Sometimes, it just takes one player to launch a Major League team to success. Whether it's a huge contributor coming back from injury, a young star looking to break out or a veteran hoping to flip the ...

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If you're counting, that's every first-place team and one second-place team that all struggled, to some extent, late in the first half. Again, sometimes you just need a little break. So many good ...