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Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
Rays at Red Sox Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 9 — It's Monday, June 9 and the Rays (35-30) are in Boston to take on the Red Sox (32-35). Shane Baz is slated to take the mound for Tampa Bay against Brayan Bello for Boston.
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Blue Jays at Cardinals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, stats for June 9 — Its Monday, June 9 and the Blue Jays (35-30) are in St. Louis to take on the Cardinals (36-29). José Berríos is slated to take the mound for Toronto against Andre Pallante for St. Louis.
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Viva El Birdos
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
Braves at Brewers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 9 — It's Monday, June 9 and the Braves (27-37) are in Milwaukee to take on the Brewers (35-31). Chris Sale is slated to take the mound for Atlanta against Aaron Civale for Milwaukee.
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Battery Power and Brew Crew Ball
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Marlins at Pirates prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 9 — Its Monday, June 9 and the Miami Marlins (24-39) are in the Steel City to begin a series against the Pittsburgh Pirates (26-40). — Eury Pérez is slated to take the mound for Miami against Mike Burrows for Pittsburgh.
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New York Post
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Cubs at Phillies prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 9 — Its Monday, June 9 and the Cubs (40-25) are in the City of Brotherly Love to take on the Phillies (37-28). — Matthew Boyd is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Zack Wheeler for Philadelphia.
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Reds at Guardians prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for June 9 — Its Monday, June 9 and the Reds (33-33) are in Cleveland to open a series against the Guardians (34-30). — Wade Miley is slated to take the mound for Cincinnati against Luis L. Ortiz for Cleveland.
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Plain Dealer
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Mariners at Diamondbacks Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for June 9
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Sports Illustrated, Lookout Landing and FanDuel Research
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Rockies chase MLB record that predecessors in pain 'don't wish on anyone' — CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox lived a full season through the despair, embarrassment and stigma that comes with being the worst team in the history of baseball. — Now, less than a year later …
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MLB Trade Rumors, Yahoo Sports, NESN.com, Battery Power, The Good Phight and Sports Illustrated
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Associated Press:
Atlanta's season is starting to slip away after another 7-game losing streak — One seven-game losing streak was manageable for Atlanta — a possible fluke at the start of the season. — But now the Braves have dropped seven in a row again, and it's time to wonder if this simply …
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Battery Power and Sports Illustrated
Gabrielle Starr / Boston Herald:
Red Sox rookie says he'd rather retire than play for Yankees — 'If the Yankees were the last team to give me a contract, I'd retire' — NEW YORK - “This is one that I've had circled for a long time,” Hunter Dobbins told the Herald as he stood in the visitors dugout watching passing showers soak Yankee Stadium.
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ESPN, MLB.com, UPI, Sports Illustrated, New York Post, masslive.com, New York Daily News, Yahoo Sports, New Jersey Online, New York Times, NESN.com, Pinstripe Alley and Boston.com
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Jack Markowski / Sports Illustrated:
Red Sox Rookie Slams Yankees: 'I'd Retire'
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Boston Herald, New York Post, Yahoo Sports, NESN.com, masslive.com, New York Daily News and New Jersey Online
Associated Press:
George Kirby's 14-strikeout stunner ends Mariners' 5-game skid and turns around his own season — ANAHEIM, Calif. — By the time George Kirby left the mound for good with 14 strikeouts, the rangy right-hander had turned his season around in a superb overall performance.
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Orange County Register, Associated Press and Lookout Landing
Associated Press:
Odds by Pete Alonso closing in on Mets home run record — DENVER — When he re-signed with the New York Mets last winter, Pete Alonso saw an opportunity to become the team's career leader in home runs and multi-homer games. — He checked one record off his list with a pair of two-run shots …
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New York Post, Newsday and MLB.com
Alex D'Agostino / Sports Illustrated:
Zac Gallen Stumbles Late, D-backs Swept by Reds — Arizona's progress against the Braves was undone in Cincinnati. — The Arizona Diamondbacks were swept out of Cincinnati in a rainy, disjointed weekend of games, losing game three by a score of 4-2. Zac Gallen fell apart late, and the D-backs' bats couldn't put together a rally.
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AZ Snake Pit
