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Cubs vs. Dodgers: NLCS Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 6, 2017

While the ALCS has two new teams this year, the NLCS is a rematch of the 2016 matchup between the Cubs and Dodgers – which was won by Chicago. But it’s L.A. that has home-field advantage and is the Sports Interaction series favourite this time around. Chicago Cubs vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Game 1: Saturday,...

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Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers: NLDS Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 6, 2017

It’s an all-NL West affair in the second National League Division Series as the wild-card Arizona Diamondbacks face the Los Angeles Dodgers, the team with the best record in baseball this season. L.A. is a solid series favourite at Sports Interaction. Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Game 1: Friday, 10:30 p.m. ET Where: Dodger...

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Cubs vs. Nationals: NLDS Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 6, 2017

The most intriguing of baseball’s four division series? It has to be the defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs against the Washington Nationals as storylines abound in the NLDS best-of-5. The Nationals are series favourites at Sports Interaction. Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals Game 1: Friday, 7:31 p.m. ET Where: Nationals Park, Washington, D.C. Series...

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Yankees vs. Indians Odds: MLB Playoffs Series Odds, Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 6, 2017

For the first time in 10 years, the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees face off in the postseason as they open the American League Division Series on Thursday night in northeast Ohio. The Tribe are solid series favourites on Sports Interaction’s MLB odds page. New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians Odds Game 1: Thursday,...

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Red Sox vs. Astros MLB Playoffs: ALDS Series Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: November 6, 2017

For the first time ever, the Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros will face off in baseball’s postseason as they open the best-of-5 American League Division Series in Houston on Thursday. MLB odds have the Astros as -190series favourites at Sports Interaction. Boston Red Sox vs. Houston Astros Game 1: Thursday, 4:08 p.m. ET Where:...

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Dodgers, Astros Top World Series Odds after MLB Trade Deadline

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: August 1, 2017

Arguably the most important annual date of Major League Baseball’s regular season – the July 31 non-waive trade deadline – has come and gone. Who are the winners and losers from the deadline? Let’s take a look with their updated Sports Interaction odds to win the World Series. Blue Jays Looking Toward 2018? The Toronto...

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2017 MLB All-Star Game Betting Odds and Predictions

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: July 11, 2017

The NFL Pro Bowl and NHL & NBA All-Star Games are completely non-competitive exhibitions where guys don’t pretend to give anything close to 100 percent. You will find little to no defense being played. The most competitive All-Star Game has long been Major League Baseball’s Midsummer Classic, and this year’s is Tuesday night from Marlins...

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2017 MLB All-Star Home Run Derby Odds and Predictions

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: July 10, 2017

The annual Home Run Derby held the night before Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, draws solid TV ratings and is your only betting option for Monday night. This year’s contest is at Marlins Park in Miami. Here are the Sports Interaction MLB odds for each of the eight competitors. MLB Home Run Derby Odds To...

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Toronto Blue Jays' MLB World Series Odds Sink with Slump

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 19, 2017

If one were to project the team with the worst record in baseball just a few weeks into the season, most likely the clubs would have been the Minnesota Twins, San Diego Padres or Cincinnati Reds. However, the worst team by far is the Toronto Blue Jays, who had World Series aspirations following two straight...

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Toronto Blue Jays at Baltimore Orioles Odds: Opening Day Picks

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: April 3, 2017

The last time the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles shared the same field in a game that counted, it was the 2016 American League Wild-Card Game at Rogers Centre. The Jays won in memorable fashion, 5-2 in 11 innings. The two AL East rivals open the 2017 season against one another in Baltimore on...

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Toronto Blue Jays 2017 MLB Betting Odds Preview, Predictions

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: March 31, 2017

The Toronto Blue Jays have made the playoffs three straight seasons once in franchise history. That was 1991-93, and the Jays won the World Series those final two years. Toronto Blue Jays Odds Toronto hasn’t been back to the Fall Classic since and sat at +1000 in MLB World Series odds since the beginning of...

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World Baseball Classic Odds Make Team Canada a Long Shot

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: March 6, 2017

The 2017 World Baseball Classic began Monday with a big upset: Israel, competing in its first-ever WBC and having just a few players with Major League Baseball experience, upset South Korea 2-1 in 10 innings. So perhaps anything is possible for Team Canada in the quadrennial event. The Canadiens are +5000 to win the tournament...

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Offseason MLB Odds Make Toronto Blue Jays 2017 Contenders

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: February 6, 2017

The NFL season has come to an end, meaning it’s time to start thinking about the 2017 Major League Baseball season. The Toronto Blue Jays’ pitchers and catchers report to spring camp in Dunedin, Fla., on February 14 and the position players three days later. The team’s first Grapefruit League game is February 25. The...

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Chicago Cubs vs. Cleveland Indians: World Series Odds, Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: October 24, 2016

Fans of the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers, the two losing teams in the LCS round, won’t want to hear this, but the 2016 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians is the best possible matchup in terms of story lines. The Cubs haven’t won the Fall Classic since 1908 and...

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Indians vs. Blue Jays: ALCS Game 5 Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: October 19, 2016

The Toronto Blue Jays saved their season with a 5-1 win over Cleveland in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday at Rogers Centre. So now it’s a 3-1 series deficit for Toronto, and older Jays fans will remember their team being on the wrong side of that type of rally back...

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Indians vs. Blue Jays: ALCS Game 4 Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: October 18, 2016

The good news for Toronto Blue Jays fans heading into Tuesday afternoon’s Game 4 of the ALCS against the Cleveland Indians is that teams in the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball have all rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win a series. That bad news is that it’s nearly impossible in MLB as only...

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Indians vs. Blue Jays: ALCS Game 3 Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: October 17, 2016

Needless to say, it’s rare for a team to rally and win a series after trailing two games to none as the Blue Jays do against the Cleveland Indians in the ALCS. But it happens. In the 1985 ALCS Toronto led Kansas City 2-0 but lost the series in seven. Certainly Monday’s Game 3 is...

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Blue Jays vs. Indians: ALCS Game 2 Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: October 24, 2018

There could be an early advantage for the starting pitchers in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series between the Blue Jays and Indians in Cleveland  on Saturday as the 4 p.m. ET start time means shadows are likely to play a role for the batters for the first few innings. Weather won’t be...

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Blue Jays vs. Indians: ALCS Game 1 Odds and Prediction

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: October 13, 2016

Entering the 2015 season, the Toronto Blue Jays had the longest playoff drought in Major League Baseball. Oh how things have changed! Now the Jays are in their second straight ALCS and are the most recent World Series winners (1993) of the remaining teams in the 2016 playoffs. Toronto opens the AL Championship Series in...

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Toronto Blue Jays vs. Cleveland Indians: Odds, Predictions and Picks

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: October 11, 2016

Not many national experts predicted that the wild-card Toronto Blue Jays would oust the team with the best record in the American League, the Texas Rangers, in the AL Division Series. I called a Toronto series win in four games but was dead wrong — it only took the Jays three, their first-ever postseason sweep....