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Padres at Astros prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 18 — Its Friday, April 18 and the Padres (15-4) are in Houston to take on the Astros (8-10). — Kyle Hart is slated to take the mound for San Diego against Ryan Gusto for Houston.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, The Crawfish Boxes, Associated Press and Gaslamp Ball
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Twins at Braves prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 18 — Its Friday, April 18 and the Twins (7-12) are in Atlanta to take on the Braves (5-13). — Chris Paddack is slated to take the mound for Minnesota against Bryce Elder for Atlanta.
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Battery Power, Plain Dealer and New York Post
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Reds at Orioles prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 18 — Its Friday, April 18 and the Reds (9-10) are in Baltimore to take on the Orioles (8-10). — Andrew Abbott is slated to take the mound for Cincinnati against Cade Povich for Baltimore.
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Baltimore Sun, Associated Press, Camden Chat and BaltimoreBaseball.com
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Guardians at Pirates Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 18 — Its Friday, April 18 and the Guardians (9-9) are in Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates (8-12). — Luis L. Ortiz is slated to take the mound for Cleveland against Carmen Mlodzinski for Pittsburgh.
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Marlins at Phillies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 18 — Its Friday, April 18 and the Marlins (8-10) are in Philadelphia to take on the Phillies (11-8). — Sandy Alcantara is slated to take the mound for Miami against Zack Wheeler for Philadelphia.
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NBC Sports Philadelphia, The Good Phight and Phillies Nation
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White Sox at Red Sox Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 18 — Its Friday, April 18 and the White Sox (4-13) are in Boston to take on the Red Sox (10-10). — Martín Pérez is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Richard Fitts for Boston.
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Sox Machine and South Side Sox
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Yankees at Rays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 18
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Dodgers at Rangers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 18
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True Blue LA
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Cardinals at Mets prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 18
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New York Post, Viva El Birdos and ESPN
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Royals at Tigers prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 17
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MLive.com, Royals Review, Bless You Boys, Plain Dealer and Farm to Fountains
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Yankees at Rays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 17
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Fox News:
New York Yankees — New York Yankees infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. was ejected from Thursday night's game and may have violated MLB policy with his public criticism on social media. — FOX Sports' MLB reporters Rowan Kavver and Deesha Thosar cover hot stars, risings stars and more in this week's roundtable.
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Jaylon Thompson / Kansas City Star:
Royals offense is in midst of an ugly streak. It's highlighting a major problem — The Kansas City Royals can't get out of their own way. And their struggling offense is becoming a major concern. — On Thursday, the Royals (8-12) continued to spin their wheels offensively against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.
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MLive.com, Bless You Boys, Associated Press, Farm to Fountains and Royals Review
Associated Press:
Francisco Lindor hits leadoff homer in ninth to lift the Mets past Cardinals 5-4 — NEW YORK — Francisco Lindor homered off Ryan Fernandez leading off the ninth inning, and the New York Mets survived a late blown lead to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Friday night.
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SNY, Newsday, New York Daily News, Yahoo Sports, Amazin' Avenue and Sportsnet.ca
Associated Press:
Yankees' Jazz Chisholm Jr. suspended 1 game following ejection, violation of social media policy — TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. was suspended for one game and fined by Major League Baseball on Friday following his ejection during a game at the Tampa Bay Rays …
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ESPN, SNY, CBSSports.com, Bleeding Yankee Blue, Awful Announcing, New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, Newsday, Battle Creek | WNWN-FM and MLB.com
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Patrick Corbin's first Texas win was ‘50-50’ proposition because of mysterious bite — ARLINGTON, Texas — Patrick Corbin's first home start with the Texas Rangers was no better than a 50-50 possibility when the left-hander hobbled into the clubhouse after an apparent insect bite in his backyard left him with a swollen ankle.
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Arizona Sports, New York Post and New York Times
Associated Press:
Rangers' Kumar Rocker, double 1st-round draftee, gets 1st major league win — Kumar Rocker, a first-round pick in both the 2021 and '22 drafts, won for the first time in the major leagues Thursday night. Rocker struck out a career-best eight in a career-best seven innings and the Texas Rangers beat …
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Dallas Morning News, Lone Star Ball and Associated Press
ESPN:
Nationals' Jorge Lopez suspended 3 games for throwing at Andrew McCutchen — Washington Nationals reliever Jorge Lopez has been suspended three games for intentionally throwing at Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen during Wednesday's game. — Major League Baseball announced …
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MLB Trade Rumors, Federal Baseball, CBS News, Washington Post and baseballmusings.com
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