Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

The Athletics have won two of the five games they were the moneyline favorite this season, which is 40%. They rank 16th in MLB with 31 home runs, averaging 1.1 per game.

Tonight, in the top of the fifth inning against the Braves, Javier Báez hit a groundball to short and started off for first base. When he got close, for some reason, he slid into the bag. But his slide was WAY too late, so his leg got jammed up on the base.

Renegade comes in as the 4-1 morning-line favorite after a strong Grade 1 Arkansas Derby win, but he has some real questions to answer, including breaking from the No. 1 post, a spot that has not produced a winner since 1986.

Phil Maton was placed on the injured list on April 8 with right knee tendinitis. Before his stint on the IL, the righty appeared in five games with the Cubs and pitched to a 13.50 ERA (6 ER/4.0 IP) with five strikeouts and four walks.

A consensus line is the average line across multiple sportsbooks at any given point in time. It represents the broader market's collective view of where a line belongs.

I think Palencia is going in a good direction. The next step for him is a pretty big bullpen on Tuesday. I think that'll give us a pretty clear path to when we're gonna activate him.

Nico Hoerner leaped into the air, barehanding the ball to eliminate the need for a transfer, then landed like a cat jumping all nimbly-bimbly from limb to limb.

Arsenal has been a moneyline favorite 31 times this season, and has gone 21-7-3 in those games. Newcastle has won three of the 10 games it has played as an underdog this season.