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Royals at Red Sox prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 6 — Its Wednesday, August 6 and the Royals (56-58) are in Boston to take on the Red Sox (64-51). — Michael Wacha is slated to take the mound for Kansas City against Dustin May for Boston.
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Rays at Angels Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 6 — It's Wednesday, August 6 and the Rays (55-59) are in Anaheim to take on the Angels (55-58). Shane Baz is slated to take the mound for Tampa Bay against Tyler Anderson for Los Angeles.
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Yankees at Rangers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 6 — It's Wednesday, August 6 and the Yankees (60-53) are in Arlington to take on the Rangers (59-55). Carlos Rodón is slated to take the mound for New York against Jack Leiter for Texas.
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Blue Jays at Rockies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 6 — It's Wednesday, August 6 and the Blue Jays (66-48) are in Denver to take on the Rockies (30-82). Kevin Gausman is slated to take the mound for Toronto against Kyle Freeland for Colorado.
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Cardinals at Dodgers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 6 — Its Wednesday, August 6 and the Cardinals (57-57) are in Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers (65-48). Matthew Liberatore is slated to take the mound for St. Louis against Shohei Ohtani for Los Angeles.
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Padres at Diamondbacks Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, stats for August 6 — It's Wednesday, August 6 and the Padres (62-51) are in Phoenix to take on the Diamondbacks (54-59). Nestor Cortes is slated to take the mound for San Diego against Anthony DeSclafani for Arizona.
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Astros at Marlins Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 6 — Its Wednesday, August 6 and the Astros (64-50) are in Miami to take on the Marlins (55-57). — Spencer Arrighetti (thumb) is slated to take the mound for Houston for the first time since …
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Brewers at Braves Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 6 — It's Wednesday, August 6 and the Brewers (68-44) are in Atlanta to take on the Braves (47-64). Jose Quintana is slated to take the mound for Milwaukee against Spencer Strider for Atlanta.
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Giants at Pirates prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 6 — Its Wednesday, August 6 and the Giants (57-57) are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates (49-65) in the finale of their three-game series. — Robbie Ray is slated to take the mound …
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Twins at Tigers prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 6 — Its Wednesday, August 6 and the Twins (53-60) are in Detroit to take on the Tigers (66-49). — Pierson Ohl is slated to take the mound for Minnesota against Jack Flaherty for Detroit.
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Red Sox, Roman Anthony Finalizing Extension — The Red Sox and outfielder Roman Anthony are finalizing an eight-year contract extension that will guarantee the 21-year-old $130MM, reports ESPN's Jeff Passan. The deal will cover the 2026-33 seasons and contain a club option for the 2034 campaign as well.
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MLB Starting Pitcher News: Luis Gil debuts, Joey Wentz is on a heater — It's Wednesday, which means it's time for us to visit the bump on Hump Day and discuss starting pitcher news. Each week in this article, I'll be taking a deeper look at a few trending/surging starting pitchers to see what …
