In the 2012 Major League Baseball June Amateur Draft, the Los Angeles Dodgers spent a fifth-round pick on right-handed pitcher Ross Stripling, who had spent three seasons playing for the Texas A&M Aggies.

After nine successful seasons in MLB, former Dodgers starting pitcher Ross Stripling has announced his retirement.

A former Dodgers All-Star pitcher has announced his retirement from baseball after a nine-year career in Major League Baseball.

Here are the latest MLB power rankings, including some of the best and worst from each club after April’s action.

Featured in this week’s MLB Power Rankings, the Dodgers reclaim the top spot, Riley Greene makes history, PCA drives a Brewers fan into madness, the Royals find their power stroke against the Orioles, Lance McCullers Jr. returns to the majors, speedster Chandler Simpson is as advertised, and the White Sox win the hearts of 90’s kids everywhere.

Several other teams started worse and have since mounted a comeback, salvaging the feelings of their once-down-in-the-dumps die-hard fans.  The Braves really dug quite the hole for themselves, starting a pitiful 0-7.

Austin Riley knows one win by Atlanta in six games against the Dodgers doesn’t give the Braves a claim to challenge the team with baseball’s best record.

Miguel Rojas homers and Hyeseong Kim reaches third in the ninth, but the Dodgers can’t overcome two home runs by Atlanta’s Austin Riley as their seven-game winning streak ends, 4-3.

The Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 at at Truist Park in Marietta, Ga. on Sunday. The Braves' Austin Riley hit two home runs.