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Rays at Yankees Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 2 — Its Friday, May 2 and the Rays (14-17) are in Bronx to take on the Yankees (18-13). Tampa sits four games behind the Yankees in the American League East.
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Cubs at Brewers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 2 — Its Friday, May 2 and the Cubs (19-13) are in Milwaukee to take on the Brewers (16-16). Ben Brown is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Quinn Priester for Milwaukee.
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Brew Crew Ball, MLB Trade Rumors, cubsinsider.com and Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Tigers at Angels prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 2 — Its Friday, May 2 and the Tigers (20-12) are in Anaheim to take on the Angels (12-18). Tarik Skubal is slated to take the mound for Detroit against José Soriano for Los Angeles.
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Just Baseball
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Mets at Cardinals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 2 — Its Friday, May 2 and the Mets (21-11) are in St. Louis to open a series against the Cardinals (14-18). — Clay Holmes is slated to take the mound for New York against Sonny Gray for St. Louis.
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Amazin' Avenue and SNY
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Rockies at Giants prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 2 — Its Friday, May 2 and the Rockies (6-25) are in San Francisco to take on the Giants (19-13). Antonio Senzatela is slated to take the mound for Colorado against Robbie Ray for San Francisco.
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Athletics at Rangers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 1
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Lone Star Ball
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Rockies at Giants prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 1
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NBC Sports Bay Area …, Denver Post and McCovey Chronicles
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Nationals at Phillies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 1
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NBC Sports Philadelphia, Associated Press, Phillies Nation, Federal Baseball and Just Baseball
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Royals at Rays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 1
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DRaysBay and Royals Review
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Brewers at White Sox Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 1
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Associated Press, Brew Crew Ball, South Side Sox and Chicago Tribune
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Cardinals at Reds prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 1
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Associated Press and Viva El Birdos
Associated Press:
Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. put on injured list because of strained right oblique — NEW YORK — Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. was placed on the 15-day injured list because of a strained right oblique after getting hurt during a swing in a game at the Baltimore Orioles.
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New York Times, New York Daily News, Pinstripe Alley, New York Post, MLB.com and MLB Trade Rumors
Associated Press:
Diamondbacks place Justin Martinez on 15-day IL with right shoulder inflammation — NEW YORK — The Arizona Diamondbacks placed reliever Justin Martinez on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation after after his velocity dipped while he failed to record an out against the New York Mets.
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Arizona Sports, Arizona Republic and MLB Trade Rumors
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New York Times:
MLB made a change that players say shrank the strike zone — and caught them by surprise — Last winter, Major League Baseball negotiated a seemingly simple change in how home-plate umpires are graded and evaluated. But now, a month into the season, its impact on balls and strikes …
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New York Post, Pinstripe Alley and cubsinsider.com
Associated Press:
Mike Trout is going on the injured list again with a bone bruise in his left knee — Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout is headed back to the 10-day injured list because of a bone bruise in his surgically repaired left knee. Angels manager Ron Washington made the announcement Thursday night following …
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MLB Trade Rumors, Associated Press, New York Times, Orange County Register, MLB.com and Sportsnet.ca
Barry M. Bloom / Sportico:
MLB Wealth Transfer Drives Fierce NL West Competition — SAN DIEGO - The transfer of playing wealth from the American League East to the National League West is palpable, says veteran San Diego Padres outfielder Jason Heyward, who offered an acute analysis of the issue.
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NBC Sports Bay Area …, MLB.com and Yahoo Sports
Associated Press:
Pirates fan who fell 21 feet to field still in critical condition — PITTSBURGH — The fan who fell from the 21-foot-high Clemente Wall in right field at PNC Park during Wednesday night's game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs remained in critical condition Thursday morning.
Gabe Smallson / Sports Illustrated:
Padres Insider Reveals Jackson Merrill's Target Return Date — The San Diego Padres have had quite a few All-Stars on the injured list this season, but they are expected to get some assistance in the form of a superstar next week. — Insider Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune revealed …
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Gaslamp Ball
Chris Cotillo / masslive.com:
Yasmani Grandal makes call on Red Sox' future, but for how long? — Veteran catcher Yasmani Grandal has the ability to opt out of his minor league deal with the Red Sox on Thursday, but instead he plans to stay put at Triple-A Worcester. — Grandal will not exercise his May 1 opt …
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Yahoo Sports, MLB Trade Rumors and NESN.com
