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Last season, Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Dustin May appeared to be on the verge of breaking out as a star in baseball. He posted a 2.74 ERA with a 0.96 WHIP across his first five starts. Sadly, he then tore his UCL (ulnar collateral ligament) causing him to undergo Tommy John surgery. It has […]

New York Yankees trade deadline acquisition Harrison Bader has yet to feature for the team since they traded for him in a deal with the St. Louis Cardinals. Meanwhile, Jordan Montgomery, who was dealt away in the trade, has been excellent since joining the Cardinals. Yankees manager Aaron Boone provided a key update on Bader’s […]

The Chicago White Sox received some poor news as manager Tony La Russa will not be with the team Tuesday against the Kansas City Royals. He has been ordered by his doctors to miss the game and is scheduled to undergo further medical testing on Wednesday, according to USA Today‘s Bob Nightengale. Chicago #Whitesox manager […]

The Chicago White Sox entered the 2022 season with as much hype as any in recent memory. There is just over a month left in the regular season and the White Sox find themselves on the outside of the playoffs looking in. Much of that has to do with injuries, but also a number of […]

The Tampa Bay Rays received some unfortunate news on Tuesday, as ace left-hander and Cy Young candidate Shane McClanahan was shockingly scratched from his scheduled start against the Miami Marlins, as reported by Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. Don't know why yet, but McClanahan is NOT starting for #Rays. Armstrong on the mound […]

The New York Mets continue to lead the National League East. They are one of the better teams in baseball and are aiming to make a 2022 World Series run. However, they can’t afford to take anything for granted. The National League is littered with talent. The Los Angeles Dodgers are MLB’s best all-around team, […]

The Cleveland Guardians and Baltimore Orioles are set to kickoff a three game series in Cleveland on Tuesday. Both teams feature former Oregon State baseball standouts on their rosters. The Guardians’ Steven Kwan and Orioles’ Adley Rutschman were teammates during their time at Oregon State. And they are now in the race for American League […]

The Philadelphia Phillies take on the Arizona Diamondbacks. Check out our MLB odds series for our Phillies Diamondbacks prediction and pick. Aaron Nola goes to the hill for the Phillies, while Zac Gallen takes the ball for the Diamondbacks. Aaron Nola has a 3.08 ERA. He has been very good for the Phillies this year. […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have the best record in baseball at 89-38. That puts them on pace to win 114 games this season. The Major League record is 116 held by the 1906 Chicago Cubs and the 2001 Seattle Mariners. Well, the rich are about to get richer as news surfaced that Clayton Kershaw’s return […]

The New York Yankees take on the Los Angeles Angels. Check out our MLB odds series for our Yankees Angels prediction and pick. Jameson Taillon takes the bump for the Yankees, while Mike Mayers gets the call for the Angels. Jameson Taillon had a 2.30 ERA in the first week of June. By July 10, […]

The American League MVP race is fascinating this season. On one hand, Aaron Judge is breaking all kinds of home run records for the New York Yankees. He’s already clubbed 50 long balls and we are not even in September yet! But then there is the Los Angeles Angels’ 2-way phenom, Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani is […]

The Houston Astros take on the Texas Rangers. Check out our MLB odds series for our Astros Rangers prediction and pick. Framber Valdez goes to the hill for the Astros, while Dane Dunning gets the ball for the Rangers. Framber Valdez is Mr. Consistency in 2022. He is not the best pitcher in baseball. He […]

The Houston Astros are working hard on locking up the top playoff spot in the American League over the final few weeks of the season. They have been locked in a tight battle with the New York Yankees for most of the second half of the season, and currently hold a four game lead over […]

Don’t look now, but one of the most highly anticipated games on the day will be taking place in the Big Apple as the 89-win Los Angeles Dodgers travel to the east coast to take on the dangerous New York Mets. Check out our MLB odds series, where our Dodgers-Mets prediction and pick will be […]

This NL West rivalry will continue its series on Tuesday night! It’s time to continue our MLB odds series with a Padres-Giants prediction and pick. Game 1 of the series went in favor of the Padres by a score of 6-5. The Padres stormed out to a 5-run lead as Brandon Drury hit a 2-run […]

The Baltimore Orioles and the Cleveland Guardians will go head-to-head on the diamond in a matchup with major playoff implications on Tuesday! It is time to check out our MLB odds series, where our Orioles-Guardians prediction and pick will be made. Who would’ve expected the Orioles to be smack dab in the middle of an […]

The Houston Astros placed ace Justin Verlander on the 15-day IL after he was removed from his start on Sunday due to what the team described as calf discomfort. Verlander lasted just three innings against the Baltimore Orioles before his outing came to an early end, and it now seems as if the injury is […]

The New York Yankees were the class of baseball through the first portion of the 2022 season. But they labored during the month of August. They still hold a respectable lead in the AL East. But the Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays have closed the gap considerably after the Yankees seemed like they […]

Happy Tuesday baseball fans! The last place Boston Red Sox will look for a quick rebound in game two against the Minnesota Twins. Join us for our  MLB odds series, where our Red Sox-Twins prediction and pick will be revealed. After dropping the first contest of the series by a score of 4-2, Boston will […]

St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols moved just six home runs away from becoming a member of an extremely exclusive baseball statistical club, as he knocked out his 694th career home run Monday night off of Cincinnati Reds pitcher Ross Detwiler in the third inning of the Cards’ 13-4 road win. With that home run, […]

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is now in the same territory as Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle after hitting his 50th homer of the season on Monday. Trailing the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 at the top of the eighth inning, Judge put the Yankees back into the game and himself towards history as he […]

Albert Pujols will not be able to stop his aging, but he’s also not going to be stopped from hitting balls out of the park. The future sure-fire first-ballot Hall of Famer moved closer to home run no. 700 when he added Cincinnati Reds pitcher Ross Detwiler to his long list of home run victims […]

The New York Yankees haven’t looked like the same team that raced out of the gate at a record pace earlier in the season. Part of the reason for their struggles has been the injury bug, especially in their pitching rotation. The likes of Luis Severino and Nestor Cortes have hit the injured list, though […]

New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo has struggled in recent games. And those struggles have forced his manager to move him down the lineup. The Yankees released their lineup on Monday, and it saw the struggling first baseman batting sixth. It’s the first time Rizzo has hit sixth in any lineup since his 2011 […]

By all means Boston Red Sox outfielder/designated hitter JD Martinez is having a solid 2022 MLB season. After all, he just earned his fifth All-Star nod this year. That being said, it’s hard not to notice the significant drop in his production in terms of home runs. Last season, Martinez had 28 home runs across […]

The Boston Red Sox are in the midst of an abysmal 2022 season. They currently place last in the American League East division. Management has come under fire due to a string of questionable decisions over the past few years. The Mookie Betts trade brought enough questions of its own. But their confusing 2022 MLB […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have World Series aspirations. In fact, anything short of a World Series would be considered a failure for LA. The Dodgers, despite investing a jaw-dropping amount of money into stars over the years, have won just 1 World Series championship since 1988. With just over a month left in the regular […]

The San Diego Padres take on the San Francisco Giants. Check out our MLB odds series for our Padres Giants prediction and pick. Mike Clevinger gets the starting assignment for the Padres, while Carlos Rodon goes to the bump for the Giants. Mike Clevinger has a 3.59 ERA, but his path through the season has […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers hold a massive lead in the NL West. They are the best team in baseball at the moment as well. However, LA has their sights set on more than regular season success. With a ludicrous amount of money invested in star talent and a culture that expects to win, anything less […]

Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star pitcher Tony Gonsolin was placed on the 15-day IL on Monday, but he doesn’t envision a lengthy spell on the sidelines. Gonsolin was a surprise scratch from his scheduled start against the Miami Marlins on Monday. The Dodgers revealed Gonsolin had been dealing with forearm tightness after his previous start, prompting […]

The Philadelphia Phillies take on the Arizona Diamondbacks. Check out our MLB odds series for our Phillies Diamondbacks prediction and pick. Ranger Suarez gets the call for the Phillies, while Madison Bumgarner starts for the Diamondbacks. Ranger Suarez missed a few weeks at the start of July. He returned to the Philadelphia rotation on July […]

The New York Yankees take on the Los Angeles Angels. Check out our MLB odds series for our Yankees Angels prediction and pick. Frankie Montas goes to the mound for the Yankees, while Jose Suarez takes the ball for the Angels. Frankie Montas has had a bumpy start to his career in New York. “Frankie […]

Justin Turner is not a fan of infielders throwing gas in the infield. The Los Angeles Dodgers called out an infield prospect for throwing 100-plus MPH during the MLB Futures Game. The infielder, although Turner never directly named anyone specifically, was presumably St. Louis Cardinals prospect Masyn Wynn. During the MLB Futures Game, Wynn delivered […]

Mason Rudolph faces an uncertain future with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Based on preseason performances, it’s expected that Rudolph will enter the year as the Steelers’ third-string quarterback, behind the likes of Mitchell Trubisky and Kenny Pickett. Rudolph has also been the subject of trade rumors throughout the offseason. With the Steelers not having a need […]

Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star pitcher Tony Gonsolin was scratched from his scheduled start against the Miami Marlins on Monday and was placed on the 15-day IL with a right forearm strain, per Dodgers beat reporter Juan Toribio. The Dodgers, despite their 2022 success, have been hit hard with various injuries. Walker Buehler is already set […]

The New York Yankees are set to receive a major bullpen boost ahead of their series vs. the Los Angeles Angels on Monday, as closer Clay Holmes is set to make his return from the 15-day IL, per Sweeny Murti of WFAN. The Yankees just split a series with the lowly Oakland Athletics, so getting […]

Bryce Harper made his return to the Philadelphia Phillies just two months after he suffered a fractured thumb from being hit by a pitch. Harper’s return will certainly bode well for the Phillies as they continue their fight for a wild card spot in the National League throughout the remainder of the 2022 season. Harper’s […]

The San Diego Padres were dealt a brutal blow following the Fernando Tatis Jr PED incident. He will miss the remainder of the season and beginning of next year due to a suspension. The star shortstop had already missed the first portion of 2022 due to an injury he suffered after a careless motorcycle accident. […]

The Seattle Mariners locked down a key piece of their future last week, signing star Julio Rodriguez to a massive extension that could max out at $470 million. It’s a very unique contract in the sense that Rodriguez has a five-year player option and a no-trade clause. Needless to say, the Mariners want to make […]