The baseball calendar constantly offers opportunity for fans to freak out.

We freak out about slumps, about the standings, about injuries, about trades that disrupt rosters, about signings that do or do not happen, about the possibility of a rare, invasive, bat-eating bug infesting our favorite team’s equipment room and forcing them to forfeit the remainder of the season.

That’s why, for the last decade, we’ve had a recurring segment on MLB Network’s “ MLB Central ” morning show (weekday mornings at 10 a.m. ET) called “Freak-Out Factor,” in which these various issues are properly rated on a scale of 1 (no biggie) to 10 (full-on FREAK OUT).

But let’s be clear: There is no better time to freak out than … right now! It’s mid-August, summer is winding down, and, as we enter the season’s h

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