Ricky Dimon
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The week in Major League Baseball continues with a full 15-game slate on Tuesday. It begins with a businessman’s special between Cleveland and Detroit before everything else at night. The schedule includes Yankees at Phillies, Braves at Brewers and Dodgers at Padres.
Below is my mega parlay, and be sure to check out all of our MLB picks.
Orioles -1.5 (+105)
Rays -1.5 (+130)
Rockies ML (+115)
MLB parlay odds: +924
For this parlay, I’m going with two favorites on the run line and one underdog on the money line. Let’s break down each of the three legs.
Baltimore Orioles -1.5 (+105 at FanDuel) vs Toronto Blue Jays
It has been a tale of 2 very different seasons for these American League East rivals. With a record of 63-44, the Orioles lead the division (albeit by just a half-game over the Yankees) and are 1.5 games behind the Guardians for the best record in the AL. The Blue Jays thought they were landing Shohei Ohtani this past offseason. Instead, they swung and missed on that home-run effort in free agency and have since paid the consequences. Toronto is 50-57 and selling at the trade deadline. A date with Baltimore right-hander Corbin Burnes on Tuesday only adds insult to injury. Burnes is 10-4 with a 2.45 ERA and 1.04 WHIP to go with a 121-to-30 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 132.0 innings. The O’s have won each of his last three starts. With Toronto sending Chris Bassitt (6.23 ERA in July) to the mound, Burnes and Baltimore should be in line for another comfortable victory.
Tampa Bay Rays -1.5 (+130 at DraftKings) vs Miami Marlins
At 39-67, Miami is obviously in sell mode at the trade deadline. Jazz Chisolm has already been shipped off to the Yankees, so things are only getting worse for the Marlins before they get better. The Fish are playing decent baseball (6-4 record since the all-star break), but Edward Cabrera on the bump does not inspire any confidence. The righty is 1-3 with a 7.04 ERA and a 6.88 ERA through 4 July appearances. Tampa Bay is countering with Jeffrey Springs, who is back from an elbow injury. Springs may be rusty but has been stellar in limited work with the Rays – who are 54-52 and making a run at a wild card after recently acquiring Christopher Morel from the Cubs. TB is simply the far superior team in this matchup.
Colorado Rockies ML (+115 at Caesars) vs Los Angeles Angels
The Angels are generally strong fade candidates. They are 46-60 and 1-3 in their last four contests. There is no reason to think that Griffin Canning will reverse any fortunes. He is 3-10 with a 5.04 ERA, including a dreadful 6.88 mark through 4 July appearances. Cal Quantrill toeing the rubber is generally good news for the Rockies, who have won three of his last four starts and 10 of his previous 15. The right-hander is a solid 7-7 with a 4.09 ERA and is coming off back-to-back quality starts. Quantrill has surrendered more than 3 runs only twice in his past nine outings. Even though Colorado stinks, it is set up well to grab a win on Tuesday night.
