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Cardinals at Nationals prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 9 — Its Friday, May 9 and the Cardinals (19-19) are in Washington to take on the Nationals (17-21). Erick Fedde is slated to take the mound for St. Louis against Mitchell Parker for Washington.
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New Jersey Online, Viva El Birdos and Federal Baseball
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Marlins at White Sox Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 9 — Its Friday, May 9 and the Marlins (14-22) are in Chicago to take on the White Sox (10-28). Max Meyer is slated to take the mound for Miami against Bryse Wilson for Chicago.
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Associated Press, MLB.com and South Side Sox
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Brewers at Rays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 9 — Its Friday, May 9 and the Brewers (19-19) are in Tampa to open a series against the Rays (16-21). — Jose Quintana is slated to take the mound for Milwaukee against Zack Littell for Tampa Bay.
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Brew Crew Ball and DRaysBay
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Reds at Astros prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 9 — Its Friday, May 9 and the Reds (19-20) are in Houston to take on the Astros (18-18). — Nick Martinez is slated to take the mound for Cincinnati against Hunter Brown for Houston.
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Redleg Nation and Red Reporter
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Braves at Pirates Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 9 — Its Friday, May 9 and the Braves (18-19) are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates (12-26). — Bryce Elder is slated to take the mound for Atlanta against Bailey Falter for Pittsburgh.
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Padres at Rockies prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 9 — Its Friday, May 9 and the Padres (23-13) are in Denver to open a series against the Rockies (6-31). — Randy Vásquez is slated to take the mound for San Diego against Antonio Senzatela for Colorado.
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Reuters and San Diego Union-Tribune
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Red Sox at Royals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 9 — Its Friday, May 9 and the Red Sox (19-19) are in Kansas City to take on the Royals (22-16). — Hunter Dobbins is slated to take the mound for Boston against Michael Lorenzen for Kansas City.
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Dodgers at Diamondbacks Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 9 — Its Friday, May 9 and the Dodgers (25-13) are in Phoenix for Game 2 of their series against the Diamondbacks (20-18). — Roki Sasaki is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles against Eduardo Rodriguez for Arizona.
Discussion:
Arizona Republic and True Blue LA
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Rangers at Tigers prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 9
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Lone Star Ball
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Yankees at Athletics Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 9
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Cubs at Mets prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 9
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ESPN, Marquee Sports Network, Amazin' Avenue, Bleed Cubbie Blue, New Jersey Online, New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune
Associated Press:
Red Sox owner John Henry flies to Kansas City to meet with disgruntled slugger Rafael Devers — Rafael Devers made his feelings known on Thursday. On Friday, it was Boston Red Sox owner John Henry's turn to share his opinions with the disgruntled slugger.
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NBC Sports Boston, NESN.com, Air traffic controllers …, Boston Herald, MLB.com, masslive.com and New York Post
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Devers? Mayer? Ranking the Red Sox's options at first base — The Boston Red Sox front office dreamed that this would be the year that Triston Casas would fully blossom, mashing 30 homers and fully exploiting Fenway Park's dimensions in a way that other left-handed hitters have.
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NBC Sports Boston and NESN.com
Christopher Smith / masslive.com:
Rafael Devers upset Red Sox approached him about first base; 'I don't think they stay true to their word'
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Boston.com, New York Post, NBC Sports Boston, MLB.com, Royals Review, Yahoo Sports and NESN.com
Associated Press:
Angels setup man Ben Joyce is transferred to 60-day injured list because of inflamed shoulder — ANAHEIM, Calif. — What was originally thought to be a minor shoulder injury was serious enough for the Los Angeles Angels to transfer reliever Ben Joyce to the 60-day injured list on Friday.
Discussion:
Orange County Register and MLB Trade Rumors
Joseph Dycus / Mercury News:
Warriors sputter without Steph Curry, drop Game 2 vs. Timberwolves — MINNEAPOLIS - The Warriors ran the same sets they always did during Thursday's matchup with Minnesota, the second game of the teams' conference semifinal series. — There were split cuts, shooters running around screens and plenty of motion overall.
