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The Yankees were happy to leave Toronto after their first visit with the Blue Jays over the weekend.

This series provided a lot to think about in regards to what the Yankees are dealing with regarding strengths and issues.

Losing the first two games was making the Yankees look like has-beens. Thanks to Javier Vazquez’s impressive performance the Yankees avoided getting swept on Sunday.

Watching Saturday’s 14 innings proved that the Yankee pitching is pretty sturdy and continued to add more worries about the Yankee bats.

Last Wednesday, Ken Griffey Jr., one of the greatest baseball players of all time, hung up his cleats, capping a historic career, both on and off the field.

Much has been made of his 13 All-Star nods, 10 Gold Gloves, seven Silver Sluggers, and one American League MVP Award, but lost in the fray of statistics and record books (in which Griffey certainly plays a dominant role), are the little things that made Ken Griffey Jr.’s career so great.

In less than one month, on July 4, Major League Baseball will announce the starters for the annual All-Star Game in Anaheim. Voting from the fans has taken place, which leads to many fan favorites starting the game. However, the starters of the All-Star game should be the absolute best that the league has to offer.

Here is a list of nine players who should get an additional look, as well as some more votes, before the rosters get finalized.

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Week number nine is in the books here in fantasy baseball and tonight we cover a lot of today’s starting pitchers. 

There is talk of a rebounding hurler in the Bronx, a Cy Young winner who can’t seem to get back into form, and another former Cy contender who I doubt will ever get back into form. At the end, there are a few quick hitting items on some injuries and a slugger who can’t make contact. 

The MLB Draft is just a day away and for the Jays, the anticipation is palpable.

After suffering through almost an entire decade of J.P.

The MLB First Year Player Draft is a beast unlike any other compared to the drafts in the other major pro sports.

You won’t see the New York Jets or the Chicago Bulls drafting any player without the intent of seeing that guy play right away as a rookie.

Yet in baseball, teams are drafting guys who they know they won’t see for at least a year or two, and usually a lot longer than that.

With 30 teams in Major League Baseball, it would make sense for there to be 15 teams in both the National League and American League.

But for that to happen, interleague play would have to be used all season, and many baseball fans and enthusiasts would be opposed to this happening.

Because of this, the National League has two more teams than the American League at 16 to 14.  This causes an unfair advantage to the American League teams and players in three main capacities.

With the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft just around the corner—as coverage and picks begin Monday, June 7—it’s time to take a look back at Houston’s history of draft choices and where the future Astros are today.

Today’s slideshow will focus on the team’s top picks over the past decade, leaving us with 10 names and 10 futures—beginning with the Astros first round pick in the 2000 amateur draft.

The 2010 MLB Draft is just around the corner and so ushers in another year of promising new talent, and rising stars that, one day, could become the next household name or MLB great.

Admittedly, this year’s draft in regard to the High School Pool is a bit shallow, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a school of player waiting to show everyone what they got.

I put together a small list of players whom I feel hold a ton of value in addition to their natural abilities. Will Player X who is hitting over .300 fall to the 10th round, and become a steal?

The Ken Griffey, Jr. Era officially ended on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 when the player known as “The Kid” retired from baseball after 22 seasons, 630 home runs, 1836 RBIs, and 1662 runs scored.  Griffey retires with one of the greatest resumes in the history of Major League Baseball.

Read any of the coverage of Junior’s retirement and you’ll begin to piece together the narrative of his career.  Griffey was drafted No. 1 overall in 1988 by the Seattle Mariners out of high school, and made an immediate impact in the major leagues.