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In a showdown between one of baseball’s legendary arms and a rising star quickly becoming must-see TV, Yoshinobu Yamamoto outshined Jacob deGrom on Friday night, lifting the Dodgers to a 3-0 win over the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field. Yamamoto delivered a dazzling performance in front of a sold-out crowd, tossing seven scoreless innings, […]

They called his father the “Son of the Wind,” and now Jung-Hoo Lee is breezing into MLB stardom as the “Grandson of the Wind.” After a quiet and injury-shortened rookie season with the San Francisco Giants in 2024, Lee is rapidly emerging as one of baseball’s early breakout stars in 2025. Through his first 18 […]

Logan Webb delivered one of his most dominant performances of the season on Friday night, but the San Francisco Giants failed to reward their ace with a win, falling 2-0 to the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium. Despite tying his career high with 12 strikeouts and issuing zero walks over six innings, Webb (2-1) […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Giants-Angels prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Giants-Angels. The Los Angeles Angels have to recover from their midweek sweep loss at the hands of the Texas Rangers. The Angels had started their season well until the Rangers came along. It was the first […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Twins-Braves prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Twins-Braves. The Atlanta Braves finally came to life on Friday night. They were utterly failing through the first seven innings, trailing the Minnesota Twins 4-1. The Braves had a brutal trip to Canada to play the […]

Miami Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara returned to the mound this season after a 16-month absence following Tommy John surgery in 2023. The Marlins are hoping for a vintage Alcantara campaign in 2025. But so far it’s been a mixed bag. Alcantara made his fourth start of the season on Friday and the former Cy Young […]

Francisco Lindor gave Mets fans a moment to remember on Friday night, launching a walk-off home run to seal a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at Citi Field. The dramatic blast not only delivered Lindor’s first career walk-off homer in a Mets uniform—it also marked the 250th home run of his career. It […]

After missing the start of the 2025 season due to offseason shoulder surgery, Zach Neto made his highly anticipated return to the Los Angeles Angels’ lineup Friday night — and his presence was immediately felt. The 24-year-old shortstop was activated from the 10-day injured list just in time for the series opener against the San […]

Juan Soto hasn’t exactly lit up the stat sheet through his first few weeks in Queens, but on Friday night at Citi Field, he reminded everyone why the Mets gave him a record-setting $765 million contract. Trailing by one run in the fifth inning and mired in a 2-for-24 slump, Soto stepped to the plate […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Dodgers-Rangers prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Dodgers-Rangers. The Texas Rangers come into this Saturday game against the Los Angeles Dodgers having seen both sides of the spectrum from the two Los Angeles MLB teams. The Rangers swept the LA Angels in a […]

After turning in some up-and-down efforts in 2024 during his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been one of the best pitchers, if not players, in all of baseball in 2025. Through his first four starts of the season, Yamamoto has been on a roll, recording two wins versus just one […]

The Kansas City Royals were swept by the New York Yankees earlier this week and now the team has dropped the first two games of a four-game series against the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers to fall to 8-13 on the season. Adding injury to insult, reliever Lucas Erceg was forced to leave Friday’s contest after […]

The New York Mets improved to 13-7 on Friday night with a victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. They managed to win this contest in epic fashion as well, with superstar Francisco Lindor smacking his very first walk-off homer since joining the Mets. Lindor knew it was gone the second the baseball left the bat: […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers placed Shohei Ohtani on the paternity list before Friday’s game against the Texas Rangers. As a result, Tommy Edman found himself in the leadoff spot, and it’s safe to say he took advantage of the opportunity. LEADING OFF, TOMMY EDMAN! pic.twitter.com/NBQ6kiY02Y — Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) April 19, 2025 In a […]

The San Diego Padres are off to one of their best starts in franchise history despite injuries to Jackson Merrill and others. Before Friday’s game against the Houston Astros, manager Mike Shildt gave updates on players sitting on the IL, including Merrill, Yu Darvish, and Jake Cronenworth. San Diego is still a few weeks away […]

Jose Ramirez continues to cement himself as one of the greatest Cleveland Guardians players ever. On Friday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Ramirez tied Tris Speaker for second all-time in Cleveland Baseball history with 667 extra-base hits, per Al Pawlowski. “Jose Ramirez is now 5th all-time in club history with 368 doubles .. and tied with […]

The Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks delivered one of the games of the MLB season so far that excited baseball fans everywhere. Eventually, the Cubs came out on top thanks to home runs from Carson Kelly, new addition Kyle Tucker and Seiya Suzuki. Chicago joined a small list with their win today. It is the […]

The New York Yankees are off to a strong start in 2025, sitting atop the American League East with a 12-7 record. But even with early success, injuries have loomed large over the Bronx. Now, the club is getting some much-needed positive news on two of their key veterans: Marcus Stroman and DJ LeMahieu, per […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers will be without superstar Shohei Ohtani this weekend — but for all the right reasons. The reigning National League MVP has been placed on the paternity list, manager Dave Roberts confirmed, as Ohtani and his wife, Mamiko Tanaka, await the birth of their first child. Ohtani will remain in Los Angeles […]

The Chicago Cubs made a bold move when they traded for Kyle Tucker in mid-December. The Cubs needed a big bat in the middle of their lineup and Tucker has filled the bill in an impressive manner. The former Astro is slashing .301/.410/.578 in the early part of the season and he has already bashed […]

The Los Angeles Angels are getting a boost ahead of Friday’s game against the San Francisco Giants. Manager Ron Washington welcomes back Neto, who is back from injury for his first game of the 2025 season. In a corresponding move, Nicky Lopez has been designated for assignment, according to Angels PR. Getting Neto back is […]

The MLB season continues as the Athletics look to pick up the win on the road in Milwaukee when they take on the Brewers in their series finale on Thursday. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with an Athletics-Brewers prediction and pick. Athletics-Brewers Projected Starters  Luis Severino vs. Chad Patrick Luis Severino – […]

Game 2 of the series is Saturday night on FS1! The Houston Astros host the San Diego Padres for an interleague battle. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Padres-Astros prediction and pick. Game 1 of the series is Friday night with Kyle Hart going up against Ryan Gusto. Padres-Astros Projected Starters […]

The MLB season continues as the Yankees look to pick up the win on the road in Tampa when they take on the Rays in the third game of their series on Saturday. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Yankees-Rays prediction and pick. Yankees-Rays Projected Starters  Carlos Carrasco vs. Shane Baz […]

New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. was ejected on Thursday for arguing strikes and balls, and he proceeded to put the umpire on blast after the game. That has resulted in the MLB suspending him for one game and also fining the infielder for his comments on social media, via Bob Nightengale. This […]

The MLB season continues as the Reds look to pick up the win on the road in Baltimore when they take on the Orioles in game two of their series on Saturday. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Reds-Orioles prediction and pick. Reds-Orioles Projected Starters  Hunter Greene vs. Brandon Young Hunter […]

The MLB season continues as the Cardinals look to pick up the win on the road in New York when they take on the Mets in the third game of their series on Saturday. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with an Cardinals-Mets prediction and pick. Cardinals-Mets Projected Starters  Matthew Liberatore vs. Kodai Senga […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks and the new-look Chicago Cubs went head-to-head in the first game of their second set against one another. Home runs by Kyle Tucker and Seiya Suzuki, along with a grand slam from Eugenio Suarez, were part of one of the most exciting games in the 2025 season. Fans of the Diamondbacks took […]

The Seattle Mariners head north of the border as they face the Toronto Blue Jays. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Mariners-Blue Jays prediction and pick. The Mariners come into the series sitting at 10-9 on the year, which places them in second place in the AL West. Further, they just […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks continue their road trip as they face the Chicago Cubs. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Diamondbacks-Cubs prediction and pick. The Diamondbacks come into the series at 12-7 on the year, which places them in fourth in the NL West. They had also won five straight games heading […]

AL Central rivals continue their weekend series as the Kansas City Royals face the Detroit Tigers. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Royals-Tigers prediction and pick. In game one of the series, the Tigers broke open the game in the third inning. In the bottom of the third, Spencer Torkelson hit […]

NL East rivals square off as the Miami Marlins visit the Philadelphia Phillies. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Marlins-Phillies prediction and pick. The Marlins head into the series at 8-10 on the year, which is good for third place in the NL East. Still, they are coming off being swept […]

Mike Clevinger is going down to Triple-A after being cut by the Chicago White Sox after a rocky start to the season with fans. Manager Will Venable and the team moved on after the starting pitcher fell short of expectations, as Chicago adjusts to life without Garrett Crochet. He was out-righted to the Charlotte Knights […]

Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider is implementing everything he learned from a disappointing 2024 MLB season to great effect. The Blue Jays, led by extended star Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette, and Kevin Gausman, are off to a strong start. Their rebound means that the American League is even more competitive. Schneider reflected on […]

The Boston Red Sox are set to begin their four-game series on Friday against the Chicago White Sox. Ahead of the contest, the organization made some changes to the roster after some injury updates. Boston reportedly designated former Rookie of the Year Michael Fulmer for assignment, according to team beat writer Chris Cotillo. Third baseman […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ appetite was already insatiable right after winning the 2024 World Series, as they added two-time Cy Young Blake Snell, Japanese sensation Roki Sasaki, and All-Star reliever Tanner Scott to the pitching staff while also retaining Teoscar Hernandez’s big bat in the lineup. Now that the National League West appears even deeper […]

The Tampa Bay Rays have reportedly promoted outfielder Chandler Simpson to the big league club, Jeff Passan of ESPN reports. “The Tampa Bay Rays are calling up outfielder Chandler Simpson, the fastest man in baseball, sources tell ESPN. Simpson, 24, stole 104 bases in 110 games last year and has eight steals in 17 games […]

The New York Yankees will be taking on the Tampa Bay Rays in the second contest of a four-game series on Friday. Unfortunately, New York will be without its starting catcher, Austin Wells, for the matchup. Reports indicate that the 25-year-old catcher was ruled out against the Rays due to food poisoning, according to Chris […]

Dave Roberts and the Los Angeles Dodgers made the tough decision to option starting pitcher Bobby Miller after the 26-year-old righty faltered against the Colorado Rockies. Blake Snell leads the list of pitchers that Los Angeles is waiting for to return from injury, triggering an interesting question. Is it in the Dodgers’ best interest to […]