Someone is going to win the 2016 American League Cy Young Award. That much we know.

After that, things get messy.

The Junior Circuit is flush with very good starting pitchers, solid starting pitchers and serviceable starting pitchers. But there isn't that guy—the one with consistently dominant results and eye-popping stats across the board.

Notice we said "starting pitcher." Paging Zach Britton.

In the American League MVP race, one undersized dynamo is now being hotly pursued by another undersized dynamo.

During the ninth inning of Sunday's 6-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs played a song called "Smack My B---h Up" as Aroldis Chapman walked off the mound.

That is a wildly inappropriate song for a sporting event, and the Cubs closer's history only intensifies the misstep. 

Warning: The following tweets contain NSFW language.

We've arrived at the quarter-pole mark of the 2016 MLB season, as we're now just a month-and-a-half away from the conclusion of the regular season and the start of another exciting slate of postseason baseball.

However, before the playoffs begin, there's still an awful lot to be sorted out.

The top teams took care of business last week, and the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Washington Nationals, Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians once again fill the top five spots in our rankings.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Birmingham Barons shortstop Eddy Alvarez has a "hidden secret."

Alvarez is a Miami native and son of Cuban immigrants who won a silver medal in the Winter Olympics as part of the USA's 5,000-meter relay speedskating team in Sochi, Russia, in 2014.

You read that right. Miami. Winter Olympics. Silver medal. Speedskating.

But there's nothing secretive about that. After all, the whole world was watching "Eddy the Jet" two years ago.

Alex Rodriguez's MLB career might not be over just yet. The Miami Marlins are reportedly considering bringing the slugger home following Giancarlo Stanton's season-ending injury.

Continue for updates.

Tepidness isn't a trait fantasy baseball managers can exude during the final weeks of a championship run.

There's no time to keep waiting for disappointments to turn the corner. The trade deadline has passed in most leagues, so gamers now have limited methods to fortify their rosters.

Anyone searching for a spark will have to rummage the waiver wire for unheralded gems. 

Miami Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton suffered a left groin strain during Saturday's game against the Chicago White Sox. He was placed on the disabled list, and it is uncertain when he will return to action.

Continue for updates.

"Pain heals, chicks dig scars, glory lasts forever." That was one of the many memorable lines uttered by Shane Falco (Keanu Reeves) in The Replacements, an underrated movie that also starred Jon Favreau and Gene Hackman, among others.

The New York Yankees waved the white flag at the trade deadline. They shifted into sell mode, abandoned all hope of making the playoffs this season and trained their gaze squarely on the future.

Yeah...about that.