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A look at whats happening all around the majors Monday:---DERBY DAYTodd Frazier will try to defend his title in the All-Star Home Run Derby at Petco Park. Frazier won last years derby in Cincinnati while he was with the Reds, becoming the second player to win the long-ball competition in his home park. He edged Dodgers rookie Joc Pederson 15-14 with a late surge in the final round, and hell have to hold off another L.A. rookie in Corey Seager to win this year. The field also includes Mark Trumbo, Carlos Gonzalez, Adam Duvall, Robinson Cano, Giancarlo Stanton and San Diegos Wil Myers.MIDSUMMER BREAKERSTwo of baseballs best teams in the first half, the Cubs and Rangers, couldnt have hid the All-Star break at a better time. Chicago limped into the break 6-15 over its past 21 games, and of course many of the Cubs key players wont get much of a rest -- Anthony Rizzo, Ben Zobrist, Kris Bryant, Addison Russell, Jake Arrieta and Jon Lester are all headed to San Diego as All-Stars.The AL-leading Rangers are only sending Cole Hamels and Ian Desmond to Petco Park, which might be good news for a team that lost nine of 12 to end the first half.There are points in the season where they dont look so well, dont feel so well. Today capped all that off. Hopefully, thats the bottom, manager Jeff Banister said. Theres some times when youre not playing well, you kind of hope for a rainout. We get a four-day rainout.BRANTLEY PROGRESSINGMichael Brantley will begin a minor league rehab assignment Monday. The Indians outfielder has missed most of the season with a sore right shoulder following offseason surgery. Hes hit .231 in 11 games this season and hasnt played since May 9. 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Carolina Hurricanes Pro Shop . -- Aaron Murray threw for 408 yards and three touchdowns, ran for another score, and led No. All Blacks prop Owen Franks should count himself extremely luck after he was cleared of an alleged eye-gouge on Wallabies lock Kane Douglas in Bledisloe II.Thats the opinion of former Wallabies winger Cameron Shepherd, who told ESPNs Scrum5 podcast he thought the incident had been swept up like it didnt happen.Referencing a similar incident that saw Argentina forward Mariano Galarza suspended for nine weeks?at last years Rugby World Cup, Shepherd said Franks didnt even have the excuse he couldnt see what he was doing.As far as the Franks eye-gouge, you cant be putting your hands up around someones eyes, Shepherd said.And not only that, hes looking at him; so its not like his head is down in a maul or a ruck and he cant see what hes doing. And then after his hand is removed from the eyes he comes underneath and it almost looks as if he goes for a choke. Now I would never say thats 100 percent what hes doing, but thats what it looks like and thats the way its interpreted.Now look apologies but I cant remember the two people in question with this case but when New Zealand played Argentina at the Rugby World Cup 12 months ago, one of the Argentinian forwards lashed out with his hands towards the face of one of the New Zealand players and he got nine weeks for doing that.Now Ive watched both those bits of footage side by side at Fox Sports during the week, and llook Franks should have been in a lot more trouble than this getting swept up like it didnt happen.ddddddddddddShepherd also spoke of the Wallabies defensive woes, telling Scrum5 hed heard rumours Michael Cheika had been putting his squad through a heavy workload the day before each Test match.Ive thought on top of everything from the last few weeks, the boys look tired. I think theyre being over-trained at the moment. I think Cheika is so nervous about being under-prepared that hes doing too much.A few sources close to the camp have told me that training sessions, even the day before the game, are going for two hours. Now if youre still prepping for two hours the day before a Test match, youre not in the right mindset anyway; you know that should be where you just put a little bit of the polish on what youve done during the week.So to me, yeah its mindset. And I think sometimes our structures in defence arent very good. But I think that our change in (defensive) attitude has only come about because the guys are so tired, theyre rundown and mentally theyre already battling that whole issue of pressure of beating the All Blacks. So all those things combined I think are having an effect.Listen to the full ESPN Scrum5 podcast here. ' ' '