Houston Gets Their Run Started Seattle made short work of the Blue Jays in Toronto during the wild card round, picking up a 4-0 and a 10-9 win in a hostile environment to get the sweep. The stakes get amped up a bit in the Mariners Astros game 1 matchup as Houston sends Justin Verlander […]
Phillies Inching Closer to the Playoffs Thanks to NL East foe Miami taking 3 of 4 in Milwaukee this weekend, the Phillies magic number for the final wild card spot is down to one game. Philadelphia needs one win this week in Houston in the final series of the regular season, a tough task against […]
Before Betting on Astros vs Rangers June 14 The Texas Rangers have almost sneakily climbed into contention in the AL West, and Monday’s series opening 5-3 win over the Houston Astros has closed the gap between first and second to 7.5 games. This is a Texas squad that was 7-14 in April, so it’s been […]
Traditionally, the first couple of weeks of November aren’t the busiest times of the baseball offseason. However, there’s been enough going on this week that it seems worthwhile to catch up on everything that has happened. Under New Management More than a month after Bruce Bochy retired, the Giants have hired Gabe Kapler as his […]
Well, here we are at the end of the baseball season. Wednesday night is the final game of the 2019 season with Game 7 of the World Series between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros. In preparation for that, let’s check out headlines from all over baseball. Mad Max Returns The Nationals got a tough […]
With the World Series in the middle of a travel day, this seems like the perfect opportunity to check in with the rest of the league. After all, it’s already the offseason for the 28 other teams, so let’s look at all of the non-World Series headlines from the past week. Always a Cubbie After […]
In a season that very well may end up with a Cy Young Award, Astros starting pitcher Gerrit Cole just put the exclamation mark on his brilliant season. Cole racked up his 300th strikeout of the season while earning his 14th consecutive win, leading Houston to a 3-2 win over the Rangers on Wednesday night. […]
With lights-out pitching and super-hot bats, the Houston Astros look mighty scary A final pitch, raised hands, an elated smile — just three snapshots of the Justin Verlander no-hitter thrown against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sept. 1. Verlander’s no-hitter was the second no-hitter this season that was accomplished by a complete-game pitcher. The scenes […]
With the change to Major League Baseball trade rules this year limiting teams to making deals only through July 31, the thought was there would be a lot of big deals made prior to the deadline. But Houston obtaining pitcher Zack Greinke from the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for four minor leaguers was the biggest […]
The Milwaukee Brewers and Houston Astros wrap up their two-game series on Wednesday night. Check out our free betting preview and pick for this MLB contest.
