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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... 

The seventh week of the 2021 MLB betting season will come to an end in Busch Stadium under the lights of ESPN’s national telecast with the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals set to close out their first series of the year. The Redbirds hosted their hated rivals sitting atop the division standings with a 2.5-game lead representing one of the better investments of the young season. David Ross’s squad just pulled over the breakeven point and into the black at online sportsbooks after taking the f... 

All the talk leading up to the 2021 MLB betting season had only to do with the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres duking it out for divisional bragging rights. But with six weeks in the books, it’s the San Francisco Giants that currently sit atop the standings with a slim lead over the latter. Even so, online sportsbooks don’t look to be buying in evidenced by LA still the decided -330 favorite to win the NL West a ninth straight time followed by the Friars who offer up just over a 2-1 return on investment; the Giants come in at a disrespected 15-1! San Francisco had all kinds of issues with the Dodgers a season ago dropping six of the 10 overall meetings, but will get a chance to improve upon that mark when Logan Webb squares off against Walker Buehler in the middle game of this weekend’s pivotal three-game set. ... 

The MLB betting week closes out with what looks to be an excellent pitching matchup on paper with Kwang Hyun Kim set to square off against Dinelson Lamet in the finale of a three-game set between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres. Making this week’s ESPN Sunday Night Baseball telecast all the more intriguing is that it pairs two teams currently in the thick of the NL pennant race at online sportsbooks. Entering Thursday, only the San Francisco Giants boasted a better overall record th... 

The Minnesota Twins entered the 2021 MLB betting season neck-and-neck with the Chicago White Sox on the futures odds to win the AL Central. With five weeks of the regular season now in the books, the Twinkies find themselves well off the pace evidenced by a +800 return should they come back and win it for the third straight season. The Oakland A’s were expected to play the role of bridesmaid to the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Angels in the AL West, but it’s Bob Melvin’s squad that currently o... 

As bad the New York Mets have been a month into the season, both the Philadelphia Phillies +400 and Atlanta Braves +180 find themselves looking up at them on the current odds to win the NL East at online sportsbooks. That’s a bit more understandable with Philly considering it’s already dropped six of nine matchups to the Metropolitans to date, while Atlanta is yet to run up against their other division rival. Regardless, the Phillies will enter this series fresh off a handling of the Milwaukee B... 

The battle for first place in the NL West commences on Saturday afternoon when the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants pick their series back up from Oracle Park. While the Friars were expected to make some noise within the division and have a realistic shot at cashing World Series futures ticket odds in at online sportsbooks, the Giants never seriously entered the conversation. But through the first month of play, Gabe Kapler’s squad has let it be known the race towards the division pennant is no longer includes just two horses in the Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers. Should Kevin Gausman be fully recovered from the side effects from the coronavirus vaccine, he will toe the bump for the home team in a stellar pitching matchup against Joe Musgrove who is one of a few pitchers that’ve already thrown a no-hitter this season. With that, both offenses should be held in check in the second game of the series. ... 

The Chicago Cubs find themselves in the basement of the NL Central standings after dropping two of three in Cincinnati over the weekend. David Ross’s squad has won a total of 12 games through their first 28 tries. Do you know who else has won 12 games within the division? If you said the Pittsburgh Pirates, you’re a winner! The only main difference is that Chicago owns a payroll of nearly $158M while the Buccos clock in at $58M. That right there lets it be known just how disappointing the Cubs have been for their fans, and more importantly those attacking the MLB odds at online sportsbooks. Only five other teams have cost MLB bettors more money to this point of the season. The odds of picking up a win in Hump Day’s series finale with the Los Angeles Dodgers looks all the more bleak with Trevor Bauer toeing the bump for the visitors. He dominated in his pair of starts against Chicago as a Red last season, and I’m of the belief tonight will be no different. LA owns a 4-3 series advantage in the last seven meetings with the over also cashing in at a 4-3 clip. ... 

The Sunday nighter will mark the conclusion of the third series of the 2021 MLB betting season between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies when the rivals close out a three-game set from CBP. The home team dominated in the first two series with the Phillies taking two of three and the Mets answering by busting the brooms out in the showdown in Queens. Unfortunately, MLB bettors at online sportsbooks won’t get a pitching matchup between aces in the finale with left-hander David Peterson set to square off against righty Zach Eflin. It will mark the third time Bryce Harper and his mates will have stared back at the south paw this season, while Eflin will throw at the Metropolitans for the first time since 2019. Philadelphia will be tabbed modest sized favorites to come out of this one with it the owner of the better pitcher and the Mets managing just three wins in their last 10 visits to the City of Brotherly Love. ... 

Though the Chicago White Sox are currently staring up at the Kansas City Royals atop the AL Central standings, it’s the Pale Hose that remain the -134 favorites to win the division at online sportsbooks. Tony LaRussa’s squad +480 also only sits behind the New York Yankees +300 on the futures odds to win the AL Pennant. Linemakers continue to be bullish on this team even though it’s gotten out to a 12-9 start to its 2021 campaign that’s barely made money for MLB bettors almost a full month into the season. While the Cleveland Indians are one of 11 AL teams to have logged 10+ wins, oddsmakers look to be much more bullish with the 2021 installment of Terry Francona’s squad evidenced by its rates of returns to win the division +700, AL +2850 and World Series +6500. The division rivals have crossed paths five times with the White Sox holding the upper hand winning three games and outscoring the Tribe by the aggregate score of 22-14; the under cashed in three times. ... 

Neither the Chicago Cubs nor Atlanta Braves have gotten out to the starts their dedicated fan bases would’ve liked three weeks into the MLB betting season. Each currently rates out as the fourth place team in their respective divisions with the Cubs sitting a single game under .500 at 10-11 and the Braves playing to a 9-12 record after getting swept in Sunday’s doubleheader by the Arizona Diamondbacks. These teams just opposed one another at Wrigley Field from April 16-18 in a series that saw the Braves take two of three. Both teams scored 13-4 wins, and both games saw each of tonight’s pitchers on the wrong side of the offensive eruptions. That means both Kyle Hendricks and Huascar Ynoa will get a chance at redemption in the third of this extended four game series. Atlanta has held the upper hand in the recent rivalry at online sportsbooks taking seven of the last 10 overall meetings with the over cashing in at a 5-4-1 clip. ...