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It's one thing to break out. It's another to stick around.

That's a lesson some members of the impressive 2016 MLB rookie class will inevitably learn the hard way. Baseball history is littered with the husks of once-promising careers that withered on the vine.

The Houston Astros are dead, long live the Houston Astros.

OK, we should amend that: The Astros seemed dead after going 7-17 in April. Since May 1, however, they've gone 30-19. And with a sweep-sealing 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday at Minute Maid Park, they poked their heads above .500 at 37-36.

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Colby Lewis will miss up to two months after suffering a strained lat muscle, per T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com.

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New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard suffered an elbow injury during his start Wednesday against the Kansas City Royals, per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. It is uncertain when he will be able to return.

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New York Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes exited Wednesday's game against the Kansas City Royals in the sixth inning with a wrist injury. It is unclear when he will return to action.    

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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marco Estrada held the Arizona Diamondbacks to two hits over six innings in Tuesday's 4-2 loss, becoming the first pitcher in MLB history to record 11 consecutive starts with six or more innings pitched and five or fewer hits allowed, per Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.

Wondering what kind of world we're living in when Cleveland is a championship city and the Miami Marlins surge ahead of the New York Mets in the NL East….

1. Why the Yankees Could Influence the Cubs and Nationals in October

In May, the Chicago Cubs walked reigning National League MVP Bryce Harper a Big Gulp-sized 13 times (in 19 plate appearances) in a four-game series, including six times in the 13-inning series finale.

There is no such thing as a perfect team in baseball. Each and every one of MLB's 30 franchises—contenders and non-contenders alike—has at least one glaring weakness. Many of those teams will look to address that weakness before the Aug. 1 non-waiver trade deadline arrives.

Hello and welcome to Bleacher Report's Future 50.

This project aims to identify the 50 most promising prospects in Major League Baseball. Players must have rookie eligibility to qualify for consideration, so anyone with more than 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the majors isn't on the radar.

Aside from that, it's up to how each prospect fares in a scoring system that assesses his upside.

When it comes to starting pitching in the National League, embarrassment of riches is an embarrassing understatement.

We're going to throw out a bevy of numbers to drive that point home, but here's a good one to start with: four.

That's how many Senior Circuit hurlers boast ERAs under 2.00 entering play Wednesday. It's also the number of pitchers in both leagues who've accomplished the feat over a full season in the past 10 years.