Many sports bettors believe the best time to bet baseball is when oddsmakers are distracted by the start of football season. Patrick Everson is inside The Mirage Las Vegas and gets to the root of this myth, talking with Jay Rood, vice president of race and sports for MGM Resorts.

The Chicago Cubs own a comfortable lead in our weekly MLB Power Rankings and will, most certainly, finish the season as our No. 1 team. The Boston Red Sox continue to ride their potent offense and moved up two spots to No. 3.

Bartolo Colon has been the punchline to many jokes during his MLB career but the 43-year-old former Cy Young winner is getting the last laugh with his improbable 2016 campaign. The Harvard Sports Analysis Collective crunches the numbers on "Big Bart" and tells you why he's unlike any other pitcher baseball bettors have encountered.

We all know by now that rostering an elite starting pitcher is a must when it comes to daily fantasy. So here at Covers we break down your best options for each day of the upcoming week in MLB.

Much like our waistlines after a tasty Labor Day barbecue, MLB rosters have expanded to accommodate September. And as College Football and the NFL crash onto the scene, MLB pitchers take the final spotlight in hopes of leading their teams on to the playoff trail. Covers Expert Marc Lawrence breaks down which ones can we count on and which ones figure to be candidates for offseason Weight Watchers meetings?