Expert MLB Picks and Previews

The Pittsburgh Pirates visit the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night at Busch Stadium, with first pitch scheduled for 7:45 PM ET. This NL Central matchup has a little more edge now after St. Louis took Tuesday’s game 9-6 in 10 innings, handing Pittsburgh its fourth straight loss and adding to what has been a frustrating recent slide for the

The Los Angeles Dodgers visit the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night at Petco Park, with first pitch scheduled for 8:40 PM local time. This is another tight NL West spot between two teams that have traded control near the top of the division, and it feels like the kind of game where one swing or one bullpen mistake can

The Athletics visit the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night at Angel Stadium of Anaheim, with first pitch scheduled for 9:38 PM ET. This AL West matchup carries a strange kind of contrast. The Athletics are hanging around the top of the division despite being close to .500, while the Angels are still buried near the bottom of the standings

The San Francisco Giants visit the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday afternoon at Chase Field, with first pitch scheduled for 3:40 PM ET. San Francisco enters at 20-28 and fourth in the NL West, while Arizona sits at 23-23 and third in the division. The Diamondbacks have taken the first two games of this series and are now chasing a sweep

The Texas Rangers visit the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday afternoon at Coors Field, with first pitch scheduled for 7:10 PM ET. Texas enters at 23-25 and second in the AL West, while Colorado sits at 19-30 and fifth in the NL West. The Rangers have won six of their last ten, and Tuesday’s 10-0 win looked like the kind of

The Houston Astros visit the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday afternoon at Target Field, with first pitch scheduled for 1:40 PM ET. Houston enters at 20-30 and fourth in the AL West, while Minnesota sits at 22-27 and third in the AL Central. Neither team has been especially clean this season, but this series has already given bettors two very different

The Cincinnati Reds visit the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park, with first pitch scheduled for 1:05 PM ET. Both teams enter at 25-24, but they are in different spots emotionally. Cincinnati is coming off a 4-1 win on Tuesday, while Philadelphia saw its strong recent run slowed by a quiet offensive game. The Reds are fourth

The Baltimore Orioles visit the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday afternoon at Tropicana Field, with first pitch scheduled for 1:10 PM ET. Baltimore enters at 21-28 and last in the AL East, while Tampa Bay sits at 32-15 and owns the best record in baseball. This is a tough assignment for an Orioles team that has dropped two straight and

Mariners shake up rotation vs. White Sox, send Luis Castillo to bullpen Luis Castillo hasn’t pitched out of the bullpen in a regular-season game in his 10-year career. That’s likely to change Tuesday night, when the Seattle Mariners plan to “piggyback” starter Bryce Miller and Castillo in the second game of a three-game series against the visiting Chicago White Sox.