Category: MLB Betting
Phils fans boo manager Kapler at home opener
Phillies fans booed manager Gabe Kapler when he was introduced Thursday at the team’s home opener. Kapler has been scrutinized for the management of his pitching staff, especially the bullpen. Click here to read the full article…
Power Rankings: Astros remain on top, but who is closing in?
The defending champs are still the team to beat, but the Red Sox are off to the best start in franchise history and Shohei Ohtani has the Angels flying out west. Who is moving up and down after the first week? Click here to read the full article…
The eagle has landed … on James Paxton!
A real “Birdemic.” Click here to read the full article…
Trio of homers helps Mets spoil Nats’ opener
The Mets rode a trio of huge home runs to an 8-2 victory on Thursday afternoon to spoil the Nationals’ home opener at Nationals Park. Jay Bruce hit a grand slam, Yoenis Cespedes launched a solo home run and Michael Conforto added a two-run homer in his first game back from the disabled list. Click…
Beltre doubles to set Latin American hits mark
Adrian Beltre reached another milestone on Thursday, when he doubled in the second inning off of Athletics starter Daniel Mengden. That gave him 3,054 career hits, the most ever by a player from Latin America. Click here to read the full article…
Felipe Alou talks about baseball from the ’50s and the ’90s on ‘Old Baseball Cards’
Felipe Alou, one of the pioneering Dominican baseball players in MLB, opens 1954 Topps and 1994 Topps Stadium Club on “Old Baseball Cards” Click here to read the full article…
Alou opens packs separated by four decades
Watch as Felipe Alou, one of the pioneering Dominican baseball players in MLB, opens 1954 Topps and 1994 Topps Stadium Club packs. Click here to read the full article…
Tigers’ Norris trying to stay upbeat despite inactivity
Chicago — This has been the damnedest start to a season for Daniel Norris. “Not the way I envisioned it, for sure,â€� he said Thursday morning. “But a lot of times what you envision doesn’t happen. I am just trying to take it day by day and not look too far ahead.â€� His first scheduled…
Maddon trying to mend divide in hometown
In 2010, now-Cubs manager Joe Maddon launched the Hazleton Integration Project in an effort to assist the city’s Spanish immigrant population. Click here to read the full article…
Here’s where all Top 100 prospects are playing
The 2018 Minor League season kicks off on Thursday, meaning top prospects will be taking to the field. Some have already done so. There are nine from MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list on big league rosters currently, starting of course with two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani, who has already picked up his first Major League…
Bean-Lovullo bond inspires as game’s culture evolves
That the long friendship between MLB’s vice president and special assistant to the Commissioner Billy Bean and D-backs manager Torey Lovullo has survived — and that baseball still has a place for both of them — shows how far the two have come, personally and professionally. It shows how far the game has come, too.…
Conforto homers in return from DL
Mets outfielder Michael Conforto returned from the disabled list before Thursday’s series opener against the Nationals, cracking a two-run homer off Strasburg to give the Mets a 4-2 lead in the fifth. Click here to read the full article…