#AL West

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The Los Angeles Angels played three miserable months without getting on the type of roll they've hit over the past week. The surge is probably too late to save the Halos' season, but any chance to shine means the world to Tucker Davidson and the other Angels playing for their futures. Davidson pitched six innings of four-hit…

The Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees will conclude their three-game series Wednesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes our Mariners-Yankees prediction and pick we have laid out below. The Seattle Mariners, fresh from wheeling and dealing at the deadline, sit at 56-49,…

Los Angeles has lost 13 games in a row but the most recent came at a greater cost, with Mike Trout suffering an injury in Tuesday's loss to Boston. Our MLB betting picks don't expect the banged-up Angels to challenge the Red Sox. The Los Angeles Angels were so close to snapping their 12-game losing streak on Tuesday, but the Boston Red Sox scored…

Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics 5/27/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Texas Rangers and the Oakland Athletics will play game two at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California on Friday, May 27, 2022, at 9:40 PM ET. The Rangers are in third place in the AL West standings with a record of 20-23. The team is riding on a two-game…

The Los Angeles Angles will host their AL West rivals in the Seattle Mariners to wrap up the last game of this three-game series. The Mariners won the first two games of the series with a 6-2 victory in game one and an 8-2 victory in game two. Can they get a sweep tonight? It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Mariners-Angels prediction…

We are less than two weeks into the 2023 calendar year, but we've got bold predictions of a litany of things that will go down in Major League Baseball over the course of the next 11.5 months. Most of our predictions are about things that will happen during the 2023 MLB season, of course. A breakout rookie. An unlikely MVP. A surprise AL West…

Texas Rangers vs Oakland Athletics 7/22/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Texas Rangers and the Oakland Athletics will meet at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California on Friday, July 22, 2022, at 9:40 PM ET. The Rangers are in third place in the AL West standing with a record of 42-49. The team won over Seattle last Thursday to a score of…

Seattle Mariners (11-10) vs. Houston Astros (11-10) May 2, 2022 8:10 pm EDT The Line: Houston Astros -120 / Seattle Mariners -111; Over/Under: -8.5 (Click here for latest betting odds) The Seattle Mariners and the Houston Astros meet Monday in MLB action from Minute Maid Park. Seattle is coming off a weekend series versus the Marlins. The Mariners…

The Astros' offseason has been filled with disrespectful prediction after slanderous column. And we get it--people are sick of the bad boys of baseball and they are sick of their winning ways. Since 2017, the Astros have made it to the ALCS six straight seasons, won the AL West five times, appeared in four World Series and won two. Needless to say,…

For all the talk about how division races supposedly don't matter as much as they used to -- and I can think of a couple No. 1 and No. 2 seeds who would very much disagree with you -- it still means something to be able to call yourself a champion. I guarantee you there are Guardians fans who have 2022 AL Central champs shirts. It might not be the…

Cleveland Guardians vs Texas Rangers 9/24/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Cleveland Guardians will play game two against the Texas Rangers at the Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas on Saturday, September 24, 2022, at 7:05 PM (EDT). The Guardians are in first place in the AL Central standings with a record of 83-67. The team won the three-game…

The Oakland Athletics are set to host the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes our Tigers-Athletics prediction and pick we have laid out below. Both teams have had their share of struggles this season as they gear up for their first game after the All-Star break. Detroit is…

In a fun development for fans at Target Field (weather permitting), tonight's scheduled Angels starter is the one and only Shohei Ohtani. He of the 34 dongs, 25 pitching starts, and a tie for the MLB lead in wild pitches. (Tied with Detroit's Alex Lange, who isn't even a starter.) His Twins counterpart will be North St. Paul's own Louie Varland,…

The Seattle Mariners and the San Diego Padres will meet for an Independence Day showdown at Petco Park on Monday afternoon. It's time to continue our MLB odds coverage with a Mariners-Padres prediction and pick. The Mariners took three of four games from the Oakland Athletics at home. Also, the Mariners are 10-3 over their previous 13 games as they…

The Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Angels meet Friday in MLB action from Angel Stadium. Oakland is fresh off a series versus the Twins. The A's lost two of three in that set. As for the Angels, they played the Rangers this week and lost in a sweep. Check back all season long for free MLB picks at Sports Chat Place. Oakland matched up against…

Seattle Mariners (25-30) vs. Houston Astros (35-20) June 8, 2022 6:40 pm EDT The Line: Houston Astros -145 / Seattle Mariners+134; Over/Under: +8 (Click here for latest betting odds) The Seattle Mariners and the Houston Astros meet Wednesday in MLB action from Minute Maid Park. This will be the finale in a three-game series. The Mariners took a…

Tuesday is opening day at Angel Stadium, the beginning of another hugely hyped, All-Star-studded, high-payroll and high-expectations season for the hometown Angels. Angels fans are thinking World Series for the club that hasn't made the playoffs since 2009 and won its only crown in 2002. Here are nine things every Angels fan should know going into…

A pair of teams looking to find their footing before the conclusion of the regular season will go head-to-head as the Texas Rangers continue their road trip at Fenway Park to battle it out with the Boston Red Sox. Check out our MLB odds series, where our Rangers-Red Sox prediction and pick will come true. With the final month of the MLB regular…

The Detroit Tigers will face the Houston Astros in the third of a four-game series at Minute Maid Park on Saturday. It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Tigers-Astros prediction and pick. The Astros defeated the Tigers 3-2 on Friday. Houston entered the bottom of the second down 1-0 when Chas McCormick came to the plate with a runner on…

CLEVELAND - Think about how much has changed in a year. Last January, baseball stood still, and we were left to talk ourselves into Bradley Zimmer, ponder José Ramírez trades and evaluate commissioner Rob Manfred's negotiating tactics. It was bleak. But the lockout ended, Ramírez signed a long-term deal, Zimmer lasted one day of the regular season…

The New Year, Volume 2023 is upon us, and that means a dual occasion to reflect upon our misfires of the year prior and look forward to our derelictions of the year to come. As it turns out, this grim ritual of inventory can also be applied to the clubs that play This, Our Baseball. The Royal We shall now do such a thing. Resolution: At least…

The Texas Rangers may not be a factor in the AL West or AL playoff race this season, but they do have one of the season's biggest surprises in pitcher Martin Perez. Today, Perez will look to continue his hot start against the Chicago White Sox and Lucas Giolito, who will be looking to pick up a valuable win for the home team. While Perez is not yet…

The Astros are looking for revenge after somehow squandering an excellent chance at a series win over the Yankees in the Bronx last week. New York starter Luis Severino struggles against hard-hitting offenses and we like Houston to cause problems. The New York Yankees and Houston Astros meet tonight for a rare one-game matchup at Minute Maid…

The Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Guardians are set to collide for Game 2 of a four-game series, which will be the second Apple TV game on Friday. Entering action on Thursday, both of these clubs occupy playoff positions in the American League, and there's a lot to like about the prospects of this matchup. Pitching has the potential to be the…

Back on track. We had a winning day yesterday going 2-1 and now I'm back with three MLB Best Bets to end the week. Let's finish strong. Sandy Alcantara (RHP, Marlins) [9-4, 1.76 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 138.1 IP, 123 K, 33 BB] Mitch Keller (RHP, Pirates) [3-7, 4.55 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 89 IP, 77 K, 34 BB] We head to Pittsburgh for the last game of a three-game…

Wednesday's series finale between the Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners features a pair of solid starters, but it's also a nice opportunity for one of Toronto's coldest hitters to shine. The pregame narrative: Matt Chapman has been fade-worthy for most of the season, but he draws a matchup that we know he can exploit. As a long-time member of the…

The Cleveland Guardians and the Seattle Mariners will begin a four-game series in Seattle on Thursday afternoon. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Guardians-Mariners prediction and pick we have laid out below. The Cleveland Guardians are in first place in the AL Central, a spot they have become…

The Toronto Blue Jays are at home and ready to welcome the Houston Astros. The series will be the first of the season between the two teams. They will meet again this summer for one more series in Houston. The Blue Jays dropped the third game of the series with the Red Sox on Wednesday to go half a game behind the Yankees for the top spot in the…

Get on your feet AL West fans! The Oakland Athletics and Houston Astros go head-to-head out on the diamond for what should be an entertaining showdown! Join us for our MLB odds series, where our Athletics-Astros prediction and pick will be revealed. Even though the Athletics are well out of the playoff picture at 52-91, Oakland came away with a…

Jose Altuve is coming off a 4 hit performance that helped the Astros take care of business last night. The opening game of the series saw the Astros score 5 unanswered runs to win against the Rangers 5-1. The Astros got seven strong innings out of their starter, Framber Valdez, who struck out seven and only allowed one run in the first inning. The…

Even with Shohei Ohtani on the mound for the Angels, our MLB betting picks have some qualms about backing them as -250 favorites. As such, we're targeting the value with the underdog Rangers with some help from Jonah Heim's bat. The Los Angeles Angels return home after a six-game to Atlanta and Kansas City where they went 3-3. Now, they host the…

Only a handful of days remain in the 2022 MLB regular season, but several playoff spots are still up for grabs. Although the field is largely known-10 of the 12 total positions are clinched, including all six in the American League-the National League East and the wild-card races in both leagues remain hotly contested. And it's time for the daily…

With MLB free agency winding down, the league is beginning to take shape. Some teams have drastically improved their chances of competing in 2023 based on swift offseason moves. The New York Mets just pulled off a stunner to land Carlos Correa after the shortstop had previously agreed to a deal with the San Francisco Giants. Other teams such as the…

The Washington Nationals and Seattle Mariners will finish their two-game series in Seattle on Wednesday afternoon. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Nationals-Mariners prediction and pick we have laid out below. The Washington Nationals are the worst team in MLB with a 41-83 record, and an abysmal…

The Chicago White Sox, clinging to playoff contention, square off with the Texas Rangers in a four-game series this weekend. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes our White Sox-Rangers prediction and pick we have laid out below. Chicago, at 53-52, sit just two games out in the AL Central, and three games…

This past offseason was long and arduous, and at times, it felt like the odds of getting Opening Day in April - if at all in 2022 - were approaching slim-to-none. The season got delayed by a week and rain has pushed the Yankees' scheduled opener back to Friday, but nonetheless, we are indeed going to get a 162-game season! Somehow, it's still MLB's…

Boston Red Sox (24-27) vs. Oakland Athletics (20-33) June 3, 2022 9:40 pm EDT The Line: Oakland Athletics+110 / Boston Red Sox -147; Over/Under: +7 (Click here for latest betting odds) The Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics meet Friday in MLB action from O.co Coliseum. Boston is fresh off a pair of games versus the Reds this week. The Red Sox…

The second game of the series between the Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Angels will once again feature the most dynamic player in baseball, Shohei Ohtani. The Angles were victorious in Game 1 of the series, holding the Athletics to 1 run and leading the entire way through the game. Starter José Suarez for the Angels, went 5 innings, only…

The Houston Astros will look to complete a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night at Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes an Astros-Rays prediction and pick, laid out below. Houston has wrapped up the AL West division with a 98-51 record, including a 9-1…

Texas Rangers (58-71) vs. Boston Red Sox (63-68) September 2, 2022 7:10 pm EDT The Line: Boston Red Sox -200 / Texas Rangers+150; Over/Under: +9.5 (Click here for latest betting odds) The Texas Rangers and the Boston Red Sox meet Friday in MLB action from Fenway Park. This will be the second installment in a four-game weekend series. In the…

The Toronto Blue Jays and the Oakland A's will wrap up their three-game series at RingCentral Coliseum with some afternoon baseball this Wednesday. The Blue Jays have shockingly dropped the first two games of this series to the worst team in baseball, and have now lost each of their last five contests. Can Toronto recover and avoid the sweep in…

The New York Yankees (70-35, 1st in AL East) will look to get back in the win column they take on the Seattle Mariners (56-49, 2nd in AL West) with a three-game series that ends on Wednesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium. Despite trailing 4-0 and 6-3, the Yankees came all the way back and tied the game at six thanks to home runs from Anthony Rizzo…

While some thought an expanded playoff format may make room for a young Texas Rangers team to sneak its way into the postseason during the COVID-shortened 2020 season, reality had other ideas. The Rangers, who opened 2020 with 50/1 odds* to win the World Series, missed the playoffs entirely after early injuries across the pitching staff derailed…

The Oakland Athletics and Philadelphia Phillies will begin their 2022 season at Citizens Bank Park on Friday, April 8. The A's are coming off three straight postseason appearances, but thanks to a deep teardown by ownership there's almost no chance that streak reaches four. As for the Phillies, they're again trying to end a playoff drought that…

Really shocked at how bad my performance was yesterday. We won our first play of the day after the Cardinals beat the Royals through the first five innings. But we lost both under in the Diamondbacks vs. Marlins game. We took the NRFI, and David Peralta hit a two-run bomb to wipe that out quickly. We took the whole game under, which lost in the…

WagerTalk MLB analyst Brian Ochsner offers his analysis of Friday night's Seattle Mariners vs Houston Astros Prediction and Betting Odds July 22 clash at T-Mobile Park. The Astros opened the second half winning two games in a doubleheader with the Yankees yesterday. Interested in joining WagerTalk at the Westgate's SuperContest Weekend in Las…

What better way to start off the 2020's than with five bold predictions for the LA Angels and their players? There is a ton of excitement around the fanbase, and these next ten years already look to be far more promising than the last ten have been. So, without further ado, my five bold predictions of the 2020's for the Halos. As of now, Mike Trout…

Last year, the Toronto Blue Jays won 91 games, but still failed to make the playoffs out of the loaded AL East. This year, they may just be the team to beat for the American League pennant. The Blue Jays and the Houston Astros share the role of co-favorites to win the American League title this year, with DraftKings Sportsbook giving both clubs+450…

Just being able to write about the Detroit Tigers and any sort of realistic shot at making the playoffs is so refreshing, when such thoughts have been non existent for the past five years, basically since former owner Mike Ilitch passed away. But here we are, with the much heralded prospects arriving in the major leagues and the team actually…

After waiting until a month after the World Series for the winter meetings to get the ball rolling, Major League Baseball's free-agent spending spree has been something of a runaway freight train. There have already been 30 free agents who signed contracts with an average salary of at least $10 million. And, no, we're not just talking about the New…