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Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
Red Sox at Yankees Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 21 — It's Thursday, August 21 and the Red Sox (68-59) are in Bronx to take on the Yankees (69-57). Lucas Giolito is slated to take the mound for Boston against Luis Gil for New York.
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Cardinals at Rays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 21 — It's Thursday, August 21 and the Cardinals (63-65) are in Tampa to take on the Rays (61-66). Sonny Gray is slated to take the mound for St. Louis against Joe Boyle for Tampa Bay.
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Viva El Birdos
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
Astros at Orioles Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 21 — Its Thursday, August 21 and the Astros (69-58) are in Baltimore to take on the Orioles (59-67). Jason Alexander is slated to take the mound for Houston against Brandon Young for Baltimore.
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Camden Chat and The Crawfish Boxes
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
Giants at Padres Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 21 — It's Thursday, August 21 and the Giants (61-66) are in San Diego to take on the Padres (71-56). Justin Verlander is slated to take the mound for San Francisco against Dylan Cease for San Diego.
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Mets at Nationals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 21 — It's Thursday, August 21 and the Mets (67-59) are in Washington to take on the Nationals (51-75). Sean Manaea is slated to take the mound for New York against MacKenzie Gore for Washington.
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
Rangers at Royals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 21 — It's Thursday, August 21 and the Rangers (63-65) are in Kansas City to take on the Royals (65-62). Patrick Corbin is slated to take the mound for Texas against Michael Lorenzen for Kansas City.
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Royals Review
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Dodgers at Rockies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 21 — It's Thursday, August 21 and the Dodgers (72-55) are in Denver to take on the Rockies (37-90). Clayton Kershaw is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles against Chase Dollander for Colorado.
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True Blue LA
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Sources: Cubs' Tucker diagnosed in June with fracture in hand — CHICAGO — Cubs right fielder Kyle Tucker was diagnosed in June with a hairline fracture in his right hand, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. — Tucker, 28, wanted to keep playing for the then-first-place Cubs …
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Associated Press:
Cubs OF Kyle Tucker played with a small fracture in his right hand after he got hurt in June — CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker played with a small fracture in his right hand after he got hurt in June, and manager Craig Counsell said that might have contributed to his trouble at the plate.
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Marquee Sports Network, The Athletic, MLB.com and Chicago Sun Times
Evan Petzold / Detroit Free Press:
Tigers promote left-handed reliever Drew Sommers from Triple-A Toledo for MLB debut — The Detroit Tigers have been anticipating the arrival of Drew Sommers. — It's finally happening. — Sommers, a left-handed reliever, has been called up from Triple-A Toledo for his MLB debut …
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MLB Trade Rumors
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Chris McCosky / The Detroit News:
Tigers tell veteran Alex Cobb he'll be used in bullpen role if he comes off injured list
Tigers tell veteran Alex Cobb he'll be used in bullpen role if he comes off injured list
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MLB Trade Rumors
Noah Hiles / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Source: Pirates to promote top pitching prospect Bubba Chandler — The Pirates are selecting the contract of their top pitching prospect, Bubba Chandler, sources told the Post-Gazette on Wednesday morning. A 22-year-old right-hander, Chandler is rated the No. 7 prospect in baseball by MLB Pipeline.
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MLB.com, SportsNet Pittsburgh, Bucs Dugout, The Athletic and MLB Trade Rumors
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Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
MLB, ESPN have agreement for network to sell all out-of-market and some in-market games: Sources — Major League Baseball and ESPN have a framework agreement that would give the network the exclusive rights to sell all out-of-market regular-season games digitally and in-market games …
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Awful Announcing, Arizona Sports, MLB Trade Rumors, Yahoo Sports and masslive.com
Joseph Randazzo / Sports Illustrated:
Yankees Slugger Proving to be Ageless Wonder — Giancarlo Stanton has given the Yankees a much needed boost. His power surge has helped carry them out of a prolonged, dismal spell of baseball. — Giancarlo Stanton put on a show at George M. Steinbrenner Field during a rout of the Tampa Bay Rays.
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The Athletic, NESN.com and Pinstripe Alley
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Associated Press:
Dodgers' Ohtani roughed up by Rockies, leaves game after getting hit on right thigh by line drive — DENVER — Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani had a forgettable outing in his first career pitching start against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.
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Bleacher Report, Yahoo Sports, True Blue LA, Orange County Register, Purple Row and Los Angeles Times
