Yesterday was Opening Night. But today is Opening Day. We have 11 games on today’s MLB slate. There’s going to be baseball on your television almost every day until the end of October. It truly doesn’t get better than that. Below are our two top MLB same game parlays (SGPs) and picks.
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Thursday's Best MLB Same Game Parlays
(Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook)
Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
- Leg 1: Kyle Tucker Over 1.5 Total Bases (-110)
- Leg 2: Shohei Ohtani Over 1.5 Total Bases (-155)
- Leg 3: Zac Gallen Under 4.5 Strikeouts (-144)
Zac Gallen is taking the hill for the Arizona Diamondbacks to begin the season. He is a notable pitcher, but he’s been far from excellent, especially on the analytical side. Gallen struck out only 21.5% of batters last season and allowed a .187 ISO and wOBA of .319. He also gave up more than 30% of fly balls and only earned 9.5% of swinging strikes.
Gallen struck out only 19% of lefties and allowed a .167 ISO and wOBA of .329 to 399 lefties. We’ll want to attack with left-handed hitters.
Kyle Tucker will want to make a nice first impression with his new team. He smashed a .204 ISO and wOBA of .370 with only 14.3% of strikeouts against righties last year as a left-handed hitter. He can do damage to Gallen. So can Shohei Ohtani, who hit a .364 ISO and wOBA of .434 against right-handed pitchers last season in 455 plate appearances.
The Dodgers’ projected starting lineup only struck out 20% of the time against righties last season. Only Ohtani, Teoscar Hernandez and Alex Freeland had strikeout rates above 20% against righties. Take Gallen to go under 4.5 strikeouts to close out this same-game parlay.
Parlay Odds: +400
Cleveland Guardians vs. Seattle Mariners
- Leg 1: Logan Gilbert Over 6.5 Strikeouts (+102)
- Leg 2: Cal Raleigh Over 1.5 Total Bases (+115)
- Leg 3: Josh Naylor Over 1.5 Total Bases (+125)
The Mariners will begin the season with Logan Gilbert on the mound. The Seattle ace struck out 31% of batters last season and allowed a .289 wOBA to 603 batters. He earned 15.3% of swinging strikes and added nearly 30% of whiffs. He also walked just 5.5% of batters. Gilbert will likely put on a good performance against a Guardians squad that will have at least five batters who struck out more than 24% of the time against righties last season.
On the other hand, Tanner Bibee is getting the start for the Guardians. The right-hander struck out just 21.4% of batters last season and allowed a .170 ISO to 424 lefties. Those lefties also added 44.1% of hard contact. Bibee earned just 9.6% of swinging strikes against lefties and gave up more than 28% of fly balls with an 8.5% barrel rate.
Cal Raleigh was one of the best hitters in the league last season. The switch-hitting catcher will bat from the left side, where he recorded a .319 ISO and wOBA of .382 last season. Josh Naylor, another lefty, earned a .177 ISO and wOBA of .366 with just 12% of strikeouts against righties. Naylor will likely put the ball in play against Bibee.
Parlay Odds: +853
