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Julio Rodriguez is the go-to guy in the Seattle Mariners lineup and figures to maintain that position for years to come. He joined two of the team’s luminaries Thursday when hebecame the 4th Mariner in team history to reach 20 home runs and 30 stolen bases in the same season. Julio Rodriguez joined Alex Rodriguez […]

The San Diego Padres host the Arizona Diamondbacks for a crucial 4-game series at Petco Park in sunny San Diego starting tonight. This may be the biggest series of the season for both teams. The Dbacks currently hold a three-game lead over the Padres but are 1.5 games out of a potential Wild Card spot. […]

The St. Louis Cardinals placed Nolan Gorman on the injured list with a lower back strain on Thursday, according to Katie Woo. Gorman hasn’t played since Saturday and his stint on the shelf is retroactive to Monday, meaning he’s already served three days of the minimum ten. Gorman is one of the Cardinals’ best players […]

The Los Angeles Angels went for it. They could easily have traded Shohei Ohtani, perhaps the greatest baseball player of his generation and even beyond but also a pending free agent after this season, for an absolute treasure trove bounty of a haul. But, with a wild card spot within their grasp, they bought. They […]

The New York Yankees are dealing with a nightmare season at the MLB level. Now, their entire minor league system is being called into question by a former prospect. Ben Ruta spent parts of five seasons in the Yankees system after being drafted by the team in 2016. In recent days, Ruta has made highly […]

The Milwaukee Brewers are trying to avoid being swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday night. This game will continue our MLB odds series as we hand out a Brewers-Dodgers prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Brewers have been outscored 13-3 in these first two games […]

The final verdict regarding the suspension of Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson was handed down on Thursday. Anderson was originally suspended six games for his role in a brawl between the White Sox and Cleveland Guardians on Aug. 5 but will start serving a five-game suspension on Friday after settling with the league, according […]

The Tampa Bay Rays are down bad right now. Shane McClanahan is getting Tommy John and won’t be back until at the very earliest 2024 and star shortstop Wander Franco may never play baseball again after an investigation into his relationship with a minor. Regardless, the Rays are managing to stay in the race for […]

The latest Seattle Mariners’ injury updates suggest that Jarred Kelenic and Bryan Woo will both be part of the team’s September playoff push. Jarred Kelenic is expected to return early next month, and Bryan Woo could re-join the Mariners’ roster next week, MLB.com’s Daniel Kramer reports. Mariners’ President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto told reporters […]

The San Diego Padres are not having the season they were hoping to have, but as they fight to make up ground in the race for the final National League Wild Card spot, it’s clear that Fernando Tatis Jr. is leading the way. Tatis is doing everything he can to help the Padres pick up […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks take on the San Diego Padres for the beginning of a four game series. This game will continue our MLB odds series as we hand out a Diamondbacks-Padres prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Diamondbacks are losing the season series with the Padres […]

It has taken the Los Angeles Dodgers less than three weeks to effectively end what was a competitive NL West race. The Dodgers ended July with a 2.5-game lead over the San Francisco Giants and a 3.5-game edge on the Arizona Diamondbacks. Fast forward 17 days later and Los Angeles has a 10-game first-place lead, […]

Three-time National League Cy Young award winning pitcher Clayton Kershaw is always a strong candidate to win the award entering a new season. Sure enough, he pitched well to begin the 2023 campaign. Kershaw, however, suffered an injury in late June and was placed on the injured list in early July. Kershaw ended up not […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates selected Paul Skenes with the No. 1 overall pick in the MLB Draft this year, and the Pirates reportedly offered him the chance to keep hitting, but he turned it down. Paul Skenes said that he feels best when he does not have to worry about his swing. “My body felt the […]

Though the Boston Red Sox are in the midst of a tight wild card race in the American League, a lot of eyes have been on their Triple-A team this season. That’s because 28-year-old Bobby Dalbec is having a season for the ages down on the farm and it may be in large part because […]

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Reid Detmers flirted with the second no-hitter in his career on Wednesday against the Texas Rangers, and he would have been the seventh MLB pitcher to throw no-hitters in back-to-back seasons. Angels manager Phil Nevin raved about Reid Detmers’ performance. “I thought he was very efficient with his pitches,” Phil […]

History was made at Single-A Jupiter on Wednesday night, but there’s no way any fan could even guess how it happened. Miami Marlins switch-hitter Ian Lewis, the 30th-best prospect in their minor league system, stole five bags and didn’t record a single hit, per MLB.com. Yes, you heard that correctly. That’s only been done once […]

The San Diego Padres are doing whatever it takes to earn a Wild Card spot amid a disappointing season. Yet, somehow, they are still alive, and Fernando Tatis Jr. is one of the reasons why the train won’t stop churning. On Wednesday against the Baltimore Orioles, Tatis had a magical steal of home plate that […]

The New York Mets are on the road to take on the St. Louis Cardinals for the start of a four game series Thursday night. This game will continue our MLB odds series as we hand out a Mets-Cardinals prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Mets […]

Despite being on the verge of their seventh consecutive losing season, there is some buzz surrounding the Detroit Tigers lately. A trio of young, impact bats is coming into their own for the Tigers in 2023, giving the fans something to look forward to in the midst of another dismal campaign. Spencer Torkelson, Riley Greene […]

The Detroit Tigers are on the road to take on the Cleveland Guardians for the start of a four game series. This game will continue our MLB odds series as we hand out a Tigers-Guardians prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Tigers lead the season series […]

Christian Yelich became one of the biggest stars in baseball at the end of the 2010s. But even quicker than he rose to prominence with a pair of top-two finishes in the NL MVP race (winning it in 2018), the Milwaukee Brewers outfielder fell out of the spotlight. Yelich didn’t regress into being a bad […]

The Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals square off in a rubber match Thursday afternoon. This game will continue our MLB odds series as we hand out a Red Sox-Nationals prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. This has been a tight series, and the Red Sox have […]

The career of Tampa Bay Rays infielder Wander Franco is in grave danger due to his alleged off-field misdeeds, if this latest report is any indication of what’s to come. According to Hector Gomez, MLB insider for Z101 Digital, a source close to the Franco situation believes that the Rays shortstop is unlikely to play […]

The Chicago Cubs just keep making magic happen. After a massive winning streak ahead of the trade deadline that convinced them not to sell, they are in a good position to snag a Wild Card spot. They also may have just enjoyed their most electric win of the season on a walk-off homer from Christopher […]

The New York Yankees are limping toward the end of the regular season with their playoff chances all but dead, but Aaron Judge is giving them something to watch. Today we will discuss why Judge will finish with at least 40 home runs and how he is going to cross the finish line. The odds […]

The Seattle Mariners finish their four-game road trip to the Kansas City Royals today. It is time to continue our MLB odds series with a Mariners-Royals prediction, pick, and how to watch. Yesterday, the Mariners won their second straight game over the Royals, winning 6-5. Game one of the series saw the Royals blow a […]

Things just keep getting worse for the New York Yankees. Their record is now below .500 with less than two months left in the regular season. Aaron Boone’s squad is anything but a bunch of savages in that box. Most teams aren’t worried or surprised to be below .500 at this point in the season. […]

Clayton Kershaw continues to look good after getting activated from the injured list. In his second start since his return from the IL, Kershaw helped the Los Angeles Dodgers dominate the Milwaukee Brewers in a 7-1 victory at home Wednesday night. However, the veteran southpaw was not too satisfied with his performance, even saying after […]

The New York Yankees are sliding into disaster territory with their latest loss, a shutout at the hands of the Atlanta Braves. But slugger Aaron Judge isn’t ready to give up on the team just yet, and has a plan for the Bronx Bombers to get back into it with only 40 games remaining. They […]

Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers have looked invincible of late. After taking down the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday night at home, 7-1, they moved just a win on Thursday away from a sweep of the National League Central leaders, while also extending their undefeated streak to 10 games. Betts is relishing the success the […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have been one of the best teams in baseball all season, and they seem poised for a deep postseason run. It seems like the Dodgers have been scorching hot all season, but in the month of August, they have taken things up a notch. Not too long ago, the San Francisco […]

The New York Yankees have reached a new low point in their current losing skid. They failed anew to get out of their slump as the Bronx Bombers got blanked by the Atlanta Braves Wednesday night, 2-0, to finish the series on the road against the No. 1 National League team without a win. With […]

In the immortal words of Ron Washington, the Atlanta Braves’ current third base coach, playing first base is “incredibly hard”. Nevertheless, for Bryce Harper, it seems like a future at that position is in the cards, as he started at first base for the 12th time this season in a 9-4 victory for the Philadelphia […]

The Philadelphia Phillies took on the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto on Wednesday night and the Phillies left with a 9-4 victory. The game took place on the first day of the Little League World Series from Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Little League teams from all over the world come to compete for the ultimate championship in […]

On Tuesday, the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox renewed their long-standing rivalry. With the Cubs right in the thick of the playoff race, there’s greater incentive for them to win than their Windy City rivals, a team that’s currently languishing at fourth place in the weak AL Central. However, it was the White […]

The St. Louis Cardinals recently made a small move of selecting the contract of pitcher Casey Lawrence. That transaction doesn’t move the needle much for the Cards, who have fallen way behind in the playoff race. However, there’s one move that Lawrence did that could turn the heads of St. Louis and baseball fans in […]

The St. Louis Cardinals lost outfielder Lars Nootbaar went down with an unfortunate injury after fouling a ball off of his groin area and rolling around in pain. “Lars Nootbaar was removed from the game with a ‘lower abdomen’ contusion… which sure, I guess is one way to explain it,” tweeted Cardinals reporter Katie Woo. […]

The Tampa Bay Rays are currently 2.5 games out of first place in the American League East after a 6-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday evening. The team’s night was noteworthy not just for the final score but also the way in which they accomplished the victory. The Rays are currently dealing […]