Last-Minute World Series Odds before Spring Training

Last-Minute World Series Odds before Spring Training

Written by on February 25, 2021

We’re on the verge of spring training games unfolding in Arizona and Florida, as the Cactus League and the Grapefruit League start preparing teams for the grind of the 2021 Major League Baseball season. We’ve read about the numerous acquisitions that the San Diego Padres have made in their attempt to catch the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Read More

MLB Betting: Early World Series Odds

MLB Betting: Early World Series Odds

Written by on February 16, 2021

It’s been a long time since the San Diego Padres have been viewed as contenders. After all, since their 1969 founding, they have exactly five National League West titles, the most recent coming 15 years ago, and they have made two appearances in a World Series, none since 1998. However, they made the playoffs as a wild card entry last Read More

MLB COVID-19 News Update: Contact Tracing, Spring Training, and Season Changes

MLB COVID-19 News Update: Contact Tracing, Spring Training, and Season Changes

Written by on February 10, 2021

When Cactus League and local government officials in Arizona asked Major League Baseball to consider postponing the start of spring training, due to the high rate of COVID-19 infection in the state, it looked like baseball might have a delay to the 2021 campaign. The Grapefruit League and Florida officials did not make similar requests, but the state of Florida Read More

MLB Game 6 Preview of the World Series

MLB Game 6 Preview of the World Series

Written by on October 27, 2020

One way or another, we’re just one or two more days away from the end of a crazy 2020 MLB season. Tonight the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Rays square off in Game 6 of the World Series, with the Dodgers holding a 3-2 advantage after winning Game 5 on Sunday. The Dodgers got 5 ⅔ innings out Read More

World Series Game 2 MLB Preview

World Series Game 2 MLB Preview

Written by on October 21, 2020

The Los Angeles Dodgers opened up a 1-0 lead in the 2020 World Series on Tuesday night, rolling to an 8-3 win and scoring all eight runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Clayton Kershaw, who had questions to answer about his mental strength in the postseason, threw six strong innings, permitting a single run while fanning eight and Read More

MLB World Series Game 1 Preview

MLB World Series Game 1 Preview

Written by on October 19, 2020

After a pair of seven-game League Championship Series, Major League Baseball is at last ready for the World Series, pitting the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Tampa Bay Rays. Interestingly, Dodgers general manager Andrew Friedman was the general manager of the Rays for a decade before coming west. The World Series begins on Tuesday night, from Globe Life Field, making Read More

MLB Playoff Rundown for this Week

MLB Playoff Rundown for this Week

Written by on October 13, 2020

As of Tuesday morning, we are two games into the 2020 American League Championship Series and one game into the NLCS. The Tampa Bay Rays have cooled off the hot bats of the Houston Astros and lead the series, two games to none, while permitting just three runs in the first two games. The Atlanta Braves went into the ninth Read More

Updated Odds to Win the World Series: Get that Bet Going

Updated Odds to Win the World Series: Get that Bet Going

Written by on October 12, 2020

For the first time in franchise history, the Miami Marlins were eliminated from a postseason series, after rolling to World Series titles in each of their first two trips to the playoffs. They fell to the Atlanta Braves, who advanced to the National League Championship Series, where they will face the Los Angeles Dodgers starting Monday night from Globe Life Read More

Current MLB Playoff Rundown: Get your Bets Right

Current MLB Playoff Rundown: Get your Bets Right

Written by on October 6, 2020

The 2020 postseason in Major League Baseball has been different from every other in the history of the sport. For the first time, a whopping 16 teams made it into the postseason: the top two teams in each of the six divisions, and then two wild-card teams from each league. An interesting feature is that six teams from the AL Read More

2020 NLDS Game 1 Previews

2020 NLDS Game 1 Previews

Written by on October 5, 2020

The 2020 MLB postseason has already completed one round, with the Division Series set to begin October 5 (for the American League) and October 6 (for the National League). The Miami Marlins have still never lost a postseason series in franchise history, winners of two World Series and now one NL wild card round. They take on the Atlanta Braves Read More