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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

Baltimore opens a road series at Rate Field on Monday night, with first pitch set for 7:40 p.m. ET in Chicago. The Orioles are 3-6 and fourth in the AL East after getting swept in Pittsburgh, while the White Sox are 4-5 and suddenly in a much better mood after sweeping Toronto. MASN has the Baltimore side of the broadcast, and conditions should be cool from first pitch on, with temperatures around 44 degrees falling into the upper 30s as the game goes on. This game is tricky because Baltimore still had not officially announced a starter when the market settled in. Chicago has Grant Taylor listed, and Baltimore was still shown as undecided, though pregame projections pointed toward Albert

Detroit heads to Target Field on Monday night to open a four-game AL Central set, with first pitch scheduled for 7:40 p.m. ET in Minneapolis. The Tigers come in at 4-5 after dropping Sunday’s series finale to St. Louis, while the Twins are 3-6 after losing back-to-back games to Tampa Bay. Streaming is available on MLB.TV, and this one sets up as a pretty tense divisional game between two clubs that need cleaner offense more than anything else right now. Casey Mize gets the ball for Detroit against Joe Ryan for Minnesota. Mize has opened with a 1.50 ERA, while Ryan enters at 4.82, though the weather may matter almost as much as the pitching matchup. Forecasts for Minneapolis call