Baseball

There are several reasons for the Houston Astros’ stunning position at the top of the American League West standings. 

Behold a question that I doubt anybody expected to be asked at any point in the 2015 season:

Is Kris Bryant finally going to start hitting for power now?

An unexpected question, indeed. But before we get to answering it, let's get to what's prompting it.

Seattle Mariners slugging outfielder/DH Nelson Cruz left June 22's game against the Kansas City Royals due to a pelvic injury. He would return to the lineup the following day, the team announced.

Seventy games into the 2015 MLB season, the Los Angeles Angels are owners of a 35-35 record. At exactly .500 is not where Los Angeles wanted to be nearing the halfway point of the baseball season, but these 70 games are already banked. The wins and losses aren't going anywhere.

The Washington Nationals' erratic first half of the season has been a learning experience for the fans as they come to grips with a team that may not, after all, be the first-ever 162-game winner, and for the clubhouse staff as they conduct detergent-related science experiments to get chocolate sauce out of jersey fabric. 

As the season goes on and the injuries pile up for the Cincinnati Reds, the organization needs to start thinking about what it should do for the rest of the season.

Travis d'Arnaud has seemingly been snakebit when it comes to injuries throughout his career. The New York Mets catcher came off the disabled list a little over a week ago, and now he's day-to-day following another issue.

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That asking price isn’t looking so outrageous right now.

Cincinnati Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco will undergo hip surgery on June 29 and will miss the remainder of the 2015 season.

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Fact: Alex Rodriguez gets his 3,000th career hit, becomes the 29th member of the historic club.

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Source: New York Yankees