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The Atlanta Braves fired general manager Frank Wren on Monday after seven seasons with the club. MLB.com writer Mark Bowman confirmed the news:

The New York Mets front office and dugout will look familiar next season with the team announcing on Twitter a contract extension for general manager Sandy Alderson and that manager Terry Collins will return in 2015. 

Derek Jeter has received many gifts from opposing teams on his farewell tour this year, but it's going to cost him in taxes when all is said and done.

For most of the 2014 season, Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners has been the undisputed choice to win his second AL Cy Young award. 

But Corey Kluber has produced an incredible second half for the Cleveland Indians, making the decision for voters much more difficult than anticipated.

Both pitchers are deserving of the award.

Baseball in September represents a time when teams on the outside looking in make one last effort to secure a playoff spot. Other clubs fight for positioning. And yet, roster spots for the playoffs remain up for grabs in St. Louis, where a few of the Cardinals’ call-ups are making their case.

Some of the late-season call-ups have already displayed the ability to provide this club with a spark. Starting pitcher Marco Gonzales heads the group. 

The to-do list for the 2014-2015 Cincinnati Reds offseason seems to grow by the day as more and more rumors surrounding the dealing of Aroldis Chapman, Brandon Phillips and others circulate. And while a 72-84 record is bad enough to make the short to-do a whole laundry list of items, the truth is, there is still real talent on this 2014 product beyond the obvious talent. 

Texas Rangers infielder Guilder Rodriguez shows that if you stick to something long enough, you will eventually get rewarded.

Rodriguez has played in 1,095 minor league games over 13 seasons. The 31-year-old made his MLB debut back on Sept. 9, but entering Monday night's game against the Houston Astros, he had been 0-for-6 at the plate.

As the MLB postseason draws near, let's remember one of the most memorable quotes to come from the mouth of Pedro Martinez, former three-time Cy Young Award winner, member of the 2004 World Series-winning Boston Red Sox and now a studio analyst for TBS.

After a loss to the New York Yankees in September 2004, Martinez famously called his rivals "my daddies."

We've reached the final week of the 2014 MLB season, and there are still five postseason spots up for grabs heading into Tuesday's slate of games.

The National League field is essentially set, with the Milwaukee Brewers all but eliminated at five games back in the wild-card standings. The big question is who will host the Wild Card Round game, as the San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates are currently tied atop the standings.

When David Price takes the mound Tuesday against the Chicago White Sox, he'll have a lot riding on his left arm, namely the postseason hopes of the Detroit Tigers, whose trade for the former Cy Young winner initially looked like a coup that would put the organization over the top down the stretch and in the playoffs.