#Major League

ST. LOUIS - Tis the season for excessive social media scrolling, baseball fans. The clock is winding down on the MLB trade deadline. It's that time of the year when the St. Louis Cardinals usually find themselves busy making moves, though the chances of pulling off a blockbuster vary each season. Occasionally, the Cardinals will pull the trigger…

For years, the NBA and NHL have set the top of their draft orders through a lottery system. And Major League Baseball is about to do the same. The new MLB collective bargaining agreement struck ahead of the 2022 campaign called for a draft lottery beginning in 2023. The change was made to discourage tanking, as finishing with one of the worst…

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…

Miami Marlins vs Tampa Bay Rays 5/25/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Miami Marlins will take on the Tampa Bay Rays to complete a 2-game interleague series down the road held at Tropicana Park, St. Petersburg, FL, on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 6:40 PM EDT. The Marlins are entering this game following its 4-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves. On…

Bob Iger has been reinstated as the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, replacing Bob Chapek after less than three years at the helm. Iger's return has boosted Disney's stock price by 6% in the past day with experts predicting major strategic changes within the company. ESPN is one such business where Iger is expected to make significant shifts. The…

The New York Yankees, led by right fielder Aaron Judge, face the Oakland Athletics in a regular season game on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 (6/28/22) at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. Local fans can watch the game for free via a trial of DirectTV Stream -- YES Network for fans in New York, NBC Sports California for fans in Oakland. Fans in…

The weekend is finally here, which means the scheduled baseball slate this Saturday is filled with highly anticipated matchups from all around the league. With more oxygen and plenty of sun to account for out on the West Coast, the Detroit Tigers will continue their road trip in balmy Los Angeles as they square off with the Dodgers at Dodger…

You are supposed to root for your team to win the championship. I get this. For those of us blessed to root for a great team, we want to see that greatness capped off with that sweet, sweet, very pointy championship trophy. For those of us who don't have that opportunity, well, it's even better to root for the underdog, is it not? The 2023 Kansas…

Detroit Tigers vs Arizona Diamondbacks 6/24/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Detroit Tigers (26-43) will be stealing bases against the Arizona Diamondbacks (32-39) in Game 1 of 3 of the MLB Interleague at Chase Field in Phoenix on Friday, June 24, 2022, at 9:40 PM ET. Detroit will try to snap a three-game losing streak in coming to this match-up…

The Los Angeles Dodgers were busy during the 2022 MLB trade deadline as they made five deals and explored numerous other possibilities. However, they fell short of acquiring Juan Soto despite some growing optimism for a deal. The Washington Nationals ultimately sent Soto and Josh Bell to the San Diego Padres for a package of Major League talent and…

APPLE TV are reportedly preparing a bid for the rights to screen Premier League action. The top-flight's current rights deal domestically is with Sky Sports and BT Sport. However, that three-year package expires in 2025. That means that the tender process for the next set of rights is due to begin later this year. Now the Daily Mail states that a…

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…

Look, I understand my job each week in my quizzes is to educate, illuminate and entertain you (and occasionally frustrate you as you attempt to go 9-for-9). I'm definitely not here to bring you down, even in a memorial for those we lost in 2022. I look at it more as a celebration of their lives and hopefully give you something to further remember…

The addition of Omar Narvaez to the New York Mets roster secured the team is going to remain patient with top prospect Francisco Alvarez. He's not going to make the Opening Day roster but should have a chance to contribute further into the season. Expectations are high for Alvarez in the future. In 2023, they're a little less so. What does he have…

Mobile sports betting is now available across the Pelican State. Home to 4.6 million people and two major league sports teams in the NFL's New Orleans Saints and NBA's New Orleans Pelicans, Louisiana is one of the largest southern states to legalize online sports betting and mobile sportsbooks. Sports Betting Dime is here to keep you up-to-speed…

The New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox will continue one of the best rivalries in sports as the teams meet Friday at Fenway Park. It's time to continue our MLB odds coverage with a Yankees-Red Sox prediction and pick. The Yankees defeated the Red Sox 6-5 on Thursday night. It was scoreless in the third inning when Josh Donaldson approached the…

Tuesday at Dodger Stadium saw the Dodgers, Major League Baseball, and the city of Los Angeles announce plans for All-Star week in and around downtown in July. Dodger Stadium hosts the MLB All-Star Game for the first time since 1980. But while that Tuesday, July 19 game - called by Joe Davis from his home booth in his new role as Fox Sports' No. 1…

He is a little longer in the tooth and is coming off a season halted by injury, but in Brendon Belt the Blue Jays have added a two-time World Series champion as the latest move in a busy off-season overhaul. A source confirmed on Monday that the team has signed the versatile Belt to a one-year, $9.3-million US deal. The 34-year-old played all 12 of…

LOS ANGELES - Both the Yankees and Mets will look into a trade for suddenly available superstar Juan Soto, sources tell The Post. That should surprise no one as his availability represents a rare chance to acquire an all-time talent at age 23. That said, the early speculation around the game is that it won't be easy for anyone to complete a…

Of all professional sports, none will offer more games for betting annually than Major League Baseball. Every season, the Boston Red Sox play 162 games, minimum. That's 162 times to have your heart broken. Or, 162 times to possibly rejoice, and 162 times to cash in. In this primer, we'll examine the unique strategies for betting on baseball for…

Looking Back On Michael Jordan's Final NBA Game, 20 Years Later It's hard to believe, but we're nearing the 20-year anniversary of the final game in Michael Jordan's illustrious and legendary NBA career. The most decorated basketball player of all time played his final NBA game with the Washington Wizards on Apr. 16, 2003 against the Philadelphia…

The 2022 MLB season takes a detour for one of the most special events of the year where the Cincinnati Reds take on the Chicago Cubs in the 2022 MLB Field of Dreams Game, which take place in remote stadium built within a corn field and pays homage to the 1989 film "Field of Dreams" when this game gets underway on Thursday, August 11 at 4:15 p.m.…

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…

As of June 8, the Detroit Tigers have the second-best bullpen ERA in baseball. Wait, what? The same Detroit Tigers whose abysmal late-game pitching potentially cost them multiple World Series appearances and - potentially - wins? The ones who threw money at proven veterans with excellent track records only to turn into pumpkins in Detroit? Yes, the…

At Minute Maid Park on Thursday, the Detroit Tigers (8-15) open a four-game series against the Houston Astros (14-11), at 8:10 PM ET. The Astros are favored (-170 on the moneyline to win) when they take on the Tigers (+144). The scheduled starters are Jose Urquidy (2-1) for the Houston Astros, and Tarik Skubal (1-2) for the Detroit Tigers. The…

The Detroit Tigers were supposed to be better than this. The team had a promising season last year, winning 77 games against all odds and taking the best teams in baseball to task. However, the team sits in fourth place in a rather weak American League Central division. They're currently fighting to not be 20 games under the.500 mark. A big reason…

The Chicago Cubs victory in the 2016 World Series gets discussed as if it was yesterday but the fact remains that the Cubs are closer to 2026 than they are to 2016. Starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks is the lone player that remains on the Cubs' roster from the 2016 team and questions have arisen over the course of the next two seasons regarding when…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Guardians unveiled planned renovations at Progressive Field for 2024 and 2025 on Thursday, but absent from the designs was any mention of a sportsbook or space devoted to sports gambling that resembles facilities that opened earlier this month when sports gaming became legal in Ohio. Brian Barren, Guardians president of…

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…

Sportsbook operator Tipico announced Wednesday it has received approval to launch operations from the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission and that it is now live and accepting bets in the Hawkeye State. This marks the fourth US state for the brand, following launches in New Jersey, Colorado, and Ohio. To celebrate this latest expansion and entry into…

On Monday, the Phillies completed a trade with the Giants to acquire Yunior Marte. The addition of Marte to the Phillies bullpen brought yet another fireballer to the team. Marte averages 97.7 MPH on his 4-seamer and peaked at 99 MPH in 2022. He joins a laundry list of hard-throwing relievers on the Phillies. Between the Phillies' 10 top relieving…

Trevor Bauer become a free agent on Thursday, but the market will be a lot more hostile toward the 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner than it was two winters ago, when Bauer signed a three-year, $102-million deal with the Dodgers after turning down a lucrative offer from the New York Mets. "The only guy who I know for sure would sign him is…

One man's trash is another man's treasure. ESPN's Kiley McDaniel reports "Outfielder Greg Allen has agreed to a minor league deal with the Red Sox, per source. The contract includes an invite to Major League camp." Masslive.com's Chris Cotillo reports "Greg Allen gets a $1.4M base salary if he reaches the majors, per source." BUY MLB…

The Major League Baseball season looms just over the horizon and new hopes are placed in teams around major league baseball. The Houston Astros lifted the Commissioner's Trophy at the end oflast season, winning in six against a stubbornly difficult Philadelphia Phillies. As the dust settles on the biggest of the off-season trade deals, all eyes…

Arizona Diamondbacks vs Colorado Rockies 8/13/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Arizona Diamondbacks will oppose the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, CO on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 8:10 PM ET. Since the all-star break, the Diamondbacks performed admirably, finishing 11-8 in that period. The Arizona Diamondbacks enter this series with a 5-3…

Josh Norris hosted a chat to discuss the Giants system. You can read the transcript here. Josh Norris: Hello, Giants fans. It is chat time. Let us chat. Cal (San Francisco): Who is better defensively at shortstop -- Marco Luciano or Aeverson Arteaga? Any chance that the Giants might move Luciano over to second-base if Casey Schmitt will be…

The Oakland Athletics have reached an agreement on a one-year deal with right-hander Shintaro Fujinami, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. Fujinami was submitted to Major League Baseball's "posting system" back in December by the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league. Fujinami, 28, was once considered a rival to Los Angeles…

The trend of dominant pitching and well-rounded teams in MLB continued this year as the NL East went on a great run with the Phillies, Mets, and Braves all making a long streak at the end of the season. With Sandy Alcantara pitching at the rate that he was, and Max Fried and Kyle Wright both most likely making their individual Cy Young pushes this…

We're just about a month away from the 2022 trade deadline and the Mariners figure to be buyers in some form or another this summer. While the seriousness of their efforts may very well be determined this week with six difficult games, Seattle should be looking to actively upgrade its roster now in an attempt to maximize its odds going forward. By…

Izell Reese thinks of himself as a visionary, the kind of man who finds solutions to big problems. As a teenage football star, he went unrecruited from his Dothan, Ala., high school. Undaunted, he walked on at the University of Alabama Birmingham, not only making the team but starting as a freshman. Four years later, he was drafted by the Dallas…

The MLB just had its best year of all time. In terms of revenue, no other year in baseball history has been better. While there are complaints about the state of the game, money talks and the league made quite a lot of it in 2022. "Major League Baseball hit a home run financially in 2022, propelling itself to a new record for revenues. After two…

In a saga that's had more twists and turns than a typical race day at the Monaco Grand Prix, it appears that Carlos Correa has finally figured out where he's going to be playing baseball for the next few seasons. It won't be in San Francisco for 13 years and $350 million and it won't be in Queens for 12 years and $315 million, either. Instead, the…

It's another evening here at BCB After Dark: the mellow meet-up for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We're so glad that you stopped in tonight. The place is always better with you than without you. There's no cover charge this evening, so come on in. Get in out of the cold. Let us take your coat for you. Grab any…

Dubai: It costs a pretty penny to watch Floyd Mayweather fight, hear Max Verstappen scream down the finish line and take the checkered flag or see Novak Djokovic glide around the hallowed turf of Wimbledon. Paying well above the odds to attend major international sporting events may not be a problem for those blessed with deep pockets. But football…

No player has more base hits in Major League Baseball than Pete Rose. But you won't find his plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame. We all know why. Rose bet on the Cincinnati Reds game as a player and manager. Betting on your sport is one of the cardinal no-no's of all professional and major college athletes. It undermines the integrity of the…

Baseball America released their top 10 Los Angeles Dodgers prospect list for the 2023 season, which is headlined by Diego Cartaya for a second consecutive year. Following Cartaya on the list is Bobby Miller as the No. 2 ranked Dodgers prospect, then Miguel Vargas, Michael Busch, Ryan Pepiot, Gavin Stone, Andy Pages, Dalton Rushing, Nick Nastrini…

This past summer, both Aaron Judge and Rafael Devers signed hefty contracts with their respective organizations. As a result, everything is in place for both men to be crucial components of their respective teams in 2023. In 2022, Aaron Judge broke a well-known single-season home run record. He bettered Roger Maris' 1961 record of 61 home runs in a…

Twenty years ago, the Yankees would spend like drunken sailors and throw caution to the wind in free agency. There was an abundance of all-star caliber shortstops who hit the free agent market over the past two offseasons, and the Yankees passed on every single one of them. Sitting in the wings is their top prospect Anthony Volpe, who looks to take…

My everlasting love, I am coming home, for the war is over. Both sides are claiming victory, but there is no ambiguity in this matter. We are victorious, my sweet Gerty! We have prevailed! Sing tale of our triumph upon the highest mountain top, because we have won, we have won, we have won, and I am coming home. The Belt Wars are over. The good…

The New York Mets may have lost out on free agent superstar Carlos Correa, but they remain legitimate World Series contenders in 2023. However, the Mets no longer can be considered favorites to win a championship next season. Just three weeks ago, Mets owner Steve Cohen said as much. Breaking the news that New York had reached a 12-year, $315…