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Braves at Nationals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 21 — It's Wednesday, May 21, and the Braves (24-24) are in Washington to take on the Nationals (22-27). AJ Smith-Shawver is slated to take the mound for Atlanta against Trevor Williams for Washington.
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Phillies at Rockies prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 21 — Its Wednesday, May 21 and the Phillies (30-18) are in Denver to take on the Rockies (8-40). Taijuan Walker is slated to take the mound for Philadelphia against Carson Palmquist for Colorado.
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Mets at Red Sox prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 21 — It's Wednesday, May 21 and the Mets (29-20) are in Boston to take on the Red Sox (25-25). Tylor Megill is slated to take the mound for New York against Garrett Crochet for Boston.
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Rangers at Yankees Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 21 — It's Wednesday, May 21, and the Rangers (25-24) are in Bronx to take on the Yankees (28-19). Jacob deGrom is slated to take the mound for Texas against Ryan Yarbrough for New York.
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Angels at Athletics prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 21 — It's Wednesday, May 21, and the Angels (22-25) take on the Athletics (22-27). Jack Kochanowicz is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles against JP Sears for Oakland.
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Royals at Giants prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 21 — Its Wednesday, May 21 and the Royals (27-23) are in San Francisco to take on the Giants (29-20). — Daniel Lynch is slated to take the mound for Kansas City against Logan Webb for San Francisco.
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Reds at Pirates prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 21 — Its Wednesday, May 21 and the Reds (25-25) are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates (16-33). — Brady Singer is slated to take the mound for Cincinnati against Andrew Heaney for Pittsburgh.
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Astros at Rays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 21 — Its Wednesday, May 21 and the Astros (25-23) are in Tampa to take on the Rays (22-26). — Hunter Brown is slated to take the mound for Houston against Taj Bradley for Tampa Bay.
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Cubs at Marlins prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 21 — Its Wednesday, May 21 and the Cubs (29-20) are in Miami to take on the Marlins (19-28). — Cade Horton is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Max Meyer for Miami.
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Tigers at Cardinals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 21 — Its Wednesday, May 21 and the Tigers (32-17) are in St. Louis to take on the Cardinals (27-22). — Brant Hurter is slated to take the mound for Detroit against Andre Pallante for St. Louis.
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Orioles at Brewers prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 21
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Mariners at White Sox prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 21
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Corey Seidman / NBC Sports Philadelphia:
Phillies encouraged by Painter's progress; Nola sore but improving — DENVER — The Phillies are encouraged by how Andrew Painter's arm has responded after six minor-league starts and will extend him a bit farther on Wednesday night. — Painter's limit will be five innings and 75 pitches …
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Matt Gelb / New York Times:
How Phillies will navigate a bullpen without José Alvarado — in the short and longer term
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Will Phillies trade for reliever after Alvarado suspension?
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Jen McCaffrey / New York Times:
Juan Soto was impressed with Red Sox free-agency pursuit: ‘They showed a lot of love’ — BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox pushed hard to sign Juan Soto this offseason. The 26-year-old superstar said he was impressed with their presentation and strongly considered signing with the team …
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Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
Updated 2025 top 50 MLB prospects: Anthony, Chandler, more — Now that we're nearly two months into the 2025 MLB season, many of the best young players going into the season have graduated from top 100 eligibility and a new wave of prospects has started shining.
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