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The Dodgers are the superior team and get these four games at home, so they would love to win the series. Miami is not playing up to its expectations and a split would be a reasonable expectation for the Marlins in this one.The Washington Nationals have been the best team in the N.L. this season and the Chicago Cubs are going to hit their groove at some point, but don’t discount the Dodgers’ ability to be among the elite clubs. They will aim to flex their muscle in this series against an inferior opponent.... 

The Boston Red Sox remain behind the Yankees and Orioles in the AL East, but both of those teams have started to show cracks in the armor. Now is the time for the Red Sox to make a run. On paper, they’re still the best team in the division and they’ll get a nice buffer series this weekend against a lackluster Oakland Athletics team as they look to gain ground in the standings.... 

Neither team is exactly thriving right now as the Philadelphia Phillies get set to head west to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates in a three-game battle-for-Pennsylvania series this weekend. Both teams sit around .500 at home, giving the Buccos a decisive advantage over a Phillies’ team that’s 6-14 this year on the road.... 

The Philadelphia Phillies head to Texas at the wrong time with the Texas Rangers surging, winning six straight and starting their home stand with five straight wins. The Phillies, on the other hand, are reeling. They’ve dropped 12 of their last 15 games. As the Rangers try to get back into the AL West race, the Phillies will try and stop the bleeding.... 

The Baltimore Orioles went from winning six straight to dropping four in a row and will be looking to get back into the win column and snap their first losing streak of more than two games in their series against the Detroit Tigers this week. This will be the first meeting between the two clubs this year after the Birds took five of seven from the Tigers in 2016.... 

The Cardinals have been one of the hottest team in baseball over the past few weeks and will aim to keep it rolling. Boston might have more talent than St. Louis but hasn’t put it all together on the season and is hovering near .500 at 19-18.Both of these teams believe they are good enough to make the playoffs and this is an intriguing early-season interleague showdown.... 

Washington has looked like one of the most well-rounded teams in the major leagues through six weeks, using impressive starting pitching and a dominant lineup to run roughshod over the competition. The Nationals are 24-13 on the season and already a full eight games ahead of the closest challenged in the National League East.The Pirates, meanwhile, are only 16-22 overall and sit in last place in the National League Central. If they don’t turn it around in a hurry, Pittsburgh will be sellers at the trade deadline.... 

This series will be contested from Monday, May 15, 2017 through Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at Chase Field in Phoenix. Wednesday's clash is being shown on the MLB Network for those out of the local markets.Bet on MLB odds at BookMaker.eu every day of the season.... 

This series will be contested from Monday, May 15, 2017 through Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Both Monday's and Wednesday’s games will be broadcast nationally on MLB Network for those outside of the local broadcast regions. Bet on MLB odds at BookMaker.eu every day of the season.... 

The Houston Astros have raced out to the best record in the major leagues through six weeks of play, and will aim to stay hot when they start the week in a series with the Miami Marlins. While Miami has a group of talented youngsters in the field, the offense hasn’t gotten on track yet and the pitching hasn’t picked it up as the Marlins are just 14-22 on the season.... 

The Toronto Blue Jays were determined not to see their season end before it began. After a brutal beginning of the season, Toronto has rattled off five consecutive victories to get back to within four games of .500. The Blue Jays will aim to stay hot when they host the Atlanta Braves to begin the week.... 

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Chicago has the home field advantage and is the more talented team, so it should expect to win at least two of the three games in this series. San Diego is in a rebuilding mode and at 13-22 are already realistically out of playoff contention since the roster is weak.The Padres are capable of putting good games together every once in a while, but if the White Sox hope to hang in the American League Central this year, they need to take advantage of playing an inferior opponent at home.... 

The Royals have this series at home and hopes to take advantage of that, while Baltimore would love to come in and use its superior lineup to capture a couple games. Nobody has run away with the American League Central early on so the Royals have time to turn it around, but they need to start showing some signs of life or else they will be dismissed as a legitimate playoff hopeful.The season is still young, but Kansas City is already facing a crossroads.... 

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By mid-May, the New York Mets were supposed to be battling for the top spot in the NL East on the shoulders of their strong, young rotation while the Milwaukee Brewers were scuffling as fodder at the bottom of the NL Central for the likes of the Cubs and Cardinals. Instead, as these teams get set for a three-game weekend series, the Brewers actually enter play with the better record.... 

The Washington Nationals remain the best team in the National League after a walk-off victory on Wednesday night against the Orioles. The Nationals will welcome in the Philadelphia Phillies for a three-game weekend set after finishing up against Baltimore and will aim to put even more distance between them and the rest of the division in the already lopsided NL East standings.... 

Houston will hit the road for this one and would likely be satisfied with a four-game split. New York would like to get greedy and pick up three wins. Both teams have done it with offense this year and runs could be a regular occurrence if the lineups keep hitting.The Astros and Yankees are teeming with young talent, and both sides would love to pick up this important early-season series.... 

The Blue Jays have won six of their past 10 games but still sit just 13-21 overall. They made the American League Championship Series a year ago but haven’t looked nearly as good this season. The Mariners are hanging around .500 on the season and also would like to make a postseason push, so taking advantage of the Blue Jays when they are scuffling would be a helpful move.This series will be contested from Thursday, May 11 through Sunday, May 14, 2017 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Saturday matchup will be televised on MLB Network.... 

The Chicago Cubs are sitting around .500 and after a rough start the St. Louis Cardinals are atop the NL Central standings. These two divisional rivals will meet in a best of three series over the weekend with bragging rights and—perhaps—the division top spot on the line; though the Reds may have something to say about that as well. Whatever the case, you can always count on these two teams to battle it out as they make up one of the sport’s oldest and most storied rivalries.... 

The two top teams in the NL West are set to collide in a four game series beginning Thursday night with the Colorado Rockies hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers. It’s the Rockies two currently sit atop the standings and their pitching has been a big part of that. Nevertheless, the Dodgers remain only a couple games back and are looking for a big series to help buoy them back atop the standings where all the preseason prognosticators thought they’d be by this point in the year.... 

While the Astros are the better team, they won’t have the services of their top starters in this series, and the Braves will aim to take advantage by picking up the sweep. Houston has already distanced itself from its three AL West counterparts and would love to stay on the gas by picking up a pair of wins over the Braves.This series will be contested from Tuesday, May 9 through Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas.... 

The D-Backs are only three games over .500 overall but are a sparkling 12-5 at home as they enter a long homestand. Detroit has split its first 30 games on the season and would love to go on the road and sweep this series.These are two pretty evenly contested teams, so this figures to be a competitive series which could come down to which one hits better. It is only two games, so while the most likely result is a split, each side would be well-served to come away with a pair of victories.... 

The Boston Red Sox head to the National League for their first interleague road game of the season in what will be a three game set against the Milwaukee Brewers. This will mean Hanley Ramirez will see his first innings in the field at first and will send either him or Mitch Moreland to the bench for each game, further handicapping a Sox lineup that’s just now starting to click....