Starting pitching is always a hot commodity before the Trade Deadline, and beyond top prize Tarik Skubal, there is a deep group of arms who could bolster contenders' rotations.
The Trade Deadline is front and center as the calendar flips to August, but the Wild Card races and Yordan Alvarez's Triple Crown pursuit are among other stories to follow this month.
A Shohei Ohtani baseball card sold for $3 million last December, but that was nothing compared to the Ohtani 1-of-1 Back to Back Gold Logoman Autograph Relics card that went for $11 million this week.
For the teams sitting atop their division standings as the regular season's penultimate month begins, here is what history tells us about where clubs in their position end up.
