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MLB Game Coverage
Every MLB matchup we’ve written up, newest first. Each one carries prediction-market prices next to the sportsbook line, our pick and the reasoning behind it, and the closing number once the game settles.
Monday, August 24
- Chase Burns And A Fading Wild-Card Hope Head To Oracle ParkCincinnati Reds at San Francisco GiantsThe Reds are still mathematically alive in the NL Wild Card race, though barely, and a trip to face a Giants team with nothing left to play for is exactly the kind of series they need to bank.
- Mattingly's Surging Phillies Head West As Seller Mariners RegroupPhiladelphia Phillies at Seattle MarinersThe team an interim manager rescued from disaster meets the team that just shipped its ace out of town at the deadline.
- Twins Chase A Wild Card Spot Against Baseball's Worst TeamMinnesota Twins at AthleticsMinnesota's fighting for its playoff life. Sacramento's just trying to survive August with a healthy 25-man roster.
- Padres' Wild-Card Grip Meets Pirates' Surprise Deadline PushPittsburgh Pirates at San Diego PadresSan Diego is scrapping to hold the last playoff spot in the National League, and Pittsburgh — of all teams — showed up to the trade deadline looking like a buyer instead of a seller. The series opener at Petco Park is a real measuring stick for both.
- Cubs Bring Wild-Card Push West Ahead Of Desert Set With ArizonaChicago Cubs at Arizona DiamondbacksChicago's chasing its best baseball of the year into the desert, and Arizona's just trying to keep its wild-card hopes intact while half its roster sits in a training room.
- Jo Adell Faces His Old Team As Angels Host ClevelandCleveland Guardians at Los Angeles AngelsThe Guardians and Angels are both playing out the string in different ways — one chasing a long-shot wild card, one just trying to find out who's actually good — and Jo Adell gets to find out what it feels like on the other side of a trade.
- Rangers' Wild-Card Push Meets White Sox's Surprise SeasonTexas Rangers at Chicago White SoxTexas is scrapping for a wild-card spot and Chicago's shocking run atop the AL Central rolls on when these two meet at Rate Field.
- Two Rebuilds Collide In DC With Nothing Left To ProveColorado Rockies at Washington NationalsThe Rockies own the worst record in baseball and the Nationals aren't much better off, but Monday's series opener is really about who's auditioning for next year.
- Red Sox Roll Into Miami To Take On The Rebuilding MarlinsBoston Red Sox at Miami MarlinsBoston's turnaround season meets a Marlins club that's still trying to find its footing when these two get together in Miami on Monday, August 24.
- AL East Front-Runner Rays Visit A Tigers Team In TeardownTampa Bay Rays at Detroit TigersOne of these clubs is running away with a division. The other just sold its ace to the Dodgers. That's the split screen when the Rays roll into Detroit.
Sunday, August 23
- Braves and Brewers Wrap A Weekend Series In MilwaukeeAtlanta Braves at Milwaukee BrewersTwo division leaders close out a weekend set in Milwaukee, with Atlanta's NL East cushion and Milwaukee's NL Central firepower both on full display.
- Diamondbacks' Wild-Card Push Meets Reds' Faded Season In PhoenixCincinnati Reds at Arizona DiamondbacksArizona is clinging to a playoff spot with games running short; Cincinnati is mostly playing out the string. Sunday's finale at Chase Field puts two very different seasons in the same box score.
- Twins And Padres Wrap Petco Set With Real October StakesMinnesota Twins at San Diego PadresTwo teams staring up at the wild-card board close out their weekend series at Petco Park, and neither one has room to waste a game right now.
- Cubs Close Out Seattle Set With Imanaga Taking The BallChicago Cubs at Seattle MarinersA club still very much alive in the NL playoff picture heads to the Pacific Northwest to face a team running out of runway, and Sunday's finale caps a three-game look at just how far apart these two are right now.
- Snell's Return Meets a Pirates Team Still AlivePittsburgh Pirates at Los Angeles DodgersThe Dodgers close out a home set against a Pirates club that keeps refusing to fold, with LA still looking to build separation in a crowded NL race.
- Playoff-Bound Red Sox Close Out Giants Series At FenwaySan Francisco Giants at Boston Red SoxThe Red Sox are chasing a wild card spot. The Giants are just trying to get to October in one piece. This weekend at Fenway is a good look at where each club actually stands.
- Wild-Card Guardians Head to Coors With Business to Handle FirstCleveland Guardians at Colorado RockiesCleveland is scrapping for a playoff spot; Colorado is just trying to get through August. They'll finally share a field Sunday at Coors, but not before both teams play their way there.
- Angels And Rangers Close Out Arlington Set SundayLos Angeles Angels at Texas RangersTwo teams with nothing but pride on the line wrap up a three-game set in Arlington, and even with the Angels buried in the AL West basement, this one still has a little juice left in it.
- Reeling Mets Test Surprising White Sox In Series FinaleNew York Mets at Chicago White SoxThe White Sox have spent the summer turning heads in a wild-card race nobody expected them to be in. The Mets are just trying to get through the schedule.
- Reeling A's Visit AL West-Leading Astros For Weekend SetAthletics at Houston AstrosHouston is clinging to a share of first in the AL West. Oakland is in freefall. Sunday's finale caps a series that could look very different by the time it's played.
- Free-Falling Tigers Meet A Suddenly Hot Royals ClubDetroit Tigers at Kansas City RoyalsDetroit's season is unraveling in real time, and Kansas City — of all clubs — has been the one playing spoiler this month.
- Fading Nats and Fringe-Contender Marlins Close Out a Weekend SetWashington Nationals at Miami MarlinsWashington is playing out the string, but Miami still has a pulse in the Wild Card race — which makes this series finale worth more to one dugout than the other.
- Blue Jays And Yankees Close Out Their Set With Bats Trending BackToronto Blue Jays at New York YankeesThe Blue Jays and Yankees wrap a three-game series at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, August 23, with New York holding a Wild Card spot and Toronto sitting 4 games under .500 but still capable of making the Yankees sweat.
- Cardinals Close Out Philly Set Against Baseball's Winningest ArmSt. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia PhilliesPhiladelphia has won 5 in a row, St. Louis is still figuring out its new-look roster after gutting itself at the deadline, and the two sides meet one final time Sunday to wrap up their series.
- Contending Rays Visit Rebuilding Orioles For Sunday MatineeTampa Bay Rays at Baltimore OriolesTampa Bay owns the best record in baseball. Baltimore just shipped its franchise catcher out of town at the deadline. Sunday's matinee in Baltimore says everything about where these two clubs are headed.
Saturday, August 22
- Wild-Card Rivals Twins And Padres Run It Back At PetcoMinnesota Twins at San Diego PadresTwo teams clinging to the last wild-card spot in their league meet again at Petco Park, and neither one's pitching staff looks anything like it did a month ago.
- Guardians And Rockies Meet Again With A Wild-Card Chase On One SideCleveland Guardians at Colorado RockiesCleveland's fighting for its playoff life in the AL, Colorado's just playing out the string — but these two have unfinished business in Denver before Saturday's tilt even matters.
- Reds and Diamondbacks Meet With Very Different Playoff MathCincinnati Reds at Arizona DiamondbacksCincinnati is trying to squeeze a Wild Card push out of a team that's still under .500, and Arizona is trying to keep its season from quietly sliding away — this series has more riding on it than the standings gap suggests.
- Rebuilding Giants Crash Boston's Playoff Push at FenwaySan Francisco Giants at Boston Red SoxOne club is selling for parts, the other is clawing for a Wild Card spot — and for one Saturday night at Fenway, records go out the window.
- Cubs Roll Into Seattle With Home Series Still LiveChicago Cubs at Seattle MarinersThe Cubs are 20 games over .500 and rolling through the second half; the Mariners are trying to keep their season from slipping away entirely. Saturday's the middle chapter of a set that's still being written.
- Tarik Skubal Makes His Dodger Stadium Case Against a Scrappy Pirates ClubPittsburgh Pirates at Los Angeles DodgersThe Dodgers' blockbuster trade-deadline addition gets his second look at Dodger Stadium, and a Pirates club that just won't fold is standing in the way of an easy afternoon.
- Tigers And Royals Run It Back With Nothing But Pride LeftDetroit Tigers at Kansas City RoyalsTwo clubs playing out the string meet for a second straight day at Kauffman Stadium, but one of them has looked like a completely different team for the last week.
- Green's Surging Mets Visit A White Sox Team Losing SteamNew York Mets at Chicago White SoxOne of these clubs is playing its best baseball of the season under a manager who wasn't even supposed to have the job. The other just got shut out by Atlanta and is running low on healthy catchers.
- Battered A's Visit Houston As Astros Try To Right The ShipAthletics at Houston AstrosHouston's clinging to the fringes of the wild-card race and Oakland's just trying to keep the lights on — this weekend's set in Houston is about as lopsided a stakes gap as you'll find on the slate.
- Rebuilding Angels Crash Into Rangers' Wild-Card PushLos Angeles Angels at Texas RangersOne club sold off half its roster last month, the other is fighting for its playoff life — Anaheim and Arlington just don't have the same stakes right now.
- Rays Roll Into Baltimore As Sell-Off Orioles Try To RegroupTampa Bay Rays at Baltimore OriolesOne of these clubs is playing for a division title. The other one traded its franchise catcher three weeks ago and is figuring out who's left.
- Wild Card Rivals Run It Back Saturday In PhiladelphiaSt. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia PhilliesTwo Wild Card hopefuls keep bumping into each other this month, and Saturday's Citizens Bank Park matinee is round two of a series that could matter a lot more in October.
- Nationals And Marlins Meet Again With Nothing Settled YetWashington Nationals at Miami MarlinsWashington's playing out a lost season and Miami's trying to talk itself into a wild-card push it may not have the arms for — Saturday's game at loanDepot park is really about which team believes its own story less.
- Braves Chase Playoff Ground Against Runaway BrewersAtlanta Braves at Milwaukee BrewersAtlanta is fighting to hold its grip on October while Milwaukee just keeps rolling — Saturday's matinee in Milwaukee is a measuring stick for both.
- Blue Jays And Yankees Run It Back In The BronxToronto Blue Jays at New York YankeesNew York's rolling and Toronto's scrapping for every game it can find in a crowded wild-card chase — these two AL East rivals get right back at it this weekend with real standings weight behind it.
Friday, August 21
- Jays Send a Reliever to Face a Red-Hot Yankees SquadToronto Blue Jays at New York YankeesThe Yankees have won 4 straight and are closing in on the top of the AL East. The Blue Jays are just trying to find enough healthy arms to get through nine innings.
- Cubs Bring Records Gap, Mariners Bring Thin MarginsChicago Cubs at Seattle MarinersThe Cubs are 20 games over .500 and playoff-bound; the Mariners are scrapping to stay alive in a crowded wild-card chase. Saturday night at T-Mobile Park, that contrast gets put to the test.
- Aces Chandler And Yamamoto Headline Pirates-Dodgers OpenerPittsburgh Pirates at Los Angeles DodgersThe Dodgers have won 3 straight and just swept Colorado, but Pittsburgh rolls into Dodger Stadium with a pitcher who's been nails for two months — this one's not the mismatch the records suggest.
- Marte's Mystery Absence Leaves D-backs Thin at HomeCincinnati Reds at Arizona DiamondbacksTwo teams stuck around .500 with wild-card hopes on the line meet at Chase Field, and Arizona's walking in short a franchise player after a strange few days.
- Cleveland Chases A Wild-Card Boost Against Reeling RockiesCleveland Guardians at Colorado RockiesCleveland's fighting for anything it can get in a wild-card race that's basically a pileup of .500-ish teams, and tonight they get a Rockies club that's lost 3 straight and can't keep its pitching staff off the injured list.
- Angels Try To Crash The Rangers' Playoff Push In ArlingtonLos Angeles Angels at Texas RangersOne team is playing out the string with nothing to lose. The other is hanging onto a wild card thread by its fingernails. That tension is the whole ballgame at Globe Life Field.
- A's Bring A Gutted Lineup Into A Contender's HouseAthletics at Houston AstrosHouston's still holding down first place, but the Astros just got run over by the worst team in the American League West race two nights ago — and now an even worse team rolls into Daikin Park.
- Tigers Chase A Wild Card Spot Against A Streaking Last-Place RoyalsDetroit Tigers at Kansas City RoyalsDetroit's clinging to a wild-card race while Kansas City is nowhere near .500 — but the Royals have been the better team for a week straight, and Saturday's the Tigers' chance to find out if that's real.
- Post-Deadline Mets Crash Into Surprise Contender White SoxNew York Mets at Chicago White SoxOne team blew it up at the deadline and started playing loose. The other is chasing the most improbable turnaround in baseball history. Friday night at Rate Field, they collide.
- Best Record in the AL East Meets a Suddenly Sharp LeftyTampa Bay Rays at Baltimore OriolesTampa Bay's got the division lead and the deeper roster. Baltimore's just been run out of its own building by the Yankees four nights running. This one should be lopsided on paper — so why does the board say otherwise?
- Fading Nationals Meet a Marlins Club Still Chasing a Wild CardWashington Nationals at Miami MarlinsWashington's playing out the string in South Florida, but Miami's still got a wild-card pulse — Friday night is where those two realities meet.
- Rafael Devers Comes Home to Fenway With the Wrong Team on His BackSan Francisco Giants at Boston Red SoxRafael Devers walks into Fenway Park as an opponent for the first time, and Boston fans get to decide, in real time, whether they still love him.
- Brewers' Best Arm in Baseball Meets a Braves Team in a FunkAtlanta Braves at Milwaukee BrewersMilwaukee owns the best record in the National League and rolls out its ace. Atlanta shows up having lost 5 of its last 6, hoping one good night can be the start of something.
- Twins Bring a Depleted Rotation Into Petco ParkMinnesota Twins at San Diego PadresA Twins team hanging on to the fringes of the AL Central race heads west to face a Padres club still fighting for playoff position in the NL West, with both rotations more banged up than either team would like.
- Phillies Ride A Five-Game Streak Into A Test Against St. LouisSt. Louis Cardinals at Philadelphia PhilliesPhiladelphia hasn't lost a game in a while, and now they get a Cardinals club that's fighting for its playoff life to see if the good times keep rolling.
Thursday, August 20
- Angels Erupt For 18 Runs, Rout Astros In HoustonLos Angeles Angels at Houston AstrosThe Angels turned Daikin Park into a batting cage, hanging half a football score on the Astros in a finale nobody saw coming.
- DeGrom's 2,000th K Punctuates Rangers' Series-Finale ShutoutWashington Nationals at Texas RangersTexas closed out the set behind the best version of Jacob deGrom in weeks, and Washington's bats never found an answer.
- Yankees Roll To 6-1 Win, Take Third Straight From BaltimoreNew York Yankees at Baltimore OriolesThe Yankees keep finding clean, professional ways to beat the Orioles, and Thursday's Camden Yards matchup was no different — New York cruised to a 6-1 win to push its run over Baltimore to three straight.
- Brewers Cap A Wild Series With Another Win Over SeattleSeattle Mariners at Milwaukee BrewersMilwaukee closed out a series that already delivered a record-tying blowout and a wild Seattle comeback — and Thursday's finale wasn't exactly a snooze either.
- Royals Complete Sweep As Dobnak Outlasts Athletics AgainAthletics at Kansas City RoyalsKansas City's lost season got a small consolation Thursday — a four-game sweep of a reeling Athletics club, closed out 6-2 behind the unlikeliest arm in the rotation.
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