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The Cleveland Guardians have the best record in baseball and lead the extremely competitive AL Central by 3.5 games. However, multiple Guardians pitchers are dealing with injury issues and the team has now lost three straight games. The most impactful injury for Cleveland involves ace Tanner Bibee, who missed his scheduled start last Saturday due […]

After Aaron Judge hit 52 home runs in 2017 to set a then-MLB rookie record, one could be forgiven for thinking the Yankees outfielder had already had the best season of his career. The same could be said after he set the American League single-season home run record in 2022 with 62 homers. Yet in […]

Things are not going swimmingly for the Philadelphia Phillies at the moment. Firmly stamped as the top team in baseball for much of the first half, the Phillies have stumbled in the second half and are finding it difficult to climb out of their funk. Philly has lost six consecutive series and is 4-12 since […]

It is game two of a four-game set as the San Francisco Giants face the Washington Nationals.  It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Giants-Nationals prediction and pick. Giants-Nationals Projected Starters  Hayden Birdsong vs. MacKenzie Gore Hayden Birdsong (3-0) with a 2.97 ERA and a 1.22 WHIP Last Start: Birdsong went five […]

Max Meyer takes to the mound for the Miami Marlins as they play host to Cincinnati Reds. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Reds-Marlins prediction and pick. Reds-Marlins Projected Starters  Nick Lodolo vs. Max Meyer Name (8-4) with a 3.99 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP Last Start: Lodolo went 5.2 innings in […]

The legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson is once again getting the attention he deserves in a Kansas community. A stolen Robinson statue is getting replaced in Wichita, per ESPN. The statue replacement occurred after the person who stole the original was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The original statue was placed in a Wichita […]

It is interleague baseball on Tuesday as the Arizona Diamondbacks face the Cleveland Guardians. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Diamondbacks-Guardians prediction and pick. Diamondbacks-Guardians Projected Starters  Eduardo Rodriguez vs. Ben Lively Eduardo Rodriguez (0-0) Last Start: Rodriguez last made a start in October of last year, going seven innings, and […]

Dylan Cease heads to the mound for the San Diego Padres as they face the Pittsburgh Pirates. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Padres-Pirates prediction and pick. Padres-Pirates Projected Starters  Dylan Cease vs. Bailey Falter Dylan Cease (11-8) with a 3.42 ERA and a 0.99 WHIP Last Start: Cease went 5.23 innings […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks have mostly overcome an early-season malaise, as they are now back in serious contention for a playoff spot. Fresh off a 7-6 win over the team with the best record in the entire MLB, the 67-45 Cleveland Guardians, the Diamondbacks are currently in a wild card spot in the congested NL playoff […]

The Oakland Athletics have reached an agreement to sell their stake in their home stadium, per ESPN. The franchise is selling their half of the Coliseum for $125 million. The sale is to an economic development group, called the African-American Sports & Entertainment group. The group already bought the other half of the stake in […]

The Texas Rangers defense of their World Series victory in 2023 hasn’t exactly gone according to plan, and it’s safe to say that injuries have played a big role in their woes. Their most recent move saw star pitcher Max Scherzer hit the injured list due to right shoulder fatigue, so the front office had […]

Los Angeles Dodgers star first baseman Freddie Freeman finally returned to action on Monday night against the Philadelphia Phillies at Dodger Stadium after over a week of absence to take care of his ailing son, Maximus, who dealt with a health scare. Freeman was emotional in his first game back, especially with all the support […]

Freddie Freeman is back in the lineup for the Los Angeles Dodgers after tending to his son, Maximus, who has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder. Thankfully, he is expected to make a full recovery. Max spent eight days in a pediatric intensive care unit after going into paralysis. Freddie left the Dodgers to […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Phillies-Dodgers prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Phillies-Dodgers. The Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers played a tough, tense game — as you would expect — Monday night in the first game of this anticipated midweek series in early August. The two teams […]

The Chicago White Sox are continuing to find nothing but misery. The White Sox lost their 21st game in a row, tying a long standing Baltimore Orioles record from 1988, per the New York Post. The Orioles lost that many consecutive games to set an American League record. Nothing has gone right for the White […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Twins-Cubs prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Twins-Cubs. The Minnesota Twins love playing Chicago teams. They just swept the White Sox over the weekend. Then they came to Wrigley Field on Monday night and shut out the Cubs. The interesting question surrounding the […]

It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with an Astros-Rangers prediction and pick. Find out how to watch Astros-Rangers. The Houston Astros have hit another rough patch. They were more than 10 games below .500 early in the season and fought past that horrible stretch of nearly two full months to pull ahead of […]

The Detroit Tigers are on the road to take on the Seattle Mariners Tuesday night. Below we will 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  Keider Montero vs. Luis Castillo Keider Montero (1-5) with a 6.18 ERA, […]

The Tampa Bay Rays travel to the Midwest to take on the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday night. This game will continue our MLB odds series as we hand out a Rays-Cardinals prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Rays-Cardinals Projected Starters  Jeffrey Springs vs. Sonny Gray Jeffrey Springs […]

The Milwaukee Brewers head south to take on the Atlanta Braves Tuesday night. Check out our MLB odds series as we hand out a Brewers-Braves prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Brewers-Braves Projected Starters  Colin Rea vs. Chris Sale Colin Rea (9-3) with a 3.59 ERA, 1.20 […]

The Baltimore Orioles are on the road to take on the Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday night. This game will continue our MLB odds series as we hand out an Orioles-Blue Jays prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. Orioles-Blue Jays Projected Starters  Grayson Rodriguez vs. Chris Bassitt Grayson […]

Is Elly De La Cruz the most exciting player in all of Major League Baseball? The Cincinnati Reds shortstop is making a heck of a case for it. Ever since being called up to the big leagues last season, De La Cruz has been stealing bases, smacking the life out of baseballs and setting records […]

Just a day after fellow starter Max Fried was lit up in his first start since being activated off the injured list, the Atlanta Braves lost yet another top-flight starter due to injury. The Braves said on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday that they have placed All-Star starting pitcher Reynaldo Lopez on the injured list. […]

Luis Severino will take the mound for the Mets in the game one of their series with the Rockies on Sunday. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Mets-Rockies prediction and pick. Mets-Rockies Projected Starters  Luis Severino vs. Kyle Freeland Luis Severino (7-4) with a 3.93 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP Last Start: Luis […]

Brayan Bello will take the mound for the Red Sox in game two of their series with the Royals on Tuesday night. It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Red Sox-Royals prediction and pick. Red Sox-Royals Projected Starters  Brayan Bello vs. Seth Lugo Brayan Bello (10-5) with a 5.13 ERA and a 1.44 […]

It has been a difficult week for Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman. Freeman recently requested a leave of absence from the Dodgers as he tended to his son Maximus who was hospitalized and even required intensive care amid a battle with Guillain-Barre syndrome. The good news is that Maximus, after spending nine days […]

The Boston Red Sox are in the middle of a three-game set against the Kansas City Royals in a series that could have major repercussions in the AL Wild Card race. On Monday night, the Red Sox took care of business, taking a 9-5 win on the road to trim their deficit in the wild […]

Cincinnati Reds’ superstar Elly De La Cruz is having an unforgettable sophomore season. De La Cruz leads MLB in stolen bases and set a franchise record with 45 steals before the All-Star Game. On Monday, De La Cruz set another franchise record when he became the youngest Reds player with four extra-base hits in a […]

The injury-plagued Los Angeles Dodgers are slowly returning to health and one of their biggest stars could return to the lineup soon. Mookie Betts told reporters on Monday that he no longer feels pain in the left hand he fractured in mid-June. “I don’t feel anything at all,” he said, according to Dodgers reporter David […]

The year has not been very kind to the Miami Marlins. After Skip Schumaker’s promise of notching better success from last season, it looks like the squad will fall short of expectations. However, it looks like there are some bright spots that they could continue to work on such that they get back into postseason […]

After a slow start to the season, the St. Louis Cardinals turned things around and became buyers at the MLB trade deadline. While they remain in the thick of the National League playoff race, the team is just 4-8 over their last 12 games, including today’s shutout loss to the New York Mets. Losing pitcher […]

New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza tinkered with his lineup on Monday and it paid off in a big way. The Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals in a 6-0 shutout at Busch Stadium, and three of those runs came from a Tyrone Taylor bases-clearing double in the fifth inning. Mendoza started Taylor in the […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers gained an additional weapon as they make a push to overcome their recent slump. Brusdar Graterol was spotted at Dodger Stadium on Monday, and now the team has announced his activation from the 60-day injured list, with another talented reliever in Blake Treinen hitting the IL. Graterol suffered the injury all […]

Freddie Freeman is back with the Los Angeles Dodgers and his three-year-old son is back at home after a scary hospital stay. Freeman updated reporters on his son Max’s health before LA’s game Monday night against the Philadelphia Phillies. Wearing a #MAXSTRONG t-shirt, Freeman said that doctors expect his son to make a full recovery. […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have weathered their injury spell enough to still lead the National League West by 4.5 games headed into play on August 5. And with Freddie Freeman set to return to the lineup after his son was discharged from the hospital, the team is getting a big bat back for their series […]

The Cleveland Guardians have been one of the best teams in baseball this season but desperately needed to improve their starting rotation at the MLB trade deadline. The Guardians addressed their need for starting pitching by bringing in veteran Alex Cobb. Unfortunately, the team could end up regretting that decision. The Guardians lost ace Shane […]

Miles Mikolas is pitching through a brutal season for the St. Louis Cardinals and it seems his patience is running thin — both with himself and his team’s squandered opportunities. The Cardinals enter play on Monday with a 57-55 record, putting them 5.5 games behind the Brewers in the National League Central and 3 games […]

The New York Yankees are continuing their quest for postseason baseball, and manager Aaron Boone had good things to say about new infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s adjustment to third base. In an interview with MLB Network Radio, the long-time Yankees skipper discussed Chisholm’s transition to the hot corner. “He came up to me two days […]

First baseman Freddie Freeman is returning to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup today against the Philadelphia Phillies after missing the previous eight games while he was with his ailing three-year-old son, according to Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times. Freddie Freeman’s son, Maximus, had been receiving treatment for a rare neurological disorder called Guillain-Barre […]