Author: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY

USA TODAY Sports examines the five teams that finds themselves in the place no one wants to be in late July.

The Dodgers and Yankees, baseball’s two best teams, respectively, have not met in the World Series since 1981.

Stanton and Buxton hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth to vault the AL past the NL, which hasn’t won an All-Star Game since 2012.

Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani is set to become a free agent after the 2023 season. There’s no doubt he’ll cash in, but how much will he get?

23-year-old Juan Soto won the derby in the final against Julio Rodriguez, 21, who is half the age of semifinalist Albert Pujols.

Baseball’s next generation will already be accustomed to the MLB rule changes expected in the coming years.

Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was in “vintage” form Friday night, taking a perfect game into the eighth inning against the Angels.

J.T. Realmuto will be docked some $260,000 of his $24 million salary this season for missing the Philadelphia Phillies’ two games in Toronto.

Many of the “disrespected” who didn’t hear their names called on MLB All-Star Game roster-release Sunday will be summoned as injury replacements.