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MLB Team of the Week: Eric Hosmer, Xander Bogaerts and Madison Bumgarner Star

Unlike the first round of the 2016 MLB All-Star Game voting results, you won't find any Chicago Cubs on this installment of Bleacher Report's Team of the Week.

Sorry, Cubbies fans—that's just the way things shook out.

Pitcher Jeremy Guthrie Calls Marlon Byrd 'A Joke' Following 2nd PED Suspension

As much as baseball fans may get outraged when a hitter gets suspended for using performance-enhancing drugs, imagine how a (non-PED-using) pitcher feels.

Pitchers put in an incredible amount of work to develop their stuff and strike batters out. When an opponent tries to beat the system and takes PEDs, it makes a pitcher's job even tougher. And for pitchers without much job security, a home run here and there can see them reassigned to the minor leagues.

MLB Sets Record for Most Strikeouts in a Calendar Month

Those interested in massive offensive numbers, look away. MLB as a whole set a record in May for the most strikeouts in a calendar month, totaling 6,726 to best the previous record of 6,591 set in September 2015, per ESPN Stats & Info.

Cueto-Samardzija Stardom Gives Giants Vindication for Missing Out on Greinke

As any poker player will tell you, two aces are better than one. 

Ask the San Francisco Giants, and they'll confirm as much.

Gordon Beckham Injury: Updates on Braves 3B's Hamstring and Return

The Atlanta Braves will be without their top utility man for at least the next two weeks, as Gordon Beckham was placed on the 15-day disabled list Thursday.

Continue for updates.

MLB's Biggest Trade Chips 2 Months from the 2016 Deadline

It'd be easy to rattle off names like Jose Fernandez, Bryce Harper and Mike Trout as the biggest trade chips in baseball. It'd be just as easy to include top prospects like Washington's Lucas Giolito, Pittsburgh's Tyler Glasnow and Philadelphia's J.P. Crawford on the pages that follow.

But to do so would be pointless, for there's a better chance of Derek Jeter coming out of retirement than there is of any of those players getting moved anytime soon.

MLB Betting Preview: New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays Odds, Analysis

The Toronto Blue Jays (28-26) can even their home record and complete a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees (24-27) with a victory in the series finale Wednesday at the Rogers Centre.

Cold Hard Fact for Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Fact: Mookie Betts (23) became the fourth-youngest Boston Red Sox player dating back to at least 1913* to hit three home runs in a game. Joe Lahoud (22), Jim Tabor (22) and Fred Lynn (23) are the only players to do so at a younger age.

*Data available to B/R only goes back to 1913.

Bleacher Report will be bringing sports fans the most interesting and engaging Cold Hard Fact of the day, presented by Coors Light.

Source: B/R Insights

Selecting the 2016 MLB All-Overpaid Team After 2 Months of Baseball

You don't have to be a professional athlete to be considered overpaid. Sadly, there are plenty of people across a wide spectrum of fields who aren't good at their jobs, much less worthy of the gaudy salaries they collect.

It's easier to pick out those people when they are professional athletes—like baseball players—with multimillion-dollar contracts  and single paychecks that dwarf what many people take home in a year.

Scott Miller's Starting 9: Minus Fanfare, Conforto Becoming Star Mets Need

Got your graduation gifts all purchased? That time of year again….

 

1. Big Apples, Monuments and The Millennial Men

They are both 23, and each will play an enormous role as the summer heats up and the Washington Nationals and New York Mets duel in the National League East.

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Best of the American League
Tampa Bay
19%
Boston
19%
Chicago
7%
Minnesota
10%
Los Angeles
17%
Texas
27%
Total votes: 270

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