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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
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Astros at Orioles Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 21
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Camden Chat and The Crawfish Boxes
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Giants at Padres Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 21
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Mets at Nationals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 21
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
Rangers at Royals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 21
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Royals Review
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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Associated Press:
How MLB's upcoming deals will change how you watch out-of-market, Sunday night and Wild Card games — When ESPN opted out of its contract with Major League Baseball in February, the network was hoping to get a reworked package at a lower cost while Commissioner Rob Manfred thought the sport …
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Awful Announcing
Associated Press:
Braves third baseman Austin Riley's injury-shortened season ends following core surgery — ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves third baseman Austin Riley will miss the remainder of the season after having core injury surgery on Thursday. — The Braves announced the surgery was performed by Dr. William Meyers in Philadelphia.
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Demetrius Bell / Battery Power:
Austin Riley has surgery and will miss the rest of the 2025 season — Earlier today, news got out that the Atlanta Braves were bringing in Cal Quantrill off waivers from the Miami Marlins. The Braves made that move official while also announcing a slew of other transactions.
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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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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 …
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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Chris McCosky / The Detroit News:
Tigers tell veteran Alex Cobb he'll be used in bullpen role if he comes off injured list
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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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Ben Volin / The Boston Globe:
'There's no owner, there's no owner's son': One-on-one with Bill Belichick at UNC — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Standing in a quiet hallway Wednesday inside the Kenan Football Center, University of North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick is asked how he would define success with his new program.
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Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Astros To Sign Craig Kimbrel — The Astros are in agreement with Craig Kimbrel on a major league contract, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN. The SportsMeter client was just granted his release from a minor league deal with Texas, per Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News.
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