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Cincinnati opens a four-game set at loanDepot Park on Monday night, with first pitch scheduled for 6:40 p.m. ET in Miami. Both clubs are 6-3, but they got there differently. The Reds just swept Texas on the road and allowed only four runs all weekend, while the Marlins had to survive a long rain delay and a late comeback to avoid a sweep against the Yankees on Sunday. Miami is 5-1 at home, Cincinnati is 3-0 on the road, and this feels like one of the tighter games on the board. There is also a little more context here than the surface records show. The Reds made the playoffs last season and have started this year by leaning on run

Milwaukee opens a three-game set at Fenway Park on Monday night, with first pitch scheduled for 6:45 p.m. ET in Boston. The Brewers come in at 7-2, 2-1 on the road, and sitting on top of the NL Central. Boston is 2-7, 1-2 at home, and trying to stop another slide after dropping two straight to San Diego. The game is on NESN and Brewers.TV, and the weather looks chilly even by early-April standards, with game-time temperatures in the mid to upper 40s and a noticeable breeze. This is a pretty clean handicap on paper. Milwaukee has been the better offense, the steadier pitching staff, and the better overall team through the first nine games. The Brewers just took a

St. Louis opens a three-game set at Nationals Park on Monday night, with first pitch scheduled for 6:45 p.m. ET in Washington. The Cardinals come in 5-4 and fourth in the NL Central after salvaging the finale in Detroit, while the Nationals are 3-6, fifth in the NL East, and trying to stop a five-game slide after getting swept by the Dodgers. MLB.TV has the stream, and the weather looks playable with temperatures around the low 60s at first pitch, very little rain risk, and a light breeze around 10 mph. Andre Pallante gets the ball for St. Louis against Zack Littell for Washington. Pallante’s line is clean after his first outing, 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA, while Littell enters

Los Angeles opens a three-game set at Rogers Centre on Monday night, with first pitch scheduled for 7:07 p.m. ET in Toronto. The Dodgers come in 7-2, undefeated on the road at 3-0, and sitting atop the NL West after a weekend sweep in Washington. The Blue Jays are 4-5, second in the AL East, and trying to stop a four-game losing streak after getting swept at home by the White Sox. FS1 and MLB.TV have the broadcast for this one, and yes, it is the first meeting between these clubs since the Dodgers finished off last year’s World Series in Toronto. This matchup is interesting because the market is asking you to weigh the Dodgers’ obvious lineup edge against