The three best teams in the National League all reside in the NL West at the moment. Colorado Rockies just wrapped up a three-game set with one of them, losing the last two of a three-game set to the Diamondbacks.
Now they are following it up with a weekend series against the hottest team in the Major Leagues, the first place Los Angeles Dodgers.
Colorado has held that mantle at various points in the past few weeks and have…
It’s been a challenging schedule for the Los Angeles Angels of late. Since June 9th they’ve had series with Houston, two with the Yankees and one with the red-hot Royals. Heading into Thursday’s games they’ve fared pretty well, going 6-6 with three of the losses coming to Kansas City.
It’s helped them keep up with Seattle and Texas for second place in the AL West and within striking distance of that second Wild Card spot.
That’s probably the best they could ask for with their…
It’s been a rough month for the Detroit Tigers. Not too long ago they were pushing Minnesota and Cleveland for first in the tightly bunched AL Central. Now they’re fighting to stay out of the cellar, just a half game up on the White Sox heading into Wednesday’s games.
They are just 3-9 after hitting the .500 mark on June 7th. That includes series losses to the Red Sox and Diamondbacks. And more recently four losses in a row to Tampa Bay and Seattle.
They’ve scored just nine runs through the…
MLB Picks And Parlays: Los Angeles Angels Head to the Bronx to Face Yankees
Last week New York travelled to Los Angeles flying high. They had just destroyed two of their AL East competitors, Boston and New York, winning the last five games by a combined 55-9 score.
They flew on Sunday, played the Angels on Monday night and took the….
MLB Expert Picks: First Place is on the Line as the Colorado Rockies Visits Arizona Dbacks.
The most anticipated series of the week has first place Colorado Rockies visiting second place Arizona Diamondbacks in the NL West.
Just one game separates these teams (and the Dodgers). They have the two best records in the National League and are…
Detroit could certainly use a boost as they travel to Seattle to begin a four-game set with the Mariners. This was a .500 team 11 days ago, but have since gone 3-7 and have fallen to fourth place in the AL Central.
Part of the problem is the quality of their opponents as they dropped two of three to Boston, two straight to Arizona and they split a four-game weekend series against Tampa Bay. Each of those teams is…
The ESPN game of the week has the Boston Red Sox taking on the Houston Astros. It’s a juicy matchup that has a heating up Boston team taking on a cooling off Astros.
The Red Sox are within striking distance of first in the AL East with a 10-4 record in their last 14 games heading into Saturday night’s games.
While Boston does have a number of depth players on the DL, they are at…
The New York Red Bulls travel to Philadelphia Union as the Eastern Conference teams meet in their second of three-regular season matches.
New York is currently holding down the sixth and final playoff spot in the East- barely. They are tied with seventh place New England with 20 points.
This is a team that has struggled to score consistently and to…
The Portland Timbers are locked in a tight race with Sporting KC, Houston and FC Dallas for first place in the MLS Western Conference. Just three points separate the four teams as the season rounds the corner into summer.
They’ve won two in a row heading into Saturday night’s clash with Colorado.
MLB Picks And Parlays: Suddenly Hot Kansas City and Los Angeles Meet Up on the West Coast
After an atrocious start to their season, Kansas City Royals seems to be on the right track to respectability and perhaps even getting into contention for that second wildcard spot. They are 20-14 heading into their series with the Los Angeles Angels, after starting the year 10-20.
They also hosted red-hot Houston earlier this month and split a four-game set. Then they’ve followed that up by taking…