The Angels won 13 of their past 16 games; the Red Sox lost four of their past five. Boston came out of the All-Star break sluggish and was baffled by Angels pitching. The Sox had seven hits and no runs against in the first two games. MORE: AL’s best players under 25 | All-Star Game photos Santiago (6-4, 2.33 ERA) is a -117 favorite against rookie Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2, 3....
MLB odds: Current baseball betting lines It almost looks too easy, which is scary sometimes, but at least you can walk up to the bet window with confidence knowing that everything checks out. The Diamondbacks are -110 favorites behind Josh Collmenter (3-5, 5.05). They’ve lost three of Collmenter’s past four starts, as well as five of their past seven games overall. Rather than question why the price is off, just consider yourself lucky that you’re getting 20 cents of value....
MLB betting lines: Live odds from Las Vegas The season series between the clubs with the top two records in the National League has the Cardinals up 6-5, with each team having a major advantage at home. The Cardinals, who have a six-game lead over Pittsburgh in the NL Central, have won all four meetings at home this season, and all four wins have been by one run in come-from-behind fashion....
MLB odds: Baseball lines from Las Vegas SurprisesHouston Astros (15-7): After six consecutive losing seasons, including three straight of losing 106 or more games between 2011-13, they find themselves with a four game lead in the competitive AL West. Their farm system produces quality players, and their pitching staff has been dominant. The pitchers have allowed only 3.4 runs a game. They’ve only lost one series within the division and currently ride a seven-game winning streak as they continue with the second of a four-game series with Seattle this weekend....
Price (3-1, 3.32 ERA) hasn’t factored in a decision in his last three starts, but the Tigers have won eight of his nine starts this season, which makes him the fifth most profitable starter in baseball. Detroit has won five straight behind him, yet tonight he is offered at his second-lowest price of the season at -115; he was -105 in his second start of the season when the Tigers won at Cleveland against Corey Kluber....
That certainly is possible in 2021. Fingers crossed. Let’s take a look at the playoff berths/hierarchy still in play heading into the final three days of the regular-season schedule. MORE: Updated MLB playoff bracket, magic numbers National League West Before we talk about scenarios for the NL West, we have to talk about WHY winning the division is so darn important. The division winner moves directly to the best-of-five NLDS, which begins Oct....
That’s a pretty common situation for this franchise, and that’s why fans are slightly terrified. They’ve already watched their team lose two potential elimination games in this series, turning a 2-0 lead into a 2-2 tie with one winner-take-all game remaining. That’s pressure, right? “We don’t view it like that,” manager Terry Francona said during Tuesday’s press conference. “I think if you viewed it like that, you could set yourself up to press....
Tanaka surrendered just three hits and struck out eight over seven shutout innings to lead the Yankees to a 5-0 home victory over Houston. With the win, New York takes a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. PHILLIPS: Tanaka’s big-game history began in high school Greg Bird gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead with an RBI single in the second inning, and Aaron Judge drove in a run one inning later with a double....
The first playoffs expansion since 2012 will see 16 teams qualifying for the postseason and the introduction of a three-game first round to replace the single-game wild-card format. “This season will be a sprint to a new format that will allow more fans to experience playoff baseball,” commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “We look forward to a memorable postseason concluding a year like no other.” The MLB had first floated the proposal as it negotiated with the MLBPA the details of a shortened season to cope with the novel coronavirus pandemic, which forced the league to postpone Opening Day by four months....
Hudson’s call, and the New York office’s decision to uphold it, kept the top of the 14th inning alive for the Rangers, who went on to score two runs and earn a 6-4 victory Friday, taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five American League Division Series. MORE: Best photos from the ALDS | Teams that have come back from 0-2 deficits The Blue Jays were an out from recording a scoreless frame when Rougned Odor beat out an infield single....
Lose Game 1 at home with Clayton Kershaw on the mound. Win Game 2 at home with Zack Greinke on the mound. Lose Game 3 on the road with Not Kershaw Or Greinke on the mound. Send Kershaw to the mound on three days’ rest for Game 4. MORE: Top NLDS photos | Kershaw says MLB ‘bullied’ into suspending Utley | Mets fans rain boos on Utley The result last year was a 3-2 loss to the Cardinals, as the eventual Cy Young winner and MVP gave up a three-run homer to Matt Adams on his 102nd and final pitch....
Danny Espinosa, who went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts in the Dodgers’ victory in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Friday, closed out the regular season by hitting .168/.265/.274 with six home runs and 90 strikeouts in 226 at-bats over his final 67 games. Espinosa is a decent shortstop, but even if he were the second coming of Ozzie Smith, that kind of production at the plate would warrant a seat on the bench....
The Indians pitcher needed stitches to close a laceration on his pinky finger, the team announced Friday — while neglecting to mention how he suffered the injury. MORE: Each MLB team’s worst postseason memory Turns out, Bauer cut his finger while attempting to repair a drone, Indians president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti told WTAM. The Indians had been set to start Bauer against the Blue Jays in Game 2 on Saturday afternoon, but he’ll get the ball Monday night in Game 3 instead....
The expanded and revamped postseason begins on Tuesday, with a field consisting of 16 teams as opposed to the usual 10, with the brand new Wild Card Series replacing the one-off Wild Card game and no byes for any of the teams that have qualified for the playoffs. Here’s all you need to know as the race for the World Series begins this week. When does the MLB postseason start?...
But the big-money deals that go south aren’t the only types of contract situations that create big problems, and that’s what we’re going to look at with this series. These are the contract situations that keep general managers and team presidents — or whatever the official title happens to be for the decision makers — up at night. They don’t have easy resolutions, though we’ll try to offer options where options might exist....
Because the editors won’t let me put other hot keywords in the headline to appease the Google machine like “Taylor Swift,” “Kim Kardashian,” “National Tequila Day” and “Robert Mueller,” you’re just going to have to settle for those aforementioned three things, anyway. Sorry, fair reader, no archers here. So as we hurtle toward the 2019 trade deadline on July 31 — the only trade deadline this year, keep that in mind — here are the best MLB trade rumor Power Rankings your clicks can buy....
But we’re going to pick winners and losers from the trade deadline anyway. We’re considering everything that happened from the All-Star Game through the 4 p.m. ET deadline on July 31. Not every team that made a deal is listed below. TRADE TRACKER: SN analyzes the deadline season moves Let’s get started. Winners Los Angeles Dodgers Why they’re here: Feels like they traded for Manny Machado months ago, but since we’re counting everything that has happened since the All-Star Game, that deal counts....
Josh Byrnes is out as general manager after being fired on Sunday, replaced on an interim basis by three men who will share the duties of running the team: A.J. Hinch, Omar Minaya, and Fred Uhlman. Does having three people share the general manager’s job mean that the Padres will be quiet at the trade deadline, or does it mean that San Diego has triple the phone-working power of the rest of the teams in baseball?...
THE RUMOR: The Angels plan to discuss a contract extension with closer Huston Street during spring training. MORE: New faces, new places | Jays latest to pursue Papelbon? | Brewers eyeing reunion with K-Rod | Orioles acquire Snider from Pirates REPORTED BY: Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com THE DETAILS: The Angels exercised their $7 million club option on Street early in the offseason and would like to lock up the 31-year-old right-hander before he hits the free-agent market next winter....
