We’ve got early MLB games on four days out of five this working week, albeit that Monday and Tuesday are games from the Reds-Indians series that slip into the pre-midnight bracket by only 50 minutes.

Wednesday’s day-games include a Justin Verlander start for the Tigers, a game from this week’s series between the Red Sox and Royals and a meeting between AL West rivals the Rangers and A’s.

The Cubs are in early action on Thursday on the road in Milwaukee, whilst there’s also the final game of a three-game series between two of the pleasant surprises from the early running in the AL: the Mariners and Orioles.

All times are in BST.

Monday 16 May

23.10. Cincinnati at Cleveland (Lamb – Anderson)

Tuesday 17 May

23.10. Cincinnati at Cleveland (Simon – Salazar)

Wednesday 18 May

18.05. Miami at Philadelphia (Koehler – Hellickson)
18.10. Minnesota at Detroit (Nolasco – Verlander)
19.15. Boston at Kansas City (Wright – Volquez) *BT Sport/ESPN
20.35. Texas at Oakland (Perez – Hill)

Thursday 19 May

17.35. Seattle at Baltimore (Karns – Tillman)
18.40. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee (Hammel – Guerra)

Friday 20 May

No early games

All of these games are available to watch or listen to live via an MLB.TV subscription. TV coverage of MLB comes courtesy of the BT Sport channels and these are highlighted above, as are any games that are available to view online for free via MLB.com. The above list of games just shows those starting before midnight UK time. The full schedule of MLB games can be found on MLB.com