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The American League has had a history of close divisional races and playoff seeding being decided in the last game of the season. With the halfway point of the season approaching, the American League doesn’t look like it will be short on excitement. Despite their power, and having the best …

After tallying two hits on Wednesday against the San Diego Padres, Ichiro Suzuki raised his career total hits to 4,257, passing Pete Rose’s Major League hit record. Suzuki’s total hits are a combination of those from both his Japanese and American professional careers. 1,287 of Suzuki’s hits came from his time in Japanese …

As we reach the halfway mark in the Major League Baseball season, the Chicago Cubs are the class of the National League. The Cubs not only lead the NL Central and the NL with an overall record of 44 and 20, but they also lead the league with the best overall …

The Tampa Rays are riding high after Tuesday night’s 8-7 victory over the Seattle Mariners. When Mariners starter Taijuan Walker left during the fourth inning with an apparent achilles injury, the bullpen was tasked with holding on to a three-run lead. It was not to be as the Rays came firing back. The Tampa Bay Rays look to …

The Miami Marlins are looking for a series sweep against the San Diego Padres today at Petco Park. The game will conclude a nine-game road trip for the Marlins. On the mound for the Padres will be rookie and Rule 5 draftee Luis Perdomo (1-2, 9.50 ERA). Perdomo has struggled in his …

MLB.com’s Jim Callis, an MLB draft and prospect expert, joined SportsScene’s Steve Russell on Monday to discuss and recap the 2016 MLB Draft. The draft concluded last weekend, and the Gator baseball team had eight players drafted. Pitcher A.J. Puk was the first Gator off the board, going to the Oakland Athletics with …

After adding a season-high 19 hits, the Miami Marlins (33-31) delivered a 13-4 road win against the San Diego Padres (26-39) on Monday night. The story of the game was Ichiro Suzuki, who is only one hit away from tying Pete Rose’s career MLB record of 4,256 hits. However, Ichiro’s numbers …

The Tampa Bay Rays (29-32) played a home series against the Houston Astros (30-35) over the weekend taking two of the three games in the series. #Rays blank Astros for their 3rd SHO on 2H or less—tying LAD for most in MLB. #RaysUp Read: https://t.co/DiRV1VbO6Q pic.twitter.com/p5S8pT6ZQD — Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) …

On the opening night of the Major League Baseball Draft, five University of Florida juniors were selected in the first two rounds. In the first round left-handed pitcher AJ Puk was selected sixth overall to the Oakland Athletics. There were some who believed Puk might have been the overall number one …

Tonight is the night. The 2016 Major League Baseball Draft will be in full swing beginning at 7 PM. The three day event consists of 40 rounds and a total of 1,186 picks. Rounds 1 and 2 tonight will be televised on MLB Network; all the other rounds can be …