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Athletics at Rangers Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 1 — It's Thursday, May 1 and the Athletics (16-15) are in Arlington to take on the Rangers (16-15). Jeffrey Springs is slated to take the mound for the A's against Tyler Mahle for Texas.
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Lone Star Ball
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Rockies at Giants prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 1 — Its Thursday, May 1 and the Rockies (5-25) are in San Francisco to take on the Giants (19-12). Kyle Freeland is slated to take the mound for Colorado against Justin Verlander for San Francisco.
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NBC Sports Bay Area …
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Nationals at Phillies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 1 — It's Thursday, May 1 and the Nationals (13-18) are in Philadelphia to take on the Phillies (17-13). Brad Lord is slated to take the mound for Washington against Taijuan Walker for Philadelphia.
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Just Baseball
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Brewers at White Sox Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 1 — It's Thursday, May 1 and the Brewers (16-15) are in Chicago to take on the White Sox (7-23). Chad Patrick is slated to take the mound for Milwaukee against Sean Burke for Chicago.
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Brew Crew Ball, South Side Sox and Chicago Tribune
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Diamondbacks at Mets prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 1 — Its Thursday, May 1 and the Diamondbacks (16-14) are in Queens to take on the Mets (21-10) in the series finale. — Zac Gallen is slated to take the mound for Arizona against Kodai Senga for New York.
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SNY and Amazin' Avenue
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Cardinals at Reds prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 1 — Its Thursday, May 1 and the Cardinals (14-17) are in Cincinnati wrapping up a four-game series against the Reds (16-15). — Matthew Liberatore is slated to take the mound for St. Louis against Andrew Abbott for Cincinnati.
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Viva El Birdos
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Royals at Rays Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 1 — Its Thursday, May 1 and the Royals (16-15) are in Tampa to take on the Rays (14-16) in the finale of their three-game series. — Seth Lugo is slated to take the mound for Kansas City against Shane Baz for Tampa Bay.
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Royals Review and DRaysBay
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Cubs at Pirates prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for May 1 — Its a Paul Skenes Thursday. Its May 1 and Skenes and the Pirates (12-19) and the Cubs (18-13) wrap up a series in Pittsburgh. — Colin Rea is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Skenes for Pittsburgh.
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Nationals at Phillies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, stats for April 30
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NBC Sports Philadelphia, 97.5 The Fanatic, Associated Press, Phillies Nation and The Good Phight
Vaughn Dalzell / NBCSports.com:
Diamondbacks at Mets prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, stats for April 30
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ESPN, SNY and Amazin' Avenue
Associated Press:
Man falls from 21-foot Clemente Wall at PNC Park during Pirates game — PITTSBURGH — A man fell from the 21-foot-high Clemente Wall in right field at PNC Park during Wednesday night's game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs. — Right after Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run double …
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Fan critical after falling from stand at MLB game — A man is in a critical condition in hospital after falling 20 feet from a stand onto the field of play at a Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball game. — The spectator fell over the railing at the Pirates' PNC Park during …
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Plain Dealer
Associated Press:
Odds by Reds option Alexis Diaz to Triple-A — CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Reds optioned struggling closer Alexis Diaz to Triple-A hoping he can regain the form that helped him earn 37 saves and an NL All-Star appearance in 2023. — “We decided to let him try to figure out, get right in Triple-A,” manager Terry Francona said.
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MLB.com, Redleg Nation and MLB Trade Rumors
Jorge Montanez / NBCSports.com:
Fantasy Baseball Closer Report: Félix Bautista returning to form, David Bednar reclaims closer role — In this week's Closer Report, Félix Bautista is returning to his All-Star form coming off Tommy John surgery. Justin Martinez could be in danger of missing time amid shoulder concerns.
