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The Houston Astros and Chicago White Sox were one of only 12 teams that went into the All-Star break having made money for baseball bettors at online sportsbooks. Dusty Baker’s squad pulled off an unbelievable comeback in their first half finale against the New York Yankees to avoid being swept, while the Pale Hose closed the first half on a five-game winning streak after busting the brooms out on the Orioles in Baltimore. Of the AL division leaders, it’s Tony LaRussa’s that will likely waltz it... 

Would you have believed it if told the Seattle Mariners would own a better record than the New York Yankees heading into the All-Star break of the 2021 MLB betting season? That’s the harsh reality Aaron Boone’s squad is faced with as it returns to the diamond to host the AL East leading Boston Red Sox in the standalone game at online sportsbooks coming out of the break. Sitting three-games over the breakeven point and in fourth place within the division, this is a crucial series for the Yankees ... 

Though the American League has come out the victor in each of the last seven Midsummer Classics, it’s the National League that rates out as the slight favorite at online sportsbooks to win this year’s installment of the All-Star Game. That comes off as a bit surprising to me knowing full well a number of excellent starting pitchers won’t be making an appearance in the game due to injury or having recently pitched. Pair that with a loaded AL roster, it looks to me like MLB bettors are getting an ... 

Shohei Ohtani is listed as the favorite to win the Home Run Derby on Monday, July 12th at Coors Field in Colorado on ESPN. Ohtani leads the league in home runs and he will be making history in this year’s All-Star game, as he becomes the first player to be elected to the game as a pitcher and as a hitter. Ohtani will have some tough competition in this year’s Home Run Derby, as... 

Rejoice Cubs fans! The losing streak is finally over! After taking it to Zack Wheeler and the Phillies on Wednesday night, new life has been breathed into a fledgling Chicago Cubs team that now has some major work to do if it’s to get back in the thick of the NL Central race. Though the St. Louis Cardinals were unable to sweep the San Francisco Giants, Mike Shildt’s squad will still invade the “Friendly Confines” more confident after taking two of three from the current NL West leaders. Last it ... 

Don’t look now, but the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers are on another one of their patented runs that solidifies it being the choice of the linemakers to win yet another title at online sportsbooks. After busting out the brooms on what was a white hot Washington Nationals team over the weekend, LA entered the opener of this extended series having come out victorious in each of their last nine ball games. The same can’t and won’t be said of the Marlins who’ve come out victori... 

After getting rolled up and smoked in the opener and being forced to stare back at Aaron Nola and Zack Wheeler in the next two games, it’s highly possible the Chicago Cubs will be looking to avoid getting swept by the Philadelphia Phillies when the series concludes Thursday night. Should that be the case, Dave Ross’s squad will be in the midst of a prolonged 12-game losing streak that could’ve pushed the team 10-games in back of the NL Central leading Milwaukee Brewers. On the flipside, the Phil... 

The Subway Series will wrap under the lights of ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball telecast when the New York Mets send Tylor Megill to the bump to square off against Jameson Taillon and the New York Yankees. The Mets have lived up to preseason expectations through the first three months holding a 3-game lead atop the NL East standings and sitting alongside the Dodgers and Padres as favorites to win the National League. The same can’t be said of Aaron Boone’s Yankees who’ve stumbled their way to a 41-... 

The Washington Nationals have inched their way back into the NL East pennant race by way of logging wins at online sportsbooks in 13 of their last 16 played games. In doing so, Dave Martinez’s troops only sat 3-games in back of the division leading Mets going into Wednesday’s rubber match with the Tampa Bay Rays. The reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers just trimmed their deficit in the NL West by taking a pair from the front-running San Francisco Giants. It looks to only be a matt... 

With the amount of solid baseball the Dodgers and Padres have played over the last 10 or so days, you’d think the San Francisco Giants’ reign of the NL West would be on life support. That’s hardly been the case with Gabe Kapler’s troops continuing to rack up win after win at online sportsbooks. After taking two of three from the Oakland A’s over the weekend, San Fran still sits perched atop the division standings and continues to be the story of the baseball betting season by a country mile. The... 

The MLB betting week wraps in Tinseltown where the Los Angeles Dodgers will close out an extended four-game series against the Chicago Cubs at online sportsbooks. Both squads entered this series in second place of their respective divisions. LA will be out for a heavy dose of revenge after going into Wrigley and getting the brooms busted out on them back in early May. The over cashed in all three matchups with the Cubs averaging 5.7 runs per game while the Dodgers scored a grand total of nine ru... 

The logjam that continues to be the AL East will either get tighter or see more distance put between the teams on Saturday night when the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox collide in the second game of their weekend set under the lights of FOX’s nationally televised broadcast. Getting the call for the visitor’s will be Jordan Montgomery who gets a tough assignment against a BoSox offense currently batting .265 against left-handed pitching No. 5. Going for the home team will be right-hander Nat... 

The NL West was expected to be a two-horse between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres heading into the regular season. You won’t see online sportsbooks shedding a tear about the San Francisco Giants currently leading the pack nearly three months into the baseball betting season. Even so, it’s the two aforementioned teams that are still considered the favorites to possess division bragging rights when it’s all said and done. That makes the finale of this three-game set between the hated... 

Another week of baseball betting will be in the books at online sportsbooks following this week’s Sunday Night Baseball telecast when the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves close their extended series out from Truist Park. Both squads have failed to live up to preseason expectations after 2+ months with the Redbirds sitting just a single game over .500 and the Braves three games under the breakeven point. The injury bug is largely to blame with it taking huge bites out of both pitching staff... 

Two premiere strikeout artists will cross paths at online sportsbooks on Saturday night when Lance Lynn squares off against Framber Valdez in the third of an extended four-game series between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros. Both teams had been playing some white hot baseball entering the series with Chicago and Houston winning eight of 12 played games in the month of June. Because of it, Tony LaRussa’s squad currently owns a 4.5-game lead atop the AL Central over the Cleveland Indians;... 

The Atlanta Braves entered the season as one of the favorites to win the NL East. It was also expected to be a bonafide threat to cash in on the World Series futures odds at online sportsbooks. Brian Snitker’s troops have failed to live up to the lofty expectations entering the 11th week of the baseball betting season sitting three games under the breakeven point. On the flipside, Alex Cora’s Boston Red Sox have seemingly come from out of nowhere to become one of the best investments in the game... 

The baseball betting season will be 10 weeks deep once the Sunday nighter between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs wraps from Wrigley Field. At the outset of 2021, linemakers expected the St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers to duke it out for NL Central bragging rights. The Cubs were nothing more than an afterthought in an expected rebuilding year. But that’s why they play the games folks! Entering Friday’s series opener, David Ross’s troops held a slim half-game lead over the Brew... 

The Washington Nationals currently bring up the rear of the NL East sitting eight-games under .500. There hasn’t been much to get excited about this team for most of the season, but Davey Martinez’s troops have been showing some signs of life of late. It entered Thursday’s series opener with the NL West leading San Francisco Giants off a hard-fought split with the Rays in Tampa Bay to move to 4-4 its last eight games since dropping five straight at online sportsbooks to close out the month of Ma... 

After splitting their last three matchups against the Mariners, Giants and A’s, the Los Angeles Angels could find themselves in a position to break that streak at home on Wednesday night when they host the Kansas City Royals in the third and final game of the series. Though each likely isn’t going to catch the frontrunner of their respective divisions, both KC and Anaheim find themselves firmly in the mix of cashing in on the Wild Card odds at online sportsbooks. The Royals currently sit 3-games... 

Neither the Chicago Cubs nor the San Francisco Giants figured to be in the mix of their respective division pennant races at the outset off the season. But now that were two months in, it’s time MLB bettors took each team seriously with the Cubs currently sitting atop the NL Central and the Giants atop the NL West. These teams will pick their series back up for Game 3 on Saturday night with potential NL Cy Young Award winner Kevin Gausman toeing the bump for the home team against Kohl Stewart wh... 

A rough week lies ahead for the New York Yankees with four matchups set to go down against the Tampa Bay Rays before the hated rival Boston Red Sox make their first 2021 trek into Gotham. Not good when you take into account the embarrassing three game sweep Aaron Boone’s squad just suffered at the hands of the Detroit Tigers last weekend. Boston continues to play at a consistent enough of a pace to remain in the thick of the NL East pennant race sitting a lone game in back of the Rays for braggi... 

Winners of eight straight and 13 of 14 heading into Wednesday night’s finale in the abbreviated series with the Houston Astros, it’s safe to say the defending champs are once again firing on all cylinders for MLB bettors. Save for suffering a humbling sweep at the hands of their hated rivals through last weekend, the San Francisco Giants continue defying the odds to remain a player in the race for the NL West pennant as well as a spot in the playoffs. The third game of this extended four-game se... 

The Boston Red Sox are about to take on a hellacious cast of opponents over the next four series which should help aid MLB bettors in deciphering whether Alex Cora’s squad is a legit contender or a pretender that’s largely been faking it to make it. The first of those challengers will be a Houston Astros team online sportsbooks currently have pegged as the sixth choice to cash in on the World Series futures odds behind the Dodgers, Yankees, Padres, White Sox and Mets. This Memorial Day clash wil... 

First place in the NL East will be on the line through the weekend when the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets do battle in Queens. Sunday’s finale figures to be a good one with Charlie Morton set to square off against Jacob deGrom; the current leader on the futures odds to win the NL Cy Young Award. Ronald Acuna Jr. and company will be seeking some redemption having dropped the only series played between these teams just three series ago when New York went into Truist Park and took two of three i... 

World Series contenders will collide from the “Juice Box” on Hump Day night when the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers put a wrap on their abbreviated two-game mid-week series. After going into San Francisco and embarrassing the NL West leading Giants, the defending champs check in as the +340 favorites to win successive World Series titles at online sportsbooks. Though they just got humbled in Arlington over the weekend, Dusty Baker’s troops +700 sit only behind the White Sox and Yankees o...