Expert Baseball Picks and Previews

Brewers bid for more from starters ahead of opener vs. Cards Not much has gone wrong for the Milwaukee Brewers this season, but manager Pat Murphy does have at least one concern as they open a five-game series against the host St. Louis Cardinals on Monday. After his team’s 3-2 road victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix, Murphy lamented

Fresh off escaping with win, Mets vie for series split vs. Braves New York Mets interim manager Andy Green was intent on focusing on the positives as his team prepares to play the finale of a four-game series in Atlanta on Monday. After losing 12 of their last 14 games, the Mets ended a three-game skid with a 10-9 victory

Padres strive to pick up steam in opener vs. Diamondbacks The San Diego Padres’ longest losing streak since 2013 is history. After their 5-2 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday ended an eight-game skid, the Padres probably need a long winning streak at some point over the final 73 games of the year to earn a third straight

This Diamondbacks vs Padres recap starts with a hard correction to the pregame market read: Arizona beat San Diego 8-0, and the game was never the tight Padres moneyline script the preview expected. San Diego entered as a small home favorite at the listed -115 price, but Walker Buehler cracked early, Brandon Pfaadt controlled the first five innings, and Arizona

This Brewers vs Cardinals recap begins with the inning that flipped the ticket: Milwaukee scored all four of its runs in the seventh and beat St. Louis 4-3 at Busch Stadium. The ScoresAndStats preview priced the Brewers as the slight moneyline favorite at -116, with the Cardinals close behind at -102, and the market was basically asking whether Milwaukee’s pitching

This Mets vs Braves recap starts with the market correction: New York beat Atlanta 7-6 in 10 innings at Truist Park, cashing as the listed +112 underdog and punishing Braves moneyline bettors who laid the -132 favorite price. Atlanta had the better pregame position, the home field, the stronger starter trend with Reynaldo López, and a 3-2 lead entering the

This Phillies vs Royals recap starts with the kind of result that makes the market look twice: Kansas City beat Philadelphia 15-1 at Kauffman Stadium. The ScoresAndStats preview built its main case around the Phillies’ starting-pitcher edge behind Cristopher Sánchez, but that edge disappeared almost immediately once the Royals put traffic, contact and power together in the same inning. Royals

This Yankees vs Rays recap starts with the split that matters to bettors: New York beat Tampa Bay 5-1, but the game still stayed under the listed 7.5 total. The ScoresAndStats preview leaned toward a controlled, low-scoring AL East opener at Tropicana Field, and that part of the handicap was right. The side was not. Yankees moneyline bettors were rewarded

This Astros vs Nationals recap starts with the market that mattered most: Washington’s offense did not just clear its team total, it smashed through it in a 12-11 win over Houston at Nationals Park. The ScoresAndStats preview made Washington team total over 4.5 runs the best bet, and the Nationals got there before the game had even settled into its