Mets at Marlins Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 1  —  Its Tuesday, April 1 and the Mets (2-2) are in Miami to take on the Marlins (3-2) in Game 2  —  of their three-game series.  —  Kodai Senga is slated to take the mound for New York against Sandy Alcantara for Miami.

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.

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.

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 …

What is a torpedo bat?  Inside MLB's next big thing  —  EARLY IN THE 2023 season, Aaron Leanhardt started asking New York Yankees hitters what they needed to perform better.  He was a minor league hitting coordinator for the team, and with league-wide batting average the previous year …

Red Sox LHP Garrett Crochet gets $170M extension, sources say  —  Left-hander Garrett Crochet and the Boston Red Sox are in agreement on a six-year, $170 million contract extension, sources told ESPN on Monday, keeping the 25-year-old ace with the organization that traded for him this winter to lead its rotation.