In today’s video, I break down every MLB game on the Thursday, August 21st, 2025 slate and share my early leans, predictions, and betting picks for moneylines, over/under totals, and MLB player props. If you want access to the research dashboards we show in the video so you have all of the crucial information at your disposal, sign up to become a GBS Dashboard Member! https://guybostonsports.com/membership-levels/ Today’s MLB Plays BookGame DateDayLeagueTypeBetUnit RiskOddsResultNet Units DraftKings8/21/2025ThursdayMLBPlayer PropWilliam Contreras Over 1.5 H+R+R0.5100Loss-0.50 NoVig8/21/2025ThursdayMLBTotalGiants/Padres Under 8.51-142Loss-1.00 ProphetX8/21/2025ThursdayMLBTotalMets/Nationals F5 Under 4.51-128Loss-1.00 ProphetX8/21/2025ThursdayMLBMoneylineAstros1101Win1.01 ProphetX8/21/2025ThursdayMLBMoneylineCardinals1-109Win0.92 Sign up for Sleeper today! Get a FREE PICK and a deposit match…
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Kyle Dugger expected a four-month recovery. A slow walk back to his old self, starting last January with ankle surgery and a finish line that would await him in May, maybe June. But the path he walked took longer. And soon, it might lead to the end of his Patriots career. Dugger played more snaps than most of his teammates in a second straight preseason game Thursday night, a 42-10 defeat to the Giants played out by backups on both sides. Dugger did not start, just like last week when the Patriots held off the Vikings,…
New York Yankees fans, meet Roman Anthony. Thursday was Anthony’s first career game at Yankee Stadium with the Boston Red Sox, and he made the most of it. The 21-year-old rookie went 2-for-5 with two runs, three RBI and a walk from the leadoff spot, propelling the Red Sox to a much-needed 6-3 win. On a night where Boston’s bats again struggled with runners in scoring position (3-for-19), Anthony came up big twice. He tied the score at 3-3 with an RBI single in the top of the sixth, then put the game away with a monster two-run homer in…
Bill Belichick might be gearing up for a new season with a new football program, but the longtime Patriots head coach isn’t done with his former boss. The North Carolina Tar Heels head coach took a not-so-subtle shot at Patriots owner Robert Kraft — and his son, Jonathan Kraft — while speaking with The Boston Globe’s Ben Volin for a story Thursday. “There’s no owner, there’s no owner’s son, there’s no cap, everything that goes with the marketing and everything else, which I’m all for that. But it’s way less of what it was at that level,” Belichick told Volin,…
NEW YORK – The Red Sox and Yankees are neck-and-neck in a playoff race for the first time in years, but if you were hoping for the kind of high-stakes drama that defined their face-offs in the early aughts, Thursday was not the game for you. Until the ninth inning, that is. For the first eight frames, the most comparable element to those hang-on-every-pitch contests in ‘03 and ‘4 were the sold-out crowd (47,036) and the slowness of the game; it took the Red Sox three hours and 25 minutes to complete a 6-3 victory. But nothing says ‘Red Sox…
NEW YORK – Early Thursday afternoon, Jhostynxon Garcia was in the Red Sox Triple-A clubhouse getting a bite to eat when his manager pulled him into his office and asked him if he’d ever been to Yankee Stadium before. “Not yet,” the 22-year-old outfielder said. “Do you want to go?” Chad Tracy responded. “Of course,” Garcia replied. “Today?” Tracy asked. Less than four hours and one first-class plane ride later, Garcia walked into Yankee Stadium to join the Boston Red Sox. “Very special day, I didn’t expect this today,” Garcia said (through translator Carlos Benitez) as he sat in the…
A former Boston Red Sox star is joining the American League playoff hunt. According to Jeff Passan, the Houston Astros are signing former Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel. He’ll join the Astros’ major league roster. Kimbrel, 37, appeared in one game with the Atlanta Braves this season before being released. He didn’t allow a run, but his fastball averaged 91.6 mph, well below his prime. Last season, with the Baltimore Orioles, Kimbrel’s fastball averaged 93.9 mph. After being released by the Braves, the former Red Sox closer signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers. His contract was never…
Worcester: PPD, Rain, Make-Up Today I peer at my voodoo doll that has allowed there to be at least one rainout every week on a Wednesday since June. The seams are tattered and I assure it to last just three more weeks. Bob Osgood’s onto us. You mustn’t break now. In all seriousness, Chad Tracy has some decisions to make for this double-header. Wednesday’s expected starter was Richard Fitts. Fitts is now taking Isaiah Campbell’s place in the Red Sox bullpen against the team that traded him to Boston at Yankee Stadium. It’s also funny knowing that Richard Fitts has…
NEW YORK – Back in June, Roman Anthony faced the Yankees just three games into his big-league career. On Thursday night, he’ll contend with them again, on their home turf. Anthony will lead off for the Red Sox in the first of a crucial four-game set at Yankee Stadium this weekend, as Boston looks to right the ship after dropping three in a row and eight of their last 12. It’s unclear when Jhostynxon Garcia will make his MLB debut, but the top outfield prospect is on his way to join the Red Sox in New York for the series…
Boston Red Sox (68-59, third in the AL East) vs. New York Yankees (69-57, second in the AL East)New York; Thursday, 7:15 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Lucas Giolito (8-2, 3.63 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 87 strikeouts); Yankees: Luis Gil (1-1, 5.14 ERA, 1.64 WHIP, 14 strikeouts)BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Yankees -145, Red Sox +121; over/under is 8 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Boston Red Sox head into the matchup against the New York Yankees as losers of three in a row.New York has a 69-57 record overall and a 37-25 record in home games. The Yankees have the second-ranked team on-base percentage in…