Category: MLB Betting
Duda, Mets agree to $7.25M deal after injury-plagued season (Sports Betting News)
First baseman Lucas Duda and the New York Mets avoided arbitration when they agreed to a $7.25 million, one-year contract, a small raise after an injury-plagued season. Duda, who hit 57 home runs from 2014-15, missed four months last year and was limited to 47 games because of a stress fracture in his lower back.…
Lindblom follows faith, family from Korea to Pirates
Josh Lindblom doesn’t believe in coincidence. After the last six months and the past few years, how could he? Coincidence did not lead him here. Click here to read the full article…
Cardinals, DH Matt Adams agree to $2.8 million contract (Sports Betting News)
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Cardinals and first baseman Matt Adams agreed to a $2.8 million, one-year deal Thursday to avoid arbitration, though his role remains unclear with Matt Carpenter taking over his everyday job. Click here to read the full article…
Go behind the scenes of a Miggy workout
There is no offseason. Click here to read the full article…
Cubs’ Ricketts: ‘We’re excited’ about WH visit
Cubs’ Ricketts: ‘We’re excited’ about WH visit Click here to read the full article…
A bigger vote? Hall class size may drop jaws
It is a week before the National Baseball Hall of Fame announces the remainder of its Class of 2017, and the way the ballots are tracking, it’s possible that five players could get in. That would match the inaugural 1936 class for the most ever voted in by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in…
Heat 16! Prospect from Brazil throws 95 mph
Eric Pardinho, the growing teen who turned 16 last week, is emerging as a baseball star in a nation where the sport is gaining in popularity. Young right-hander has low 90s fastball and dreams of playing in the Major Leagues. Click here to read the full article…
World Series champion Cubs to visit White House on Monday (Sports Betting News)
President Barack Obama will welcome the World Series champion Chicago Cubs at the White House on Monday, just five days before he leaves office. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Wednesday that Obama is ”really looking forward to it,” as were a number of West Wing colleagues who are Cubs fans. ”I think anybody…
Say what? 5 Statcast stunners from 2016
Here is a look at five surprising Statcast™ facts from the 2016 season. Click here to read the full article…
Seattle acquires Drew Smyly as it makes pair of trades (Sports Betting News)
Jerry Dipoto’s 11th trade this offseason rounded out the Seattle Mariners roster with his top target. ”I’ve probably spent more time through the course of our offseason trying to acquire Drew Smyly than any other thing that we’ve done,” the general manager said Wednesday. Seattle made pair of deals on Wednesday that ultimately landed Smyly,…
Mariners bolster rotation by landing Rays’ Smyly
Mariners bolster rotation by landing Rays’ Smyly Click here to read the full article…
World Series champion Cubs to visit White House on Monday (Sports Betting News)
The World Series champion Chicago Cubs have accepted President Barack Obama’s invitation and will visit the White House on Monday. The president invited the Cubs shortly after they beat the Cleveland Indians to end a title drought that dated to 1908. Click here to read the full article…