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Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell announced Friday that he has been diagnosed with lymphoma. 

WEEI tweeted out the news directly from Farrell:

WHDH-TV in Boston passed along the manager's full statement:

When Adam Wainwright tore his Achilles tendon in April, the St. Louis Cardinals were left without their true ace—let alone one of baseball’s top pitchers—for most of the season.

The San Francisco Giants are hosting a Full House theme night at AT&T Park on September 30, inviting fans to come out for an evening of baseball and entertainment centered on the '90s television show. 

The franchise began priming the pump for the event Friday with "Full Clubhouse"—a promotional video modeled after the show's intro theme.

Barry Bonds was one of the greatest baseball players on the field during his 22-year playing career, but for various reasons, he hasn't been close to being elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 

The Boston Red Sox may not be World Series contenders in 2015, but there are pieces in place for a rebuild. 

What moves do they need to make to contend in 2016? Which players will they part ways with?

Watch as Stephen Nelson and Bleacher Report MLB Analyst Scott Miller discuss the Red Sox in the video above. 

In the movies and on TV, the cool kid who transfers into a new school mid-year is always a point of wonder—the girls swoon over him, and he immediately becomes popular simply because he has the mystery of being new.

Baseball award races can be that way sometimes. You don't necessarily have to be the best in order to win. You just have to show up at the right time—sort of the way R.A. Dickey swiped Clayton Kershaw's Cy Young Award in 2012.

It's (almost) the freakin' weekend, baby, I'm about to have me some fun. Yeah, I just quoted R. Kelly. And I will not apologize because DraftKings daily fantasy has me feeling some kind of way before the weekend even starts.

This late in the MLB season, setting daily fantasy baseball lineups has become ingrained into players' routines. Gamers have hit the daily grind for over four months, and plenty of days remain to boost that bankroll.

Well accustomed to the procedure, readers don't need a lengthy introduction this late in the year. Let's jump right into Friday night's top DraftKings picks, beginning with a top-tier ace and ending with a bargain-bin outfielder, as usual. 

Thursday was International Left-Handers Day, but from the looks of the starting pitchers scheduled to take the mound on Friday, the holiday should have been celebrated a day later.

The three-quarter mark of the 2015 MLB season is here, and with that playoff races around the league are really starting to heat up.

At this point in the season, the vast majority of players and teams around the league could be pegged as a "winner" or a "loser" for one reason or another, so what follows is by no means an all-inclusive list.