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The MLB season is officially in full swing and we have another great slate on Thursday with a bunch of interesting matchups. And what better way to celebrate than by going for a big payday? That’s right, we’re back with another mega parlay. I just hit this mega parlay at +1156 on Monday; now let’s make it two days out of four!
We’re going big and bold again, so let’s not waste any more time. But before we dive in, don’t forget to check out our free picks on the side and total for every MLB game today.
Washington Nationals ML (+132)
Cincinnati Reds ML (+120)
New York Yankees ML (+122)
Parlay odds: +1033
Let’s break down each of the legs one by one.
Washington Nationals ML (+132) over New York Mets
To start this mega parlay off we’ve got the Nationals on the money line in the first game of the day. They just beat the Mets 8-3 on Wednesday, giving them some momentum entering this one. While the Nats got off to an abysmal start, they’ve pretty much been a .500 team over the past couple of weeks. The offense has been heating up, and they could have something brewing here. In each of their past five wins, they’ve scored at least seven runs. They hit double digits in three of those.
Josh Bell has been a great story this season and is absolutely mashing while hitting .349, and Juan Soto is one of the best hitters in the game. Mets starter Taijuan Walker is coming off an outing where he got absolutely rocked by the Phillies. New York started the season off scorching hot, but they’ve since cooled considerably. They’re 7-6 in their last 13 which is certainly nothing to write home about.
Be sure to check out our full game preview for New York Mets vs Washington Nationals
Cincinnati Reds ML (+120) over Pittsburgh Pirates
We might as well keep it consistent and take another last-place team for the next leg of our parlay, right? It might surprise you to learn that the Reds have gone 4-2 in their last six. They scored at least seven runs in all four of those victories, and are coming off a 14-run outburst against Milwaukee that came just two days after they beat the Brewers 10-5. Guys like Tyler Stephenson and Brandon Drury are playing out of their minds, and Colin Moran just hit his fourth home run in the past four games on Wednesday.
These teams just played a series against each other over the weekend, and the Reds took two of three. Pittsburgh will start JT Brubaker here, who has a 5.68 ERA through six starts. He had a 5.36 ERA in 24 starts last year, so maybe this is just who the 28-year-old is gonna be. Cincy starter Connor Overton has a 2.53 ERA and 1.03 WHIP over two starts this season, and one of those was at Coors Field.
Be sure to check out our full game preview for Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Yankees ML (+122) over Chicago White Sox
Give me the Yankees to wrap this mega parlay up and hopefully bring us home. It’s hard to pass up getting these sorts of odds with a team that has won 15 of their past 17 games like New York has. The White Sox have been highly mediocre this season, and even during their recent stretch of wins they didn’t score more than four runs a single time. That anemic offensive production isn’t going to cut it here. The Yankees are first in the AL in run differential, and they’re second in MLB only to the Dodgers.
White Sox starter Dylan Cease has been very good this season, but the previous two years he was pretty hittable. In two starts against the Yankees last year, Cease gave up eight earned runs in only 9 and 1/3 innings. New York will start Luis Gil here for his first appearance of 2022. The 23-year-old showed a ton of promise in his rookie season last year, finishing with a 3.07 ERA in six starts. But even if he doesn’t go particularly deep into the game, the Yankees have the best bullpen ERA in the entire league.
Be sure to check out our full game preview for New York Yankees vs Chicago White Sox
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