St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday exited Thursday night's game against the Chicago Cubs after being hit on his right hand by a pitch in the 10th inning. He was placed on the disabled list after the game, and it's unclear when he'll return to the field. 

Continue for updates.

It's been a busy week in baseball—and most of the action has come away from the field.

With two months to go in the 2016 MLB season, a number of teams are already looking ahead to the future after selling at the deadline.

That's exactly what we'll do here.

Baseball is nearly impossible to predict on a year-in and year-out basis, but what follows is an attempt at projecting how the league will look three years from now.

The St. Louis Cardinals (60-54) and Chicago Cubs (71-41) are both coming off wins heading into the opener of a key four-game series between the National League Central rivals on Thursday at Wrigley Field.

October will be here soon. Do you know where your playoff teams are?

It's only August, so we don't either. All we know is which clubs we think are going to make it into the postseason, and we're more than glad to share.

Aaron Sanchez has one of the best ERAs in the American League, and his Toronto Blue Jays have one of the best records in baseball.

And all anyone wants to talk about is whether the Jays should keep starting him.

Welcome to the fifth edition of Bleacher Report's MLB rivalry series.

In the weeks to come, we'll highlight some of the biggest head-to-head rivalries in our national pastime and shine light on the past, present and future of those matchups.

So far, we've run through the following rivalries:

Nothing fun lasts forever. Not even the Boston Red Sox's lineup, which has gone from spectacular in the first half to slump-tacular in the second half. It needs a pick-me-up.

Enter Andrew Benintendi?

The man who drafted Mike Trout had his sights set on Tim Tebow, too.

True story.

Tebow, who says he will conduct a workout for all 30 Major League Baseball clubs later this month, was a year removed from becoming the first sophomore in history to win the Heisman Trophy while playing quarterback at the University of Florida.

When you write about the Houston Astros' Jose Altuve, it's customary to bone up on synonyms for "short:" diminutive, small-statured, pint-sized.

You know what, though? Forget that.