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In the wake of Memorial Day, new Kansas City Royals hitting coach George Brett sat before an outfit of reporters at Busch Stadium, controlled rage streaming from his glare.

The Major League Baseball draft is littered with uncertainty, which puts the onus on teams to find sturdier talents who won't live to become cautionary tales.

The Rookie of the Year field will continue to grow as players are called up in the weeks ahead, but with two months of the MLB season in the books, the current crop has had some time to establish itself.

There are some Major League Baseball players that make a mockery of playing defense.

Whether it is constantly booting balls hit to them, dropping high pops or throwing the ball nowhere close to where it was intended to go, some players just don’t have what it takes to play a position on a regular basis.

With the Cincinnati Reds being one of the hottest teams in Major League Baseball in the month of May, Joey Votto is one of many players on the team who received excellent grades for the month.

The Reds went 19-8 in the month of May and actually lost a game in the standings to the St. Louis Cardinals. 

Having a big-time starting pitcher leading the rotation or a big-time bat in the heart of a team's lineup is a prerequisite for success in baseball.

It's the teams who have both that are the most successful.

This isn't the MLB All-Star Game, where every team must be represented.

No, we are on a quest to find the best pitcher-hitter combinations in baseball—and then figure out who truly is the best of the best.

Basement-dwellers need not apply.

As Major League Baseball enters its third month, the standings are slowly taking shape.

With two months behind us, June is shaping up to be an important time for teams looking to make a move in the standings.

Regardless of where they're currently at, only a handful of teams are truly out of the playoff race.

With that said, here's a look at 10 series that fans need to pay attention to in June.

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Obviously we're just over two months out from Major League Baseball's trade deadline, but already there is some speculation as to who might find themselves to be buyers and who might be sellers come July 31. 

One of the more intriguing characters in this year's midsummer drama will be the Philadelphia Phillies. 

The Cleveland Indians were the hottest team in all of MLB at the start of May, going 15-4 for the first 19 games and grabbing first place in the AL Central.

The team has since cooled to 3-8 for the last 11 and has relinquished the top rung to the Tigers, but they had a solid month. The Indians had plenty of star players for the period but also had underperformers as well.

The MLB draft is a whole different monster when compared to other major sporting events.

Expecting the unexpected is the best approach to Major League Baseball’s yearly 40-round selection process. Not only will teams throw curveballs, they will do some pretty questionable things when picking from the top available talent in the world.