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Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
Giants at Mets Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 1 — It's Friday, August 1 and the Giants (54-55) are in Queens to take on the Mets (62-47). Robbie Ray is slated to take the mound for San Francisco against David Peterson for New York.
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Yankees at Marlins Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 1
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Royals at Blue Jays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 1
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Sportsnet.ca, Royals Review and U.L.'s Toothpick
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Pirates at Rockies prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 1
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Brewers at Nationals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 1
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Plain Dealer, New Jersey Online and Federal Baseball
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Astros at Red Sox Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 1
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The Crawfish Boxes
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
Tigers at Phillies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 1
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MLive.com and Bless You Boys
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Rangers at Mariners prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 1
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Dallas Morning News
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Dodgers at Rays prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 1
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True Blue LA
Jorge Montanez / NBCSports.com:
Fantasy Baseball Closer Report: Post-trade deadline fallout and closer rankings — In this weekend edition of the Closer Report, we'll run through an updated post-trade deadline closer rankings and break down the fallout of Thursday's flurry of activity across the league.
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New York Times
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Associated Press:
Padres make waves at trade deadline again, unafraid to deal away one of baseball's top prospects — For the second time in four years, A.J. Preller turned the San Diego Padres into the biggest stars of baseball's trade deadline. — In 2022, the San Diego general manager snagged slugger Juan Soto …
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Pinstripe Alley, CBSSports.com, ESPN, New York Post, New York Times, The Bandwagon and San Diego Union-Tribune
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
MLB trade deadline 2025: Biggest winners and losers
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New York Times, The Good Phight, Redleg Nation, AZ Snake Pit, Baseball America and Journal Sentinel
Associated Press:
A baseball field in a racetrack? MLB's Speedway Classic makes history — BRISTOL, Tenn. — A 110-foot Ferris wheel. Race cars painted in MLB team colors. Food trucks. Live music. Pitching tunnels and batting cages. A chance for photos with the Commissioner's Trophy. And Clydesdales.
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Battery Power
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Los Angeles Dodgers Transactions 2025 — August — DATETRANSACTION — Activated RF Alex Call. Activated RHP Brock Stewart. Placed RHP Kirby Yates on the 15-day IL, retroactive to July 29. Activated RHP Paul Gervase. — July — DATETRANSACTION
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True Blue LA
Associated Press:
Rockies' stunning 17-16 comeback win over Pirates highlights huge night of offense in MLB — DENVER — Colorado Rockies outfielder Brenton Doyle had a hard time describing what had just taken place after he delivered the crowning blow in perhaps the wildest game of the major league season.
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Denver Post, Yahoo Sports, Purple Row and baseballmusings.com
Jaylon Thompson / Kansas City Star:
How Royals are using new trade deadline pieces & who made a strong 1st impression — It may take a minute to memorize the correct spelling of new Kansas City Royals outfielder Mike Yastrzemski's last name. — It won't take long to notice his impact. — On Friday, Yastrzemski hit …
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Royals Review and Yahoo! Sports
Associated Press:
Edwards, Ramírez help Marlins come from behind to beat Yankees 13-12 — Xavier Edwards hit a tying two-run single in the ninth, then raced home with the winning run on Agustín Ramírez's chopper in front of the plate as the Marlins rallied to beat the New York Yankees 13-12 …
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SNY, Sun-Sentinel, Awful Announcing, New York Times and New York Daily News
Associated Press:
Phillies slugger Bryce Harper ejected following outburst over called third strike — PHILADELPHIA — Phillies slugger Bryce Harper was ejected in the seventh inning of Friday's game against Detroit for arguing a called third strike on a check swing. — The Phillies scored three runs …
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NBC Sports Philadelphia and Phillies Nation
New York Times:
Micah Parsons-Cowboys relationship deteriorating amid contract standoff: Sources — The relationship between Micah Parsons and the Dallas Cowboys has deteriorated to the point where the star pass rusher is considering drastic measures, which could include a trade request or even a declaration …
Associated Press:
Yankees release veteran right-hander Marcus Stroman after a busy trade deadline — MIAMI — The New York Yankees released veteran right-hander Marcus Stroman on Friday, a day after making a flurry of moves at baseball's trade deadline. — Stroman, who is in his 11th season in the majors …
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Andrew Marchand / New York Times:
NFL deals Red Zone, NFL Media assets to ESPN in blockbuster billion-dollar agreement: Sources — The NFL and ESPN reached a blockbuster agreement that will place many of the league's top media holdings with the sports network in exchange for equity in ESPN that is potentially worth billions …
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New York Post, Los Angeles Times, Daily Freeman, Awful Announcing and masslive.com
Associated Press:
Twins hit hard reset with 9 pre-deadline trades, happy with haul yet still high on for-sale club — The franchise in Minnesota has been for sale since last fall. — This week, the Twins sold the roster. — With nine trades, including seven over the final five hours before the deadline …
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NBC Sports Philadelphia, Sports Illustrated, New York Times, Plain Dealer, Chicago Tribune and Awful Announcing
Associated Press:
Royals' trade deadline moves aim to balance winning now and building for the future — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals found themselves in a strange and precarious position at the trade deadline: They were both buyers and sellers, interested in supplementing the club to win …
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Kansas City Star, Royals Review, Sports Illustrated and San Diego Union-Tribune
Madison Williams / Sports Illustrated:
Tigers Add Pitcher Charlie Morton From Orioles in Final Seconds Before Trade Deadline — The Tigers landed the 41-year-old starting pitcher before the buzzer went off. — One minute before the MLB's trade deadline on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET, insider Jon Heyman tweeted that the Tigers were still …
