Preview/Prediction

The Major League Baseball draft is littered with uncertainty, which puts the onus on teams to find sturdier talents who won't live to become cautionary tales.

As Major League Baseball enters its third month, the standings are slowly taking shape.

With two months behind us, June is shaping up to be an important time for teams looking to make a move in the standings.

Regardless of where they're currently at, only a handful of teams are truly out of the playoff race.

With that said, here's a look at 10 series that fans need to pay attention to in June.

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The MLB draft is a whole different monster when compared to other major sporting events.

Expecting the unexpected is the best approach to Major League Baseball’s yearly 40-round selection process. Not only will teams throw curveballs, they will do some pretty questionable things when picking from the top available talent in the world.

The Baltimore Orioles have scored five runs or more in 10 consecutive road games, which is important to consider when making your MLB picks Tuesday, as they meet up with the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.

Sports bettors will find that the Orioles are +106 underdogs in the pro baseball odds (courtesy of SBR Forum), while the total sits at 8.5 in the betting market.

Let's take a closer look at this interleague matchup from a betting perspective, while offering up a prediction along the way.

The Oakland Athletics have won 10 of their last 13 games versus National League opponents, which is important to consider when making your MLB picks Tuesday, as they take on the San Francisco Giants at the O.co Coliseum.

The next crop of potential MLB talent is about to emerge. The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft is scheduled to begin on June 6.

Scouts are reporting to their MLB clubs with information on who they feel the team should target on draft day. Likewise, MLB experts and analysts are weighing in on who they feel will be drafted by which teams. 

Whether you're Asher Roth or Sam Adams, college isn't for everyone. It certainly isn't in the cards for some high school pitchers who dominate their age group start after start.

The complexity of the MLB draft can muddle the future of high school pitchers—whether to commit to a career straight out of high school or to test their draft stock and see how they perform at the collegiate level.

The New York Yankees continue to shock the baseball world with a great start to the 2013 campaign, and in that start, the Bombers are proving to themselves that it doesn't take a team loaded with $100 million players to win.

Well, it seemed like a good idea.

That may very well be the sentiment creeping through a number of MLB front offices at the moment when discussing names like Edwin Jackson, Josh Hamilton or B.J. Upton.

While it’s still early in the season, there have been enough games played to push the panic button on some of the biggest free-agent acquisitions this offseason. 

The Los Angeles Angels have put together a season-high five-game winning streak, which can't be ignored when making your MLB picks on Friday as they take on the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.