#Tim Hill

A new era begins with former Cardinals manager Mike Matheny taking over in the dugout and John Sherman taking over in the boardroom after buying the team from David Glass. Kansas City is eager to return to relevance after consecutive 100-loss seasons; it just won't happen this year. The Royals have a few cornerstone players - Whit Merrifield,…

The last day of spring training has arrived. It's time to do one more roster prediction, since I hate to pass up a chance to show how wrong I can be. (Plus, hours after my last roster projection arrived in your inboxes, the Padres traded for Luke Voit. You're welcome.) There is a decent chance at least one more move is coming before Thursday's…

The San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners will wrap up their brief 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 Padres-Mariners prediction and pick, laid out below. San Diego can no longer win the division, which is no knock on their 78-64 season. Simply, the…

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will finish their weekend series on Sunday afternoon in San Diego. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Dodgers-Padres prediction and pick, laid out below. The rest of the regular season is merely a formality for Los Angeles, as the team owns baseball's best…

It's a classic pitcher's duel Friday when the Friars take on the Mets. A resurgent Yu Darvish battles the ageless Max Scherzer, and we're backing a low-scoring game with our MLB betting picks, as rested bullpens put the bow on this Under. The San Diego Padres will head to the Big Apple to take on the New York Mets this Friday night as each club…

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers continued their season-long dominance over the division-rival Padres with a 5-3 win in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium, but Game 2 is set to be a showdown between a pair of veteran aces in Clayton Kershaw and Yu Darvish on Wednesday. Kershaw is looking to add to his postseason…

World Series Odds: +3000 Pennant Odds: +1300 Regular Season Record: 89-73 Pythagorean Record: 86-76 Team wRC+ (Rank): 102 (13th) Starting Pitching xFIP (Rank): 3.87 (13th) Bullpen xFIP (Rank): 3.84 (12th) Odds via FanDuel Pythagorean record via Baseball Reference Stat rankings via FanGraphs It's been a strange ride for this version of the Padres.…

The National League Division Series is headed to the West Coast. The Padres disposed of the Mets in three games and will now fly back to California and face the Dodgers. These teams have plenty of familiarity as they played 19 times this season. Unfortunately for the Padres, the Dodgers won 14 of those games. In those games, the Dodgers outscored…

The betting market was high on the New York Mets for almost the entire 2022 MLB season. They were the betting favorites in 122 of their 162 games and closed -200 or shorter 40 times. According to Action Labs, only the Dodgers, Astros, Yankees and Braves surpassed the Mets in both of those categories. And for most of the season, the market sentiment…

San Diego has locked up a playoff spot, and the only question is who the Padres will face come Friday. Their results against the San Francisco Giants will help determine an answer. Here are our Giants-Padres same-game parlay picks for Tuesday. The Padres hold a one-game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies for the No. 5 seed in the NL. But the club…