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The 2010 MLB trade deadline is fast approaching, and teams are running out of time to decide whether they are buyers or sellers.

Teams like Texas have already made their mind up, but there are still plenty of others who have interesting pieces and prospects to move before the end of the month.

If your team is in last place, expect the GM to look to unload salary and stock up on prospects. Don't think it will happen? Just ask Pittsburgh fans.

With the announcement coming last week that Lou Piniella would be retiring from baseball at the end of the season, the line of suitors for the opening will likely be a long one, and the rumors will continue to fly until a replacement is named.

This decision is made especially interesting by the fact that a handful of high profile managers have expiring contract at the end of this season.

Everyone is concentrating on which teams are buying or selling. But these guys were concentrating on hurting the baseball and sending the pitcher back to the bullpen in tears.

Alex Rodriguez is on the threshold of joining an elite club.

Currently sitting at 599 homers, A-Rod will become one of only seven major league players to ever reach the 600 mark.

At only 34 years old, Rodriguez has a chance to surpass Barry Bonds for the all-time home run lead.

Six of the top 10 sluggers of all-time played for an average of 22 seasons.

In order for Rodriguez, currently in his 17th season, to eclipse Bonds, he will have to average nearly 30 home runs per season over the next five and a half years.

In the run-up to baseball's non-waiver trade deadline, the focus is almost exclusively on the game's biggest names. We're fascinated by whispers of negotiations and bidding wars over marquee names and pay little mind to the lower-key players who could play similar roles.

But, as teams are quickly finding out, you've got to have a Plan B.

Two of the market's biggest names, Cliff Lee and Dan Haren, are now off the market.

Fantasy baseball sees changes in position depth every year. What starts the season as a weak position may finish as the best, and vice-versa. Entering the season there were 11 second basemen ranked in the Top 100 players in mixed formats. 

There's still five more days until the Major League Baseball trade deadline, but the biggest news so far, has been the lack of any blockbuster trades. Cliff Lee-for-Justin Smoak almost qualifies, but aside from that there isn't really another trade that measures up.

Of course, that doesn't mean there isn't a talented bunch of players on the move.

One hundred eighty-seven MLB players were surveyed to answer the question — who is the most overrated player in baseball?

Keep in mind that when determining whether a player is overrated or not, evaluation is not the sole factor — public opinion also needs to be weighed in.

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Now that Matt Garza has provided us with the fifth no-hitter of the season we might as well rank the great performances we have seen. It is apparent that the steroids-era in baseball is over.

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NOTE: team and player statistics updated through Sunday morning, July 4 11:00 AM CT

1. New York Yankees (62-35)
Two pitchers who deserve to be in the AL Cy Young Award conversation (Andy Pettitte and C.C. Sabathia) and arguably the league’s best offense. Things are looking pretty good in the Bronx.

2. Tampa Bay Rays (59-38)
The Rays should start getting comfortable in the second-place seat in the AL East. They could be in that seat for a while.

3. San Diego Padres (58-41)