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The Cubs and Rays are back at it Tuesday night at Tropicana Field, with first pitch set for 6:40 p.m. ET in St. Petersburg. Chicago comes in 4-6 after dropping Monday’s opener 6-4, and the offense still looks a bit uneven through the first stretch of the season. Tampa Bay is 5-5, has won three straight, and looked comfortable in its return to Tropicana Field after 19 months away. Javier Assad gets the ball for Chicago in his season debut after being recalled, while Drew Rasmussen starts for a Rays club that has steadied itself with cleaner pitching and better at-bat quality lately. This is one of those games where the recent form and the starting-pitcher setup point in the

San Diego heads to PNC Park on Tuesday night trying to extend a three-game winning streak after Monday’s 5-0 shutout in the series opener. The Padres are back to 5-5, while Pittsburgh sits 6-4 after having its five-game winning streak snapped. First pitch is set for 6:40 p.m. ET, and this one gets a lot more interesting than the opener because Paul Skenes is back on the mound for the Pirates against Nick Pivetta for San Diego. For bettors scanning the full slate, this is one of the more compelling MLB game previews on the board. The game shape looks pretty straightforward on paper. Pittsburgh is a home favorite because Skenes remains the biggest individual edge in the matchup, even

Milwaukee heads into Fenway Park on Tuesday night as one of the hottest teams in baseball. The Brewers are 8-2, they have won two straight, and they already took Monday’s opener 8-6 in a game where they kept answering every Boston push. The Red Sox are 2-8, they have dropped three in a row, and the early-season margin for error is already getting thin. First pitch is set for 6:45 p.m. ET in Boston, with Jacob Misiorowski facing Garrett Crochet in what looks like the best pure pitching matchup on the card. That is what makes this game a little tricky. Milwaukee has clearly been the better team, but Boston is still sending out a frontline arm in Crochet, and

The Philadelphia Flyers head to Prudential Center in Newark on Tuesday night for a 7:00 p.m. ET divisional matchup with the New Jersey Devils, and the stakes are obvious. Philadelphia enters at 39-26-12 with 90 points and is holding down third place in the Metro, while New Jersey sits at 40-34-3 with 83 points and is still trying to keep faint playoff hopes alive. The Flyers have won eight of their last 11 and just beat Boston in overtime, while the Devils come in off a 3-0 win over Montreal. This is one of those late-season games where urgency matters almost as much as talent. Philadelphia is trying to protect a real playoff position, and New Jersey is chasing from