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The crystal ball that is the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game has been polished and is once again ready to predict the future stars of Major League Baseball. The 18th edition of the Futures Game will take place on Sunday, July 10 at Petco Park in San Diego (7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT).

Johnny Babich learned something about Joe DiMaggio on Saturday afternoon, and he learned it the hard way. The lesson taught by the sensational Yankees center fielder? Don’t get me angry.

Entering Monday’s games, teams were hitting an average of 1.15 homers per game. If that rate were to remain the same through the end of the season, it would rank as the second-highest all-time behind only the 2000 MLB season, in which teams averaged 1.17 home runs a game.

Ben Zobrist’s a step ahead of Daniel Murphy on the 2016 Esurance MLB All-Star Game Ballot. What’s new?

Lucas Giolito, baseball’s top prospect, arrives in the big leagues on Tuesday with high expectations, and the skills to match. Given his elite velocity and plus extension, he’s already among the best at the most important thing a pitcher can do: make life hard on hitters.

Major League Baseball rules are specific regarding the situation that occurred when Monday night’s Rangers-Yankees game was delayed for three hours and 35 minutes for rain before Texas rallied for a 9-6 victory.

MLB will break new ground on Sunday night when the Marlins face the Braves at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, marking the first time any major professional sport will play a regular-season game on an active U.S. military base. For Marlins reliever Mike Dunn, the trip promises to bring back memories, because the left-hander got into the trenches with soldiers at Fort Bragg two years ago.

UFOs are probably hiding in storm clouds, you never know.

This season is a reminder of how much baseball’s Wild Card games has made the sport better and more interesting. At a time when three of the six division races aren’t close, 20 of baseball’s 30 teams are still within five games of a postseason berth. Two more — Diamondbacks and Brewers — are 6 1/2 games out.

That is a good combination of things.

There’s no getting around rain. But there is plenty to be done about the way the league responds to rain, and all of us — including Mr. Tin Foil Hat — learned a little bit about that Monday night.

Astros second baseman Jose Altuve extended his career-long on-base streak to 30 consecutive games by going 2-for-4 in Monday’s 4-2 win over the Angels at Angel Stadium. He’s the first Astros player to reach in 30 consecutive games since Willy Taveras a decade ago.

The Nationals stole six bases and scored 11 unanswered runs to storm back from an early deficit and defeat the Mets, 11-4, on Monday night at Nationals Park.

After the fans make their selections for the starting lineups of the 2016 All-Star Game, the players and managers have plenty of tough choices to make to fill out the roster. Who’s in, who’s out, and why? We dig through what prospective rosters may look like.

Left-hander Danny Duffy matched a career long with eight strong innings and red-hot Kendrys Morales had four hits and two RBIs as the Royals rallied for a 6-2 win over the Cardinals on Monday night at Kauffman Stadium.

Behind a three-run home run by Lonnie Chisenhall and another solid outing from Trevor Bauer, the Indians extended their MLB-best winning streak to 10 games with Monday’s 8-3 win over the Braves at Turner Field.