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Boston heads to Target Field on Monday night for the opener of a three-game set, with first pitch scheduled for 7:40 p.m. ET. The Red Sox are 6-9 and fourth in the AL East, but they arrive in a better spot than that record suggests after winning four of their last five, including back-to-back road wins in St. Louis. Minnesota is 9-7, second in the AL Central, and has also won four of its last five after taking a series in Toronto. This one is being carried on MLB.TV, and the market has made Boston a fairly strong road favorite because Garrett Crochet is on the mound against Bailey Ober. That price is the story right away. Boston opened around

The Cleveland Guardians open a three-game set in St. Louis on Monday night, with first pitch scheduled for 7:45 p.m. ET at Busch Stadium. Cleveland comes in 9-7 and first in the AL Central, while St. Louis is 8-7 and third in the NL Central. The game is available on MLB.TV, and the market opened with the Guardians as a slight road favorite in a game that looks pretty tight on paper. Cleveland is trying to clean up after a 13-1 loss in Atlanta on Sunday, while the Cardinals are looking to respond after a 9-3 home loss to Boston. The listed starters are Gavin Williams for the Guardians and Matthew Liberatore for St. Louis, and the current board is

Texas opens a four-game AL West set on Monday night at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, with first pitch set for 9:40 p.m. ET on MLB.TV. Both clubs come in 8-7, so this is one of those early April division games that actually matters a bit more than it looks. The Rangers just avoided a sweep in Los Angeles with a 5-2 win over the Dodgers, while the Athletics bring a five-game winning streak into this one after finishing off a road sweep of the Mets. The listed starters are Nathan Eovaldi for Texas and Luis Severino for the Athletics. Texas opened around -131, with the Athletics at roughly +109 to +112, and the total sitting at 9. The

The New York Mets head to UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium on Monday night for the opener of a three-game set with the Los Angeles Dodgers. First pitch is scheduled for 10:10 p.m. ET, with coverage on SNY and SportsNet LA. New York comes in at 7-9 and sits fifth in the NL East after a five-game skid, while Los Angeles is 11-4, first in the NL West, and still one of the hottest offenses in baseball even after Sunday’s 5-2 loss to Texas. This is also a live market game, not a stale one. The Dodgers opened in the high -160s and had been bet up to around -181 by Monday afternoon, while the total held at 9 with