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The MLB trade deadline may be in the rearview mirror, but that doesn't mean teams can't improve their roster over the next month.

It doesn't get any worse than facing Madison Bumgarner in the one-game wild-card playoff.

Just ask the Pittsburgh Pirates, who ran into the Bumgarner buzzsaw last fall.

"If you don't want to pitch in these games, you probably need to find something else to do," Bumgarner told the Associated Press, via ESPN.com, after authoring a four-hit shutout and punching out 10, as the San Francisco Giants dispatched the Bucs 8-0.

The trade deadline has passed, but players will still be dealt throughout the month of August due to the waiver system.

Teams who wrongly decided to bet that they would get hot and reach a second wild card spot will now have a second chance to unload some dead weight that won't help them moving forward. This is good news for contenders who are still searching for that one extra piece that can get them over the hump.

It's time for an updated version of our position-by-position power rankings, as we enter the final two months of the 2015 MLB season.

With just under two months of regular-season baseball left, playoff races around MLB are beginning to take shape. 

With the trade deadline in the rearview mirror, major league front offices have fewer ways of improving their rosters for the upcoming pivotal stretch of games. However, talented players on the farm system can provide significant impact for teams hoping to make the postseason. 

Whether it's a contending team looking for a shot in the arm or a rebuilding team evaluating talent for the future, prospects often get their first taste of big league action over the final two months of the season.

Many times, a team will give a top prospect a taste of big league action down the stretch with an eye toward that player taking on a bigger role the following season.

At any rate, there are a number of highly regarded prospects currently playing at either the Double-A or Triple-A levels that have proven they're ready for a shot at the majors.

After an absurdly busy trade deadline that saw David Price head to Canada and Johnny Cueto land with the reigning American League champs, the playoff picture is looking a whole lot different than it did just a couple of weeks ago.

The way that all 30 clubs will be approaching the upcoming offseason is also looking a whole lot different now that all those moves have been made. From swinging trades to signing free agents, each team will have its own set of goals that it's hoping to accomplish when the winter rolls around.

The days leading up to the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline are consistently some of the most exciting Major League Baseball has to offer, and this year did not disappoint.

The MLB non-waiver trade deadline is officially in the rearview mirror, but that doesn't mean that big leaguers like James Shields are off the market just yet.

Between now and the end of the month, a player can be traded to any team if he clears waivers. If the given major leaguer does get claimed, he can be traded to the club that put in the claim.

It’s official.

The second half of the Major League Baseball season is underway, or the post-All-Star break portion of the season for the technical types.

With this part of the year comes renewed excitement. The division races heat up through the non-waiver trade deadline this month, the waiver trade market in August and the stretch run in September. With at least one team in every division within striking distance of the leader, it makes the final two-plus months of the regular season ripe with intrigue.