Traditionally, mid-June is far too early to declare much about the MLB playoffs. But with the expanded postseason now including 12 teams, there are at least a few squads that have essentially booked their spots in October, even with 100 games remaining in their seasons. More playoff teams also means […]
The New York Yankees have been on a tear since the trade deadline and have seen their postseason odds vastly improve. According to a playoffs prop bet by DraftKings, the Yankees are -140 odds that they’ll make the postseason, presumably as an AL wild-card team. You can fade the Yankees […]
When Major League Baseball expanded its playoff format to 16 teams and made the designated hitter universal across both leagues, many observers thought these changes were here to stay, at least in some form. But the MLB Players Association has rejected a proposal to keep a universal DH in exchange […]
Only eight MLB teams remain in the relentless pursuit of the championship after the first-ever Wild Card Series has come to an end. The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to be the team to beat and oddsmakers at DraftKings listed the boys in blue at +240 odds to win the World […]
The Chicago Cubs need a win on Friday to keep their season alive, as they trail the Cinderella Miami Marlins 1-0 in their National League wild card series. Yu Darvish will take the mound for the Cubs with the chance to justify his six-year, $126 million contract by giving Chicago […]
The New York Yankees lived up to their Bronx Bombers moniker thanks to a grand slam from Gio Urshela that put the Yanks back into contention after falling behind 4-1. The back-and-forth AL Wild Card Series game lasted nearly five hours before Cleveland blew a ninth-inning lead. The Yankees clawed […]
The New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians meet in the AL Wild Card Series, and Game 1 features a classic pitching duel between two aces. Cleveland sends the top pitcher in the American League, Shane Bieber (8-1, 1.63 ERA, 0.87 WHIP), to the mound. The NY Yankees counter with their […]
The LA Dodgers came into this season as the favorite to win the World Series and, on the cusp of the postseason, the Dodgers continue to be the favorite at +350 odds, according to DraftKings. Despite their struggles, the New York Yankees are +600 odds to win the World Series. […]
It feels like the St. Louis Cardinals (91-71) have been in playoff mode for months while fighting to win a hotly contested NL Central crown. They won their division the last weekend of the season, and rallied back from being down 2-1 to defeat the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS. […]
Furniture store magnate Jim McIngvale, otherwise known as “Mattress Mack” from Houston, Texas, placed a $3.5 million futures bet on the Houston Astros at +220 odds to win the 2019 World Series at the Scarlet Pearl Casino in Biloxi, Mississippi. DraftKings runs the sportsbook at Scarlet Pearl and, if the […]
Juan Soto, playing in his first postseason game with the Washington Nationals, drove in three runs with a bases loaded single off Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader in the bottom of the 8th inning to put the Nationals ahead for good. The Nationals rallied back from a 3-1 deficit to […]
The Cleveland Indians lost 8-2 to the Washington Nationals on Friday night, which means the Oakland A’s (96-64) and Tampa Bay Rays (96-64) each clinched a spot in the AL wild card. The Cleveland Indians are officially dunzo after their elimination. The Indians (93-67) previously qualified for the playoffs in […]
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