Its Tuesday, May 20 and the Braves (24-23) are in Washington to take on the Nationals (21-27). Spencer Strider is slated to take the mound for Atlanta against Mitchell Parker for Washington. This will be Strider's first appearance since his only previous start this season on April 16.

The first 30% of the 2025 MLB regular season is in the books and things are beginning to look normal, for lack of a better term. Only one qualified hitter (Aaron Judge) is flirting with .400 and just a handful of qualified starters have a sub-2.

Manager Brandon Hyde was fired, paying the price for the 2023 AL East champions' inexplicable winter inactivity, falling further out of the division race just about every single day, bottoming out at 15-32. The team's 5.45 ERA is the worst mark in the AL and the offense hasn't been much better, ranking near the bottom of baseball in OPS.

Alex Bregman has been living up to his hefty contract in his first year with the Boston Red Sox, and we're backing the star third baseman to keep his hot streak going at the plate tonight.

With 11 wins in their last 13 games, the Cardinals suddenly find themselves in the thick of the NL Central race, albeit with so much of the season still to be played. Their pitching has been much better of late, especially the bullpen, and eight times in those 11 wins the offense scored at least five runs. Six times they scored at least six runs.

It’s Friday, May 23 and the Cubs (30-20) are in Cincinnati to take on the Reds (25-26). Matthew Boyd is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Hunter Greene for Cincinnati. Chicago has won back-to-back games and five of the past six, plus three-straight series. The Reds have lost back-to-back games after winning five straight contests,