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Orioles at Royals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 4 — The Baltimore Orioles (3-3) begin a weekend series Friday in Kansas City against the Royals (2-4). — Dean Kremer is slated to take the mound for Baltimore against Seth Lugo for Kansas City
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Dodgers at Phillies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 4 — Two of baseball's best meet Friday in Philadelphia when the LA Dodgers (8-0) begin a weekend series against the Phillies (4-1). — Yoshinobu Yamamoto is slated to take the mound …
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True Blue LA
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Yankees at Pirates prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 4 — The Yankees (4-2) are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates (2-5) Friday in Game 1 of their weekend series. — Max Fried is slated to take the mound for New York against Mitch Keller for Pittsburgh
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Blue Jays at Mets prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 4 — Friday, April 4 is Opening Day at Citi Field for the New York Mets (3-3) who will take the field against the Toronto Blue Jays (5-2) in Game 1 of their weekend series.
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Padres at Cubs Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 4 — Friday, April 4 the Padres (7-0) put their unblemished record on the line in the Windy City against the Chicago Cubs (5-4). It is Game 1 of a weekend series between the clubs.
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White Sox at Tigers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 4 — Friday, April 4 the Chicago White Sox (2-4) are scheduled to be in Motown to take on the Tigers (2-4) in Game 1 of their weekend series. — Jonathan Cannon is slated to take the mound …
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Reds at Brewers prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 3
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Diamondbacks at Yankees prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends, and stats for April 3
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Astros at Twins prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 3
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Associated Press, The Crawfish Boxes and Twinkie Town
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Rockies at Phillies prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 3
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Purple Row, Associated Press and Just Baseball
Jeff Howe / New York Times:
Joe Milton III trade grades: Cowboys pick up a lottery ticket, Patriots cash out — The New England Patriots traded quarterback Joe Milton III and a seventh-round draft pick to the Dallas Cowboys for a fifth-rounder. — Why they made the move: — The Patriots are set at the position …
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masslive.com, 98.5 The Sports Hub and NESN.com
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Clark Schmidt on track to make Yankees season debut on April 15 or 16 — Clark Schmidt is on track to make his New York Yankees season debut on April 15 or 16 against the Kansas City Royals. Schmidt is recovering from right rotator cuff tendinitis and set to start Saturday for Double …
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Braves are desperate for recovery as they enter their home opener as the majors' only winless team — ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves' longest winless start since 2016 has left manager Brian Snitker desperate for a recovery he hopes begins with the team's home opener against Miami.
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Judge gets 500th extra-base hit, 3rd-fastest Yankee to reach mark behind DiMaggio, Gehrig — Aaron Judge became the third-fastest New York Yankees player to reach 500 extra-base hits with a three-run homer in the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night, trailing only Joe DiMaggio and Lou Gehrig.
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Some diehard baseball fans in sports-crazed Sacramento welcome Athletics and hope they stay awhile — WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Van Thompson walked through the busy concourse shortly before first pitch and sang along to the national anthem, a white Athletics ball cap in hand covering his heart.
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Sacramento Bee
Associated Press:
St. Petersburg to spend $22.5M to fix Tropicana Field — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The once and possibly future home of the Tampa Bay Rays will get a new roof to replace the one shredded by Hurricane Milton with the goal of having the ballpark ready for the 2026 season, city officials decided in a vote Thursday.
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