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The Texas Rangers will attempt to avoid a sweep as they face off with the Boston Red Sox in the finale of this four-game series at Fenway Park. It's time to examine our MLB odds series with a Rangers-Red Sox prediction and pick. The Red Sox defeated the Rangers 5-3 on Saturday to take the third game of the four-game series. Now, they look to sweep.…

MINNEAPOLIS -- Ballparks hold memories not just for the home team but the opposition as well. When Carlos Santana played for the Indians, he loved to hit at Target Field. He's hit 17 of his 260 career homers there, all but one coming in a Cleveland uniform, to make it his second favorite visinting home-run ballpark. In Terry Francona's first year…

The Vancouver Canucks are in the midst of a three game losing streak and have hit their lowest point under new head coach Bruce Boudreau. Following a 4-1 defeat at the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday, the Canucks travel to D.C. to play the second half of a back-to-back on Sunday afternoon against the Washington Capitals. Now sitting at…

Minor League Baseball named the Houston Astros organizational All-Stars for the 2022 season Wednesday. Among the 12 players named, three were in the dugout in October and November for the Astros' second World Series. Catcher: Yainer Díaz Starting the season with Double-A Corpus Christi, Díaz crushed the Texas League, posting an.871 OPS with nine…

Luke Richardson has 10 games in the book as coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, and there's still a lot to learn about his team's identity. The Hawks (4-4-2) have been equal parts scrappy overachievers and a collection of parts thrown together in a rebuild. So what has stood out? The Hawks have no obvious replacement for Alex DeBrincat, who was traded…

And the next chapter of the Pittsburgh Penguins (20-9-5) season likely begins on Tuesday at the Honda Center against one of the surprise teams of the NHL, the Anaheim Ducks (19-12-7). Penguins center Evgeni Malkin is likely to make his season debut after serious knee surgery in June sidelined him for at least six months. Malkin took like rushes on…

One of the oft-used axioms when it comes to player development is that the leap from Single A- to Double-A is the toughest one to make. Zac Veen, the Rockies' top prospect, found out just how true that can be. The No. 9 overall pick in the 2020 Draft spent the bulk of his second full season with High-A Spokane and put up solid enough numbers to get…

NEW YORK - No, Jameson Taillon had never done it before. Yes, it would have happened in the most intense moment of the Yankees' season. And, yes, they were really going to go through with it. "Oh," Taillon said, "I was going in." The Yankees were planning to use Taillon, who has never pitched in relief, to enter in the ninth inning if Clay…

Both the Capitals and Canucks have lost four of five, but Washington snatched a 2-0 victory last night and appears to be the team better positioned to put that poor hockey behind them. Read more in our Canucks vs. Capitals NHL betting preview. There's just a single game on the NHL betting board today with an afternoon showdown between the Vancouver…

After a long wait and multiple revised schedules, the start of the National Hockey League season is finally here. The ongoing pandemic means business will be nowhere near usual, but aside from the specter of ongoing outbreaks and stadiums with less than full capacity, it will be nice to see actual games with actual players again. Last year, we…

The Pittsburgh Penguins (21-9-5) have won 11 of 12 and talked of creating a new winning streak after their recent 10-game streak ended last week in Dallas. The team is 16-3-1 in their last 20 games and has provided a fountain of youth for Jeff Carter, who will face his former team, the LA Kings, Thursday night at the Crypto.com Arena. The puck will…

Xander Bogaerts has demolished left-handed pitching all season and draws Tampa southpaw Josh Fleming in today's season finale. While the Red Sox have largely disappointed, the same can't be said for the All-Star shortstop. The Boston Red Sox host the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday afternoon on the final day of regular season action. MLB betting can…

It appears the Orioles have found their bats. Turns out they were waiting in Boston all along. The O's washed away the bad vibes of their two straight losses to the Astros with a hard-hitting victory over the Red Sox last night, tying a season high with five home runs in a 14-8 slugfest. For those who weren't able to stay up past midnight to finish…

The postseason is approaching fast, and the New York Mets have already punched their ticket. One thing to watch over the last two weeks of the regular season will be the players on the fringes of the roster competing for playoff spots. Buck Showalter and Billy Eppler will have some interesting choices to make. Here is my prediction on what the New…

The Florida Panthers ran into a desperate Calgary team on Tuesday night, one that had lost four consecutive games. The Edmonton Oilers may come into Thursday's game downright feisty. The Oilers, despite having two of the best players in the NHL, have lost six straight games and 12 of their past 14. The team's fanbase and local media have been…

There is no doubt the Florida Panthers know how to win at home. Starting tonight against the Dallas Stars, they need to start figuring out how to win on the road. The Panthers boast the best home record in the NHL at 18-3, their play in Sunrise a huge reason why they are sitting a point behind the Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL standings. Going…

New York Islanders fans could not have asked for a better, more complete performance from their team in their opening game of the 2021 season on Thursday against the New York Rangers. The blue and orange dominated all aspects of the game en route to a 4-0 victory over their cross-town rivals, the New York Rangers. Fast forward forty-eight hours and…

If there are two teams within the NHL that desperately need a win, it's the San Jose Sharks and Philadelphia Flyers. Both teams are in reach of a Wild Card spot technically, but inconsistency on the ice has left both organizations clawing for points. The Flyers are currently sixth in the Metropolitan Division, with a 12-12-5 record, and the Sharks…

The Mariners are in Cleveland today to face the Guardians for the second weekend in a row. After taking three of four from said Guardians on Ichiro Weekend and then decisively sweeping the Tigers in Detroit, the Mariners are playing like a team that's postseason bound. In case you missed it, rosters expanded yesterday and the Mariners added…