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Phillies at Cardinals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends and stats for April 11 — Its Friday, April 11 and the Phillies (8-4) are in St. Louis to open a weekend series against the Cardinals (5-7). — Aaron Nola is slated to take the mound for Philadelphia against Andre Pallante for St. Louis.
Discussion:
Viva El Birdos and The Good Phight
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Cubs at Dodgers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 11 — Its Friday, April 11 and the Cubs (9-6) are in Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers (10-4). — Matthew Boyd is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Yoshinobu Yamamoto for Los Angeles.
Discussion:
Bleed Cubbie Blue
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Red Sox at White Sox Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 11 — Its Friday, April 11 and the Red Sox (6-7) are in the Windy City to take on the White Sox (2-9) in Game 1 of a weekend series. — Sean Newcomb is slated to take the mound for Boston against Davis Martin for Chicago.
Discussion:
South Side Sox
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Blue Jays at Orioles Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 11 — Its Friday, April 11 and the Blue Jays (8-6) are in Baltimore to open a series against the Orioles (5-8). — Bowden Francis is slated to take the mound for Toronto against Tomoyuki Sugano for Baltimore.
Discussion:
Associated Press, Baltimore Sun, Sportsnet.ca, Camden Chat and BaltimoreBaseball.com
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Braves at Rays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 11 — Its Friday, April 11 and the Braves (3-9) are in Tampa to begin a series against the Rays (5-7). — Bryce Elder is slated to take the mound for Atlanta against Taj Bradley for Tampa Bay.
Discussion:
Battery Power and DRaysBay
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Tigers at Twins prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 11 — Its Friday, April 11 and the Tigers (7-5) are in Minneapolis for three games against the Twins (4-9). — Reese Olson is slated to take the mound for Detroit against David Festa for Minnesota.
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Plain Dealer, MLive.com and New York Post
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Giants at Yankees prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 11 — Its Friday, April 11, and the San Francisco Giants (9-3) are in the Bronx to open a weekend series against the Yankees (7-5). — Robbie Ray is slated to take the mound for San Francisco against Marcus Stroman for New York.
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Mets at Athletics prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 11
Discussion:
New York Post and SNY
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Phillies at Braves Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 10
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Battery Power
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Blue Jays at Red Sox prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends, and stats for April 10
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ESPN
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Brewers at Rockies prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 10
Discussion:
Associated Press, Purple Row, Denver Post and Brew Crew Ball
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White Sox at Guardians prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends, and stats for April 10
Discussion:
Plain Dealer, Pinstripe Alley, Sox Machine, Associated Press, South Side Sox and Covering the Corner
Associated Press:
Braves OF Ronald Acuña Jr. to have knee reevaluated as the slugger works to return to lineup — Braves star outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. will have his injured left knee reevaluated next week as he works to return to the Atlanta lineup after ACL surgery last year.
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Associated Press:
Tigers activate second baseman Gleyber Torres from 10-day injured list — MINNEAPOLIS — Detroit Tigers second baseman Gleyber Torres returned to the team's lineup on Friday after being sidelined by a left oblique strain. — Torres was activated from the 10-day injured list before the opener of a three-game series at Minnesota.
Discussion:
MLive.com and Bless You Boys
Associated Press:
Schumaker, Pettitte, Holliday to be U.S. coaches at next year's World Baseball Classic — Former Miami Marlins manager Skip Schumaker will be the U.S. bench coach and former New York Yankees star Andy Pettitte will be pitching coach for manager Mark DeRosa at next year's World Baseball Classic.
Discussion:
MLB.com, Marquee Sports Network, Awful Announcing and Associated Press
Eric Samulski / NBCSports.com:
Griffin Canning is working backwards into becoming a fixture in the Mets' rotation — When Griffin Canning was traded from the Angels to the Braves this past Halloween, there was immediate conversation on Baseball Twitter about whether the Braves would “fix” Canning and turn him into the 2025 version of Reynaldo Lopez.
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New York Post
Associated Press:
Twins place pitcher Pablo Lopez on the 15-day injured list with a strained hamstring — MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins placed pitcher Pablo López on the 15-day injured list Friday with a strained right hamstring. — The move is retroactive to Wednesday, a day after López …
Discussion:
Twinkie Town, MLB Trade Rumors and MLB.com
Associated Press:
Marlins minor league infielder Gregori Arias is suspended 56 games for positive drug test — NEW YORK — Miami Marlins minor league infielder Gregori Arias was suspended for 56 games on Friday by Major League Baseball for a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Boldenone.
