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Monday night is all baseball. Twelve MLB games are on tonight, and the best one is in Cincinnati, where one of the best rookie seasons anyone's had in years runs into a Cleveland team fighting for a wild card spot.
Marquee: Guardians at Reds (7:00 PM ET, ESPN)
Chase Burns is 12-1 with a 2.42 ERA, sits near the top of the National League Cy Young conversation, and just locked up a seven-year, $105 million extension from the Reds. Cincinnati is still stuck in last place in the NL Central because the offense can't score, but Burns has carried more than a quarter of the team's wins by himself. The Guardians (54-53) have more riding on tonight. They're clinging to a wild card spot in a muddled AL race and hand the ball to Slade Cecconi, who's been up and down all year with a 4.60 ERA. The storyline and the odds point the same direction.
Vegas line: Reds -162 moneyline (Guardians +138), total 8.5, Reds -1.5 run line, via ESPN.
Also tonight
- Cubs at Cardinals (7:45 PM ET). Chicago (59-46) is holding a wild card spot with David Peterson on the mound against a Cardinals team that's played right around .500 all year.
- Braves at Mets (7:10 PM ET). Atlanta (62-43) has been one of the better teams in baseball all season. New York (44-62) sends out rookie Zac Thornton, whose 1.93 ERA is one of the few bright spots in a rough year.
- Yankees at White Sox (7:40 PM ET). Max Fried (4-3, 2.97 ERA) starts for New York against a White Sox team that leads the AL Central, a sentence nobody expected to write back in March.
- Phillies at Marlins (6:40 PM ET). Zack Wheeler (10-2, 2.16 ERA) takes the ball for Philadelphia against a Marlins team well under .500.
- Brewers at Giants (9:45 PM ET). Milwaukee (66-39) leads the NL Central and just keeps winning series. San Francisco (44-61) is well out of contention.
The trade deadline hits next Monday, August 3rd at 6pm ET. Teams like the Mets and Giants are playing out the string. Teams like the Guardians and Cubs are trying to prove they're worth buying for. Every one of tonight's twelve games doubles as an audition.
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