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The 2024 season is not off to a great start for the New York Mets, as a season sweep by the Milwaukee Brewers puts the Mets at 0-3 so far. New York has plenty of time to turn things around in the 162-game season, but it is not too early to examine the club’s shortcomings […]

If it weren’t for the existence of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the entire baseball landscape would be touting the San Francisco Giants as the reigning champions of the 2023-24 offseason, with their numerous All-Star acquisitions and exciting new depth on both sides of the ball. Instead, because the Giants have the misfortune of existing at […]

It is a rematch of the 2001 World Series as the New York Yankees face the Arizona Diamondbacks. It is time to continue our MLB odds series with a Yankees-Diamondbacks prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Yankees started the season strong, sweeping the Houston Astros in a four-game series to open their season. They will look […]

The Colorado Rockies and Chicago Cubs face off in the second game of their series. It is time to continue our MLB odds series with a Rockies-Cubs prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Rockies began the season 1-3 after a four-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks. They will be sending Dakota Hudson to the mound in […]

The Atlanta Braves continue their interleague series as they face the Chicago White Sox.  It is time to continue our MLB odds series with a Braves-White Sox prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Braves and White Sox start their series on Monday, with an afternoon game in Chicago. After starting their season at 2-1 they will […]

It is the second of a three-game series as the Texas Rangers visit the Tampa Bay Rays. It is time to continue our MLB odds series with a Rangers-Rays prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Rangers and Rays will face off in game one of the series on Monday Night. That game will feature Dane Dunning […]

It is interleague baseball as the Minnesota Twins visit the Milwaukee Brewers. It is time to continue our MLB odds series with a Twins-Brewers prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Twins opened the season winning two of three on the road in Kansas City. They would take a 4-1 and a 5-01 win in the first […]

For 36 of the 37 innings they played in Seattle over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox 2024 season actually looked quite promising. In 22 innings pitched, the starting pitching struck out a combined 27 batters with a 1.64 ERA. Rafael Devers, Tyler O’Neill, and Enmanuel Valdez launched clutch home runs. Even the defense looked […]

Over the last three years, no MLB team has more regular season wins than the Los Angeles Dodgers. LA’s 320 victories are 25 more than the second-place Braves during that span. Yet all the Dodgers have to show for it is an NLCS appearance and two NLDS exits. Their only World Series title of the […]

No matter how the New York Yankees are playing at any given time, the fan base is always pushed to one extreme side of the fence or the other. Either the Yankees are playing well and their fans are declaring them invincible, or they’re scuffling and the Bronx Zoo are calling for heads. After their […]

Shohei Ohtani jumped ship from a Los Angeles Angels team that has disappointed for years and joined forces with the Los Angeles Dodgers over the past offseason. While the Dodgers have gained tons of publicity because of the massive move, fans are still intrigued to see how the team across town in Los Angeles will […]

For all the excitement of MLB Opening Day, there’s often a feeling of hesitation for baseball fans as their team’s seasons get underway. The first few games can feel like a trial run as teams feel each other out and star players struggle through their first couple outings. Sure, the games count now, but is […]

The San Francisco Giants narrowly missed the playoffs in 2023. San Francisco had a successful offseason for the most part, though, and they could make some noise in 2024. Of course, the Los Angeles Dodgers had one of the best offseasons in recent memory so winning the National League West is going to be difficult. […]

With Opening Day now a thing of the past, the 2024 MLB season is officially underway. And fantasy baseball players are beginning their journey to winning a league championship. Week 2 of the fantasy baseball season allows those players to see the early landscape of competition. It’s a long season and there will be plenty […]

There’s a lot that must feel new about this season for Rhys Hoskins. It’s his first as a Milwaukee Brewer, after the emotional rush of the 2022 playoff run with the Philadelphia Phillies, a season-ending ACL tear to start 2023, and the experience of becoming expendable once Bryce Harper moved to first base. Yet with […]

It’s often said that hope springs eternal around this time of year in Major League Baseball. Opening Day brings teams a clean slate and the promise of 162 games to write their own narrative after hearing everyone else’s opinions all offseason long. But occasionally, that hope flickers out before the fans ever had a chance […]

It’s amazing how quickly the MLB season establishes its flow. Opening Day comes, every team throws a big party at the stadium, the game starts and all of a sudden, we’re chugging along steadily towards the All-Star break. So even though most teams have only played one or two games, the action is already heating […]

All signs pointed to a successful baseball team in San Diego last year. The San Diego Padres were second in team ERA, fifth in defensive runs saved above average, and above average in runs scored. Yet the club finished 82-80 and missed out on the playoffs. The offseason was also a rollercoaster. In December, the club […]

Year in and year out, the MLB playoffs prove to be one of the most unpredictable postseasons in sports. Since 2000, there have only been five years where the winningest team in baseball won the World Series (six if you count the COVID year). Last year, it was not the 104-win Atlanta Braves or 100-win Los […]

Oh, how glorious Opening Day truly was. Thirteen games were played, teams quickly catapulted into first or last place and we can say a bunch of players are on pace for 162-homer seasons. Baseball has returned to our lives once more, promising us excitement each and every day from now until the end of October. […]

As the 2024 MLB season begins, one team stands out as a strong contender to not only win but become repeat winners as World Series champions: the Texas Rangers. If they were to do so, they’d be the first team to win back-to-back World Series titles since the New York Yankees from 1998-2000. Doing something […]

The Philadelphia Phillies roster is stacked with big-time talent, but their championship window won’t last forever. The 2024 season will be a big one for the team, and they are more than capable of making a run to the World Series. The start of the season didn’t go quite as planned for the Phillies, as […]

The Toronto Blue Jays are going to be an especially intriguing ball club to follow through the 2024 season. Toronto features more than enough talent but they have not been able to make a World Series run with their current group of players. Will 2024 be the year that changes? There is reason to believe […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a 10-year, $140 million contract extension with catcher Will Smith before their home opener on Thursday. Smith is set to be LA’s catcher for years to come now. However, the Dodgers have three catchers within their top 10 prospects, per MLB.com. The easy option would be to move either […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks exceeded all expectations and were one of the pleasant surprises of the 2023 season. It led to the team fighting their way all the way into the World Series, where they lost to the Texas Rangers. After being looked at as a fringe playoff team at best last season, the Diamondbacks are […]

Beloved character actor Brian Baumgartner, best known for playing the dim-witted, chili-spilling accountant Kevin Malone on The Office, apparently has a place in Dodgers lore for the role he played in the team’s busy offseason spending spree. Baumgartner is casually mentioned as Dave Roberts’ golfing buddy in a deep-dive Athletic piece on all of the […]

The hours before the first pitch of the MLB season are some of the most magical hours of the calendar year. It’s a blank slate, a serene time when every fan has hope for their team’s future. And as great as it is to watch that team take the field on television, on Opening Day, […]

Opening Day is upon us and with that comes the start of a new MLB season. That means fantasy baseball is about to be in full swing as fans prepare to lead their team through a treacherous six-month campaign. Playing fantasy baseball is not for the faint of heart and if you’re reading this, you’re […]

Country music star Brad Paisley, who counts himself as a Dodgers super fan, might have actual grounds to claim a hand in one of the Dodgers’ key offseason acquisitions — the trade for Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow. A deep-dive piece on the Dodgers’ busy offseason in the Athletic on Thursday details a party […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are coming off a 100-win season in 2023, and they are looking to follow that up with another dominant campaign this year and a World Series victory. To achieve this goal, the Dodgers went all-in this offseason, adding two high-profile players in free agency: Former Los Angeles Angels two-way superstar Shohei […]

For all the talk about the San Francisco Giants being unable to land any big fish in free agency this decade, they had one of the best hauls in their franchise’s history this past offseason. Jung-hoo Lee gives new manager Bob Melvin speed and contact at the top of their lineup. Matt Chapman and Jorge […]

Some say the most wonderful time of year is the holiday season. Others know it’s Opening Week in Major League Baseball. Each of these 30 teams has precious, glorious hope right now, with no scar tissue built up yet from the painful losses that are sure to come. So on the eve of this magical […]

With Opening Day games set to kick off in under 24 hours, it’s the last day for all of us to stake our claim on the 2024 MLB season before it’s officially tainted by hindsight. And while favorites are favorites for a reason, today is the day to buck the trend. That’s right, it’s time […]

Take a deep breath, baseball fans. We finally made it to the end of an arduous offseason, one full of twists and turns we never could have imagined. The marquee free agents have signed, the TV deals are (mostly) straightened out and as we speak, and the fields are being freshly painted with those glorious […]

We’ve arrived at the final destination on our journey through the 2024 MLB positional rankings and appropriately enough, we’re finishing up with the best finishers in the sport: The relief pitchers slamming the doors at the end of games. Relievers aren’t the names that get top billing when it comes to marketing the sport, but […]

Of all the positions to rank in 2024, starting pitchers are easily the most challenging. Pitchers in today’s MLB have pushed the sport–and their bodies to the absolute limit. This isn’t the game your parents grew up watching. The stuff is far more explosive, yet throwing a ball as fast as humanly possible comes with […]

The Boston Red Sox will kick off their 2024 campaign on the west coast against the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night, and that feels like a pretty fitting way to kick off the new season. Interest in the Sox is at an all-time low after a horrific offseason of work, so why not have them […]

Major League Baseball is back, as MLB Opening Day is on Thursday, March 28. There is no better way to watch baseball than through Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV+. The weekly broadcast is back for its third season, and the coverage starts one day after Opening Day. In this article, we will explain how […]

Aaron Judge, the biggest superstar of the New York Yankees, is teaming up with Rubble, the biggest superstar of the preschool television show Paw Patrol, for an all-star collaboration on the Nickelodeon animated spinoff Rubble & Crew set to air this summer. The MLB juggernaut Judge is also a self-described proud dog dad and will […]