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2010 certainly seems to have provided one of baseball's most dynamic draft classes in years. Every corner of the Majors seems to have itself a prominent and productive rookie.

Whether its speed, power, consistent hitting, or power pitching; every base seems to be covered.

Here's to the rookies of 2010. If an All-Star team was strictly comprised of MLB rookies, it would probably look something like this...

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We are nearing the halfway point for the MLB season, which means it's almost time to play the All-Star Game.

Who deserves to make it over the guys that will make it just because of their name? Which players are having the most under-the-radar seasons?

Check out this slideshow to find out the 34 players who will be making the trip to Anaheim in a couple of weeks to represent the AL in the All-Star Game.

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Here we are just a few days away from the month of July where the sun isn't the only thing that will be burning hot.

We've talked about a lot of rumors over the last few weeks but there could be a few new names added to the fire.

There are more skills required to play baseball than there are for any other sport.

Just think about what it means to be a "five-tool player." Only a few dozen people in the world can both hit and hit for power, let alone run, throw, and catch. That's without even considering pitchers.

Yet, the MLB All-Star Game features just one skill competition: The Home Run Derby.

In this slideshow are 10 contests that MLB could add to its All-Star festivities that test some of the game's neglected skills. A description of the event, five players who could compete, and my predicted winner.

Here are the guys you wouldn't have (or shouldn't have) discussed with your friends or family before your 2010 fantasy baseball draft.

"How has no one drafted him yet?" you laughed to yourself.

The problem is, people did know about your sleepers. They passed on them for good reasons-or were simply lucky to avoid them.

You certainly don't find anything funny about these guys anymore because they have forced you to hold on to them, due mostly to the hope that they will, at some point, wake up.

July is just around the corner, and in the baseball world, that only means one thing: The trade deadline.

As the first half of a season enters the home stretch ahead of the All-Star game, teams and their GMs start plotting in earnest for some of the most important few weeks of the season.

While some teams will be looking to unload salary or pick up prospects for someone they think they will otherwise lose for free at the end of the season, others will be looking to acquire the pieces to push them over the top this postseason.

Those who are in a position to make a splash will be trying to st

Interleague play has come to an end, but that certainly didn’t stop the excitement.  Who would have thought both Stephen Strasburg and Ubaldo Jimenez would look human on the same night?  Chase Utley owners need to be holding their breath, as he left yesterday’s game with an apparent injury.

Is Chase Utley the Greatest Philadelphia Phillie of All Time?

As of now, no.

As we get one All-Star back from thumb injury another falls. Jason Heyward, the rookie phenom, who has taken Hotlanta by storm, landed on the DL today with an left thumb injury.

The good news was the MRI showed no structural damage so two weeks of resting the thumb should do the trick and he will hopefully be back by the All-Star break.

A quick look at last week's Fantasy Baseball top performing and least owned players on the waiver wire. Edwin Jackson's insane no-hitter.

Carlos Quentin's four dingers. Brandon Morrow & Jhoulys Chacin are strikeout machines. R.A. Dickey's 6th straight.

Is Jamie Moyer really father-time in disguise?

Can they really keep it up for another week? Check out who's a Must or a Bust.

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