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Marlins at Rays prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 6 — Its Friday, June 6 and the Marlins (23-37) are in Tampa to open a series against their instate rival, the Rays (33-29). — Edward Cabrera is slated to take the mound for Miami against Zack Littell for Tampa Bay.
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Mets at Rockies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 6 — Its Friday, June 6 and the Mets (39-24) are in Denver to take on the Rockies (12-50). — Kodai Senga is slated to take the mound for New York against Antonio Senzatela for Colorado.
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SNY
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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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Federal Baseball
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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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Plain Dealer
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Rangers at Rays prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 5
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DRaysBay
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Astros at Pirates Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 5
Astros at Pirates Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 5
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Royals at Cardinals Game 1 prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends, and stats for June 5
Royals at Cardinals Game 1 prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends, and stats for June 5
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Deadspin
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
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
Royals at Cardinals Game 2 prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends, and stats for June 5
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Viva El Birdos, MLB Trade Rumors and Deadspin
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Diamondbacks at Braves Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 5
Diamondbacks at Braves Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 5
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MLB Trade Rumors
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
Orioles at Mariners Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 5
Orioles at Mariners 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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Royals at Cardinals prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 5
Royals at Cardinals prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 5
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Royals Review and Viva El Birdos
Associated Press:
White Sox reach agreement for potential future sale of controlling interest to Justin Ishbia — CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox have reached an agreement that will give Justin Ishbia, the brother of Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia, the chance to buy a future controlling interest in the club.
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White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf reaches agreement with Justin Ishbia for controlling stake — The Chicago White Sox are looking at an ownership change in the near future: The team announced in a press release on Thursday that owner Jerry Reinsdorf has reached an agreement …
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Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, South Side Sox and Sportico
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Teen girl testifies behind closed doors in Wander Franco trial in the Dominican Republic — SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco appeared in court Thursday in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl who testified behind closed doors.
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Winnipeg Free Press
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MLB reinstates 4 players after yearlong bans for betting on baseball — Major League Baseball's one-year suspensions for betting on the sport ended for four players Thursday — San Diego starter Jay Groome, Athletics relief pitcher Michael Kelly, Philadelphia infielder José Rodríguez and Arizona reliever Andrew Saalfrank.
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The Boston Globe, Deadspin, MLB Trade Rumors, Arizona Sports and New York Times
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Braves blow six-run ninth-inning lead to Diamondbacks in historic loss — ATLANTA — Eugenio Suárez hit a go-ahead, two-run double off Raisel Iglesias to cap a seven-run ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks stunned the Atlanta Braves 11-10 on Thursday to sweep a three-game series.
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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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Winnipeg Free Press, Deadspin and New York Times
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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MLB Trade Rumors and MLive.com
Phillip Martinez / SNY:
Mets Injury Notes: Sean Manaea's first rehab start set, good news on Mark Vientos — Also, what's next for Frankie Montas — POPULAR IN THE COMMUNITY RECENT STORIES — Alonso recapturing early-season success after two-homer game vs. Dodgers — SEE IT: Mets, Soto stay loose with game of bottle flip in win over Dodgers
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New Jersey Online
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.
