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Diamondbacks at Yankees Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends and stats for April 1 — The New York Yankees (3-0) and their torpedo bats take the field in the Bronx Tuesday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks (2-2) in the first game of their midweek series.
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AZ Snake Pit and Arizona Republic
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Royals at Brewers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 1 — Tuesday, April 1, Kansas City (2-2) will continue its three-game series against the Brewers (0-4) in Milwaukee. — Michael Lorenzen is scheduled to start for the Royals with Chad Patrick getting the ball for Milwaukee.
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Guardians at Padres Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for March 31 — Its Monday, March 31 and the Cleveland Guardians (2-1) are on the West Coast to take on the San Diego Padres (4-0) in Game 1 of this series. — Luis L. Ortiz is slated …
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San Diego Union-Tribune, Plain Dealer and Covering the Corner
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Cubs at Athletics prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for March 31 — Its Monday, March 31 and the Chicago Cubs (2-4) are in Sacramento, CA to take on the Oakland Athletics (2-2) in Game 1 of their series. — Ben Brown is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Joey Estes for Oakland.
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Athletics Nation and Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Rangers at Reds prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for March 31 — Its Monday, March 31 and the Rangers (3-1) are in Cincinnati, OH to take on the Reds (1-2) in Game 1 of their series. Kumar Rocker is slated to take the mound for Texas against Brady Singer for Cincinnati.
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Lone Star Ball, Red Reporter and MLB.com
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Giants at Astros Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for March 31
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The Crawfish Boxes
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Braves at Dodgers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for March 31
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Battery Power and True Blue LA
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Rockies at Phillies prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for March 31
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Denver Post, Purple Row, New Jersey Online and The Good Phight
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Red Sox at Orioles prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for March 31
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Andrew Greif / NBC News:
The Yankees' new torpedo bats propel team to record-breaking start — The Bronx Bombers have picked up 36 runs, outscoring their opponents by an MLB-high 22 runs, through three games, including a team-record nine home runs in Saturday's victory. — The biggest revelation …
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Associated Press, New York Post, Yahoo Sports, masslive.com, New York Times, New York Daily News, Sportico and Sports Illustrated
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Brendan Kuty / New York Times:
Meet the MIT physicist turned Marlins coach behind the ‘torpedo’ bats used by the Yankees — NEW YORK — The New York Yankees' bats were the story of the team's franchise-record nine-home run day against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday. Then came the discussion about the actual bats used by some players in the 20-9 win.
D.J. Short / NBCSports.com:
MLB Team Power Rankings: Yankees torpedo Brewers with historic power outburst, Dodgers start season 5-0 — Most teams have only played three or four games at this early point of the 2025 MLB season, so don't look for any major changes since my MLB Opening Week Power Rankings were released last week.
Associated Press:
Powerful starts for last year's pennant winners as the Yankees and Dodgers stay unbeaten — In the spirit of this year's NCAA basketball tournaments — where Goliath has defeated David at almost every opportunity — the baseball season began with its own version of chalk supremacy.
Sam Blum / New York Times:
Why ‘torpedo bats’ have players across MLB intrigued after Yankees' power surge
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Newsday, Orange County Register, San Diego Union-Tribune, New York Post, Ethics Alarms, New York Daily News, CBSSports.com, Yahoo Sports, Pinstripe Alley, OnPattison, FanGraphs Baseball, Baltimore Sun, New Jersey Online, Awful Announcing, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Sports Illustrated, Plain Dealer and Newsday
Eric Samulski / NBCSports.com:
Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Tyler Soderstrom, Jack Leiter open season strong
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Yahoo Sports
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Athletics start Sacramento era in minor-league stadium, much to dismay of visiting players — SACRAMENTO — It is raining, the wind is gusting at 40 mph, and the wind chill is 49 degrees. — Oh, baby, the Athletics are not in Oakland anymore. — There will be days that the A's …
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Mercury News, New York Times, Chicago Sun Times, Marquee Sports Network, Chicago Tribune, MLB Trade Rumors and masslive.com
David Schoenfield / ESPN:
MLB opening weekend takeaways: New bats, Padres' hot start, more — The first weekend of the 2025 MLB season is in the books — and what a wild few days of action it was across the majors. — We saw the Los Angeles Angels establish a new low when they used a position player to pitch on Opening Day.
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New York Times and Bucs Dugout
Associated Press:
Orioles' Colton Cowser goes on the IL with a broken thumb and is expected to miss at least 6 weeks — BALTIMORE — Orioles outfielder Colton Cowser is expected to miss at least six weeks with a broken left thumb. — Baltimore put Cowser on the 10-day injured list before its home opener against Boston.
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Camden Chat, Baltimore Sun and BaltimoreBaseball.com
