#Vlad Jr

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…

As you know, predicting baseball is a fool's errand. It's also the most common activity of sportswriters during the offseason. When they're not writing about which team Carlos Correa signed with today, they're writing about what's going to happen in the coming season. Or, in the case of Will Leitch at MLB.com, what's going to happen in the next ten…

In the past 10 years, the Dodgers have made it to the World Series three different times, but fell short of bringing home the trophy. This 2023 season could very well be the year for Los Angeles to win it all. Dodger fans sure think so, and so does MLB analyst Will Leitch. MLB.com put out an article predicting the next 10 World Series winners, and…

Off the top of your head, see if you can name the teams that won the World Series every year of the last 10 seasons, in order. You ready? No peeking. The answers are, of course: 2013: Red Sox over Cardinals 2014: Giants over Royals 2015: Royals over Mets 2016: Cubs over Indians 2017: Astros over Dodgers 2018: Red Sox over Dodgers 2019: Nationals…

As the hype is starting to build around the Blue Jays ahead of the 2020 season, you can find all kinds of discussion about the bright future of the Blue Jays' core. That narrative is usually headlined by the likes of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. , Bo Bichette, and Cavan Biggio, but there are plenty of other Blue Jay youngsters with exciting MLB careers…

As my father used to say, "even a blind squirrel can find a nut every now and then", which is a sentiment that applies to my 2021 Blue Jays predictions. I was surprised to learn that I was correct on four out of five of my predictions for last season, and even a little touched that our own Dave Corcoran decided to review that piece from a little…

These past few years have been tough for baseball. First the sport was upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, then it dealt with the financial fallout of the shortened 2020 season, and last year the offseason was overshadowed by labor strife and eventually a lockout the shut down the sport for 99 days. Now, finally, we're heading into a somewhat normal…

Happy Thursday everyone! Another highly anticipated matchup in the world of Major League Baseball will take place tonight, as the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees will go to battle and conclude their four-game series. Check out our MLB odds series where our Blue Jays-Yankees prediction and pick will be made. After taking two of three from the…

The baseball playoffs are about to begin. Time to be enthralled! Time to be entertained! Time to be... asking some reasonable questions. Yep, there are bound to be some fans -- especially those who don't live and die with their team every day -- who have some questions about certain aspects of the postseason and might be afraid to ask their friends…

The Toronto Blue Jays (84-64) are set to take on the Philadelphia Phillies (80-67) in the second of a brief two-game series Wednesday night. Kevin Gausman (12-10) is projected to start for the Blue Jays, while Zack Wheeler (11-7) will take the bump for the Phillies. First pitch is slated for 6:45 ET. Here we'll continue our MLB odds series with a…

Each day, one of our experts will offer up a best bet (or two or three) that mobile sportsbooks are offering. It might be a traditional spread bet, a player prop or one of the various odds boosts that books offer. Here are our best bets for Friday, Sept. 16: TOP PLAY The play: MLB player prop, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. over 1.5 total bases vs.…