ended today" gets thrown around a lot at this point in the MLB season, but the truth is there is still a lot of baseball to be played.

At roughly the same juncture in the season last year (115 games played), the Milwaukee Brewers still led the NL Central standings and the Toronto Blue Jays would have grabbed the No. 2 AL wild-card spot over the Kansas City Royals.

Fact: Matt Kemp hit for the first cycle in San Diego Padres history Friday night.

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There's no doubt that 2015 will live on forever as the "year of the prospect." At the three-quarter mark of a season filled with youthful contributions, let's check on the stocks of MLB's current batch of top 10 prospects.

Of MLB.com's top 50 prospects at the beginning of the season, a whopping 23 have debuted in some form or fashion in 2015. By succeeding in the majors, many of those debuting talents have lost their prospect statuses this season.

This week brought teams to their 50-game marks, signaling the stretch run for the 10 postseason spots and Major League Baseball’s exciting scoreboard watching.

But Week 19 of this season brought us more than just wins, losses and jockeying in the standings. It brought us stupid quotes from a floundering team, a stupid decision from a franchise with an already spotty track record and more trade rumors, among other happenings.

The New York Yankees have had trouble finding consistency at second base all season.

There have been small sparks of offensive production and defensive flair from both Stephen Drew and Brendan Ryan here and there, but overall, second base has been the biggest flaw in New York's starting lineup this year.

San Diego Padres right fielder Matt Kemp became the first player in franchise history to hit for the cycle Friday night. 

For the most part during Friday night's contest at Rogers Centre, the red-hot Toronto Blue Jays had the New York Yankees in the same place they had them last weekend: right where they wanted 'em.

That is until, all of a sudden, there was a loud bang. And right now in the aftershock, it's clear that what's left of the AL East race is going to be all sorts of fun instead of a one-sided romp.

Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell announced Friday that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. 

WEEI tweeted out the news directly from Farrell:

WHDH-TV in Boston passed along the manager's full statement: