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Monday saw Major League Baseball's first trades of the waiver period, with former top-100 infield prospect Luis Sardinas traded from Seattle to San Diego in exchange for a player to be named later or cash, per the Mariners, while Atlanta catcher Michael McKenry to Milwaukee for what figures to be a similar return, per the Brewers.

After seven seasons, it appears outfielder Coco Crisp and the Oakland Athletics are headed for a contentious divorce. 

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A little after 1 p.m. Sunday, a Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher not named Clayton Kershaw took the mound.

Fifteen minutes later, the Dodgers were down 5-0, and the pitcher not named Clayton Kershaw was done for the day.

Someone is going to win the 2016 American League Cy Young Award. That much we know.

After that, things get messy.

The Junior Circuit is flush with very good starting pitchers, solid starting pitchers and serviceable starting pitchers. But there isn't that guy—the one with consistently dominant results and eye-popping stats across the board.

Notice we said "starting pitcher." Paging Zach Britton.

In the American League MVP race, one undersized dynamo is now being hotly pursued by another undersized dynamo.

Texas Rangers outfielder Shin-Soo Choo suffered a fractured left forearm during Monday's game against the Oakland Athletics, per TR Sullivan of MLB.com.

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The Cincinnati Reds announced center fielder Billy Hamilton exited Monday's game against the Miami Marlins after suffering a right knee contusion. 

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Tyler Holt Replaces Hamilton

Monday, Aug. 15

Hamilton was 0-for-1 with a walk and a strikeout on Monday before Holt took his place in center field.

The Boston Red Sox (65-52) bring a four-game winning streak into the first game of a two-game series with the Baltimore Orioles (66-51) on Tuesday at Camden Yards.

During the ninth inning of Sunday's 6-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs played a song called "Smack My B---h Up" as Aroldis Chapman walked off the mound.

That is a wildly inappropriate song for a sporting event, and the Cubs closer's history only intensifies the misstep. 

Warning: The following tweets contain NSFW language.

We've arrived at the quarter-pole mark of the 2016 MLB season, as we're now just a month-and-a-half away from the conclusion of the regular season and the start of another exciting slate of postseason baseball.

However, before the playoffs begin, there's still an awful lot to be sorted out.

The top teams took care of business last week, and the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals, Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians once again fill the top five spots in our rankings.