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Shifting focus from the MLB pitchers to position players, our preseason baseball awards series now looks at the youth of the game, in the races for the Rookie of the Year titles in the AL and NL.

Luis Robert and Gavin Lux aremore…

Continuing USAbetting’s preseason baseball award previews, this installment analyzes the MLB MVP odds. They are led by some pretty obvious frontrunners, but that also offers some value picks that could cash in big.

With a likely restart tomore…

In this preview, and with an MLB restart on the horizon, we take a look at the Cy Young trophy awards.

Slowly but surely, sports in the U.S. are beginning to come back in some capacity.more…

In the final of our MLB divisional preview series, we are focusing on the AL Central, home to the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and Cleveland Indians.

The Central hasn’t claimed amore…

Our MLB preview series continues with the NL Central, one of the most highly-contested divisions in baseball over the last decade.

The NL Central, home to the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds andmore…

USAbetting continues its MLB futures betting preview series by heading to the AL West.

This division is home to the Los Angeles Angels (+550 odds for AL West champion withmore…

From the East to West, next up in our MLB divisional preview series is the NL West, which boasts the team many are picking to be the National League representative in the World Series and the current favorite to win the championship, the Los Angeles Dodgers (+325).more…

The MLB season has been delayed but everyone is still hopeful that baseball will be returning in some capacity in 2020. Whether that means a shortened season, more weekend doubleheaders or less of an all-star break, no one really knows. What we do know however, is that when baseball returns to the lives ofmore…

Spring training is underway and that means in just a few short weeks, it will once again be time for the MLB season. There is a lot of anticipation heading into 2020, as a new decade in baseball is likely to bring new stories.

Perhaps gone are themore…

An eight run outburst in the third inning was all the (51-44) Washington Nationals needed to take the pivotal first game of their series with the NL East-leading (58-40) Atlanta Braves.

Headed into Game 2 today (7:20 PM ET Friday), the Nationals will send the birthday boy, Patrick Corbin, to themore…

A pivotal series all tied up at one game apiece, the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves meet in the rubber-match today (7:20 PM ET Thursday).

When July came along, the Braves found themselves having opened up a strong lead in the NL East. Always in the race early on, by the start of June, Atlanta surged forward as the best team inmore…

Two of the best teams in the American League conclude their four-game series today as the (49-27) New York Yankees host game four against the (48-30) Houston Astros (2:05 PM ET Sunday at Yankee Stadium, NY).

When this series began on Thursday night, both the Astros and Yankees were leading their respectivemore…

Following a few days of rain, the (39-34) Philadelphia Phillies and (35-38) Washington Nationals finally began their four-game series on Wednesday with a double header, in which Washington won both games.

Now, entering into game three today (7.05 PM ET Thursday), the Phillies are desperately looking for amore…

Two of the MLB’s best, the (45-22) Houston Astros and (38-28) Milwaukee Brewers meet in a two-game interleague series starting today (Game 1: 8.10 PM ET Tuesday).

Currently, the Astros have the second best record in baseball, just one game in the loss column behind the (45-21) Los Angeles Dodgers. Houston’s record is the best in the American League however, as ismore…

The (32-33) New York Mets are traveling from Flushing to the Bronx to face the (40-24) New York Yankees in the latest iteration of the iconic Subway Series (Game 1 – today, 7:05 PM ET Monday).

On June 16^th, 1997, nearly 22 years ago to the day, the Mets and Yankees met for the first time inmore…

With both teams looking to secure a series victory as the month of June gets underway, the Cincinnati Reds travel to Citizen’s Bank Park for a three-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies, starting today (Game 1 – 7:05 PM ET Friday).

The (28-33) Cincinnati Reds sit in last place in the NL Central, but just six games back of the division-leadingmore…

Our next MLB preview focuses on the AL Central, a division that was top-heavy in 2018. The Cleveland Indians won the division with a 91-71 record but beyond them, there wasn’t much to celebrate.

The AL Central was the only division in MLB to have just one team with a .500 record or better. They are also themore…

On Monday, we took a look at the AL East, which proved to be the best division in baseball, at least from the top three teams all scoring over 90 wins. We also made our predictions for our pick to win the division, which you can find here.

Today, in part two of our MLB season preview series, our focus turns to the AL East’s National League counterpart, themore…

After a fall full of intrigue and drama, one which saw the hot stove boil over to historic levels, the 2019 MLB season is right around the corner. For months, the league’s 30 teams have been hard at work, making moves to improve their rosters and improve their shot of playing into October.

Entering this season, everyone ismore…

Following another tough loss in game two of the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers find themselves heading to LA for the next three games with their proverbial backs against the walls against the Boston Red Sox.

While today’s game three (8:09 PM ET Friday) is not an elimination game per se, this is must-win formore…

The Los Angeles Dodgers are just one win away against the Milwaukee Brewers from booking a trip to the World Series and it could get done in Game 6 today (8:39 PM ET Friday live on FS1). The Boston Red Sox, who finished off the Houston Astros to win the ALCS, are already waiting there.

Up 3-2 in the NLCS, Los Angeles will need tomore…

The (61-60) San Francisco Giants kept themselves alive in the race for the NL West by defeating the (64-57) Los Angeles Dodgers in the first two games of their three game series. They will go for the sweep tonight (10:10 PM ET Wednesday).

Entering this series, the NL West was the most highly contested division in all of baseball with four ofmore…

As the playoff picture in the National League begins to come into focus, the (60-59) Washington Nationals and (64-55) St. Louis Cardinals find themselves on the outside looking in.

Mired in third place in their respective divisions, the Cardinals and Nationals are running out time if they hope tomore…

The Philadelphia Phillies and Arizona Diamondbacks are two of the best teams in the National League and currently they are in the midst of a three-game series which could have playoff implications. The second game of the series is scheduled for 9:40 PM ET today.

Both the Phillies andmore…

As August gets underway, the MLB season is really heating up with top level matchups offering playoff implications such as the one that is currently occurring between the (70-41) Houston Astros and the (61-50) Los Angeles Dodgers. They play the second of their three game series today (9:10 PM ET Saturday).

In 2017 the Astros and Dodgers met inmore…