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The Chicago Cubs were tied with the Minnesota Twins for the best record in the game heading into Thursday’s MLB betting slate. However, David Ross’s troops accumulated their impressive 10-2 SU record against a cast of opponents that’s collectively attained a 14-33 SU record to this point. So who exactly are the Chicago Cubs? That question will likely be answered throughout this big weekend set against the St. Louis Cardinals; a team that ended their playoff hopes a short season ago. Kyle Hendric... 

It’s been a rough start to the season for both the Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers who each currently sit three games off the pace set by the A’s and Astros atop the AL West standings. The Halos just lost Shohei Ohtani as a pitcher for the rest of the season, while big free-agent acquisition Corey Kluber got one inning under his belt before it was announced he’s out for the foreseeable future due to a shoulder injury. Both squads have also failed to get their respective offenses going, so b... 

Due to the AL West as a whole struggling mightily out of the gates, the Houston Astros once again find themselves perched atop the AL West standings at 5-4 along with the Oakland A’s. It’s been a horrendously poor start for the Arizona Diamondbacks who’ve grossly failed to get the bats going at the start of the MLB betting season; only one team has scored fewer runs per game than that of Torey Lovullo’s squad. It won’t be easy tonight either for Ketel Marte and his mates who get the displeasure ... 

MLB bettors have struggled to get much of a glimpse of the New York Yankees the first week of the MLB betting season due to Mother Nature and the Miami Marlins tainting Citizens Bank Park. They will however be there for all to see on Sunday night when they close a three-game set out against the Boston Red Sox under the lights of ESPN’s national telecast. James Paxton will get the starting nod for the home team with “The Big Maple” looking to get the taste of his horrendous debut versus the Oriol... 

The Houston Astros venture away from the comforts of Minute Maid Park for the first time in the 2020 MLB betting season. If Tuesday night’s series opener against the Dodgers let MLB bettors know anything, it’s that it’s head hunting season and the Astros are the hunted. You have to wonder though if Joe Kelly’s eight-game suspension will scare teams away from playing bean ball moving forward with this being a shortened season. One team that can ill afford to go to the pen early is the Los Angeles... 

Since trouncing the Baltimore Orioles in the season opener, the Boston Red Sox have been nothing short of brutal in dropping the series to the O’s and then getting embarrassed on Monday night at home against the same New York Mets squad they’ll square off against in front of a nationally televised audience on Thursday night. Ron Roenicke’s squad hasn’t had much of any issue scoring runs as loaded the batting lineup is, but the pitching has left much to be desired; especially with both Eduardo Ro... 

The Atlanta Braves certainly have the offense to compete for the NL East pennant and live up to online sportsbooks installing them +215 odds on favorites to win the division; but do they have the starting pitching? Left-hander Sean Newcomb will attempt to sway MLB bettors’ perception of the starting staff on Sunday night when he takes to the bump to pitch in the finale of the three-game set against the division rival New York Mets. Getting the starting nod for the home team will be veteran Rick ... 

Saturday’s MLB betting slate comes to a close at Petco Park in beautiful San Diego, CA where a crucial NL West matchup will go down between the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres. With both teams likely chasing the Los Angeles Dodgers for division supremacy over the course of this abbreviated 60-game schedule, each and every matchup between the two franchises will be pivotal in their attempt to at the very least qualify for one of the two NL play-in wild card slots. The quest towards lead... 

A pivotal NL Central clash kicks things off on Saturday when the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs partake in the second of a scheduled three-game set from historic Wrigley Field. It will be the first of three nationally televised matchups on FOX, so it’s pretty safe to assume online sportsbooks will be booking plenty of action on the game. Toeing the bump for the visiting Brew Crew will be fireballer Corbin Burnes who will be out to make amends for his poor showing of a season ago. Opposing hi... 

Closing Friday’s first full MLB betting slate out will be the Los Angeles Angels and Oakland A’s with each club looking to get the year started out on the right foot in front of a nationally televised ESPN audience. The homebased A’s didn’t do much to improve the roster via free agency, but will instead depend on one of the more impressive young up-and-coming rosters MLB has to offer. LA on the other hand brought in a new manager in Joe Maddon, and added the potent and patient stick of Anthony R... 

Online sportsbooks are preparing themselves to be huge San Francisco Giants fans in the nightcap of Thursday night’s ESPN doubleheader when the team invades Chavez Ravine to run up against the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers. Cody Bellinger and his mates went on to win 12 of the hated rivals 19 overall skirmishes a short season ago, and oddsmakers have them tabbed enormous home chalk in the first of 10 scheduled regular season matchups. Clayton Kershaw will toe the bump for the ninth time in... 

The abbreviated 2020 MLB betting season kicks off in earnest on Thursday night with a potential World Series preview between the New York Yankees and defending champion Washington Nationals. All eyes will be on Gerrit Cole as he makes his first start in pinstripes after signing a historic $324M dollar deal in the offseason to be the Bronx Bombers staff ace. His opponent will be Max Scherzer who just so happened to sign the biggest deal for a pitcher back in 2015 for a measly $210M. In other word... 

Get ready for a unique 2020 Major League Baseball season that begins on Thursday, July 23rd. Each team will play just 60 games this season so every game will take on added importance. The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees begin the season as World Series favorites, while Mike Trout and Gerrit Cole are two of the favorites to win major awards this year. Let’s look at what to expect from this COVID-19 impacted season, rule changes, how sportsbook lines could be impacted and some things to c... 

The Los Angeles Dodgers have recently been the cream of the National League crop. Though Dave Roberts’ squad failed to reach the World Series last season, it’s because they ran up against the eventual winner in the Washington Nationals. Be that as it may, linemakers at online sportsbooks once again have the Dodgers installed favorites to represent the NL in the Fall Classic. With... 

As you can see from the season win total odds listed below, the New York Yankees are expected to be the cream of the American League crop in the shortened 2020 season. Even with Aroldis Chapman, Luis Cessa and DJ LeMahieu testing positive for COVID-19 and Luis Severino out for the season, MLB bettors have bought their win total up a full game from the 36.5 opener. Makes sense... 

The Houston Astros enter the 2020 season looking to secure the AL West pennant for the fourth consecutive season. Though the success of the franchise was without a doubt tarnished by the sign stealing scandal, if you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying; can I get an Amen!? Linemakers are trying to make MLB bettors believe that the AL West is nothing but a two-horse race with the Astros and Oakland A’s t... 

The Cleveland Indians had owned the AL Central heading into last season winning it three straight times. Its reign did however come to an end after the Minnesota Twins became one of four teams to log 100+ wins. In doing so, they prevented the Indians from going back to the playoffs. That’s something the upstart Chicago White Sox will attempt to do in this abbreviated 2020 MLB betting season, and lin... 

The Boston Red Sox’ reign atop the AL East standings was halted at three straight seasons after the New York Yankees went on to win 103 games to finish seven-games ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays. Linemakers at online sportsbooks have high hopes for both the Yankees and Rays for the abbreviated 60-game 2020 regular season, but the same can’t be said for the Red Sox. Maybe it has to do with the whole Carlos Beltran debacle. Maybe it has to do with overall personnel. Either way, the AL East is expecte... 

The Los Angeles Dodgers have turned the NL West into their stomping grounds each of the last seven years, but haven’t seen their dominance over their rivals amount to much of anything during that stretch. Even after winning 100+ games in two of the last three regular seasons, the Commissioner’s Trophy still hasn’t found its way back to Tinseltown since 1988. Even so, linemakers at online sportsbooks still have Dave Roberts squad installed heavy -715 favorites to win the NL West for the eighth st... 

The St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers all had a shot to be the victor on the NL Central betting odds a season ago. Once Game No. 162 concluded, it was the Cardinals that stood atop the division with the Brew Crew also snagging one of the play-in wild card slots. The odd man out proved to be the Cubs who continue to be nothing but disappointments since ending their World Series drought back in 2016. Linemakers at online sportsbooks once again expect the trio to have a say in... 

The NL East produced a championship team last season after the Washington Nationals caught fire in the month of June and carried the momentum all the way to the franchise’s first-ever World Series appearance and Commissioner’s Trophy win. A quick look at the futures odds for the winner of 2020’s abbreviated season lets it be known that oddsmakers once again expect this to be a very competitive division all the way through. The Atlanta Braves took the honors last season by way of logging a 97-65 ... 

The MLB regular season schedule has been a long and arduous one for decades. Many of its nay-sayers and detractors have wanted a shortened season that does away with the terrible weather in April and May as well as the wintry conditions teams are forced to compete in with the World Series on the line. The abbreviated 2020 season will offer some weather relief with the players set to begin the shortened season under the scorching hot sun at the end of July. Since the deal was finally struck betwe... 

Last year Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros won the American League Cy Young Award and is a justifiable favorite to do so again. But not the top favorite. That distinction goes to Verlander’s old Houston teammate, Gerrit Cole of the New York Yankees. Cole signed the biggest contract in history for a pitcher this past offseason which set off a firestorm of Yankee hype and futures betting. And Cole has posted numbers good enough for Cy Young honors, despite the fact he has not ever won the award. Let’s take a look at what is a quality field in the American League for the 2020 Cy Young Award. ... 

For the past two years Jacob deGrom of the New York Mets has been the Cy Young Award winner in the National League. And it’s safe to say he has been far from a dominant pitcher. Perhaps it helps that he plays in New York where he gets extra media love and attention. But also, the fact that deGrom has won the Cy Young Award for the past two seasons is indicative of how the entire role of pitching, both starting and relieving, has changed dramatically. Once again deGrom is the favorite to win a third consecutive Cy Young Award. Let’s take a look at the top favorites in the National League for 2020. ... 

Following back to back playoff seasons that included nice profits on the MLB board the Colorado Rockies took a big step back in 2019 with a 71-91 record and plenty of red ink for gamblers. The 20-win drop was due in large part to one of the worst pitching performances in all of Major League Baseball. While the Rockies believe that the step back campaign was an aberration there is plenty of skepticism about that claim. Colorado did boast a productive lineup last year but if the pitching doesn’t p...