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The young 2024 Major League Baseball season continues with a full 15-game slate on Wednesday. It includes a trio of afternoon contests, with Arizona, St. Louis, San Francisco, Baltimore, the Mets and the Angels taking the field. The nighttime schedule features an ESPN+ showdown between Toronto and Kansas City at 7:40 pm ET. Below is my MLB parlay for Wednesday, while you can also read all of our MLB picks for today’s games.
Guardians -1.5 (+168)
Braves -1.5 (-120)
Tigers ML (+100)
MLB parlay odds: +883
For this parlay I am going with 2 favorites on the run line and 1 underdog on the money line. Let’s break down each of the 3 legs.
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Cleveland Guardians -1.5 over Boston Red Sox (+168)
Break up the Guardians! They are 17-6 and dominating in every facet of the game. Cleveland has given up a total of 73 runs, leading Major League Baseball by a country mile in that department. At the plate, only Arizona, Atlanta and Baltimore have scored more than Cleveland’s 128 runs. The Guardians are now facing a Red Sox squad that is a decent 13-11 but dropped the series opener 4-1 on Tuesday.
Wednesday’s contest features Carlos Carrasco on the mound for the Guards. He boasts a 3.44 ERA through 4 appearances and has not allowed more than 2 runs on any occasion since his first start of the year in which he gave up 3 runs in 5.0 innings against the A’s. Boston is countering with Cooper Criswell, who ran into Cleveland last Thursday and surrendered 4 runs (1 earned) in 2.1 innings of work during a 5-4 loss. The Guardians are 4-1 against the Sox so far in 2024 with a run differential of 25-14; I expect the story to be the same tonight.
Read our full Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians predictions
Atlanta Braves -1.5 over Miami Marlins (-120)
You have to feel good when you are starting off a parlay with the 2 best teams in baseball. Yes, the Guardians are #1 with a .739 winning percentage and the Braves (16-6) are right behind at .727. Nobody else is particularly close. Much of Atlanta’s record can be attributed to opposition coming in the form of Miami. The head-to-head series so far this season stands at 4-1 in favor of the Braves, including 2-0 this week in Atlanta.
Through 2 games at Truist Park, the Marlins have not scored a single run, losing 3-0 on Monday and 5-0 on Tuesday. The visitors failed to capitalize on 8 hits against Bryce Elder before being completely befuddled by Max Fried from start to finish (Friend went a full 9 innings) in the second contest. Wednesday’s series finale pits Atlanta’s Reynaldo Lopez against Miami’s Sixto Sanchez. Lopez is sporting a 0.50 ERA through 3 starts that have spanned 18.0 innings. I’m not sure if the Fish will score a run tonight. Even they do, it almost certainly won’t be enough to keep this game competitive.
Find out our expert’s best MLB player prop bets for today’s action
Detroit Tigers ML over Tampa Bay Rays (+100)
Although the Tigers certainly aren’t in the class of Cleveland and Atlanta, they are getting along quite nicely in the early stages of the 2024 campaign. A young, talented ballclub is set up extremely well for the future, but even the present is bright. Detroit is 14-10 and has won 3 in a row, including 2 straight at Tampa Bay’s expense to begin this 3-game series. The visitors will be going for a sweep with Jack Flaherty on the mound. Flaherty has worked at least 6.0 innings in all 4 of his starts this year and his numbers include a 30-to-4 strikeout-to-walk ratio. The Tigers have won 3 of his 4 starts. Tampa Bay is using a bullpen day, so Detroit most definitely owns the pitching advantage. At plus-money odds (albeit right on the number), the Tigers have great value.
