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Also, hmmmmm.......player helping out another?  Harper and Trout started on the same day and are trying to race to see who is awesomer.  Per me anyway.  I bet Ian was more than willing to rest to give Bryce a shot.  But again, I'm sure Ian would have liked to have been a part of it as well.  So, could be something fishy, could be just one guy needing to rest.  If he didn't play on the last day prior to the break and bang out a homer, I might not be as suspicious of this:

Desmond (oblique) went 2-for-3 with a solo homer in Saturday's win over Colorado.

Recommendation: Desmond leads all major league shortstops with 16 homers, and has gone deep five times since June 27. Desmond will skip next week's All-Star Game due to his lingering oblique injury, although he hasn't missed any game action because of the issue.

(Rotowire.com)

Harper has been named to the NL All-Star squad to replace Giancarlo Stanton.

Recommendation: Harper's storybook major league debut continues. He'll be the youngest position player in All-Star Game history, and only the third teenager after Bob Feller and Dwight Gooden.

(Rotowire.com)