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I'll take a wild guess and say that about 98.32 percent of rumored trades between now and July 31 won't happen. In fact, a large percentage of those probably weren't even seriously discussed by the teams mentioned.

So while we were all seriously discussing how those players would fit on their new teams and speculating on which prospects were going to be part of the trade package, the general managers involved in the rumored deal were probably working on a deal that was completely under wraps and then surprised the heck out of everybody once it was announced. 

On the MLB schedule for Friday, a veritable who's who of young pitching stars were scheduled to start.

Matt Harvey and Shelby Miller were just two of the bright young arms in the game slated to work—Gerrit Cole, Julio Teheran, Miller, Harvey, Allen Webster, Alex Colome and Trevor Bauer all took the mound on Friday.

Each one of them were highly touted prospects who have made their way to the majors—all with thoughts of achieving greatness at the highest level.

The Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox put on an offensive clinic in the first game of a doubleheader on Friday, combining to score 29 runs as the Indians came away with a victory, winning 19-10.

The two teams simply couldn't pitch to each other, as every batter who came up to the plate recorded a hit (other than Alex Rios, who still hit a sacrifice fly).

Max Scherzer's reign of terror across Major League Baseball cannot be stopped.

Just when it looked like things were strained beyond repair between Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees, here comes Derek Jeter to save the day. 

Of course. 

Have you seen what Houston Astros slugger Chris Carter is doing these days?

No, not those 15 homers.

Try those 108 strikeouts.

It appears that Johnny Cueto is in trouble once again, and the Cincinnati Reds will have to deal with their top starting pitcher potentially being out due to injury.

UPDATE: Saturday, June 29, at 5:24 p.m. ET by Kyle Vassalo

John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer provides the update Reds fans have been dreading:

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UPDATE: Friday, June 28, at 9:38 p.m. ET by Ian Hanford

The Tampa Bay Rays may be receiving some unfortunate news soon—star third baseman Evan Longoria was pulled from Friday's home game against the Detroit Tigers. 

UPDATE: Friday, June 28, at 10:48 p.m. ET by Ian Hanford

Tampa Bay Times reporter Joe Smith provided an update on Longoria:

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Chipper Jones was honored by the Atlanta Braves on Friday, as he was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame and had his No. 10 jersey retired.

As of June 27, the Seattle Mariners are 12 games out of first place. In this case, 12 is not a particularly good number. One could argue that 12 is a number that is too high to realistically overcome, even with months to go in the season.

Is the 2013 season on the brink of disaster? Will fans already be forced to start looking forward to 2014?