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Sleeper picks can sometimes make or break a fantasy baseball team's season, especially as the 2015 MLB season is quickly coming to a close. As the wear and tear of the long season continues to impact every team in MLB, it is important to find the right players performing admirably at the right time.

Today's late-season pickups feature former All-Stars, emerging young talents and veterans showing new life. Here are five players to keep an eye on as your fantasy baseball team begins a new week.

While some ball boys/girls have trouble with slow grounders, there is no doubt this San Diego Padres ball girl can field her position.

In the bottom of the eighth inning of Sunday's 5-3 Phillies win at Petco Park, Padres outfielder Matt Kemp smoked a line-drive foul down the left field line. Just as the liner was about to make its way into the stands, the ball girl made a nice leaping grab.

With just a quarter of the 2015 MLB regular season left to go, let's take a look at B/R's All-MLB team at this point of the campaign. 

Over the next few slides, we'll identify the very best of the best at each position. 

In some cases, like with Bryce Harper, Buster Posey and Josh Donaldson, the decision was clear-cut. Those players have been the top guys at their respective positions for all of 2015 and deserve recognition for their achievements. 

Ride a hot streak or plan ahead? Roster management is no easy task for fantasy baseball players fighting for positioning down the stretch.

This late into a trying, often frustrating season, many gamers have developed a quick hook for struggling options. There's no time to patiently wait for a star to get his act together, especially when alternatives are catching fire on the waiver wire.

Then again, streaks hot or cold don't last forever. There's nothing worse than a guy heating up for someone else after spending months tolerating his doldrums.

The sport of baseball has three true outcomes, a concept that's unfolded as the era of advanced metrics has gained mainstream popularity within the game and amongst its fans.

These outcomes, based on the fact that defense has zero effect on them, are the home run, the walk and the strikeout. These are the only results determined by the batter and pitcher alone, not counting for things like pitch framing or floating strike zones, of course.

We have reached the three-quarter mark of the 2015 MLB season, and pennant races are heating up around the league.

Getting hot at the right time can go a long way in August and September, and even with so many games already in the books, teams continue to shuffle up and down in these rankings on a weekly basis.

So let's take an updated look at how all 30 teams currently stack up.

When putting together this list, we considered the following factors:

This year, the Kansas City Royals have traded beanballs and engaged in on-field fracases with the Oakland A's, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels and, most recently, Toronto Blue Jays.

Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Howie Kendrick suffered a hamstring injury during his team’s 13-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday night.

Continue for updates.

The Washington Nationals have some of the most exciting prospects in baseball, and contrary to popular belief, they're not all starting pitchers. 

The Nationals do have a surplus at that position, but shortstop Trea Turner's late addition to the fray and the major league service that second baseman Wilmer Difo and reliever Abel De Los Santos have logged highlight the top talent in the rest of Washington's farm system. 

As August trails on and September approaches from afar, roster expansion is around the corner for the stretch run of the 2015 MLB season. Teams in contention for playoff spots, such as the second-place Los Angeles Angels, may need to call upon their top prospects to give the big club a jolt in the fall.