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Cubs at Diamondbacks prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends, and stats for March 27 — Opening Day for the Cubs and Diamondbacks finds the National League clubs squaring off in Phoenix on Thursday night. — Justin Steele is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Zac Gallen for the Diamondbacks.
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Braves at Padres prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for March 27 — Opening Day at Petco Park features the Padres hosting the Atlanta Braves. — CY Young winner Chris Sale is slated to take the mound for Atlanta against Cy Young hopeful Michael King of San Diego
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Orioles at Blue Jays prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for Mar. 27 — The Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays open the 2025 regular season Thursday north of the border in Toronto. — Zach Eflin is slated to take the mound for Baltimore against José Berríos for Toronto.
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Red Sox at Rangers prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for March 27 — The Boston Red Sox open the 2025 MLB season against the Texas Rangers in Arlington on Thursday. — Garrett Crochet is slated to take the mound for Boston against Nathan Eovaldi for Texas.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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 …
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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.
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Red Sox manager Alex Cora says Alex Bregman will play third base and Rafael Devers will move to DH — BOSTON — Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora said Wednesday that newly acquired free agent Alex Bregman will play third base this season, with incumbent Rafael Devers moving to designated hitter.
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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 …
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