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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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Federal Baseball and Red Reporter
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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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Bucs Dugout
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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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Brew Crew Ball and Lookout Landing
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
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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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 …
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
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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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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Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
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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San Diego Union-Tribune
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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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Bleed Cubbie Blue, al.com and Royals Review
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
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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Camden Chat and Plain Dealer
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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Washington Post, MLB Trade Rumors, NESN.com and Phillies Nation
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Jim Bowden / New York Times:
MLB trade deadline intel: Where all 30 teams stand with 10 days to go
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Redleg Nation, Baltimore Sun, Sportsnet.ca, 98.5 The Sports Hub, NESN.com and masslive.com
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
18 biggest questions for MLB second half: Trade deadline targets, can Tigers win it all?
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New York Daily News, MLB Trade Rumors, NESN.com and Battery Power
Chris Cotillo / masslive.com:
Alex Cora explains why Red Sox shut down Tanner Houck (and gives other injury updates) — PHILADELPHIA — The Red Sox are back to square one when it comes to injured starter Tanner Houck. — Houck felt arm soreness after his last rehab outing for the WooSox on July 9 and has been shut down from throwing …
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NBC Sports Boston, 98.5 The Sports Hub and NESN.com
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Ian Browne / MLB.com:
Houck hits setback in rehab, reaggravates right pronator injury
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New York Times, Over the Monster, NESN.com, Battery Power, MLB Trade Rumors and masslive.com
Associated Press:
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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New York Times, Phillies Nation, ESPN, MLB Trade Rumors, Lone Star Ball, FanGraphs Baseball, New York Post and The Good Phight
Robert Murray / FanSided:
Sources: Royals expected to call up veteran southpaw Rich Hill — This veteran southpaw will get another chance. — Veteran left-hander Rich Hill is expected to return to the majors with the Kansas City Royals and could pitch as early as Tuesday, sources say. — Hill, 45, becomes the oldest active player in baseball.
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New York Times, MLB Trade Rumors, Yahoo Sports, Royals Review, NESN.com and masslive.com
Will Sammon / New York Times:
What I'm hearing on Mets trade deadline: How others expect New York to fill pitching needs — With approximately a week and a half left before the MLB trade deadline, rival evaluators say they admire the New York Mets' farm system, noting its improvement, quality and depth.
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New York Daily News, NESN.com and MLB Trade Rumors
Associated Press:
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.
