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Picking player awards for the AL and NL as well as which teams will reach the postseason as we approach the All-Star Game in Seattle.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If Julio Urias looks back at the video of his first start in six weeks, it will be a blooper reel.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Dodgers welcomed Julio Urías back to the rotation for Saturday night's game against the Kansas City Royals, but the left-hander's first start in more than a month was delayed by a thunderstorm that drenched Kauffman Stadium shortly after the scheduled 4:15 p.m. PDT first pitch.

DENVER — The start of Thursday night’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies was delayed for 1 hour and 50 minutes while members of the Coors Field grounds crew shoveled piles of hail from a late-afternoon storm into wheelbarrows and used leaf blowers to dry the remaining…

The Braves have the best record in the National League, and the NL All-Star lineup will reflect that.

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers will be well-represented at the July 11 All-Star Game in Seattle, with outfielder Mookie Betts, first baseman Freddie Freeman and designated hitter J.D. Martinez voted into the game as National League starters.

Freeman explained what recording 2,000 MLB hits means to him.

LOS ANGELES ― Ross Stripling wasn’t in the ballpark for Friday night’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. He was tuning in from Arizona, where he is on the Giants’ injured list rehabbing a back injury, noting the coincidences.

LOS ANGELES ― A bold display of power got the Los Angeles Dodgers back in the game Thursday against the Chicago White Sox.

Mookie Betts is surrounded by positive affirmation.

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves used to have a bodysuit-and-goggles clad sprinter dubbed “The Freeze” spot a lucky fan a big headstart then race around the warning track at Truist Park to run him down.