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The American League Cy Young Award winner, Zack Greinke, was announced Tuesday and the National League Cy Young winner will be announced Thursday, so what better time for the MLB FanHouse crew to discuss both pieces of hardware.

In this edition of BaseCast, Jeff Fletcher, Ed Price and I discuss the implications of Greinke capturing the award, both for the voting body and for the team he plays for, before trying to wrap our head around the intriguing NL race, which features three excellent pitchers (Adam Wainwright, Chris Carpenter, Tim Lincecum), but no clear favorite.

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The Yankees became the first team to officially qualify for the postseason Tuesday night. The Tigers and Twins, meanwhile, are in a dogfight just to get there in the AL Central.

In the latest long overdue edition of BaseCast, FanHouse's Ed Price and I discuss the challenges and decisions facing New York now that it is playoff-bound and who has the edge between Minnesota and Detroit over the final week and a half of the regular season.

There's plenty on Joba Chamberlain, Justin Verlander and more, so join us after the jump.

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The NL West is one of baseball's most intriguing divisions heading into the final weeks of the season. The Dodgers have cooled some after an extended run as the best team in baseball, while the Rockies and Giants have traded the wild-card lead as they lurk on the fringe behind Los Angeles in the standings.

Listen in after the jump as FanHouse's Jeff Fletcher and I try to make sense of Colorado and San Francisco, and then hear Fletcher's interview with someone who sees the Dodgers up close and in person every day -- Josh Suchon from 790 KABC in Los Angeles.

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In case you hadn't heard yet, the Evil Empire has risen again, a fact confirmed by their four-game sweep of the rival Red Sox over the weekend. So what does the stunning statement by the Bronx Bombers mean for both teams?

Listen in after the jump as Ed Price and I discuss where Boston and New York go from here and break down the suddenly more interesting races for the AL wild card, AL Central, NL East and NL West.

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It's hard to imagine a busier day in the baseball world than Thursday. As if the frantic nature of the rapidly approaching July 31 trade deadline wasn't enough, the New York Times broke the story that David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were both on the infamous "List" of players who tested positive for a banned substance in 2003.

Naturally (not chemically-enhanced), the MLB FanHouse crew -- myself, Ed Price and Jeff Fletcher -- was there to offer instant analysis on Ortiz, the blockbuster Holliday and Lee trades and what lies ahead with the deadline just hours away.

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With less than four days to go until the non-waiver trade deadline, the MLB FanHouse crew got together to discuss the biggest trade rumblings and analyze all the swaps that have gone down so far.

First, Ed Price (Twitter: @ed_price) and Jeff Fletcher (Twitter: @JeffFletcherAOL) joined me to talk about everything from Roy Halladay to Ryan Garko to the lurking Red Sox, then Pat Lackey and I talked about the recent Matt Holliday trade, the rebuilding Pirates and what the Cubs, Astros and Brewers need to do to counter the reinforced Cardinals.

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Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. on Sunday afternoon. In celebration of the festivities two of FanHouse's Hall of Fame voters, Jeff Fletcher and Ed Price, joined me to discuss what made Henderson and Rice great, what goes into the Hall voting process and to share their favorite Rickey stories.

For everything you need to know about this year's Hall of Fame ceremonies, listen in after the jump.

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With 10 days to go until the trade deadline, the defending champion Phillies are in the middle of everything. They have won 10 straight games to take command of the NL East. They signed Pedro Martinez and, after a simulated game Tuesday, he is on the road back to the major leagues. And of course, they are the most prominent team in on the Roy Halladay sweepstakes.

With that in mind, Ed Price and I reached out to someone who sees the Phillies every day -- MLB.com's Todd Zolecki (The Zo Zone Blog, Twitter: @toddzolecki) -- to talk about everything that's going down at the unofficial center of the baseball universe.

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While the entire baseball world waits on the Blue Jays and Roy Halladay heading toward the July 31 trade deadline, the Oakland A's possess a pretty intriguing chip in their own right in slugging left fielder Matt Holliday.

Will general manager Billy Beane decide to move him? What type of package could the A's expect in return for him? And would moving to pennant race get his bat going again? FanHouse's Jeff Fletcher joined me to discuss all those things, and to break down the AL West race in the latest BaseCast.

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The All-Star Game is just a few hours away, so what better time is there to catch up with MLB FanHouse writers Ed Price and Jeff Fletcher on the scene in St. Louis to preview the 80th Midsummer Classic?

In this edition of BaseCast, Price and Fletcher talk with yours truly, Andrew Johnson, about whether AL manager Joe Maddon and NL manager Charlie Manuel chose the right pitchers to start the game, what, if any, surprises there are in their lineup cards and whether the National League can end its 12-game winless streak Tuesday night.

Listen in after the jump for a (quick) preview of the All-Star Game.