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The biggest deals don't always pay the biggest dividends. 

That conclusion is unavoidable after building the All-2014 MLB free-agent team. By far the best signing of the entire offseason was the Baltimore Orioles one-year, $8 million deal with Nelson Cruz. The Chicago White Sox have also already received all sorts of value from their six-year, $68 million agreement with Jose Abreu. 

While first base proved to be the most crowded spot on the team, the two weakest spots were center field and starting pitcher. 

Jimmy Rollins left Monday night's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates after suffering an injury on a triple in the bottom of the fourth inning. According to Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com, the Philadelphia Phillies shortstop strained his left hamstring:

In the bottom of the ninth inning of Saturday's game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Rays, catcher Nick Hundley messed up on the catch. After the ball went to the backstop, Yunel Escobar sprinted toward home and scored the walk-off run in the 3-2 win. 

An elbow injury has brought Yu Darvish's season to an early end.

Updates from Saturday, Sept. 6

Tom Haudricourt of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Braun will unexpectedly be in the Brewers' lineup:

Adam McCalvy of MLB.com provides the full lineup:

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After losing in the fourth round of the women's U.S. Open, Eugenie Bouchard decided to stay in New York and go to a Yankees game.

During Friday's contest against the Kansas City Royals, Bouchard had a little bit of luck on her side. She ended up catching not one, but two foul balls during the game.

That's quite a way to cap off a career-best year for the 20-year-old Canadian tennis star.

The 2014 regular season is far from over for the Pittsburgh Pirates, as they are on the cusp of another playoff spot.    

Still, it may not be too early to start thinking about what this team could look like next season.  

We've all heard gimmicky names, though "Camden Yards" may have set the standard.

No, we're not talking about the home of the Baltimore Orioles, Oriole Park at Camden Yards. We're talking about a 10-year-old who bares that name.

Just when you thought the off-field action had subsided, big changes in the dugout and front office for three teams have dominated the headlines as we enter the home stretch of MLB's regular season.

Upheavals in Arizona, Houston and Texas may have taken center stage, but there was plenty of notable on-field action during the 23rd week of the season, including the continued slides of one-time playoff locks and the resurgence of teams that, at one point or another this season, were all but left for dead.

The final month of the major league season is upon us, and as we learned last season with the implementation of two wild-card berths in each league, there are more teams contending for playoff spots in September than ever before.

The first weekend is already underway, featuring several series that will impact the playoff races. And there will be meaningful meetings all the way through the final week of the season thanks to that second wild card and some tight divisional races.