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The Washington Nationals signed pitcher Mat Latos to a minor league contract on Wednesday, manager Dusty Baker confirmed to Dan Kolko of MASN.  

Baker noted that the move was primarily for depth, per Mark Zuckerman of MASN:

Kansas City Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain is dealing with a hamstring injury, and the team announced Wednesday he was placed on the 15-day disabled list. 

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Cincinnati Reds outfielder Billy Hamilton exited Wednesday's game against the Chicago Cubs in the first inning, according to C. Trent Rosecrans of the Cincinnati Enquirer. 

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As voting for the All-Star Game reached the home stretch, it's clear that fans have given the Chicago Cubs quite a bit of respect.

The Cubs are hoping that the 2016 season will see them gain their first spot in the World Series since 1945 and their first championship since 1908, and the team's tremendous first half of the season is reflected in the All-Star voting.

Fact: Cole Hamels now has eight games this season with six or more innings pitched allowing one run or fewer, the most in the American League.

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We've reached roughly the midway point of the 2016 MLB season, and that means it's time to hand out report card grades to all 30 teams.

So what exactly goes into grading a team's performance thus far?

The lazy way to do things would be to simply grade teams based on their win-loss record, but that's not a fair assessment considering each team enters the year with different goals and expectations.

It's happening a year later than they would have liked, but Wil Myers has become a star for the San Diego Padres in 2016.

Given the state of things in San Diego, though, all this does is raise the question of when Myers will be starring on a different team.

Trade speculation is tricky business, especially with more than a month before the Aug. 1 non-waiver deadline.

Who's selling? Who's buying? And which impact players are available?

With the second wild-card slot keeping fringe contenders afloat—and parity leveling the field, particularly in the American League—those are hard questions to answer. To quote the Dude, there's "a lotta ins, a lotta outs, a lotta what-have-yous." 

On Tuesday, only one opponent bested the Washington Nationals' Lucas Giolito in his hotly anticipated MLB debut: Mother Nature.

First, rain delayed the 21-year-old right-hander's start against Matt Harvey and the New York Mets at Nationals Park by nearly an hour.

Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Joc Pederson was removed from Tuesday night's game against the Milwaukee Brewers after crashing into the outfield wall and suffering a shoulder injury. 

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