MLB Same Game Parlay Odds & Picks: Saturday (4/19)
We have a few interesting MLB matchups today. Let's examine a few and make a couple of same-game parlay (SGP) betting cards with our top MLB picks and predictions.
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Saturday’s Best MLB Same Game Parlay Bets
(Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook)
Cincinnati Reds at Baltimore Orioles
- Leg 1: Reds Moneyline (-102)
- Leg 2: Hunter Green 8+ Strikeouts (+120)
The Reds are sitting one game below .500, but just like last season, the National League might not have a team that can run away with the Central Division. They could be in contention by playing .500 ball.
What we're seeing from Hunter Greene is what the Reds had hoped for in the early part of his career. His fastball and slider are his best pitches, with each having a +6 run value that leads the league. He has thrown his slider 112 times -no batter has recorded a hit off the pitch, and he has a 54.1% whiff rate.
The Orioles’ whiff rate is average (13th), and they could have trouble timing a 98-mile-per-hour (MPH) fastball while waiting for an 88 MPH slider.
Parlay Odds: +336
Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox
- Leg 1: Red Sox -1.5 (-162)
- Leg 2: Garrett Crochet Under 4.5 Hits Allowed (-130)
- Leg 3: Red Sox Team Total Over 5.5 Runs (-110)
The Red Sox have been hot-and-cold, especially when it comes to their bats. They need more consistency if they want to compete in a tough American League East division.
The last time Garrett Crochet faced his old team, he had a no-hitter going into the eighth inning. That now gives him two starts where he's pitched into the eighth inning and allowed one or fewer runs. He primarily throws two pitches: The four-seamer and cutter, but he disguises them so well that you have trouble picking up on the movement, and they usually miss hitting it on the sweet spot.
Crochet faces the White Sox again, who could have another historically bad season and are last in batting average (.196), on-base percentage (.270) and second-to-last in barrel percentage.
Parlay Odds: +446
Minnesota Twins at Atlanta Braves
- Leg 1: Braves -1.5 (+102)
- Leg 2: Chris Sale Over 17.5 Outs (-190)
- Leg 3: Both Teams to Score 3+ Runs (+120)
Are the Braves going to recover and be a competitive team? It's April 19th, and with 19 games played, they have yet to win back-to-back games.
No one has performed well, not even the reigning National League Cy Young winner, Chris Sale. His 6.63 ERA is horrendous, and he has yet to pitch out of the fifth and allow fewer than three earned, but there are some signs he still has his stuff.
Sale has a 41.8% chase rate and a 30.3% whiff rate, but that's mainly coming from his slider, which has a +2 pitch value. His four-seamer lives over the plate, and opposing hitters are hitting .524 off it.
The Twins will be favorable opponents to face with these struggles because their offense has been one of the worst this season. They are 21st in chase rate (29.2), 23rd in whiff rate (27.3%) and 25th in expected batting average (.235).
Parlay Odds: +578