Expert Baseball Picks and Previews

For Red Sox, baseball suddenly is ‘fun’ as White Sox feel the opposite With separate five-game winning streaks in the past two weeks, the Boston Red Sox continue to roll. On Thursday afternoon, they’ll aim to keep a perfect road trip going and secure a sweep of the slumping Chicago White Sox. Boston is 5-0 to start a nine-game trip

Mets, against Royals, give fans glimpse of what might have been A stirring eighth-inning surge Wednesday night almost surely won’t be the start of a playoff push for the New York Mets. But at least it provided the Mets evidence of what they could have been before injuries and misfortune derailed their season. The Mets will aim to earn a

Rays’ Drew Rasmussen takes aim at Yankees’ struggling offense Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Drew Rasmussen will make his final start before the All-Star break on Thursday afternoon in the finale of a four-game series against the New York Yankees in St. Petersburg, Fla. The All-Star selection and American League Pitcher of the Month for June will look to rebound from

The Mariners vs Marlins recap ended up proving the original preview’s best betting decision: pass on an overpriced Seattle side. Miami beat Seattle 8-4 at loanDepot park, swept the three-game series, and turned a matchup built around Bryce Miller’s starter edge into a clean warning about laying too much road-favorite money against a hotter home team. The preview did not

The Athletics vs Tigers recap gave Detroit bettors the right kind of favorite result: controlled, pitching-led, and still tied directly to price. The Tigers beat the Athletics 4-1 at Comerica Park, completed the sweep, and cashed the Detroit moneyline in a game where the original preview was clear about the betting condition. Detroit was playable at -137, but not worth

The Red Sox vs White Sox recap delivered the exact kind of result that makes price discipline matter. Boston beat Chicago 2-1 at Rate Field, completed a three-game sweep, and rewarded Red Sox moneyline bettors who waited for the right number instead of blindly chasing a hot team at any price. The original ScoresAndStats preview called this a pass unless

The Guardians vs Twins recap gave Cleveland bettors the winner, but it also backed up the preview’s price-sensitive warning. The Guardians beat Minnesota 5-2 at Target Field, snapping their four-game skid and preventing the Twins from completing a sweep, but the path was not as simple as “lay the road favorite and relax.” The original ScoresAndStats preview framed Cleveland as

Pete Crow-Armstrong, Cubs ride hot stretch into finale vs. Orioles It doesn’t matter where the production is coming from for the Chicago Cubs, as long as it keeps coming. The lineup has been stout at times, particularly this week in a pair of road victories against the Baltimore Orioles. The Cubs will vie for a sweep of the three-game series

Fresh off Alan Roden’s heroics, Twins vie for sweep of Guardians All-Star outfielder Byron Buxton can relax and rest as he recovers from a hip injury. The Minnesota Twins seem to be doing just fine without him. Minnesota will look to build on its four-game winning streak when it faces the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis. The Twins