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Brewers at Rays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 9 — Its Friday, May 9 and the Brewers (19-19) are in Tampa to open a series against the Rays (16-21). — Jose Quintana is slated to take the mound for Milwaukee against Zack Littell for Tampa Bay.
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Reds at Astros prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 9 — Its Friday, May 9 and the Reds (19-20) are in Houston to take on the Astros (18-18). — Nick Martinez is slated to take the mound for Cincinnati against Hunter Brown for Houston.
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Braves at Pirates Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 9 — Its Friday, May 9 and the Braves (18-19) are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates (12-26). — Bryce Elder is slated to take the mound for Atlanta against Bailey Falter for Pittsburgh.
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Padres at Rockies prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 9 — Its Friday, May 9 and the Padres (23-13) are in Denver to open a series against the Rockies (6-31). — Randy Vásquez is slated to take the mound for San Diego against Antonio Senzatela for Colorado.
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Dodgers at Diamondbacks Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 9 — Its Friday, May 9 and the Dodgers (25-13) are in Phoenix for Game 2 of their series against the Diamondbacks (20-18). — Roki Sasaki is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles against Eduardo Rodriguez for Arizona.
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Red Sox at Royals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 9 — Its Friday, May 9 and the Red Sox (19-19) are in Kansas City to take on the Royals (22-16). — Hunter Dobbins is slated to take the mound for Boston against Michael Lorenzen for Kansas City.
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Rangers at Tigers prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 9 — The Rangers (18-20) are in Detroit Friday to open a series against the Tigers (23-13). — Patrick Corbin is slated to take the mound for Texas against Tarik Skubal for Detroit.
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Yankees at Athletics Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 9 — Friday the Yankees (21-16) open a weekend series in Sacramento against the surprising Athletics (20-18). — Will Warren is slated to take the mound for New York against Osvaldo Bido for Oakland.
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Cubs at Mets prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 9 — One of the more highly anticipated series of the young season begins Friday when the Chicago Cubs (22-16) take on the New York Mets (24-14) at Citi Field.
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Reds at Braves prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 8
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Blue Jays at Angels prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 8
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Tigers at Rockies prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 8
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Tigers at Rockies Game 2 prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, stats for May 8
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Phillies at Rays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 8
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Orioles at Twins Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 8
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Rafael Devers tells Red Sox he won't move to first base — BOSTON — Rafael Devers is the Boston Red Sox's designated hitter. — And he's not interested in another position switch. — Speaking with reporters for the first time since Triston Casas was ruled out for the season after rupturing …
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Rafael Devers upset Red Sox approached him about first base; 'I don't think they stay true to their word' — BOSTON — Manager Alex Cora has said in recent days that the Red Sox do not plan to have a conversation with DH Rafael Devers about potentially moving to first base.
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Warriors sputter without Steph Curry, drop Game 2 vs. Timberwolves — MINNEAPOLIS - The Warriors ran the same sets they always did during Thursday's matchup with Minnesota, the second game of the teams' conference semifinal series. — There were split cuts, shooters running around screens and plenty of motion overall.
