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Pirates at Royals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 8 — It's Tuesday, July 8 and the Pirates (38-54) are in Kansas City to take on the Royals (44-48). Mitch Keller is slated to take the mound for Pittsburgh against Seth Lugo for Kansas City.
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Rockies at Red Sox Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for July 8 — It's Tuesday, July 8 and the Rockies (21-70) are in Boston to take on the Red Sox (47-45). Kyle Freeland is slated to take the mound for Colorado against Brayan Bello for Boston.
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Marlins at Reds Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 8 — It's Tuesday, July 8 and the Marlins (41-48) are in Cincinnati to take on the Reds (46-45). Eury Pérez is slated to take the mound for Miami against Nick Martinez for Cincinnati.
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Phillies at Giants Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 8 — It's Tuesday, July 8 and the Phillies (53-38) are in San Francisco to take on the Giants (50-42). Taijuan Walker is slated to take the mound for Philadelphia against Robbie Ray for San Francisco.
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Blue Jays at White Sox Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 7 — Its Monday, July 7 and the Blue Jays (52-38) are in Chicago to take on the White Sox (30-60). — José Berríos is slated to take the mound for Toronto against Sean Burke for Chicago.
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Dodgers at Brewers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for July 7 — It's Monday, July 7 and the Dodgers (56-35) are in Milwaukee to take on the Brewers (50-40). Yoshinobu Yamamoto is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles against Freddy Peralta for Milwaukee.
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Pirates at Royals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for July 7 — It's Monday, July 7 and the Pirates (38-53) are in Kansas City to take on the Royals (43-48). Andrew Heaney is slated to take the mound for Pittsburgh against Noah Cameron for Kansas City.
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Guardians at Astros prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for July 7 — Its Monday, July 7 and the Guardians (40-48) are in Houston to open a series agaist the Astros (55-35). — Tanner Bibee is slated to take the mound for Cleveland against Colton Gordon for Houston.
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Marlins at Reds Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for July 7
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Rays at Tigers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for July 7
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Pete Alonso and Kyle Schwarber will skip Home Run Derby the night before All-Star Game — New York Mets slugger and two-time winner Pete Alonso joined Philadelphia designated hitter Kyle Schwarber in electing to skip the Home Run Derby. — The derby will be held the night before the All-Star Game, at Truist Park in Atlanta.
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Mets slugger Pete Alonso won't take part in 2025 Home Run Derby
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MLB Power Rankings: Tigers reclaim No. 1 spot, Blue Jays surging as George Springer turns back the clock — Featured in this week's MLB Power Rankings, the streaking Blue Jays sweep the Yankees and take over the AL East, Brandon Woodruff has a triumphant return to the majors …
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Padres slugger Manny Machado gets his 2,000th career hit — SAN DIEGO — Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres got his 2,000th career hit Monday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a sharp single off the glove of diving shortstop Geraldo Perdomo. — The milestone hit came off starter Zac Gallen leading off the fourth inning.
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Miguel Cairo to serve as interim manager of Nationals — The Washington Nationals have named bench coach Miguel Cairo as their interim manager, the team announced Monday. — Cairo, a native of Venezuela who played for nine teams over 17 MLB seasons from 1996 to 2012, replaces Dave Martinez …
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Short-handed Dodgers may be forced to make roster moves after Astros sweep — LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts could do little to counteract Houston Astros left-handers Bennett Sousa and Bryan King in the seventh and eighth innings of a 5-1 loss.
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Manager Dave Martinez and GM Mike Rizzo fired by the Washington Nationals — Manager Dave Martinez and general manager Mike Rizzo were fired by the Washington Nationals on Sunday amid their sixth consecutive losing season since winning the 2019 World Series. The move came after the Nationals were swept by the Boston Red Sox.
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