Phillies vs. Nationals prediction: Philadelphia the pick

October is a special month. Football is in full swing, hockey and basketball get underway, and the baseball playoffs are in session. After 162 grueling regular season games, 18 teams have been eliminated. 12 remain in the fight for the World Series. Four teams have received a bye to the divisional series, while eight teams will meet in the…

The Texas Rangers get their playoff run started on Tuesday afternoon against the Tampa Bay Rays is what is hopefully a successful series for the Texas Rangers. On our site we have broken down what will be four key matchups to watch in this series and provided some perspective for fans as the playoffs get underway. Now we wanted to give you our…

After a 162-game marathon, we're finally here. The 2023 MLB playoffs begin in earnest on Tuesday, with four Game 1 matchups in the Wild Card Round beginning with the Rangers at the Rays at 3:08 p.m. ET. Before the postseason gets rolling, though, it's time to make some picks: Which teams have the best chances of advancing to a Division Series, and…

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Boston Red Sox 09/26/23 - As we approach the twilight of September, a matchup looms large on the baseball calendar between the Tampa Bay Rays, who boast a commendable 95-62 record, and the Boston Red Sox, a team that currently stands at 76-80. Set against the iconic backdrop of Fenway Park, this game promises a gripping contest…

Quote of the week, and the competition was fierce. Donald Trump: "I've done nothing wrong." Aaron Boone: "I thought we had some quality at-bats." But the winner is President Joe Biden. After waiting too long to visit wildfire victims in Maui, White House staff told Joe to go, read this, look solemn and don't go off script. Instead, he came up with…

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - The United Nations refugee agency said Friday it was "extremely concerned" over the return of more than 100 Syrian nationals from Cyprus to Lebanon without being screened to determine whether they need legal protection and who may be deported back to their war-wracked homeland. The UNHCR office in Cyprus said deportations and…

The 2023 MLB regular season is nearing the latter stages, making it an ideal time to make some futures bets. At FanDuel, new Pennsylvania customers can benefit from a no sweat first bet of up to $1000. On top of that, FanDuel has some of the best MLB futures markets in the business. Below, you will find our favorite futures bets to make: Popular…

There can definitely be plenty of debate over which teams won and which teams lost Tuesday's MLB Trade Deadline, but there's no arguing that one bettor took advantage of Tuesday night's schedule to score a huge victory on DraftKings Sportsbook. This bettor built a massive 20-leg Same Game Parlay Extra and turned a $150 bet into a massive payday of…

The Marlins and Rays meet Wednesday in game 2 of this MLB series at Tropicana Field. Let's preview this game and give out a pick and prediction. The Marlins have dropped to 1 - 9 since the all star break, an absolute nightmare of a second half. The Marlins have now at least 0.5 games out of the wild card race. The Marlins pitching staff is 13th in…

Baltimore Orioles vs Tampa Bay Rays 7/22/2023 Picks Predictions Previews Two top teams in the tough American League East Division, the Baltimore Orioles and the Tampa Bay Rays, will square off in Game 3 of a four-game competition at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Saturday afternoon. Baltimore dropped to 59-38 overall and 29-18 when…

It was a memorable All-Star Weekend, but the MLB calendar waits for no one - in just one more day, the second half will resume, a 2.5-month sprint to the finish in which teams jockey for playoff positioning or retool for the future. And with just about every team (with apologies to Oakland) still in the mix and one of the best players in baseball…

The Rangers are still in first place in the AL West? The Strangers' Nathan Eovaldi is one of many reasons. Eovaldi has won for us a couple of times this year, including his last start, when he shut out the Tigers for five innings. Eovaldi has allowed just one run over his past 14 innings. Seattle is in Texas. The rookie Bryce Miller had been doing…

Actual Major League Baseball trade rumors won't start percolating for another few weeks, but it's at this point in the season-two months in with two months to go until the deadline-when we can realistically begin playing "roster doctor" by identifying biggest flaws among the top contenders. We'll have to wait to find out which teams will be sellers…

With Title 42 set to expire, President Biden is sending 1500 troops to secure the southern border. Democratic Senator Bob Menendez reacted, calling the action "unacceptable." Got that right, Bob. A little late in the game to call on your "prevent defense." The Cardinals' wings have been clipped through the first 30 games. The Dead Birds are 10-20…

It's David vs. Goliath as the American League's top team takes on the club with the least regular season wins in these playoffs. Much like the most famous underdog out of Philadelphia, Rocky Balboa, the Phillies have an Apollo Creed of their own to overcome in the World Series. Playing the part of Apollo is the Houston Astros and their 106 wins,…

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Once, this was a quiet town come early fall. But the tides of the Schuylkill River glimmer blood red at night now. The shimmer of the reflected lights from Boathouse Row and Center City bespeak a Red October. They mean Phillie red reigns supreme, and they mean Cardinal blood has been spilt. Brave blood runs the same red, it turns…

The National League's sixth seed, the Philadelphia Phillies, and the second-seeded Atlanta Braves, winners of the NL East, open their best-of-five divisional round series Tuesday in Georgia. Atlanta, the defending World Series champion, is listed as a favorite to advance to the NLCS, (-180 odds on the series price at DraftKings), with Philadelphia…

Adam Frazier hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the ninth inning, and the visiting Seattle Mariners erased a seven-run deficit and topped the Toronto Blue Jays 10-9 on Saturday for a sweep of their American League wild-card series. It was the biggest road comeback win in playoff history and baseball's largest comeback victory to clinch a postseason…

The best month of the sports calendar is October, and a big reason why starts Friday with the newly-minted best-of-three Wild Card Series for the MLB playoffs. We've gone from a one-game, winner-take-all format to a short series hosted by the higher-seeded team. MLB (not surprisingly) made a pretty big faux pas with its new postseason format.…

Nationals Park showcases an interesting NL East matchup on Sunday afternoon. The Philadelphia Phillies visit the Washington Nationals for a series finale, and Washington is in search of a victory to avoid a sweep. The Phillies won Saturday's matchup by a 2-1 margin. Philadelphia has 15 wins in its last 17 games, including five straight, while…

A new playoff format introduced this season gives two extra teams a shot at going deep into the postseason. Six teams from both leagues now make the playoffs, with the top two division winners earning byes into the Divisional Round. Yes, that's right - there will be no more winner-take-all Wild Card games. The new format will create more variance…