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NHL Best Bets Today, 4/1: Picks, Predictions & Player Props - Tuesday
Hello and welcome everyone to the Tuesday edition of the NHL Best Bets on April 1st, 2025! It was another winning day for me yesterday as the NHL picks went 2-0! We’re on a hell of a run right now dating back to last Monday with an NHL predictions record of 10-2, what a heater! Let’s keep this streak rolling with 10 games in the NHL today and check out my NHL best bets below.
Caught Stealing Fantasy Baseball Show: MLB Trades - Winners & Losers
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MLB DFS Picks DraftKings Preview June 25 - Top Plays, Example Lineups & Winning Strategies
On Tuesday June 25th, we have a 12-game MLB DFS main slate on DraftKings kicking off at 7:05 pm ET. There are some pretty solid pitching options on this slate which includes Gerrit Cole making his second start of the season and Seth Lugo in a favorable matchup against the Oakland Athletics. For value, the cover of today's how is Astros young righty Hunter Brown and his cheap price tag will allow for us to find some nice spend up plays to build our lineups around.
Jordan Leasure has become a high-leverage reliever and a bright spot for the last-place White Sox
About 3 minutes reading time. CHICAGO (AP) — It sure looks as if Jordan Leasure belongs in the major leagues. That hasn’t exactly set in just yet. “You know there’s still in the back of my head like I want to do well so I don’t get sent down,” he said. “There’s still that possibility.” That seems like a very small possibility at the moment. Leasure has become a high-leverage reliever for the Chicago White Sox, a bright spot during a difficult start for the last-place team.
Smash Burger: 5 years after nearly quitting baseball, Jake Burger becomes Miami Marlins slugger
About 5 minutes reading time. NEW YORK (AP) — Smash Burgers may become a favorite food for Miami Marlins fans, a meal popularized by an emerging star whose parents talked him out of quitting baseball five years ago. Jake Burger hit a three-run homer on his 28th birthday, a drive off All-Star pitcher Marcus Stroman that propelled the Marlins over the New York Yankees 5-2 on Wednesday night for just their second win this season.
Fantasy Baseball Prospect Report: James Wood, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Kyle Manzardo, Heston Kjerstad
Welcome to my first-ever weekly prospect report at FantasyPros! This column aims to give you the most fantasy-relevant prospect information from the last week, all in one place. The format of this weekly prospect report will be by level and we will go through players in order of their placing on my latest Top 150 Prospect Rankings. I won’t be hitting each prospect every week, but I’ll focus on the most relevant throughout the week and follow up on other notable players outside my top 150.
Fantasy Baseball Risers: Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Oswaldo Cabrera, Michael Conforto (2024)
We have made it to the second week of the MLB season. There were some awe-inspiring performances. As usual, there were some great and rough performances to dig into. This weekly column will help highlight hot and cold players/risers and fallers for fantasy purposes. Some players are already rostered in many places so trades may be in order. Other players may be widely available, making a potential waiver wire claim in the cards. I will highlight some known and lesser-known players this week.
Fantasy Baseball Fallers: Harold Ramirez, Anthony Rendon, Jeff McNeil, Victor Scott II
We have made it to the second week of the MLB season. There were some awe-inspiring performances. As usual, there were some great and rough performances to dig into. This weekly column will help highlight hot and cold players/risers and fallers for fantasy purposes. Some players are already rostered in many places so trades may be in order. Other players may be widely available, making a potential waiver wire claim in the cards. I will highlight some known and lesser-known players this week.
Fantasy Baseball Risers & Fallers: Michael Busch, J.D. Davis, Will Benson
We have made it to the second week of the MLB season. There were some awe-inspiring performances. As usual, there were some great and rough performances to dig into. This weekly column will help highlight hot and cold players/risers and fallers for fantasy purposes. Some players are already rostered in many places so trades may be in order. Other players may be widely available, making a potential waiver wire claim in the cards. I will highlight some known and lesser-known players this week.
MLB DFS Podcast August 7: Top DraftKings Picks & Example Lineups
We have an eight-game MLB DFS main slate on Monday, August 7th, on DraftKings and FanDuel. We have ELITE MLB DFS pitching options in Gerrit Cole and Spencer Strider, but will the Atlanta game take place with poor weather expected in three different games? We will find out as the day progresses. We have an elite game environment in Boston with the Kansas City Royals in town while also focusing on some other spots like the Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, and Toronto Blue Jays.
MLB Standings ordered by ERA in July shows why Dodgers needed stronger trade deadline
The Dodgers coming out of the trade deadline with a warmup series against the Triple-A Pacific Coast League Oakland A's might've temporarily obscured the truth, but the team's ERA in July told the whole story quite clearly. LA's 2023 squad is a team of ballers. They heard the front office's call to hold back on payroll this offseason and responded by being relentless on offense, with contributions from rookies to bargain-basement veterans known mainly for their leadership.
White Sox end five-game skid behind Lynn against Royals - TSN.ca
CHICAGO (AP) — Lance Lynn pitched four-hit ball through seven innings, Elvis Andrus hit a tiebreaking home run in the fifth and the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 Wednesday night to snap a five-game losing streak. Lynn (4-5), who was reinstated from the bereavement list before the game, didn’t walk a batter and struck out eight for the fifth time this season. The Royals had scored 24 runs in their previous two games.
Tim Anderson, Lance Lynn and Lucas Giolito All Bitten By Injury Bug
Baseball is a funny game. Just when it looked like the Chicago White Sox were returning to full strength the baseball God looked down and laughed. Tim Anderson, Lance Lynn, and Lucas Gioliot are all expected to miss some time in the coming weeks. Tim Anderson was out of the lineup once again Tuesday with sore legs. He missed four games on the team’s latest road trip with the same nagging ailment. Manager Tony La Russa said that if this was the playoffs that he would be in the lineup.
Chicago White Sox Cleveland Tim Anderson
CHICAGO (AP) — Tim Anderson delivered a tiebreaking single, José Abreu was hit in the head by a pitch with the bases loaded and the Chicago White Sox rallied for two runs in the eighth inning to top the Cleveland Indians 6-4 on Friday night after acquiring All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel from the crosstown Cubs. Anderson’s hit to right field put Chicago ahead 5-4, then Indians reliever James Karinchak (7-3) plunked Abreu in the helmet with a fastball to force in another run.
Rangers top Angels to snap six-game skid - TSN.ca
29m ago The Canadian Press Lance Lynn , The Canadian Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Lance Lynn pitched seven strong innings, Elvis Andrus homered and the Texas Rangers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 7-1 win Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Angels, who had won five in a row. Lynn (5-2), the first major league pitcher to make 10 starts this season, struck out six, walked two and limited the Angels to one run on four hits.
Lance Lynn gets 4th win as Texas Rangers beat Oakland Athletics snap 8-game skid
ARLINGTON, Texas — Lance Lynn gave the Texas Rangers another workhorse start, and helped them get their first win in more than a week after initially surrendering their first lead in five games. Lynn struck out eight while throwing 105 pitches in six innings, and Isiah-Kiner Falefa hit a tiebreaking homer in the second to put the Rangers ahead to stay as they ended their eight-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the American League-leading Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
Lance Lynn tosses two-hit complete game, Texas Rangers beat Colorado Rockies
DENVER — Lance Lynn allowed two hits in the first inning on the way to his first complete game in six years, Nick Solak homered, and the Texas Rangers beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 Friday night. Lynn (3-0) gave up singles to the first two batters he faced and Garrett Hampson scored from third on Nolan Arenado’s groundout. Two Texas errors in the sixth led to an unearned run for Colorado. Lynn fanned six, struck out the side in the eighth before closing out his first complete game since Sept.
Texas Rangers close out ballpark over AL East champ New York Yankees
ARLINGTON, Texas — Lance Lynn struck out 10, getting his career-high 16th win as the Texas Rangers closed out the 26th and final season at their ballpark with a 6-1 win over the AL East champion New Yankees on Sunday. After Aaron Judge's 27th homer in the third inning tied the game at 1-1, Lynn (16-11) retired his last 14 batters while pitching against the team he finished 2018 with.
TSN.ca MLB Rumours Blog: Texas Rangers weighing options with playoffs looking increasingly unlikely
The Major League Baseball trade deadline is set for 4pm et on July 31. Action has been quiet thus far as teams attempt to navigate the first season without a waiver deadline and only one shot to get it right. Follow along with TSN.ca's MLB Trade Rumours Blog. On Thursday, Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels is weighing his options as his team increasingly appears to be a long shot for a wild-card berth in the American League. Rangers ready to sell?
Lance Lynn gets MLB-best 12th win as Texas Rangers blank Houston Astros - TSN.ca
ARLINGTON, Texas — Lance Lynn matched his season high with 11 strikeouts in seven stellar innings for his major league-best 12th victory and the Texas Rangers beat the AL West-leading Houston Astros 5-0 in the only game Thursday night when Major League Baseball resumed after the All-Star break. Lynn (12-4) won his fifth consecutive start, and is 8-1 over his last 10 starts. He scattered six hits (five singles and a double) and walked two while throwing 75 of 110 pitches for strikes.
Texas Rangers beat Los Angeles Angels 9-3 in finale Tyler Skaggs would have started
ARLINGTON, Texas — Lance Lynn matched the major league lead with his 11th win and the Texas Rangers avoided a series sweep with a 9-3 victory over the grieving Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night, the Fourth of July game that the late Tyler Skaggs had been scheduled to start. The Angels won the first two games of the series after the 27-year-old Skaggs was found dead in his hotel room in Texas on Monday, and that night's scheduled game was postponed until August.
Lance Lynn goes eight strong inning, Texas Rangers beat Tampa Bay Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The surging Texas Rangers are looking more and more like a serious playoff contender. Lance Lynn struck out 10 over eight innings of three-hit ball, and the Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-0 Friday night for their season-best sixth-consecutive win. Lynn (10-4) allowed just one runner to reach third base. The right-hander held Tampa Bay without a hit from two outs in the second until Willy Adames opened the eighth with a double.
Fantasy Baseball Two-Start Pitchers: 6/24-6/30
When Rich Hill left Wednesday’s game, the worst was immediately thought. He does, after all, have quite the injury history, and at 39 years old, you can’t expect a quick recovery from a forearm strain. The Dodgers placed him on the injured list, and while Julio Urias started Thursday’s game, it’s not quite clear if he or Ross Stripling will replace Hill in the rotation going forward.
Texas Rangers spoil Mike Clevinger's return with win over Cleveland
ARLINGTON, Texas — Lance Lynn did what he has been doing throughout his first season with the Texas Rangers with another quality start. While Lynn allowed one run over seven innings, the Cleveland Indians finally got to see Mike Clevinger back on the mound, though their lanky right-hander gave them a bit of an early scare in his return from the injured list in a 7-2 loss Monday night. "One, it was nice seeing him out there.
Lance Lynn, closer Shawn Kelley lead Rangers past Mariners 5-3
ARLINGTON, Texas — Lance Lynn allowed two runs over seven innings and Shawn Kelley earned the save hours after learning that two lumps removed from his throat last week were benign as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-3 on Tuesday night. Lynn (6-3) gave up five singles and one walk and had a season-high 11 strikeouts and one walk in his 200th career start.
Kepler, Lynn lead Twins past Orioles
MINNEAPOLIS — Lance Lynn bounced back from two poor starts, Max Kepler homered and the Minnesota Twins beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-2 Friday night. Joe Mauer, Eddie Rosario, Jorge Polanco and Mitch Garver each had two hits for the Twins, who have won two straight after a six-game skid. Caleb Joseph had a season-high three hits for the Orioles, losers of four straight and 11 of 12. Lynn (6-7) allowed six hits and one earned run in six innings as he continued his up-and-down season.
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