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Pirates at Marlins Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for March 27 — Its Thursday, March 27 and the MLB season in South Beach begins with a marquee pitching matchup. Paul Skenes and Sandy Alcantara take the mound as the Pirates square off against the Marlins.
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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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Tigers at Dodgers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for March 27
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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Barry M. Bloom / Sportico:
Rays and A's Head to Minors as MLB Wealth Gap Clouds 2025 — TAMPA - Major League Baseball opens the regular season far and wide on Thursday, but the focus is not on the Dodgers facing Detroit in Los Angeles or the Yankees hosting Milwaukee in New York. — From a baseball standpoint …
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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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Jorge Castillo / ESPN:
Mets reliever Paul Blackburn (knee) to start season on 15-day IL — HOUSTON — New York Mets right-hander Paul Blackburn will begin the season on the 15-day injured list with right knee inflammation, team president of baseball operations David Stearns announced Wednesday during the team's workout at Daikin Park.
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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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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.
