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The Philadelphia Phillies are off to a hot 3-1 start to the season, and they’ve been getting incredible production from an unheralded source. 29-year-old Edmundo Sosa is ripping the cover off the ball, drawing the attention of slugger Kyle Schwarber after a game-winning hit on Monday. “He goes about it the right way. He’s a […]

A promising young player for the Athletics has a major milestone. Jacob Wilson became the first franchise player to hit a home run in the team’s Sacramento ballpark, per USA Today. The Athletics are playing their first season in California’s capital city. The club left Oakland at the end of the 2024 season and is […]

Veteran starting pitcher Justin Verlander landed with the San Francisco Giants on a one-year, $15 million deal this offseason, departing the Houston Astros, the team he was with since he was traded from the Detroit Tigers in 2017. Verlander opened up on the process of leaving the Astros and his conversations with owner Jim Crane […]

Back in 2011, Lance Lynn made his MLB debut for the St. Louis Cardinals. The veteran righthander spent six seasons with the Cardinals before bouncing around. In 2024, Lynn returned to St. Louis for the 2024 season. However, with the 2025 campaign less than two weeks old, Lynn has decided to announce his retirement from […]

The Athletics, as the club is known for now,  made their home opener at the Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, California on Monday against the visiting Chicago Cubs. But before the game started, the A’s paid tribute to one of the best ever to do it in baseball — Rickey Henderson. Athletics players were introduced […]

Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar was suspended for 80 games due to performance-enhancing drug use on Monday, and his former manager, Mike Shildt of the San Diego Padres, threw his support behind his former player when asked about the topic. “I love Jurickson Profar no more or no less than I did an hour ago,” […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Giants-Astros prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Giants-Astros. The start of the 2025 Major League Baseball season is, like the beginning of any other season, marked by a lot of mysteries. It’s a time of hope and uncertainty. The San Francisco Giants and […]

New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza acknowledges he is hearing a lot about the use of “torpedo bats.” The bats are getting a lot of attention after the Yankees used them in a crushing 20-9 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers. Mendoza says that the bats are just nothing new to him. "Nothing new for us. […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with an Angels-Cardinals prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Angels-Cardinals. The Los Angeles Angels are in a weird position through the first four games of this young MLB season. They have not looked especially strong so far. They aren’t hitting the ball consistently. They are […]

Francisco Lindor welcomed his third child on Sunday but wasted no time getting back to work. Though MLB grants players up to three days of paternity leave, the shortstop rejoined the team immediately, watching from the bench as they rolled to a 10-4 win over the Marlins at loanDepot Park. His wife, Katia, gave birth […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Twins-White Sox prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Twins-White Sox. The Minnesota Twins are in real trouble. It’s not just that they are winless in their first four games of the season. It’s a lot worse than that. They are getting blown out. […]

The ‘torpedo bat’ has been the talk of baseball, and Cincinnati Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz used it for the first time on Monday. He gave it a rave review after the game against the Texas Rangers. “It feels good. It feels really good,” Elly De La Cruz said, via Charlie Clifford of NBC […]

Carson Kelly had come close to hitting for the cycle before, but the elusive triple always slipped through his grasp. With just two triples in his decade-long big league career, Kelly finally made history on Monday night. He became the first Chicago Cubs player in 32 years to hit for the cycle, completing the feat […]

A strong performance on the mound propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers to an even more dominant start to their season. Tyler Glasnow silenced the Atlanta Braves over five scoreless innings in his debut, laying the foundation for a 6-1 series-opening win Monday night at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers became only the third defending World Series […]

The Guardians have been solid to start the season, while the Padres have opened the year red-hot and are undefeated entering this game against the Guardians. This should be an intriguing matchup for both teams in San Diego. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Guardians-Padres prediction and pick. Guardians-Padres Projected Starters […]

The Royals just got done dominating the most recent game in this series. The Brewers are desperate for a win after starting the year 0-4. These two need a win to build some momentum in the early part of the season. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Royals-Brewers prediction and pick. […]

The Pirates visit the Rays in Tampa Bay! The Pirates have started the season slowly, while the Rays have been the opposite and are playing well to start the year. This is an intriguing matchup for both teams in Tampa Bay. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Pirates-Rays prediction and pick. […]

The Atlanta Braves travel to the west coast to take on the Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday night. Below we will continue our MLB odds series by handing out a Braves-Dodgers prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Braves-Dodgers Projected Starters Chris Sale vs. Dustin May Chris Sale has […]

The Chicago Cubs are in Sacramento to take on the Athletics. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Cubs-Athletics prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Cubs-Athletics Projected Starters Justin Steele vs. Luis Severino Justin Steele (1-1) with a 8.00 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 9.0 innings […]

The New York Mets picked up a nice road win against the Miami Marlins on Monday. The Marlins got off to a good start as they took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but a seven-run fifth inning from the Mets ended up being the difference in the game. The Mets won 10-4, and […]

The Detroit Tigers are on the road to take on the Seattle Mariners Tuesday night. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Tigers-Mariners prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Tigers-Mariners Projected Starters Casey Mize vs. Logan Gilbert Casey Mize will be making his season […]

The New York Yankees are having one of the most electric starts to an MLB season we’ve ever seen as they’ve hit 15 home runs through just their first three games of the new campaign. The expectations have already been set to “World Series or bust” as they’ll need to lean on one of baseball’s […]

The Boston Red Sox and pitcher Garrett Crochet have agreed to terms on a six-year, $170 million contract extension. The contract goes into effect in 2026. Crochet just started his fifth year in the MLB, and this is his first season with the Red Sox. He spent the previous four seasons with the Chicago White […]

After playing the last three games for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Freddie Freeman is officially ruled out for Monday night’s contest against the Atlanta Braves. Freeman, who had received surgery repairs for his right ankle, tweaked it during a “mishap” in the shower. Manager Dave Roberts claimed that Freddie Freeman received an ankle injury while […]

The Detroit Tigers have placed second baseman Gleyber Torres on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain, the club announced on Monday. The Tigers have recalled utility man Justyn-Henry Malloy from Triple-A Toledo to replace him. Torres seemed to aggravate his oblique while hitting a home run on Friday night against the Los […]

The Nationals visit Toronto to play the Blue Jays! The Blue Jays have had an inconsistent start to the season, while the Nationals need to get back on track with a win. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Nationals-Blue Jays prediction and pick. Nationals-Blue Jays Projected Starters Trevor Williams vs. Jose […]

Expectations were high for the Boston Red Sox this year but the team fell to a 1-4 record after suffering an 8-5 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Monday. There’s plenty of time to bounce back but it appears the fanbase is growing weary of star designated hitter Rafael Devers. The 28-year-old star has played […]

The Atlanta Braves are off to a dismal 0-4 start to their season, and now things have gone from bad to worse. Starting outfielder Jurickson Profar has been hit with an 80-game suspension for violating the MLB’s performance-enhancing drug policy, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. “Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar is being suspended for 80 […]

The New York Yankees have re-signed first baseman Dominic Smith to a minor league deal, the team announced on Monday. Smith was with the Yankees during spring training, where he hit .297 with three home runs over 13 games. He opted out of his contract when he failed to make the Opening Day roster. Smith […]

It is the start of an interleague series as the Arizona Diamondbacks face the New York Yankees. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Diamondbacks-Yankees prediction and pick. The Diamondbacks split their opening series of the season with the Chicago Cubs. They lost the first game of the series before winning games […]

The Chicago Cubs are only six games into their 2025 season, but early on, the bullpen has been a problem. Cubs relievers have a combined 8.34 ERA — the third-worst in the majors — and collapsed on Sunday in a 10-6 loss that spoiled an otherwise sparkling debut for new Cubs starting pitcher Matt Boyd. […]

It is interleague baseball as the Texas Rangers face the Cincinnati Reds. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Rangers-Reds prediction and pick. The Rangers opened the season 3-1, taking their first series of the year over the Boston Red Sox. That includes a win in their final game of the season, […]

NL East rivals continue their series as the New York Mets face the Miami Marlins. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Mets-Marlins prediction and pick. The Mets come into this series after losing their first series of the year to the Astros. The Mets lost game one but bounced back to […]

Juan Soto has adjusted well to his new home with the New York Mets, the cross-town rival of the squad he suited up for last season. New York Yankees outfielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. showed his admiration for Soto by mimicking his signature batter’s box move, known as the “Soto Shuffle.” “In other Jazz Chisholm Jr. […]

The New York Yankees’ home run barrage over the first three games of the 2025 MLB season has elicited both amazement and confusion. Nine of the whopping 15 home runs the Yankees hit in their three-game sweep over the Milwaukee Brewers came with players using the so-called torpedo bat, designed by an MIT-educated Yankees staffer […]

Boston Red Sox star Rafael Devers got off to the worst possible start to begin the 2024 season, going 0 for 16 with 12 strikeouts in a four-game set against the Texas Rangers. He even set an ugly MLB record in the process. Following the Red Sox’s loss to the Rangers on Sunday, former pitcher […]

Alex Rodriguez isn’t sugarcoating it — the Los Angeles Dodgers are the team to beat in baseball right now. The Dodgers are off to a sensational start to the 2025 season, going 5-0 with the second-best run differential in the early part of the year at plus-14 runs. That’s actually the second-best mark to Rodriguez’s […]

The Atlanta Braves are calling up veteran right-handed relief pitcher Jesse Chavez, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported. The Braves have a full 40-man roster, so the team will designate Hector Neris for assignment as a corresponding move, per Mark Bowman of MLB.com. It’s been a rough start for the Braves, to say the least. At 0-4 […]

The New York Yankees have taken Major League Baseball by storm at the plate so far in 2025, and the bats they are using have been given the credit. The Yankees debuted newly designed bats known as “torpedo bats” that increase the batter’s ability to get solid wood on the ball. The bats, as well […]