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Former UC Santa Barbara pitcher Tyler Bremner had to deal with tragedy on the way to being selected No. 2 overall over the Angels in the MLB draft.

Josue De Paula is one of the top prospects in the Dodgers’ farm system, and his MVP performance in the MLB Futures Game bodes well for what might come next.

Seth Hernandez has imagined his name being announced for years at the MLB amateur draft.

If MLB withholds its players, the NFL will steamroll whatever collection of minor leaguers and collegians appear on the Olympic diamond.

If MLB agrees to let its players participate — and Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge and Bryce Harper have made clear they want to compete — hardly anyone will care about flag football.