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White Sox at Rays prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for July 21 — Its Monday, July 21 and the White Sox (35-65) are in Tampa to begin a series against the Rays (52-48). — Sean Burke is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Shane Baz for Tampa Bay.
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Giants at Braves Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 21 — Its Monday, July 21 and the Giants (52-48) are in Atlanta looking to right the ship as they open a series against the Braves (43-55). — Hayden Birdsong is slated to take the mound …
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Twins at Dodgers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 21 — Its Monday, July 21 and the Twins (48-51) are in Los Angeles to take on the scuffling Dodgers (58-42). — David Festa is slated to take the mound for Minnesota against Shohei Ohtani for Los Angeles.
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Brewers at Mariners prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for July 21 — Its Monday, July 21 and the Brewers (59-40) have traveled up the coast following a weekend sweep of the Dodgers for a series this week in Seattle against the Mariners (53-46).
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Red Sox at Phillies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for July 21 — It's Monday, July 21 and the Red Sox (54-47) are in Philadelphia to take on the Phillies (56-43). Walker Buehler is slated to take the mound for Boston against Zack Wheeler for Philadelphia.
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Angels at Mets Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 21 — Its Monday, July 21 and the Angels (49-50) are in Queens to take on the Mets (56-44). Tyler Anderson is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles against Kodai Senga for New York.
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Padres at Marlins Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 21 — It's Monday, July 21 and the Padres (54-45) are in Miami to take on the Marlins (46-52). Randy Vásquez is slated to take the mound for San Diego against Eury Pérez for Miami.
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Reds at Nationals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for July 21 — Its Monday, July 21 and the Reds (52-48) are in Washington to take on the Nationals (39-60). Brady Singer is slated to take the mound for Cincinnati against Jake Irvin for Washington.
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Royals at Cubs Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 21 — Its Monday, July 21 and the Royals (48-52) are in Chicago to open a series against the Cubs (59-40). — Noah Cameron is slated to take the mound for Kansas City against Ryan Brasier for Chicago.
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Orioles at Guardians Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for July 21 — It's Monday, July 21 and the Orioles (44-54) are in Cleveland to take on the Guardians (48-50). Tomoyuki Sugano is slated to take the mound for Baltimore against Tanner Bibee for Cleveland.
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Tigers at Pirates Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for July 21 — It's Monday, July 21 and the Tigers (60-40) are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates (39-61). Jack Flaherty is slated to take the mound for Detroit against Paul Skenes for Pittsburgh.
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18 biggest questions for MLB second half: Trade deadline targets, can Tigers win it all? — PHOENIX — We never saw the Rafael Devers trade coming, the most stunning in-season deal since Mike Piazza became a Marlin. — We figured the Baltimore Orioles would be playing into October …
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Detroit's Tarik Skubal making a bid for a Cy Young repeat. He'd be the first in AL to do that since 2000 — It's been a quarter century since an American League pitcher won back-to-back Cy Young Awards. — It takes a pretty special pitcher to pull that off — but Tarik Skubal fits the bill.
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Phillies sign reliever David Robertson to 1-year deal in bid to win 2nd straight NL East title — PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies have signed right-hander David Robertson to a one-year contract, bolstering their bullpen in a bid to outlast the New York Mets and win a second straight NL East title.
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Ken Rosenthal / New York Times:
D-Backs need to trade several veterans, Mason Miller's market and more MLB notes — A weekend sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals was encouraging. But no matter where the Arizona Diamondbacks are in the standings on July 31, they will need to trade at least some of their veterans on expiring contracts.
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Aaron Judge ties A-Rod on Yankees' all-time home run list at 351 in win over Braves — ATLANTA — Aaron Judge hit the first home run of his MLB career the day after Alex Rodriguez retired. Now, the two are tied on the Yankees' all-time home run list. — Judge hit his 351st career homer …
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