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Cubs at Nationals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 5 — It's Thursday, June 5, and the Cubs (38-23) are in Washington to take on the Nationals (29-32). Drew Pomeranz is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Jake Irvin for Washington.
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Guardians at Yankees Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 5 — It's Thursday, June 5, and the Guardians (33-27) are in the Bronx to take on the Yankees (37-23). Slade Cecconi is slated to take the mound for Cleveland against Max Fried for New York.
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Astros at Pirates Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 5 — It's Thursday, June 5 and the Astros (33-28) are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates (23-39). Framber Valdez is slated to take the mound for Houston against Mitch Keller for Pittsburgh.
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Rangers at Rays prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 5 — It's Thursday, June 5, and the Rangers (29-33) are in Tampa to take on the Rays (32-29). Jack Leiter is slated to take the mound for Texas against Ryan Pepiot for Tampa Bay.
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Royals at Cardinals prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 5 — It's Thursday, June 5, and the Royals (32-29) are in St. Louis to take on the Cardinals (33-27). Cole Ragans is slated to take the mound for Kansas City against Matthew Liberatore for St. Louis.
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Padres at Giants prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 5 — It's Thursday, June 5 and the Padres (35-25) are in San Francisco to take on the Giants (34-28). Dylan Cease is slated to take the mound for San Diego against Robbie Ray for San Francisco.
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Orioles at Mariners Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 5 — It's Thursday, June 5 and the Orioles (24-36) are in Seattle to take on the Mariners (32-28). Zach Eflin is slated to take the mound for Baltimore against Bryan Woo for Seattle.
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Royals at Cardinals Game 1 prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends, and stats for June 5
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Mets at Dodgers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 5
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Royals at Cardinals Game 2 prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends, and stats for June 5
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Tigers at White Sox Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 5
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Phillies at Blue Jays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 5
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Diamondbacks at Braves Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 5
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Rangers at Rays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 4
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Royals at Cardinals prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 4
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Associated Press:
Twins' Pablo López expected to miss 8 to 12 weeks because of a strained shoulder — WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Minnesota Twins right-hander Pablo López is expected to be sidelined 8 to 12 weeks because of a strained shoulder. — The Twins said that López has a Grade 2 strain of the teres major muscle.
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Associated Press:
Giants designate struggling LaMonte Wade Jr. for assignment, sign Dominic Smith — SAN FRANCISCO — The struggling San Francisco Giants designated infielder-outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. for assignment Wednesday along with catcher Sam Huff. — In addition, San Francisco signed infielder …
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Evan Petzold / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers' Colt Keith is going to play third base. Here's what it means — CHICAGO — The Detroit Tigers continue to search for an answer at third base. — For more than a year, the Tigers avoided playing Colt Keith at third base because of a labrum injury in his right shoulder suffered during his time in the minor leagues.
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Evan Drellich / New York Times:
Manfred: MLB will propose automated ball-strike challenge system for 2026 — NEW YORK — Commissioner Rob Manfred said Wednesday he plans to introduce a proposal to Major League Baseball's competition committee that would bring the automated ball-strike system to MLB in 2026.
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Barry M. Bloom / Sportico:
Yankees Build a Better Team After Losing Out on Juan Soto — Sometimes, as the saying goes, the best deals are the ones you don't make. — It's a small sample size and very early in the process, but so far, the New York Yankees are fortunate to have not signed Juan Soto.
ESPN:
Rockies again beat Marlins; first 3-game sweep since May 2024 — Hunter Goodman tripled and doubled and the Colorado Rockies beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 on Wednesday to complete a sweep in their first series win of the season. — Rockies starter Kyle Freeland allowed two unearned runs over 6⅓ innings.
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