Opinion

The Matt Harvey news out of Queens, N.Y., on Monday was a blow to the Mets, game of baseball and the idea of trying to keep young pitchers healthy.

Miguel Cabrera is the best hitter on the planet and is in a league of his own this season.

There's no reason the Detroit Tigers should keep him out of the lineup the next couple weeks.

Cabrera has been forced to miss eight games this season due to various injuries and pundits have debated whether the Tigers should give the defending Triple Crown and MVP winner a few days off down the stretch.

A-Rod, A-Fraud or Alex Rodriguez.

There was a time when Alex Rodriguez was widely considered the best baseball player alive. Those days are long gone. We are now reduced to Oompa Loopma jokes and pictures of him making out with himself.

With a little more than a month left in the MLB season, many teams are still fighting for their playoff lives, while others are looking toward next year.

For some players, free agency is looming and they've been behind the eight ball all year. Some need to finish strong in hopes of cashing in a huge payday this offseason.

Here's a look at 15 soon-to-be free agents who need a huge finish to get those big bucks.

Those sneaky Tampa Bay Rays have been anything but complacent this week as they aim for their fourth playoff berth in six seasons.

As of Aug. 23, 15 major league teams either hold a playoff spot or are within seven games of one and could be looking to improve their playoff chances by making a waiver-wire deal in the near future.

Seven August trades have happened thus far:

SB Nation's Bill Parker did us the favor of comparing Felix Hernandez and Randy Johnson based on their performances as members of the Seattle Mariners.

Just a quick glance at his findings leaves you with a burning desire to further analyze their dominance:

There were plenty of expectations placed on the Toronto Blue Jays heading into the 2013 season. The word "expectation" has not been kind to the team, as the reality of the situation is that the Jays have not lived up to them. 

The New York Yankees' Mariano Rivera is savoring every last stop amid his MLB farewell tour. His latest visit brings him to Tropicana Field where he was greeted by a beautiful sand sculpture in his honor. 

With just over one month left in the regular season, Miguel Cabrera's quest for a second consecutive Triple Crown is still very much alive but not quite as strong as it appeared the last time we checked in on the chase.

Cabrera enters play on Friday leading all of baseball in batting average (.354) and RBI (123), while trailing Baltimore's Chris Davis in home runs (46 to 40).