Ricky Dimon
A new week in Major League Baseball begins with a 13-game slate on Monday. The lineup includes Guardians vs Mets, Reds vs Cubs, Yankees vs Rangers and Cardinals vs Dodgers. I cashed a 3-legger this past Friday at +778 odds, so let’s keep the momentum going!
Below is my mega parlay, and also be sure to check out all of our MLB picks.
Braves ML (+118)
Yankees -1.5 (+116)
Rays ML (+110)
MLB parlay odds: +889
Atlanta Braves ML over Milwaukee Brewers (+118)
Erick Fedde is taking the mound instead of Spencer Strider, but the Braves can still win. Although this has been nothing short of a disastrous season, they at least have a .500 record at home. The Brewers are considerably worse on the road than they are at home (granted, they are good everywhere!), so an upset is possible. Atlanta’s bats have heated up of late, especially that of Michael Harris II. Quinn Priester of the Brewers is hittable when he isn’t pitching in Milwaukee (3.47 ERA, .266 batting average against compared to 3.04 and .202 at home), so Fedde should get some run support. The Braves have decent value as underdogs.
New York Yankees -1.5 over Texas Rangers (+116)
Max Fried vs Patrick Corbin. I’ll go with Fried in that matchup every day of the week – and not just to win, but to win big. Fried is 12-4 with a 2.62 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and 125 strikeouts compared to just 32 walks in 124.0 innings of work. Corbin has actually been serviceable for Texas this season, but he was probably the worst pitcher in all of baseball from 2021 through 2024. The southpaw wasn’t great against the Yankees back in May, surrendering 3 earned runs in 5.0 innings en route to a 5-2 loss. New York will be playing with a ton of urgency after getting swept by Miami over the weekend. With a full 9 innings’ worth of at-bats at the visitors, I expect the Yankees to prevail by multiple runs.
Tampa Bay Rays ML over Los Angeles Angels (+110)
The Rays have been terrible since the all-star break, but in fairness the schedule has been rough. Things lighten up a fair amount in the form of a 3-game series against the Angels. Los Angeles hasn’t been much better (7-9 in the second half) and just lost 2 of 3 to the lowly White Sox. I think Tampa Bay has a better chance of getting back on track with Adrian Houser toeing the rubber. Houser is 6-2 with a 2.10 ERA and 1.22 WHIP. Yusei Kikuchi is no slouch for the Halos, but he has faced the Rays once this season and allowed 4 earned runs in 6.0 innings during a 5-4 loss. I’ll back the visitors to get him again as small underdogs.
