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The St. Louis Cardinals have managed to remain in first place in the National League Central despite suffering a number of injuries to key players. Now, they'll have to figure out how to replace Stephen Piscotty's spark in the lineup.

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The Los Angeles Angels are in desperate need of healthy pitching depth for the season’s stretch run, and they added some Monday in the form of veteran Mat Latos.

The team announced it signed the right-hander to a major league contract and placed catcher Rafael Lopez on the 60-day disabled list.

After resigning from the Los Angeles Angels earlier in the year, Jerry DiPoto's next big gig will keep him in the American League West.

There are many intriguing questions surrounding the MLB postseason.

Will the New York Yankees win the Wild Card Game? Is an NL Central team destined to take home the Commissioner's Trophy?

The pick-an-ace game of chance will not work in October.

The New York Yankees need a definitive answer. But for nearly six months, that all-important No. 1 spot in the rotation has been a revolving door of what-have-you-done-for-me-lately candidates, none of which have been able to keep the position in their grasps for what seems like more than a couple of weeks at a time because of ineffectiveness, injuries or both. 

Like everyone predicted back in spring training, the Boston Red Sox transformed back into a baseball powerhouse, the Seattle Mariners ended a 13-year playoff drought and the Washington Nationals decimated everyone in sight during a historically dominant season.

Just when you thought the Washington Nationals couldn't sink any lower, there they go, plunging to new depths.

Fact: The New York Mets are National League East champions for the first time since 2006. 

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The Boston Red Sox announced Sunday that Sam Kennedy, the team's chief operating officer, will be taking over as club president on Oct. 16. He'll inherit the position from Larry Lucchino, who will remain with the franchise as the president/CEO emeritus and as part of the ownership group.

There's no question about it—the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs are the two most dangerous squads in the 2015 MLB wild-card conversation.

As the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals demonstrated a season ago, wild-card winners can make a lot of noise in October.