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MLB this Week: Deadline closing in

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With the non-waiver trade deadline closing in, you can never be sure which team a scheduled starting pitcher may end up taking the field for.

There are ten games stating before midnight U.K. time this working week and you just might see a player or two making their debut for a new team in one of them.

If the probable pitching match-ups hold true, Thursday will provide two excellent encounters thanks to Jake Peavy and Justin Verlander facing off in Chicago and A.J. Burnett and Gio Gonzalez doing likewise in Washington.

On Friday, the U.S. capital is hosting a double-header and, with fingers firmly crossed, the current plan is for Matt Harvey to pitch in the opener for the New York Mets.

Monday 22 July

No early games

Tuesday 23 July

No early games

Wednesday 24 July

19.10. Oakland at Houston (Griffin – Norris) *ESPN America
20.35. Minnesota at LA Angels (Pelfrey – Weaver)
20.40. Cleveland at Seattle (Kazmir – Saunders)

Thursday 25 July

17.10. Atlanta at NY Mets (Maholm – Wheeler)
17.35. Pittsburgh at Washington (Burnett – Gonzalez) *BBC 5LSX, MLB.com Free Game
19.05. NY Yankees at Texas (Kuroda – Wolf) *ESPN America
19.10. Detroit at Chicago White Sox (Verlander – Peavy)
19.10. San Diego at Milwaukee (Volquez – Gallardo)
20.10. Miami at Colorado (Eovaldi – Nicasio)

Friday 26 July

18.35. NY Mets at Washington (Harvey – Zimmermann)

All of these games are available to watch live via the MLB.TV subscription at MLB.com.  The early games being shown on ESPN America are highlighted above, while the full ESPN/ESPN America schedule can be found on their website.  BBC 5 Live Sports Extra can be found on digital radio, digital TV and on the BBC.co.uk website (coverage on the website is only available to UK residents). The complete schedule for this week’s MLB games can be found on MLB.com

This week in MLB: Nine early games

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There are nine MLB games starting before midnight U.K. time this working week, all coming in the second half.

On Wednesday the most intriguing match-up will take place in San Francisco between young Mets pitch Zack Wheeler and Matt Cain. The Giants’ starter had arguably the worst start of his career last time out when the Dodgers hit him for eight earned runs in 2.1 innings.

The stand-out pitching match-up from the group should come on Thursday as Chris Sale and Anibal Sanchez are scheduled to take the mound for the White Sox and Tigers respectively. Sanchez will be making his second start after a short stint on the Disabled List due to shoulder soreness.

BBC 5 Live Sports Extra are scheduled to broadcast the game between the Royals and Yankees on Thursday. Coverage is due to begin at 18.30 although the game may be joined in progress if Day Two of the first Ashes Test runs over.

All times are in BST.

Monday 8 July

No early games

Tuesday 9 July

No early games

Wednesday 10 July

17.40. Atlanta at Miami (Maholm – Turner) *ESPN America
19.10. Cincinnati at Milwaukee (Leake – Hellweg)
20.45. NY Mets at San Francisco (Wheeler – Cain) *ESPN America, MLB.com Free Game

Thursday 11 July

17.05. Toronto at Cleveland (Buehrle – Carrasco) *MLB.com Free Game
17.10. Minnesota at Tampa Bay (Pelfrey – Moore)
18.05. Kansas City at NY Yankees (Santana – Pettitte) *BBC 5LSX, ESPN America
18.08. Chicago White Sox at Detroit (Sale – Sanchez)
20.40. Boston at Seattle (Dempster – Bonderman)

Friday 12 July

21.05. St. Louis at Chicago Cubs (Kelly – Villanueva) *ESPN America

All of these games are available to watch live via the MLB.TV subscription at MLB.com.  The early games being shown on ESPN America are highlighted above, while the full ESPN/ESPN America schedule can be found on their website.  BBC 5 Live Sports Extra can be found on digital radio, digital TV and on the BBC.co.uk website (coverage on the website is only available to UK residents). The complete schedule for this week’s MLB games can be found on MLB.com

MLB this Week: Independence Day and more

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It may feel like only a few weeks since the excitement of Opening Day, but we’ve already reached July and the second half of the MLB season is underway.

This week’s schedule of pre-midnight U.K. time MLB games is dominated by a bundle on Thursday, which is Independence Day in the States. The fact that ten day-games will be played on the public holiday is probably responsible for there being only one early game on Wednesday, and one that starts at just gone 11 o’clock, but I guess we shouldn’t be too greedy.

The MLB show on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra will be on air from 18.00 on Thursday, although it doesn’t say on the schedule yet which game they will be broadcasting [Update: it’s the Giants v Reds game]. ESPN America will broadcast two games back-to-back that evening, alongside a game on Monday and Friday. This is the channel’s final month before it ceases to broadcast and MLB coverage moves over to an ESPN branded channel as part of the new BT Sport package.

All times are in BST.

Monday 1 July

18.07. Detroit at Toronto (Alvarez – Dickey) *ESPN America, MLB.com Free Game

Tuesday 2 July

No early games

Wednesday 3 July

23.05. Milwaukee at Washington (Hellweg – Detwiler)

Thursday 4 July

16.05. Milwaukee at Washington (Hand – Jordan) *ESPN America
18.10. San Francisco at Cincinnati (Cain – Leake) *BBC 5LSX
18.10. Arizona at NY Mets (Kennedy – Gee)
18.35. San Diego at Boston (Stults – Webster)
18.35. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (Hamels – Cole)
19.10. Baltimore at Chicago White Sox (TBA – Quintana) *ESPN America
19.10. Cleveland at Kansas City    (Jimenez – Shields)
19.10. NY Yankees at Minnesota (Phelps – Gibson)
19.10. Tampa Bay at Houston (Archer – Lyles)
21.05. Chicago Cubs at Oakland (Wood – Parker)

Friday 5 July

21.05. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs (Liriano – Samardzija) *ESPN America

All of these games are available to watch live via the MLB.TV subscription at MLB.com.  The early games being shown on ESPN America are highlighted above, while the full ESPN/ESPN America schedule can be found on their website.  BBC 5 Live Sports Extra can be found on digital radio, digital TV and on the BBC.co.uk website (coverage on the website is only available to UK residents). The complete schedule for this week’s MLB games can be found on MLB.com

MLB this Week: Early games from Wednesday onwards

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This week in MLB is slightly unusual as a number of teams are playing two-game Interleague series, under the new Interleague set-up.

The result is that there are only four games in total on Monday and neither that day or Tuesday offers any games starting before midnight U.K. time.

Things pick up on Wednesday and Thursday, though. Highlights include an R.A. Dickey start for the Blue Jays against the Rays, a Felix Hernandez start at SAFECO Field against the Pirates on Wednesday. Thursday games are highlighted by two excellent all-American League match-ups and a Stephen Strasburg home start for Washington against the Diamondbacks.

None of the early games are being shown live on ESPN America this week and there isn’t a game on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra, but starts by Felix Hernandez and Stephen Strasburg will be shown for free on MLB.com.

All times are in BST.

Monday 24 June

No early games

Tuesday 25 June

No early games

Wednesday 26 June

17.10. Toronto at Tampa Bay (Dickey – Hernandez)
17.40. Minnesota at Miami (Diamond – Koehler)
20.35. Cincinnati at Oakland (Bailey – Griffin)
20.40. Pittsburgh at Seattle (Gomez – Hernandez) *MLB.com Free Game of the Day
21.05. Colorado at Boston (Oswalt – Lackey)

Thursday 27 June

18.05. Texas at NY Yankees (Holland – Hughes)
18.08. LA Angels at Detroit (Weaver – Fister)
19.10. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee (Garza – Peralta)
21.05. Arizona at Washington (Corbin – Strasburg) *MLB.com Free Game of the Day

Friday 28 June

22.05. Cleveland at Chicago White Sox (Carrasco – Santiago)

All of these games are available to watch live via the MLB.TV subscription at MLB.com.  The early games being shown on ESPN America are highlighted above, while the full ESPN/ESPN America schedule can be found on their website.  BBC 5 Live Sports Extra can be found on digital radio, digital TV and on the BBC.co.uk website (coverage on the website is only available to UK residents). The complete schedule for this week’s MLB games can be found on MLB.com

MLB this Week: Double-headers on Tuesday

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Tuesday rarely offers an opportunity to catch some live MLB games during the British evening, but this week is an exception thanks to two double-headers.

The Rays and Red Sox are playing two at Fenway this Tuesday, whilst the Mets and Braves are also doubling up.

Teams do sometimes switch their starting pitchers when double-headers come along, but hopefully the Mets will stick to their normal rotation and send Matt Harvey out to the mound for the opener.

As for the Rays, their exciting hitting prospect Wil Meyers is due to make his Major League debut on Tuesday, although it seems as though he will only play in one of the two games and we don’t yet know if he’ll feature in the day-game.

There are MLB games starting before midnight U.K. time each evening from Tuesday onwards this working week. ESPN America also will be continuing its coverage of the College World Series. This includes a game at 20.00 on Friday night despite their being an early MLB game that evening, although to be fair to the broadcaster the MLB offering is Astros-Cubs that even their fans would admit is not likely to be a ‘can’t miss’ event for neutrals.

All times are in BST.

Monday 17 June

No early games

Tuesday 18 June

18.05. Tampa Bay at Boston (Archer – Doubront)
18.05. NY Mets at Atlanta (Harvey – Maholm)

Wednesday 19 June

18.08. Baltimore at Detroit (Tillman – Porcello) *ESPN America
20.40. Miami at Arizona (Fernandez – Cahill)
20.45. San Diego at San Francisco (Stults – Bumgarner) *ESPN America, MLB.com Free Game

Thursday 20 June

17.35. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (TBA – Bailey)
18.10. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota (Danks – Diamond) *BBC 5LSX
19.05. Oakland at Texas (Griffin – Lindbolm) *ESPN America
19.10. Milwaukee at Houston (Gallardo – Harrell) *MLB.com Free Game

Friday 21 June

19.20. Houston at Chicago Cubs (Keuchel – Garza)

All of these games are available to watch live via the MLB.TV subscription at MLB.com.  The early games being shown on ESPN America are highlighted above, while the full ESPN/ESPN America schedule can be found on their website.  BBC 5 Live Sports Extra can be found on digital radio, digital TV and on the BBC.co.uk website (coverage on the website is only available to UK residents). The complete schedule for this week’s MLB games can be found on MLB.com

MLB this Week: Early games on Wednesday and Thursday

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Only Wednesday and Thursday provide MLB games scheduled to start before midnight U.K. time this working week.

However, what we lack in quantity should be made up for in terms of quality.

On Wednesday Kaufmann Stadium should be hosting a pitching duel between Justin Verlander and James Shields.

The Royals trade for Shields was meant to be part of an effort to put the team in playoff contention for the first time in years.  Unfortunately for Kansas City, that optimism hasn’t translated into a strong start to the season, but Shields has lived up to his side of the bargain with some impressive pitching that is completely lost in his deceptive 2-6 win-loss record.

There are good pitchers on show in all of the four early games on Thursday. The first match-up is arguably the most impressive with Adam Wainwright and Matt Harvey scheduled to be the starting pitchers. Harvey left his last start on Saturday with tightness in his back but the Mets are confident that he’ll be ready to go on Thursday and it should make for a great contest against Wainwright, who has arguably been the best pitcher in baseball so far this season.

All times are in BST.

Monday 10 June

No early games

Tuesday 11 June

No early games

Wednesday 12 June

17.35. LA Angels at Baltimore (TBA – Hammel) *ESPN America
19.10. Detroit at Kansas City (Verlander – Shields)
19.20. Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs (Leake – Wood)
20.40. Atlanta at San Diego (Maholm – Volquez) *ESPN America

Thursday 13 June

18.10. St. Louis at NY Mets (Wainwright – Harvey) *ESPN America
19.20. Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs (Latos – Samardzija)
20.10. Washington at Colorado (Gonzalez – Francis) *MLB.com Free Game of the Day
20.35. NY Yankees at Oakland (Kuroda – Parker) *ESPN America

Friday 14 June

No early games

All of these games are available to watch live via the MLB.TV subscription at MLB.com.  The early games being shown on ESPN America are highlighted above, while the full ESPN/ESPN America schedule can be found on their website.  BBC 5 Live Sports Extra can be found on digital radio, digital TV and on the BBC.co.uk website (coverage on the website is only available to UK residents). The complete schedule for this week’s MLB games can be found on MLB.com

MLB this Week: CC faces Cleveland on Wednesday

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There are nine MLB games to enjoy this working week that begin before midnight U.K. time.

We draw a blank on Monday and Tueday, but from then on there are a series of good match-ups and talented pitchers scheduled to be on the mound.

The games include CC Sabathia taking on his former team, the Cleveland Indians, Cole Hamels facing the Marlins, R.A. Dickey taking on the Giants and Max Scherzer facing the Rays.

All times are in BST.

Monday 3 June

No early games

Tuesday 4 June

No early games

Wednesday 5 June

17.10. Pittsburgh at Atlanta (Rodriguez – Teheran) *MLB.com Free Game of the Day
18.05. Cleveland at NY Yankees (Kluber – Sabathia) *ESPN America
18.05. Miami at Philadelphia (Turner – Hamels)
19.10. Oakland at Milwaukee (Colon – Gallardo)
20.40. Chicago White Sox at Seattle (Axelrod – Iwakuma)
20.45. Toronto at San Francisco (Dickey – Zito) *ESPN America

Thursday 6 June

18.08. Tampa Bay at Detroit (Hernandez – Scherzer) *BBC 5LSX, MLB.com Free Game of the Day
19.10. Baltimore at Houston (Gonzalez – Norris) *ESPN America

Friday 7 June

19.20. Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs (Liriano – Wood) *ESPN America

All of these games are available to watch live via the MLB.TV subscription at MLB.com.  The early games being shown on ESPN America are highlighted above, while the full ESPN/ESPN America schedule can be found on their website.  BBC 5 Live Sports Extra can be found on digital radio, digital TV and on the BBC.co.uk website (coverage on the website is only available to UK residents). The complete schedule for this week’s MLB games can be found on MLB.com

MLB this Week: Early baseball every evening

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We have at least one MLB game starting before midnight U.K. time every day this working week.

The week starts with a set of early games due to it being Memorial Day on Monday.

Over the rest of the week there are several early games from Wrigley Field, including Thursday’s clash against the White Sox that will be broadcast live on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra. The ESPN America game that evening will be determined by a “viewers’ vote” poll, so head over to their website if you want to cast a vote.

All times are in BST.

Monday 27 May

18.05. Baltimore at Washington (Hammel – Gonzalez)
18.08. Pittsburgh at Detroit (Liriano – Verlander)
18.10. Cleveland at Cincinnati (Jimenez – Leake)
19.10. St. Louis at Kansas City (Wainwright – Shields)
19.10. Minnesota at Milwaukee (Correia – Peralta)
19.10. Colorado at Houston (Chacin – Norris)
20.10. Miami at Tampa Bay (Fernandez – Odorizzi)
20.40. Texas at Arizona (Darvish – Skaggs)
21.05. San Francisco at Oakland (Bumgarner – Straily) *ESPN America
21.10. San Diego at Seattle (Richard – Harang)

Tuesday 28 May   

17.37. Atlanta at Toronto (Maholm – Morrow) *ESPN America   
19.10. Colorado at Houston (De La Rosa – Lyles)

Wednesday 29 May

19.20. Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs (Danks – Feldman) *ESPN America

Thursday 30 May

19.05. Arizona at Texas (Miley vs Holland)
19.20. Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs (Peavy – Wood) *BBC 5LSX
20.40. Seattle at San Diego (Hernandez – Cashner)
20.45. Oakland at San Francisco (Griffin _ Zito)

Friday 31 May

19.20. Arizona at Chicago Cubs (Kennedy – Garza)

All of these games are available to watch live via the MLB.TV subscription at MLB.com.  The early games being shown on ESPN America are highlighted above, while the full ESPN/ESPN America schedule can be found on their website.  BBC 5 Live Sports Extra can be found on digital radio, digital TV and on the BBC.co.uk website (coverage on the website is only available to UK residents). The complete schedule for this week’s MLB games can be found on MLB.com

MLB this Week: Potential Latos-Harvey match-up on Wednesday

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There are ten MLB games currently scheduled to begin before midnight U.K. time this working week.

Hisashi Iwakuma has arguably been Seattle’s best pitcher this season and he’ll look to help his team avoid a series sweep in the finale against Cleveland on Monday. The Indians have won the first three games of their series against the Mariners, including a victory against Felix Hernandez on Sunday.

Meanwhile, in Toronto, Tampa Bay will call up pitching prospect Jake Odorizzi as a replacement for the injured David Price. Odorizzi was one of the prospects the Rays obtained from the Kansas City Royals when they traded away James Shields.

The probable pitching match-up that jumps out at you from the group on Wednesday takes place at Citi Field. Mat Latos and Matt Harvey should meet in an exciting game between the Reds and Mets.

On Thursday, Edwin Jackson and Jeanmar Gomez are the scheduled starting pitchers for the BBC 5 Live Sports Extra game on Thursday, starting a little earlier than usual at 17.35.

All times are in BST.

Monday 20 May

17.05. Seattle at Cleveland (Iwakuma – Kazmir) *ESPN America
18.07. Tampa Bay at Toronto (Odorizzi – Jenkins)

Tuesday 21 May

No early games

Wednesday 22 May

17.10. Minnesota at Atlanta (Worley – Maholm) *ESPN America
18.10. LA Dodgers at Milwaukee (Ryu – Peralta)
18.10. Cincinnati at NY Mets (Latos – Harvey)
19.05. Oakland at Texas  (Parker – Tepesch)
20.10. Arizona at Colorado (Cahill – De La Rosa)
20.45. Washington at San Francisco (Gonzalez – Bumgarner) *ESPN America
21.37. Tampa Bay at Toronto (Hellickson – Buehrle)

Thursday 23 May

17.35. Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh (Jackson – Gomez) *BBC 5LSX, ESPN America

Friday 24 May

No early games

All of these games are available to watch live via the MLB.TV subscription at MLB.com.  The early games being shown on ESPN America are highlighted above, while the full ESPN/ESPN America schedule can be found on their website.  BBC 5 Live Sports Extra can be found on digital radio, digital TV and on the BBC.co.uk website (coverage on the website is only available to UK residents). The complete schedule for this week’s MLB games can be found on MLB.com

MLB this Week: Good games ahead

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The working week of MLB games starting before midnight U.K. time begins on Monday with a rare double-header in which both games fall in the ‘early’ bracket.

We then have a good group of games to choose from on Wednesday, before a Mets-Cardinals clash on BBC 5 Live Sports Extra on Thursday and a Mets-Cubs contest on Friday in which, providing New York’s rotation stays on its normal schedule, we’ll get a chance to watch one of the most exciting young pitchers in the game: Matt Harvey.

All times are in BST.

Monday 13 May

17.05. NY Yankees at Cleveland (Phelps – Masterson)
20.35. NY Yankees at Cleveland (Nuno – Bauer)

Tuesday 14 May

No early games

Wednesday 15 May

17.35. San Diego at Baltimore (Marquis – Garcia) *ESPN America
18.05. Cleveland at Philadelphia (Kluber – Hamels)
18.08. Houston at Detroit (Keuchel – Scherzer)
18.10. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota (Axelrod – Pelfrey) *MLB.com Free Game of the Day
20.35. Texas at Oakland    (Ogando – Straily) *ESPN America
20.40. Atlanta at Arizona (Hudson – Kennedy)

Thursday 16 May

18.45. NY Mets at St. Louis (Niese – Wainwright) *BBC 5LSX, ESPN America

Friday 17 May

19.20. NY Mets at Chicago Cubs (Harvey – Jackson) *ESPN America

All of these games are available to watch live via the MLB.TV subscription at MLB.com.  The early games being shown on ESPN America are highlighted above, while the full ESPN/ESPN America schedule can be found on their website.  BBC 5 Live Sports Extra can be found on digital radio, digital TV and on the BBC.co.uk website (coverage on the website is only available to UK residents). The complete schedule for this week’s MLB games can be found on MLB.com