Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker announced Wednesday that reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander will make his 12th career Opening Day start, according to MLB.com's Brian McTaggart.Verlander will tie Hall of Famers Bert Blyleven and...
Houston Astros
... 's fifth consecutive Opening Day start and third straight as a member of the Astros. He started in nine season openers for the Detroit Tigers before joining Hou ...
Find line reports, best bets, and subscribe to push notifications in the Betting News section.Few divisions benefit from the chaos of this MLB season more than the AL Central, which is paired with the NL Central to create a favorable schedule for...
Chicago White Sox
... oo much uncertainty with this club to have a strong lean either way. Chicago White Sox (31.5) It's been a while since there was this much justified excitement arou ...
Minnesota Twins
... etroit Tigers 21.5 Minnesota Twins (34.5) After the broke out with 101 wins in 2019, the second-most in franchi ...
Find line reports, best bets, and subscribe to push notifications in the Betting News section.No team has had a greater stranglehold on its division in recent years than the Los Angeles Dodgers, who've captured the National League West crown in each...
Arizona Diamondbacks
... n winning when it matters this year. It's the under or nothing here. Arizona Diamondbacks (31.5) There's a lot to like about the , who are fully capable of catching l ...
Los Angeles Dodgers
... 8 wins in 60 games are the equivalent to 103 in a normal campaign. Sure, the Dodgers have a stacked roster, but that's been the case throughout this seven-year s ...
San Diego Padres
... s is one of my favorite futures bets heading into the 2020 season. San Diego Padres (30.5) It was a busy offseason for a team that is very much flying under the ...
San Francisco Giants
... les of Colorado's top guys last season. The under is the play. San Francisco Giants (25.5) The will use 2020 to evaluate the talent they have in their system an ...
Three New York Yankees pitchers are not impressed with the new extra-inning rule for the shortened 2020 campaign after testing it out during an intrasquad game Tuesday.The rule, which puts a runner on second base with no outs to begin every inning...
New York Yankees
... n the game. I think it's not great." Green was on the mound Tuesday when the Yankees simulated the situation. "Obviously, I'm personally not a fan of it," Green ...
Jack Flaherty will take the hill when the St. Louis Cardinals open their 60-game regular season against the Pittsburgh Pirates on July 24. The team hasn't announced the decision, but the 24-year-old told reporters on Tuesday that Cardinals manager...
St. Louis Cardinals
... t announced the decision, but the 24-year-old told reporters on Tuesday that Cardinals manager Mike Shildt informed him of the decision, according to . Flaherty wi ...
Major League Baseball plans to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Negro National League on Aug. 16, according to Bill Ladson of MLB.com.All players, managers, coaches, and umpires will wear a centennial patch designed by the...
The Atlanta Braves officially named Mike Soroka their Opening Day starter Tuesday.Soroka, 22, will become the franchise's youngest Opening Day starter of the modern era. The right-hander will also be the youngest starter to get the nod in MLB since...
Atlanta Braves
... oungest Opening Day starter for the in the franchise’s modern era. — Atlanta Braves (@Braves) The last time a starter younger than Soroka got the Opening Day gi ...
The Atlanta Braves are signing free-agent outfielder Yasiel Puig, a source told Mark Feinsand of MLB.com.The move comes not long after veteran outfielder Nick Markakis decided to opt out of the 2020 season.More to come.
Atlanta Braves
... he app Home All Leagues Follow Us MLB Report: Braves to sign Yasiel Puig 25m ago Jim McIsaac / Getty Images Sport / Getty The are ...
Eleven major-league umpires have decided to opt out of the upcoming MLB season, sources told Jon Heyman of MLB Network.Some of the umpires electing not to participate in the season are said to have family members who are ill, Heyman notes.Identities...
Find line reports, best bets, and subscribe to push notifications in the Betting News section.The American League East has been dominated for years by the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. But that may change in 2020, with injuries opening the...
Baltimore Orioles
... ? There's too much uncertainty here to feel confident in the over. Baltimore Orioles (20.5) Fading the extremes this season doesn't apply to the , whose roster i ...
Boston Red Sox
... ampa Bay is built for this 60-game challenge and is an easy over bet. Boston Red Sox (30.5) Even after shipping out West, the Red Sox have one of the best lineup ...
New York Yankees
... e Orioles 20.5 New York Yankees (37.5) The simplest rule to live by when betting this crazy Major League Bas ...
Tampa Bay Rays
... han the Rays, who are loaded with talent up and down the roster. Workload concerns limit ...
Oakland Athletics left-hander Sean Manaea made his feelings known on Monday when asked about the Houston Astros' sign-sealing scandal. The A's pitcher believes the Astros put the entire league in an awkward position and couldn't understand their...
Houston Astros
... . As punishment, the Astros were fined $5 million and forfeited their first- and second-round draft pick ...
Oakland A's
... ed by the team. With the shortened 2020 campaign approaching, Manaea and the A's will play 10 of their 60 games against the Astros. Even though fans won't be ...
Find line reports, best bets, and subscribe to push notifications in the Betting News section.Part 1 of this series dove into advanced hitting stats for bettors. Here in Part 2, we break down all the key pitching metrics you should know before...
Major League Baseball's 60-game regular season gets underway in less than two weeks. Here are the 20 best players entering the unprecedented 2020 season. Note: projections are courtesy 2020 Steamer from FanGraphs.Just missed the cut: Javy Baez, J.T....
MLB and the MLBPA have reached an agreement on how to handle vesting options for the 2021 season that are based on statistical thresholds during the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign, according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.All vesting options...
