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It was tempting to give Ken Griffey Jr. an honorary slot in Bleacher Report's latest MLB Team of the Week.

The Kid will officially enter the Hall of Fame on Sunday, and even at age 46 he exemplifies everything that's fun and awesome about baseball. Let's put it this way: He might be the only guy his age who can still rock a backward baseball cap and get away with it. 

Big Papi's been places. And done things. All-Star Games. Home Run Derbies. World Series. You name it.

But about four months into David Ortiz's final major league season, it's getting hard to ignore the possibility of him doing something he's never done before: win the Most Valuable Player award.

As MLB inches closer to its Aug. 1 trade deadline, Boston Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz could find himself shipped out of town.

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St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday suffered a facial abrasion in his nose and upper lip area after being hit by a pitch in Thursday's game against the San Diego Padres. 

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Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig suffered a hamstring injury on Thursday against the Washington Nationals. 

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Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Chris Archer is reportedly generating interest ahead of the Aug. 1 non-waiver trade deadline despite a lackluster first half of the 2016 season. 

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As the Chicago White Sox continue their free fall in the American League Central, Chris Sale's future is going to be a hot topic of conversation before the August 1 trade deadline. 

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Hanley Ramirez hit three home runs against the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night, his first career three-homer game. 

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The reigning MLB champion Kansas City Royals will hope a visit Thursday to the White House with President Barack Obama to celebrate their 2015 World Series triumph can provide the spark they've been looking for heading into the final months of the regular season.

We are now less than two weeks away from the Aug. 1 non-waiver MLB trade deadline, and the trade market is starting to heat up.

There have already been a few notable trades since the All-Star break.