Daniel Castro hit a third-inning home run for the Atlanta Braves Friday night worth $1 million.

Or at least you’d think it was, based on the reaction of the fan who caught it.

The guy picked it up, danced, yelled, ignored high-fives, ran in place—it was human excitement at its purest.

Surprise: You won't find anything about the Boston Red Sox on the pages that follow. Disappointed? Sorry, but the Sox are who we thought they were heading into the season—a team that, despite a talented offense, lacked the pitching necessary to actually contend for a playoff spot in 2015.

But you never really know just what to expect over the course of baseball's six-month regular season, which routinely makes preseason predictions look foolish and even the most well-informed fans and pundits appear to have limited knowledge of America's pastime.

All eyes will be on free agents like David Price, Johnny Cueto and Jason Heyward this offseason, but considering the limited number of Major League Baseball teams able to get in a bidding war for that trio, under-the-radar stars and bounce-back candidates are more valuable commodities.

The 2015 MLB postseason is about to begin, but it's never too early to look ahead to some of the situations that will play out throughout the offseason. Over the next few slides, we'll identify a handful of sell-high, buy-low transactions that teams need to consider this winter.

You remember Steve Bartman, right?

Of course, you do. He's the most notorious fan in all of sports:

The playoff-bound Chicago Cubs are trying to make things right after Bartman was made out to be some sort of villain in 2003. A GoFundMe account started by a fellow fan has emerged with a goal of $5,000 in mind. The purpose is to send Bartman to the NL Wild Card game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Although the postseason has yet to even begin, many fans are already looking toward MLB free agency.

If you don't have a dog in the playoff fight, then your only source of potential optimism is envisioning how your favorite team will improve once the season ends.

With the final weekend of the regular season upon us and the postseason just around the corner, fans around the league are gearing up for what promises to be another exciting month of playoff baseball.

That being said, things tend to move quickly once the World Series wraps up and the offseason officially begins, so it's never too early to take a look ahead at the upcoming crop of free agents.

What follows will be our initial top 25 big board of the best available free agents around the league this coming winter.

Major League Baseball and its rules, written or otherwise, bring about the most passionate of sports discussions. Tradition, the "right way" of doing things and one side's self-interest go against new-age, outside-the-box thinking and the other side's self-interest in a carousel of arguments, from the barstools to traditional and social media and even to front offices.

With the top corner outfielders in the bag, the B/R MLB 300 now moves on to the guys who only work in the batter's box: designated hitters.

San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt is set to announce his retirement from baseball Thursday after a 14-year career in the major leagues.