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The Washington Nationals’ 2021 campaign had previously been put on hold due to COVID-19 issues, meaning they did not start the season until Tuesday. Washington hardly received the warmest welcome to the new season in its opener against the Atlanta Braves. Superstar Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. greeted Nats ace, Max Scherzer, with a first-pitch […]

The writing was on the wall for former Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor after he was left off Texas’ Opening Day roster. Now he is headed to the Bronx. Jeff Passan of ESPN reported the New York Yankees have acquired Odor from the Rangers. The New York Yankees are finalizing a trade to acquire infielder […]

The Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves came together for the first notable MLB in-season trade of 2021 on Tuesday. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic first reported the Brewers were sending infielder Orlando Arcia to the Braves. Jon Heyman of MLB Network later reported Milwaukee is acquiring two arms from Atlanta. Braves acquiring Orlando Arcia from […]

The Philadelphia Phillies will host the New York Mets in the second game of a three-game set. The Mets got out to an early 2-0 lead against Philly on Monday with Jacob deGrom on the bump. deGrom threw six shutout innings and handed the game to the bullpen to finish up. The Phillies just needed […]

The red-hot Houston Astros travel to Angel Stadium to take on the Los Angeles Angels for a Tuesday afternoon showdown. Houston opened the season with a dominant four-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics. Los Angeles had an impressive start of their own, winning their opening series against the Chicago White Sox. These two teams possess […]

The Boston Red Sox just unveiled their first jersey without any red in it, releasing new yellow-and-powder-blue uniforms as part of MLB’s collaboration with Nike. This is Nike’s first foray into the MLB alternate uniform game and is part of the City Connect series that will debut over the course of the 2021 season and […]

The New York Mets were unable to pull out a win in their season opener on Monday, giving Jacob deGrom another wasted effort. Following New York’s disappointing loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday, multiple people pointed out just how unlucky DeGrom has been in his career. Jacob deGrom now has a 2.07 ERA since […]

San Diego Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. had to be taken out early in their game against the San Francisco Giants on Monday night after suffering a left shoulder subluxation, via ESPN. It was sustained after an awkward swing, which caused him to stay on the ground in pain. It just looks painful: Fernando […]

Because he has continued to serve as an oft-injured player for the better part of his tenure in pinstripes, the power of New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is sometimes forgotten. However, Stanton tends to reappear from time to time, almost solely to remind the world just how strong he truly is. With the Yankees […]

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge opened his account for the season in tremendous fashion on Monday night against the Baltimore Orioles. Judge smashed one out of the park to open the scoring for the Yankees on a one-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning (h/t New York Yankees on Twitter): Your […]

The Texas Rangers made plenty of headlines following the announcement they would operate at full capacity for the home opener at Globe Life Field. Most teams are operating under some form of limited capacity. Fans were in the stands this past weekend for the first few games of the 2021 MLB regular season, but there […]

Cincinnati Reds outfielder Nicholas Castellanos has received a two-game suspension from Major League Baseball for what is being called his “aggressive actions” and for “instigating a benches-clearing incident” in their game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday. The incident happened in the bottom of the fourth inning at the Great American Ball Park in […]

The Tampa Bay Rays continue their road trip as they head up to Fenway Park to take on the Boston Red Sox. Boston will be looking to bounce back at home after a gruesome 0-3 start. It really doesn’t get any worse than getting swept at home by the Baltimore Orioles to open your season. […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers will continue their road trip to open the season as they head out to the Bay to take on the Oakland Athletics. These teams have had polar-opposite starts to the 2021 season. The Dodgers took three out of four games in their opening series against the Colorado Rockies. Oakland was swept […]

Scary scene for Los Angeles Angels fans as Shohei Ohtani had to leave their matchup against the Chicago White Sox. The dual-threat wonder took the brunt of a nasty slide at home plate from reigning American League MVP Jose Abreu. Look away, Angels fans. Here’s the slide in question: Shohei Ohtani was forced to leave […]

We’re not saying that Shohei Ohtani is Superman, but we are saying he’s close. The Los Angeles Angels phenom not only threw the fastest pitch recorded in the season thus far, but he also hit the hardest home run of any player in the Majors through the first four games of the season. Oh, and he did […]

It may have taken longer than expected, but San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tartis Jr. more than made up for lost time Sunday. Fernando Tatis Jr. hit his first home run of the season against the Arizona Diamondbacks against closer Chris Devenski. While the 22-year-old shortstop has endured a slow start to the year, going […]

The Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Angels face off for the last game of the series tonight with the White Sox looking to even the series. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series and make a White-Sox-Angels prediction and more. Chicago is currently 1-2 to start the season after receiving the most World […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres will battle it out for the fourth and final time of this opening series. San Diego will be looking to complete the dominant sweep of Arizona after defeating the Diamondbacks 7-0 just last night. Despite a rough Spring Training, the Padres entered the 2021 season as the […]

The Colorado Rockies host the Los Angeles Dodgers for the fourth and final time of this opening series. The first three games between these teams have been all-out slugfests. LA has taken two out of the first three and has been favored in every one. Last night’s affair saw the Dodgers pull off a 6-5 […]

Things got a little bit feisty during Saturday’s matchup between the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals. Reds right fielder Nick Castellanos was at the very thick of an all-out melee between the two sides which could have easily gone ugly. Here’s a look at the incident in question (h/t Bally Sports Cincinnati on […]

Looks like the cat’s out of the bag at Coors Field. Friday night in Denver and with the Colorado Rockies trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-6 after 7 1/2, the Rockies needed something—anything—to brighten spirits of MLB fans. Enter a speedy, common gray house cat who darted from a crawlspace, sprinted past third base and finally […]

Kike Hernandez made a bit of history for the Boston Red Sox during their Opening Day loss to the Baltimore Orioles. The Red Sox were shut out, 3-0, but for his part, Hernandez etched his name in the franchise books for being the first lead-off batter to get a base hit in over a decade. […]

Much has been made about the MLB’s decision to pull out the All-Star Game from Atlanta amid the major issue of voter suppression in the state of Georgia. Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has weighed in on the polarizing issue, as he pronounced his full support towards the league’s decision. Roberts admitted that he […]

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is most pleased with MLB’s decision to move the 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta after the state of Georgia passed a controversial voter suppression bill last week. LeBron James, who recently became a part owner of the Boston Red Sox, tweeted he was “proud” to be part of […]

Major League Baseball has pulled the 2021 All-Star Game and amateur draft out of the city of Atlanta. The move was done in opposition to the controversial voter suppression bill recently becoming law in the state of Georgia. MLB Commissioner Rob Mandred released an official statement explaining the decision: “Over the last week, we have […]

Opening Day 2021 gave baseball fans plenty of reasons to be excited on Thursday, though New York Mets and Washington Nationals supporters might not find much solace in the season getting underway. Major League Baseball postponed Thursday’s game between the two National League East teams because of a Nationals outbreak of COVID-19. It was hoped […]

The Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox will battle it out for the first time in 2021 at Fenway Park. This opening day matchup was scheduled for Thursday but got pushed back a day thanks to some rain in Boston. Finally, we get to see the two worst teams in the American League East […]

Has “Old Man Time” finally caught up to Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw? If Thursday’s Opening Day performance against the Colorado Rockies was any indication: maybe. After 5 2/3 innings, Clayton Kershaw had posted two strikeouts and one walk, but had given up 10 hits and six runs — five earned — on 77 […]

San Diego Padres superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. wasted no time making a highlight play on MLB Opening Day. There’s a scene from the modern action/science fiction classic The Matrix where Keanu Reeves’ character gets shot repeatedly at point-blank range. By all means, no matter how much ‘Kung fu’ he knows, Reeves should end up with […]

The defending champions Los Angeles Dodgers did not exactly kick off their title defense in the best way possible as they took on the Colorado Rockies on opening night. The third inning featured a pretty inexplicable play courtesy of Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner, which is the type of sequence that you just have to […]

After an injury-plagued 2020 season in where he only played in 28 games, Minnesota Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson appears to have been bit by the injury bug again. Donaldson left after the top of the first inning on Opening Day against the Milwaukee Brewers, exiting with an apparent hamstring injury. According to Do-Hyoung Park […]

New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor is fresh off signing a 10-year, $341 million extension on the eve of Opening Day. He is also channeling his inner Samuel L. Jackson. Lindor, who is 27 now, was asked what kind of player he will be once he turns 38 at the end of his contract. The […]

What a way to open up the MLB season. During the Toronto Blue Jays’ Opening Day tilt against the New York Yankees, ESPN aired an interview featuring Blue Jays star Bo Bichette and Karl Ravech. In the clip, Bichette breaks out the pipes to sing some Justin Bieber to create the perfect mix of awkward […]

Major League Baseball is finally back, and the World Series champs are back in action. Now that the regular season is here, let’s continue our MLB odds series and make a Dodgers-Rockies prediction and more. The Los Angeles Dodgers will begin their title defense in Colorado as they take on the Rockies in Coors Field. […]

MLB Opening Day is officially underway on Thursday. Baseball fans already have the first homer of the 2021 season, as well. Detroit Tigers slugger and future Hall of Famer Miguel Cabrera hit an opposite-field shot against Cleveland Indians ace and reigning American League Cy Young Award-winner Shane Bieber. Only, he didn’t realize it at first. See, […]

This is about as deflating of a way to start the season, or not start it, as one could imagine. The Opening Day tilt between the New York Mets and Washington Nationals has been postponed due to COVID-19 issues. There will be no game on Friday either, per ESPN’s Buster Olney. It’s the Nationals dealing […]

Baseball season has finally arrived. After an unordinary and shortened season in 2020 due to Covid-19, the MLB will return to a more familiar form (fingers crossed) in 2021. With the 2021 MLB Opening Day here, let’s take a look at some of the odds, including the World Series odds favorites. It should come as […]

UPDATE as of April 1, 2021, 11:50 AM EST: The Mets-Nationals game on Apr. 1 has been postponed due to COVID-19 related issues, per ESPN’s Buster Olney. Our primetime opening day matchup features the New York Mets and the Washington Nationals on ESPN. The New York Mets have been one of the most talked-about teams […]