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Not every fantasy baseball pickup needs to be flashy. When hunkering down for a title run, owners just need players who get the job done.

Most of this week's waiver-wire recommendations meet that mold. They're not all buzzy adds, but they're delivering to little fanfare. If they keep it up, these unheralded gems can ignite a championship push.

Here come the champs.

Make it eight straight for the Kansas City Royals, who beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 on Sunday to continue their winning ways and creep closer in the American League wild-card scramble.

One of the great baseball scenes ever put to film comes courtesy of the Leslie Nielsen classic The Naked Gun, with Randy Newman's "I Love L.A." providing the background music.

Apparently, Josh Reddick isn't in agreement with that sentiment, as the Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder and soon-to-be free agent is one of the headliners on this week's All-Dud team.

Just when the Los Angeles Dodgers have finally caught up with the San Francisco Giants, their starting pitching has gone and quit on them.

Clayton Kershaw and Rich Hill, that's your cue to come back and fix everything.

It didn't take long for Carlos Gomez to find a new home. 

Alex Rodriguez left a monumental milestone on the table when he and the New York Yankees agreed to part ways.

The polarizing star ended his Yankees tenure with 696 career home runs. While he wasn't going to pass Babe Ruth for third on the all-time leaderboard in 2016, he could have joined the Bambino, Henry Aaron and Barry Bonds in the exclusive 700 club.

Whether by coincidence or design, the Yankees pulled the plug before that could happen.

The Washington Nationals lead the NL East largely because second baseman Daniel Murphy is having an MVP-caliber year.

It’s overshadowed the contributions of Jayson Werth, who extend his on-base streak to 46 games on Thursday, as valuable a streak as it is impressive.

But Werth wasn’t the only player this week to hit a major milestone. Who were the others?

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The days Rick Porcello doesn't start for the Boston Red Sox, they're barely a .500 team.

The road to recovery for New York Yankees pitcher Nathan Eovaldi has begun after he underwent surgery on his right arm.

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The third semester of the 2016 regular season has come to an end, and report cards are heading home to each of baseball's 30 teams. Some managers and front office executives will try to get into work early to intercept the mail, while others will simply lean back and wait for a trip to their favorite restaurant as a reward for a job well done.