Ricky Dimon
It’s baseball season, folks. Okay, March Madness may be making all the headlines at the moment. But don’t sleep on Major League Baseball – and you’ll have to get up early to prevent that from happening, as the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs are getting things started at 6:10 am ET on Tuesday. It’s a showdown in Tokyo, Japan that will be televised nationally on FOX. To start the new MLB season in style, I’ve pieced together my Dodgers vs Cubs Same Game Parlay picks at +481 odds, so we can hopefully wake up to a winner! Let’s dive in, while you can also catch our MLB picks for the matchup.
Dodgers -1.5 (+108)
Tommy Edman to record a hit (-250)
Teoscar Hernandez to record an RBI (+154)
Teoscar Hernandez to score a run (-105)
Dodgers vs Cubs Same Game Parlay odds: +481
Part of the value in a Same Game Parlay, of course, is that all of its components can be correlated if you so choose. That is the entire plan here, as Teoscar Hernandez doing plenty of damage and Tommy Edman getting at least 1 hit would obviously work well with a Dodgers win and cover. Let’s break down each of the SGP legs.
LA Dodgers -1.5 over Chicago Cubs (+108)
The Dodgers won the World Series last season and they are even better on paper heading into 2025. They added Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki to the starting rotation, while Shohei Ohtani will be able to pitch this year after only hitting in 2024 because of his elbow injury. As for the lineup, LA re-signed Hernandez and also inked Michael Conforto to a deal. Spearheading the rotation is Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who gets the opening start at home in Japan. The right-hander compiled a 7-2 record with a 3.00 ERA and 1.11 WHIP for his MLB debut in 2024. Yamamoto faced the Cubs twice and went 1-0 without giving up a single earned run in 9.0 total innings. Shota Imanaga is no slouch for Chicago, but advantages both at the plate and on the mound should go to the defending champs.
Make sure you read our full LA Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs prediction
Tommy Edman to record a hit (-250)
As the odds suggest, this should be a relatively safe play in our Dodgers vs Cubs Same Game Parlay. Edman was outstanding in 2024 after joining the Dodgers in August. He was named MVP of the NLCS against the New York Mets and hit a clutch home run in the World Series against the New York Yankees. Edman is a contact hitter who generally hits for average as opposed to power. But don’t say that to Imanaga. In just 3 lifetime at-bats against Chicago’s southpaw, Edman is 2-for-3 with 2 homers. There is no reason why the infielder shouldn’t get his 2025 campaign off to a hot start on Tuesday.
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Teoscar Hernandez to score a run (-105)
Teoscar Hernandez record an RBI (+145)
Hernandez hit .299 with 33 dingers, 99 RBIs, 84 runs and 12 stolen bases in his first year for the Dodgers. The veteran outfielder had a hit and 2 runs scored in last season’s opening game in Tokyo; I feel good about backing him for more success this time around. Hernandez recorded a .290 batting average against left-handers in 2024 compared to .265 against right-handers. He also had a 7.1 percent HR rate against LHPs compared to a 5.1 percent HR rate against RHPs. The sample size against Imanaga is small, but a 1-for-2 effort last year is encouraging enough. As part of an incredible LA lineup, Hernandez has a good chance to both score a run and drive one in on Tuesday.
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