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While the Islander's offense hopes to improve, the defense has been great all season, allowing only 2.3 goals per game and proving to be 3 pairings deep. The top pairing of Adam Pelech and Ryan Pulock has combined for 6 defensive point shares and 126 blocked shots, the pairing of Scott Mayfield and Nick Leddy have combined for 3.9 defensive point shares while Andy Greene and Noah Dobson have combined for 4.2 defensive point shares. In addition, the goaltending duo of Semyon Varlamov and Igor Shesterkin has been incredible, both saving more than .915 percent of shots and allowing 2.2 goals per game or less.

There's a reason the Nationals opened as a -180 dog, even with Max Scherzer on the mound, they can't score runs.  Don't be led with the public thinking this will be a low scoring game. 

I can see the thinking about this game if they only scored seven yesterday, how are they going to score eight off Marquez and DeSclafani.  The problem is there are times when Marquez isn't sharp and we've seen Desclafani pitch well this season but he's not as good as his first start would indicate.  This game easily goes over. 

San Diego’s pitching has been better than the team’s offense. Opponents have a .179 batting average against the Padres, which is third in the league. Their 1.73 ERA is first, as is their 0.88 WHIP.

In his last starts, Morejon gave up five hits and two runs in four innings, leading to a 3-2 loss to San Francisco. They will need a better performance from him if they want to win this game.

The White Sox have owned the Royals, winning 9 of 10, including in the opener, 6-0.  I'll be more than happy to take the +150 in this one. 

Minnesota took two of three at both Milwaukee and Detroit to open the season and then won Thursday's home opener with Seattle, 10-2. But the Mariners evened the series with a 4-3 victory in 10 innings on Saturday afternoon with Mitch Haniger, who homered earlier, driving in the winning run with a sacrifice fly.

That dropped the Twins to 0-3 in extra-inning games this season. Minnesota is 5-0 in regulation contests.

Things have not gone to plan in the first two games of the Detroit Tigers’ road series against the Cleveland Indians. They dropped Saturday night’s tilt by a score of 11-3 after another paltry performance both on the mound and at bat. There is no way to sugarcoat the fact that this team is not inspiring much confidence at the moment, as the Tribe crossed home plate in six of the eight innings they batted and prevented the visitors from scratching the scoreboard until the seventh.

We've seen this before.  The Mets were expected to win easy yesterday with deGrom on the mound and lost.  Now everyone will be on the Marlins with Stroman on the mound for New York.  We're not falling for this, the Mets win easy here. 

If there is indeed baseball played in Dunedin today, the Jays will wrap up their series with the Angels, hoping to earn a split of the four game set. The Angels play in Kansas City tomorrow night, so they would likely not wait more than a couple hours before calling it and playing it at a later date. Gametime is initially set for 1:07 ET, but I would be comfortable in saying they won’t make that.

We can't rely on either of these offenses to be consistent.  9.5 is too much to ask and we're getting a good price with the right side. 

This is not going to be a Pirate team that is going to find success on a consistent basis. The obvious problem is the bottom of their line-up which doesn't set the table for the top.  The Cubs line-up doesn't send fear through their opponents but it's good enough to outscore the Buc's today. 

Dating back to February 26, the Raptors have played without at least one of Lowry, VanVleet, Siakam and OG Anunoby in 15 of 20 games. The four have missed a combined 30 games in that span, and this is excluding the bench guys who have also missed time on a roster for which depth has already been a concern. (We could also mention the two players the Raptors traded at the deadline for future picks and the recent waiving of Pat McCaw here too.)

At this point, Milwaukee just needs a victory. With Giannis Antetokounmpo doubtful once more, Bud needs to hope the return of most of his starters can best an Orlando Magic team that got stripped down to nuts and bolts at the trade deadline. The Bucks opted to rest all of their starters in their home loss to the Hornets, and the backup brigade couldn’t quite get past Charlotte, losing 127-119. This should be a prime opportunity for Khris Middleton to recapture his shooting stroke following the 6-27 performance in Dallas. Brook Lopez generally finds his groove any time he’s near his home in Orlando, so I fully expect a 20-point performance out of him.