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From Gatorade baths and pies to the face to dunking on a teammate, MLB celebrations had seemingly run the gamut. Seattle Mariners outfielder Nelson Cruz managed to one-up everyone on Friday night, however. 

Each week of baseball's regular season brings any number of fascinating news, noteworthy developments and/or curious behavior.

The week that is about to conclude, Week 5, has been no different—and there's still part of the weekend left for something else to happen.

In the meantime, here are a handful of the biggest takeaways from the goings-on of the past seven days.

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With a handful of aces on the board who aren't performing to their ability, daily fantasy baseball players might be better off spending their money elsewhere Saturday.

Over a month into the 2015 season, sample sizes have become large enough for fantasy baseball owners to consider promising early starts.

For some young breakout stars, it's already far too late. Everybody purchased stock on Joc Pederson, Devon Travis and Chris Archer long ago. Brand names such as Alex Rodriguez and Bartolo Colon warranted immediate attention, as both are well-known veterans playing in the Big Apple.

Struggles are always magnified at the beginning of the season and there are a handful of MLB sluggers who have been slow to get out of the gates in 2015.

But not to fear—plenty of those players should return to their usual levels of production as the season progresses.

Some of those stars, like Brian McCann, have a history of slow starts. Others like Ryan Braun and Robinson Cano have impressive batted ball data that proves their numbers will ultimately come around.

David Price left Detroit's game against the Royals on May 8 in the seventh inning after sustaining a hamstring injury. Price suffered the injury slipping on a bat.

Continue for updates.

Price Optimistic of Making Next Start

Saturday, May 9

Matthew B. Mowery of the Oakland Press reported that Price suffered a mild hamstring strain, and his next start will come sometime early next week. 

The Chicago Cubs have hit a rough patch over the past week or so, but they're still right around the .500 mark. That's better than they've been in the past seven years or so, and it's thanks to several improvements the team has already made in 2015.

While they still have plenty to work on if they want to be playing long into October this year, here are five things the Cubs have already managed to improve in 2015.

Rain delays during baseball games can be boring.

To combat their boredom, the Los Angeles Dodgers challenged the Colorado Rockies to a friendly game of tic-tac-toe during the delay of Friday's game. The Dodgers made the initial move on Twitter:

The Rockies quickly responded and seemed excited by the challenge:

The two sides continued to battle, but eventually, the result was a tie:

Last season, the Arizona Diamondbacks finished with the worst record in baseball at 64-98. There were many glaring weaknesses with the team, but it was the 8-22 start that likely buried the D-backs' playoff hopes before the month of May even began.

From Andrew McCutchen to Chris Sale, some of baseball's biggest names have been big-time duds in 2015.

The good news for the Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder and the Chicago White Sox ace is that it's still early—really early. The bad news is that their teams play in two of the most competitive divisions in baseball—the type of divisions where a sideways start could be the kiss of death.