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3:40 PM ET, March 26, 2025

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NBCSports.com:
Mets at Astros prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for March 27  —  Thursday is Opening Day for the Mets and the Astros in Houston, TX.  —  Clay Holmes is slated to take the mound and make his debut for New York against Houston's veteran ace, Framber Valdez.
Discussion: SNY
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Tigers at Dodgers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for March 27  —  Thursday is Opening Day for the Tigers but not for the Dodgers (2-0) as Los Angeles began the 2025 regular season last week in Tokyo, Japan with a couple wins against the Chicago Cubs.
NBCSports.com:
Brewers at Yankees Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for March 27  —  The Milwaukee Brewers and the New York Yankees open the baseball season Thursday at Yankee Stadium.  —  Freddy Peralta is slated to take the mound for Milwaukee against Carlos Rodón for New York.
Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Sources: Arizona Diamondbacks agree to deal with veteran lefty  —  The Diamondbacks and left-hander Jalen Beeks are in agreement on a major league deal, pending a physical, sources said, giving the club a veteran reliever to occupy a bullpen spot after the unit suffered a pair of late-spring injuries.
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
With Jordan Montgomery, DBacks don't let one mistake lead to another
Justin Teitelbaum / Forbes:
Baseball's Most Valuable Teams 2025  —  Three years after the NFL, and just one after the NBA, Major League Baseball has its first $8 billion team: the New York Yankees.  —  The Bronx Bombers, who have led the ranking of baseball's most valuable clubs every year since Forbes began publishing …
ESPN:
MLB 2025 season preview: Rankings, every team's playoff odds  —  Welcome to MLB Opening Week, baseball fans!  —  After a chaotic offseason, one thing is clear heading into the new season: Everyone else is chasing the reigning World Series champions at the top of our initial 2025 rankings.
Evan Petzold / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit Tigers option last year's closer Jason Foley to Triple-A Toledo before Opening Day  —  The Detroit Tigers on Wednesday optioned right-handed reliever Jason Foley to Triple-A Toledo.  —  He will not make the 2025 Opening Day roster.  —  Foley, who is under contract for $3.15 million …
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors and Fargo | KFGO
Associated Press:
In the era of big velocities, some pitchers are still finding other ways to succeed  —  SURPRISE, Ariz. — Texas Rangers left-hander Cody Bradford says he realized early on that he probably wouldn't ever possess the type of fastball that causes scouts to take a second look at their radar guns.
Discussion: Sportsnet.ca
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
MLB Opening Day 2025 Betting: Picks, Trends, Best Bets, Predictions, Ohtani home run prop, Dodgers win total  —  The 2025 MLB season begins Thursday, March 27th and Vaughn Dalzell has got you covered with his favorite future props for MVP and CY Young, plus home run leader and a play on the Dodgers win total!
Jim Bowden / New York Times:
25 MLB predictions for 2025 season: Vlad Jr. extended?  Cease to O's?  Phillies sign Tucker?  —  The Dodgers and Cubs opened the MLB season last week in Japan, but with the rest of the league set to begin play on Thursday, it's time for me to again go on record with predictions for the 2025 season and subsequent offseason.
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans  —  U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen.  I didn't think it could be real.  Then the bombs started falling.  —  The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern …
Discussion: Philadelphia Magazine
Keith Law / New York Times:
Keith Law's predictions, projections and wild guesses for the 2025 MLB season  —  It's an annual tradition: My column explaining why I think your favorite team isn't going to win as many games as you think they are.  —  These predictions are for fun, not a demonstration of my deep-seated loathing …
 
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