Patrick was the No. 90 player in the draft, according to The Athletic. Harden is a junior-college transfer who shined last season at McLennan Community College. Braun is a left-handed hitter and was the No. 231 player in ESPN's draft rankings.

Before the second half gets rolling, let’s zoom in on one stat that defines each team’s season so far, for better or worse.

Major League Baseball’s rosters are littered with talent from all over the globe. In 2028, many of those players might find themselves competing with each other for the ultimate international prize: an Olympic gold medal.

Major League Baseball faces a potential lockout in December 2026. Players and management have long clashed over salary cap proposals, a format that union head Tony Clark criticizes as harmful to competition and player salary guarantees.

The league hasn’t announced a date or host city for the ’28 All-Star Game yet, but All-Star Games typically fall on a mid-July Tuesday, making July 11, 2028 a likely date. That would be three days before the Olympic opening ceremony on July 14, potentially creating a longer downtime than the league or players want.

The World Series champion-Los Angeles Dodgers made the generational Tamaqua baseball star Mason Ligenza the overall 195th pick in the 2025 Major League Draft.

According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today, right-hander Aaron Sanchez is looking to make a Major League comeback after last pitching in The Show during the 2022 season. More News: Industry Was Shocked by Nationals' Selection of Eli Willits in MLB Draft

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and players’ union head Tony Clark say plans are moving ahead exploring the possibility of using major leaguers in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, a tournament that could be played on an extended All-Star break.

If you think the sport’s next labor standoff is a ways away, you’re not listening to the executives who say it’s affecting today’s decisions.

One of the things that makes baseball so unique is the impact that weather has on the sport. Roughly 2-3% of all Major League Baseball games are either delayed or postponed due to the weather. Here are the top 10 games that were impacted by Mother Nature.

After 13 seasons in MLB, starting pitcher Kyle Gibson announced his retirement from baseball on Thursday on the podcast Serving It Up. The 2021 All-Star has the second-most starts for a pitcher since 2013 with 328, only one behind Max Scherzer's 329.