In a 2-2 game Friday night against the Miami Marlins, Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams went to check on pitcher Max Scherzer during the top of the seventh inning, with only one out to go.

But Scherzer didn't need a pep talk. He was plenty fired up.

Scherzer could be seen screaming, "I want this! I f-----g want this! I f-----g want this!" as his manager approached the mound. And that was all Williams needed to hear.

Fact: There are 22 rookies this season with 10-plus HRs, that is the most in a season in MLB history.

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Source: Elias (via ESPN Stats & Info)

Summer's final Saturday MLB slate gets the party started early with a pair of afternoon rivalry matchups. As all 30 teams compete during the day, players will have to carefully study the DraftKings catalog for bargains.

Team strengths are abundant among Major League Baseball’s postseason contenders. They have to be over the course of a demanding 162-game season.

In October, those strengths become more critical than at any other time of the year. However, as the playoffs have shown in series after series, year after year, it is not always a team’s strengths that actually decide its eventual fate.

Former President Jimmy Carter was put on the Kiss Cam at the Atlanta Braves game Thursday night.

He delivered.

The 90-year-old is undergoing cancer treatment, but it was great to see him having fun at the ballpark with his wife and former first lady Rosalynn Carter despite Atlanta's 5-0 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.

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With the minor league baseball season coming to an end, it's time for an updated look at how all 30 farm systems stack up around the league.

The following factors helped determine the rankings of players and teams:

Boston Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. is a movie fanatic.

Man on Fire, starring Denzel Washington, is his favorite movie of all time. Comedies are his first choice in genre. Among his comedy classics, remember he was born in 1990, are Ace Ventura and Major Payne. His favorite baseball movie is, no surprise, The Sandlot.

Let's take a break from the monotony of playoff positioning and award watches to look ahead at the upcoming MLB free-agency period. 

The 2015 class is loaded with talent—David Price, Zack Greinke (potentially), Yoenis Cespedes and Jason Heyward, just to name a few—but there are also a handful of under-the-radar sleepers whom teams should target this winter.

There are just a few more weeks left in the 2015 MLB season, which means you have to take advantage of your remaining opportunities to win in daily fantasy baseball.

Aces like Zack Greinke and Chris Sale are still top options, while Bryce Harper and Prince Fielder have been red-hot at the plate. However, here is a deeper look at some names that might have been overlooked to this point in the season.

As the St. Louis Cardinals finalize their run toward the playoffs, they will soon learn whether starting pitcher Adam Wainwright will be able to take the mound again this season.

Continue for updates.

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