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The Texas Rangers have held strong in the American League West. When the Houston Astros began to get some of their best players back from the injured list, many people around the MLB world expected Houston to surpass Texas in the division. Instead, the Rangers lead the division by 3.5 games as of this story’s […]

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that outfielder Aaron Judge will not need surgery to address the toe injury he suffered by crashing through the bullpen wall at Dodger Stadium, according to Talkin’ Yanks. The Yankees’ season took a downturn after Aaron Judge injured his toe in that game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. […]

How does a team construct a World Series winning roster in MLB? It’s one of the most difficult things to do in all of sports. Teams simply cannot sign a couple of superstars and automatically emerge as Fall Classic contenders. The New York Mets and San Diego Padres went all in on adding talent from […]

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette has been out for a couple of weeks due to patellar tendonitis in his right knee, with Paul DeJong filling in during his absence, but he gave an update that should give Blue Jays fans optimism regarding his return. Bo Bichette’s recovery is “moving along a lot quicker than […]

Get on your feet AL fans as we should be in for a diaper dandy when the Los Angeles Angels travel to south to the Lone Star State to take on the Texas Rangers on this Tuesday night. Join us for our MLB odds series where our Angels-Rangers prediction and pick will be revealed. In the […]

The Oakland Athletics are on the road to take on the St. Louis Cardinals for the second game of a three game set Tuesday night. Below we will continue with our MLB odds series as we hand out an Athletics-Cardinals prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The […]

The Minnesota Twins are just a few games up on the Cleveland Guardians in the American League Central. Fortunately, they are getting a key reinforcement as they look to keep their winning streak going: infielder Royce Lewis. The Twins announced that Lewis has been reinstated from the 10-day IL. The former first-round pick has been […]

Adam Wainwright has dealt with injury concerns in 2023. He’s also struggled when healthy. Still, the Cardinals have stuck with Wainwright as his retirement looms. That may change soon though if the veteran right-hander can’t find his footing soon. “We sat down, we talked through it, like: ‘Listen, we’re going to take your next start […]

The Texas Rangers have signed Josh Harrison to a minor-league contract, according to MSM Sports. Josh Harrison played 40 games for the Philadelphia Phillies earlier in the 2023 season. The infielder spent the majority of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Rangers are his seventh team since 2018. Harrison will head to the minor […]

The St. Louis Cardinals made the right call to salvage their miserable season by trading away players at the 2023 trade deadline. Painful as it was to give up on the season after winning the NL Central last year, it will give them a better chance at being competitive in the future. The Cardinals said […]

The Seattle Mariners nearly pulled off the comeback of the season on Monday, but a blown save by Matt Brash in the ninth spoiled the fun in a loss to the Kansas City Royals. The Mariners trailed 5-0 entering the eighth inning and scored six runs across the final two innings to take a one-run […]

He’s back! After a long absence, Max Fried is back on the mound for the Atlanta Braves. The star lefty returned to pitching after recovering from an injury he suffered a couple of months ago. While it wasn’t a perfect return, Fried did just enough to fend off the New York Yankees in Game 1 […]

Tyler Glasnow made his return to the Tampa Bay Rays’ rotation on Monday night after missing just over two weeks with a back injury. The righty impressed too, tossing six innings of one-run baseball against the San Francisco Giants as the Rays ultimately won 10-2. Following the outing, Glasnow was very happy with how he […]

Mookie Betts was a fan-favorite with the Boston Red Sox and has continued to be beloved by Los Angeles Dodgers fans. There have probably been plenty of parents who’ve named their children after Betts. However, a recent story about a home run bet that led to a baby being named after Betts is truly incredible. […]

It is interleague baseball as the New York Yankees pay a visit to the Atlanta Braves. It is time to continue our MLB odds series with a Yankees-Braves prediction, pick, and how-to watch. In the game yesterday, it was a complete blowout as the Braves dominated the Yankees. The Yankees did take an early lead […]

The Cleveland Browns acquired wide receiver Elijah Moore from the New York Jets this offseason, hoping to create a a strong wide receiver duo for Deshaun Watson this season, and Cooper made a bold claim about what the duo could do this season and beyond. “It’s been great,” Amari Cooper said, via Myles Simmons of […]

Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman deserve much of the credit for the Los Angeles Dodgers running away with first place in the NL West. The Dodgers’ stars are not only among the top 2023 NL MVP candidates; Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman have been a historically effective pairing at the top of the lineup. The […]

In the midst of a playoff race, the Miami Marlins added catching depth on Tuesday, signing veteran Jorge Alfaro to a minor league deal, according to Jordan McPherson. Alfaro will head to Triple-A Jacksonville and will likely find his way onto the Marlins’ big league roster at some point in the next six weeks. Alfaro […]

Umpire Angel Hernandez lost again in his racial discrimination lawsuit against Major League Baseball after the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2021 ruling that granted the league a summary judgment, according to the Associated Press. “Hernandez has failed to establish a statistically significant disparity between the promotion rates of white and minority […]

The Detroit Tigers are on the road to take on the Minnesota Twins for the final series of the year between the two teams. This game will continue our MLB odds series as we hand out a Tigers-Twins prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Tigers lead […]

The Baltimore Orioles have emerged as arguably the best team in the American League, and former top prospect Grayson Rodriguez threw an impressive outing against the San Diego Padres on Tuesday to help move the team to 74-45 on the year. Grayson Rodriguez threw seven innings, gave up one run and struck out six against […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks once looked like a team that was a lock to make the 2023 MLB postseason. That’s not part of the team’s narrative, as Arizona has completely slid out of the picture. The Diamondbacks are now 13 games out of first place in the National League West division. With how the Los Angeles […]

The Kansas City Royals picked up a wild 7-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night, and while Darion Blanco’s walk-off bunt will get a lot of attention, and rightfully so, the win wouldn’t have been possible if it weren’t for Bobby Witt Jr.’s inside-the-park home run that came in the fifth inning of […]

Two teams amid a playoff hunt face off as the Philadelphia Phillies and Toronto Blue Jays play tonight. It is time to continue our MLB odds series with a Phillies-Blue Jays prediction, pick, and how-to watch. The Phillies come into this series after losing two of three to the Twins over the weekend. It was […]

The Atlanta Braves announced that they have recalled infielder Vaughn Grissom as a corresponding move to placing Ozzie Albies on the 10-day injured list. Ozzie Albies being placed on the 10-day injured list is backdated to August 14 with a strained left hamstring, the Braves said in their announcement. This is not the first time […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates are on the road to take on the New York Mets for game two of a three game series Tuesday night. This game will continue our MLB odds series as we hand out a Pirates-Mets prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Mets took […]

The Cincinnati Reds are entering a new era. Elly De La Cruz has taken center stage as the face of a young team that could make it back to the playoffs after years of misery. While the newbies like De La Cruz, Spencer Steer, Andrew Abbott and others take the reins and propel the team […]

The Houston Astros take on the Miami Marlins for the second game of a three game set. This game will continue our MLB odds series as we hand out an Astros-Marlins prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Marlins won game one of the series 5-1. Miami […]

The Boston Red Sox and Washington Nationals start a three-game interleague series today. It is time to continue our MLB odds series with a Red Sox-Nationals prediction, pick, and how to watch. The Red Sox enter the game after winning two of three over the Tigers this past weekend. For the Red Sox, they have […]

Manny Machado used to be the face of the Baltimore Orioles franchise. When he was traded by O’s to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2018, it signaled the start of a full-blown rebuild of Baltimore which went from a 75-win team in the 2017 season to a 47-win ball club in the following campaign. Years […]

The Cleveland Guardians and Cincinnati Reds begin a two-game interleague series today. It is time to continue our MLB odds series with a Guardians-Reds prediction, pick, and how to watch. The Guardians enter this game after losing two of three to the Rays over the weekend. They were on the verge of being swept until […]

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Yu Darvish made history against the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night, becoming the all-time MLB strikeout leader among pitchers born in Japan. “With his 6th strikeout of the night, Yu Darvish brought his career total to 1,919,” tweeted ESPN Stats & Info. “That moved him past Hideo Nomo for the […]

The New York Yankees are entering a free fall as their season is rapidly coming to a close, and manager Aaron Boone is trying to salvage the wreckage amid continued pitching mishaps. Starter Clarke Schmidt was shelled on Monday against the Braves, giving up eight runs in less than three innings of work. Schmidt had […]

The Atlanta Braves’ recent five-game scoring binge against the New York Mets and New York Yankees has serious World Series implications written all over it. The Braves’ onslaught over a five-game stretch against the New York teams brings back memories of Hank Aaron’s 1957 Milwaukee Braves, per ESPN Stats & Info. Over their last five […]

Life has been rough lately for the New York Yankees and things didn’t get any better on Monday night against the Atlanta Braves. The Yankees have fallen into last place in the AL East, but they still have a winning record, currently sitting at 60-59. The division is that good. Because of that, New York […]

The Atlanta Braves may have the best record in baseball, improving to 76-42 following a 11-3 win over the New York Yankees on Monday night, but that doesn’t make the immune to bad news. In fact, just this Sunday, the Braves witnessed Ozzie Albies exit the game early during their 7-6 loss to the New […]

In his third start for the Texas Rangers, Max Scherzer joined history only shared by Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson and Justin Verlander. In Monday’s contest against the Los Angeles Angels, Scherzer threw seven innings, allowing just one hit and striking out 11. His six career games with 10+ strikeouts and one or zero hits allowed […]

The Kansas Royals faced the Seattle Mariners on Monday night in Kansas City. It hasn’t been a good season for the Royals by any means, but the club’s young star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. had quite the night against Mariners. Witt had the unique combination of two in-field singles and an inside-the-park home run in […]

The Miami Marlins currently find themselves in third place in the National League East after a 5-1 win over the Houston Astros on Monday. The Marlins are looking up at the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves with plenty of time left to make a run at a playoff spot. Recently former Astro Yuli Gurriel sounded […]