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The week in Major League Baseball continues with a full 15-game slate on Wednesday. It starts with 3 afternoon contests, as Arizona tries to enhance its bid for a postseason berth. The evening schedule includes Braves vs Reds, Astros vs Padres, Twins vs Guardians, Phillies vs Brewers and finally the nightcap between the Yankees and Mariners at 9:40 pm ET on Prime Video. I’ve pieced together my favorite predictions for today and created an MLB parlay at +904 odds, and also be sure to check out all of our MLB picks.
Orioles -1.5 (+130)
Braves -1.5 (+112)
Mariners ML (+106)
MLB parlay odds: +904
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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Baltimore Orioles -1.5 over San Francisco Giants (+130)
Despite losing 10-0 on Tuesday, you can’t quite stick a fork in Baltimore’s AL East hopes. The Orioles will still be playing inspired baseball and the result should be a bounce-back win on Wednesday. Dean Kremer is toeing the rubber, which has to be considered good news for the home team at this point. Through 2 September starts, he boasts a 0.69 ERA (1 earned run allowed in 13.0 innings). It’s true that Baltimore’s bats are cool at the moment, but this potent lineup can only be held in check for so long. You have to think Kremer will get some run support – even though he probably doesn’t require much of it. San Francisco’s Hayden Birdsong is 3-5 with a 4.74 ERA and 1.42 WHIP. Give me the Birds.
Atlanta Braves -1.5 over Cincinnati Reds (+112)
Atlanta dropped another game to New York in the National League Wild Card race on Tuesday and really can’t afford any other hiccups. The Braves should be able to end a 3-game skid when they visit the Reds again on Wednesday. Spencer Schwellenbach is taking the mound and he is sporting a 3.73 ERA with 113 strikeouts and just 20 walks through 103.2 innings since being unexpectedly inserted into Atlanta’s rotation. The right-hander most recently fired 6.0 innings of 2-run baseball against the high-powered Dodgers last Friday. Cincinnati is countering with Jakob Junis, which more or less amounts to a bullpen day. That’s far from ideal given that the Reds just used 6 relief arms for 7.2 innings of work during their 6-5 come-from-behind victory in the series opener. Look for the Braves to get revenge in a big way.
Read our full Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds prediction
Seattle Mariners ML over New York Yankees (+106)
The Yankees should be able to hold off Baltimore for the division title, but they may not take a step toward doing so on Wednesday. They are going up against Seattle’s Bryce Miller, who is 11-8 with a 3.12 ERA and 0.99 WHIP to go along with 158 strikeouts and 39 free passes through 167.1 innings this season. Over 12.0 innings across his past 2 appearances, Miller has surrendered just 1 run while striking out 11 batters. As for New York’s lineup, Aaron Judge has heated back up in recent days but is still hitting a mere .240 with 2 homers in the month of September. Nestor Cortes is taking the bump for the visitors and he has been decent in 2024, but has not gone past 5.0 innings in any of his past 3 starts. Seattle has good value as a home underdog.
