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Dodgers at Phillies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 6 — Its Sunday, April 6 and the Dodgers (9-1) and Phillies (6-2) are set to wrap up their three-game series in Philadelphia. — Tyler Glasnow is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles …
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Yankees at Pirates Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 6 — Its Sunday, April 6 and the Yankees (5-2) are in the Steel City to take on the Pirates (2-6). — Will Warren is slated to take the mound for New York against Andrew Heaney for Pittsburgh.
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Orioles at Royals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 4
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Dodgers at Phillies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 4
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Yankees at Pirates prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 4
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Blue Jays at Mets prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 4
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
A Q&A With Rob Manfred, M.L.B.'s Commissioner, on the Future of Baseball — In an interview, the commissioner said torpedo bats are good and challenges for balls and strikes are likely on the way. … The season started in Tokyo. What was Japan like? — The most striking thing …
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Manfred says torpedo bats are ‘good for baseball’ and he hopes to see robot umps in MLB by 2026 — Torpedo bats are all the rage this season, and Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred believes all that chatter is positive for the sport. — “They're absolutely good for baseball …
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Buster Olney / ESPN:
Inside the 48 hours when torpedo bats took over MLB — At 1:54 ET on Saturday afternoon, New York Yankees play-by-play man Michael Kay lit the fuse on what will be remembered as either one of the most metamorphic conversations in baseball history or one of its strangest.
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Jesse Winker flashes some rare speed with a two-triple game to lead the Mets past Blue Jays — NEW YORK — Jesse Winker was holding his daughter during a postgame interview after helping lift the New York Mets to a comeback win Saturday night when he asked her if he was fast.
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Dodgers place 2-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell on injured list — The Los Angeles Dodgers placed two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. — Snell went 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA in his first two starts for the Dodgers this season.
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Shohei Ohtani throws bullpen session for Los Angeles Dodgers — PHILADELPHIA — Shohei Ohtani threw a 26-pitch bullpen session Saturday before the Los Angeles Dodgers' 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, another step toward his mound return. — Recovering from right elbow surgery on Sept. 19 …
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Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Nolan Gorman's strong, but limited start halted by ‘super-mild’ muscle strain: Cardinals Extra — BOSTON — A lot of the consternation and calculus about playing time coming out of spring training has obvious solutions, one is production and the other all teams want to avoid. — With injury can come clarity.
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Jaylon Thompson / Kansas City Star:
KC Royals had two big positives in win vs. Orioles. Vinnie Pasquantino was one — The Kansas City Royals took their lumps against the Milwaukee Brewers earlier this week. — The offense was inconsistent, evident by KC scoring just two runs in its final 20 innings against the Brew Crew.
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Gordon Wittenmyer / Cincinnati.com:
What's with all the MLB extensions and why did Cincinnati Reds' Matt McLain turn one down? — MILWAUKEE - When word got out this spring that Cincinnati Reds second baseman Matt McLain had switched agents from Scott Boras, the first question was so obvious McLain knew what it was before it was asked.
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Eric Samulski / NBCSports.com:
Pete Alonso, Tylor Megill power Mets to 5-0 home-opening win over Blue Jays — There was a festive atmosphere all morning at Citi Field on Friday. Crowds and vendors were lurking outside by the 7 train as early as 10 am. Pyrotechnics were being set up for player introductions …
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