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Athletics at Mariners Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, stats for August 22 — It's Friday, August 22 and the Athletics (59-70) are in Seattle to take on the Mariners (68-60). Luis Morales is slated to take the mound for Oakland against Bryan Woo for Seattle.
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Nationals at Phillies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, stats for August 22 — It's Friday, August 22 and the Nationals (52-75) are in Philadelphia to take on the Phillies (74-53). Cade Cavalli is slated to take the mound for Washington against Taijuan Walker for Philadelphia.
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Rockies at Pirates Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 22 — It's Friday, August 22 and the Rockies (37-91) are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates (54-74). Antonio Senzatela is slated to take the mound for Colorado against Braxton Ashcraft for Pittsburgh.
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Royals at Tigers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 22 — It's Friday, August 22 and the Royals (66-62) are in Detroit to take on the Tigers (76-53). Ryan Bergert is slated to take the mound for Kansas City against Casey Mize for Detroit.
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Royals Review and Bless You Boys
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Astros at Orioles prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 22 — Its Friday, August 22 and the Astros (70-58) are in Baltimore to take on the Orioles (59-68). — Lance McCullers is slated to take the mound for Houston against Cade Povich for Baltimore.
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The Crawfish Boxes
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Dodgers at Padres prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 22 — Its Friday, August 22 and the Dodgers (73-55) are in San Diego to take on the Padres (72-56). — Blake Snell is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles against Yu Darvish for San Diego.
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True Blue LA
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Red Sox at Yankees prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for August 22 — Its Friday, August 22 and the Red Sox (69-59) are in the Bronx to continue their series against the Yankees (69-58). — Brayan Bello is slated to take the mound for Boston against Max Fried for New York.
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New York Post
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Mets at Braves Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 22 — It's Friday, August 22 and the Mets (67-60) are in Atlanta to take on the Braves (58-69). Nolan McLean is slated to take the mound for New York against Joey Wentz for Atlanta.
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SNY and Battery Power
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Blue Jays at Marlins Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, stats for August 22 — It's Friday, August 22 and the Blue Jays (74-54) are in Miami to take on the Marlins (60-67). Shane Bieber is slated to take the mound for Toronto against Miami who has yet to announce their starter.
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: Craig Kimbrel, Astros agree to major league deal — Veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel and the Houston Astros agreed on a major league contract, sources told ESPN, adding a fresh arm to the Astros' ailing bullpen as they try to hold on to their lead in the American League West.
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The Crawfish Boxes, 98.5 The Sports Hub, Just Baseball, MLB.com, New York Post, The Athletic and Bleacher Report
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Anthony Franco / MLB Trade Rumors:
Astros To Sign Craig Kimbrel
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Just Baseball, Yahoo Sports, The Crawfish Boxes, NESN.com and masslive.com
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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AZ Snake Pit and Awful Announcing
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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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New York Post, Battery Power, Yahoo Sports, MLB Trade Rumors and Bleacher Report
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Demetrius Bell / Battery Power:
Austin Riley has surgery and will miss the rest of the 2025 season
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Yahoo Sports
Jeremy Trottier / Sports Illustrated:
Young Nationals Relief Pitcher Has Steadily Found His Stride in Recent Weeks — The Washington Nationals have had a difficult season but some of their bullpen arms have started to really find some productive pitches. — The Washington Nationals have had a pretty brutal 2025 campaign …
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The Good Phight
Associated Press:
Brewers fans are hoping ‘Uecker magic’ will carry the team to a deep October run — MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers fans offer a supernatural explanation for their team's surprising surge to the top of the major league standings. — And they believe it can continue carrying …
