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The teams will face off in a four-game set in New York this weekend, and it’s a crucial for the Mets to make up some ground if they have any shot at tracking down the Nationals since they currently sit 8.5 games behind. Washington has an elite offense and starting rotation and only bullpen woes have kept it from staying atop the National League in victories.The Mets have played a bit better of late but have an uphill climb to get back into playoff contention.... 

New York has scored 114 more runs than its opponents on the year to move to the top of the pack in the American League East, while the A’s are in last in the A.L. West and have been outscored by 77 runs.Oakland has one of the worst records in the major leagues but has played well at home on the year and would love to pick up a couple wins in front of its fans. The A’s pitching has been poor this season and that could be bad news against a group of New York hitters who have been knocking the cover off the ball the entire season.... 

Don’t look now, but the Tampa Bay Rays are in the heart of the AL playoff race. Sure, it’s still early, but the Rays are getting plenty of offense from players not name Evan Longoria. That’s been their biggest issue over the years. Meanwhile, the Ray’s weekend opponents, the Detroit Tigers, will look to use their home cooking to gain some ground. The two teams on the fringes will meet in a four-game set.... 

The San Francisco Giants are fighting to remain relevant as the season presses on. They’re likely sellers at the trade deadline while the Colorado Rockies will be looking to buy in what is a role reversal for these two teams. They’ll meet for their third series of the year this weekend. The Rockies have taken six of their first seven meetings, outscoring the Giants 40-20 in those seven games.... 

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The Miami Marlins have been playing better baseball lately and return home for a brief two-game home stand to take on the Oakland Athletics. Both Oakland and Miami are going nowhere fast, but there’s quite a bit of power on display. From Giancarlo Stanton and Marcell Ozuna to Khris Davis and Yonder Alonso balls are likely to go flying, even with the spacious dimensions down in Miami.... 

There was a rematch of the 2014 World Series earlier this year with the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals splitting a two-game series in Missouri. Now, they’ll meet up again in San Francisco for another two-game set. Both teams have really fallen off since their World Series showdown, each positioned to be sellers at the deadline.... 

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The teams will face off in an Interleague matchup in Cleveland this week in a series which should be intriguing. The Dodgers have the superior record and its superstar ace in one of the games, so the Indians will need to play well to win two of the three even at home.The Indians are only 1.5 games back of the Minnesota Twins in the American League Central and are still the favorites to win the division despite the slow 31-29 start. Los Angeles is 39-25 overall but behind the surprising Colorado Rockies in the National League West.... 

With the major league season about one-third of the way over, it is the surprising Milwaukee Brewers who sit ahead of the rest of the pack in the National League Central. It remains to be seen if they can remain in the playoff hunt moving forward, and Milwaukee will aim to stay in first when it takes on the St. Louis Cardinals in a four-game set this week.The Cardinals have a lot more recent success to rely on and sits only 2.5 games behind the Brewers, with only 4.5 games only separating the Brewers and the last-place Pirates in the division. There is still plenty to be figured out in the N.L. Central, and most expect the Cubs to eventually take control.... 

The Nationals can afford the lull, as they are 9.5 games ahead of everyone else in the National League East, including the third-place Braves who are 11 games out. Washington, though, has goals beyond the division and is aiming for the best record in the National League in order to secure home field advantage for as many rounds as possible.Washington currently has the second-best record in the N.L. behind only the Colorado Rockies and has the talent to finish atop the pack.... 

The baseball world keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop for the Colorado Rockies, but nearly one-third of the way through the season, they continue to to roll along. After a strong showing against the Cubs, Colorado heads into a series this week against the Pirates with the best record in the National League.... 

Two and a half months in and the Chicago Cubs are still just floating around the .500 mark without any real direction. Kyle Schwarber is no longer seeing every day at bats. Addison Russell is amid a Domestic Abuse investigation. And, Kris Bryant leads all starters with a .267 average. The pitching has been nearly as inconsistent. Nevertheless, they’ll look to get back on a track against a New York Mets’ team with the worst ERA in baseball.... 

The Boston Red Sox get a nice break in their schedule with a home-and-home four-game set against the Philadelphia Phillies opening on Monday. The Phillies come into action with baseball’s worst record. Meanwhile, the Sox are working their way up the AL East standings, trailing only the Yankees. Boston is the clear favorite in the series, but baseball usually has a funny way of keeping teams on their toes, even in series as lopsided as this.... 

Chicago is in last place but not really out of the race either, but needs to pick it up or it could become sellers at the trading deadline. The Indians are at home but have struggled there so far this season and need to pick it up if they plan on making a return trip to the World Series this season.This series will be held from Friday, June 9 through Sunday, June 11, 2017, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. The Saturday series will be shown on FOX and the series finale on Sunday will be televised on MLB Network.... 

San Francisco has been a perennial contender the past several years but has struggled this season, and is running out of time to turn it around. Minnesota has a nice young core but it seems unlikely that its pitching holds up as the season goes along.Even though the Twins have the superior record the Giants have the ability to win this series as they are playing it at home.... 

Fans of the Chicago Cubs waited 108 years for this moment. Their team went through so much in the way of heartbreak. So many awful seasons. So many years as one of the laughingstocks in baseball. And yet now, the North Siders are World Series champions. The Cubbies have done it, breaking every curse imaginable, and now that they're on the top of the mountain, they're poised to stay there for the next several years with one of the brightest young teams in the game on their side. The first round of the draft will be broadcast live on MLB Network.... 

The Houston Astros have the biggest division lead in baseball, but they are coming off a series loss to the Royals. Still, Houston returns home on Friday off a strong road trip. They will host a Los Angeles Angels team that, based on the rosters, should give the Astros a good chance to get back in the win column. Despite that, any Major-League team can win on any given day. Just ask the Royals. ... 

In what may be a battle for second place in the NL East, the New York Mets will head south to take on the Atlanta Braves in what is now a four-game series due to a postponed game. Neither of these teams appear to be going anywhere this year as the Nationals runaway with the division. Instead, this is a battle for pride between two divisional foes.... 

Colorado is heading on the road to face the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs. Even though the Cubs have not played up to their potential yet this season, they have a bunch of talent and the ability to knock off any opponent in the majors.The Rockies will aim to continue to prove their relevance in the National League in this potential showdown of a pair of playoff teams.... 

Pittsburgh must start to play better in order to avoid becoming a seller at the deadline, and needs to take advantage of a four-game home series against the Miami Marlins. Pittsburgh has the pitching advantage in this matchup and would love to win at least three of these contests.This series will be contested from Thursday, June 8 through Sunday, June 11, 2017 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.... 

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The Texas Rangers have been a terrible road team to this point in the season and will journey up to the Nation’s capital to battle the Washington Nationals in a three-game weekend series starting on Friday. While Texas has one of the worst road records in baseball, they’ll have the extra challenge of facing a Nationals team who have only lost nine home games so far, the second fewest in baseball. This series will be contested from Friday, June 9, 2017 through Sunday, June 11, 2017 at Nationals Park in Washington, DC. Saturday’s game will be shown on MLB Network for those outside the local broadcast markets.... 

This series will feature a team that’s just treading water and another that’s just started to make a surge. The Boston Red Sox have begun their assent up the AL East rankings and are playing good baseball right now while the Detroit Tigers continue to hold steady around .500, unable to get consistent enough pitching to put any positive streak together.... 

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