We’ve got our eye on a trio of evening games for Tuesday’s MLB parlay.
The pregame narrative: The Red Sox and Rays have been scoring in bunches so far this year, and tonight’s pitching matchup gives us reason to back a teased-down over. We also like the Braves to win again behind a stellar young pitcher, while the Blue Jays should outhit the Tigers at home.
Check out our MLB parlay picks for April 12.
MLB odds as of 1:40 p.m. ET on 04/12/23.
MLB parlay picks
Parlay: Red Sox/Rays over 7.5 runs + Braves moneyline + Blue Jays – most hits (+234)
Red Sox/Rays over 7.5 (-150) : We aren’t sure when the Rays’ win streak will end, and we’re not about to tempt fate on that one tonight. But with a volatile Chris Sale on one side and an MLB newcomer on the other, we are banking on these two offences putting up decent numbers.
Sale only has only seen the current Rays’ lineup in 54 plate appearances, but the early returns are ugly. Tampa batters have a .392 batting average and a .588 slugging percentage against him, per Baseball Savant.
The Rays’ starter, Taj Bradley, is making his MLB debut tonight. He has a 2.66 ERA in 75 minor league outings, but we don’t know that that’ll translate well against a Red Sox squad averaging 5.5 runs per game.
Boston has cleared this total in seven of 11 games, while Tampa Bay has cleared it in eight of 11.
Other picks
Braves ML (-275) : Generally speaking, we like the Braves’ chances when Spencer Strider is on the bump.
Atlanta won eight of his final 10 regular season starts last year and has followed that up with a 2-0 mark in his starts this year. The 2022 NL Rookie of the Year runner-up has been key in that success, posting a 2.24 ERA in that span.
Tonight, he’ll face a Reds team that dropped the first two games of this series, which is likely a microcosm of the team’s season-long outlook. Cincy slashed payroll for a third consecutive season and appears destined for a path back to the bottom of the league.
Cincinnati fireballer Hunter Greene should give the team a puncher’s chance, but his exploits usually aren’t enough to carry the Reds. They’ve lost five of his past six starts — despite his 2.03 ERA in those games.
Blue Jays – most hits (-220) : For the final leg of this parlay, we’re tapping into the fact that the Blue Jays and Tigers are on opposite ends of the offensive spectrum.
Betting on Toronto to outhit Detroit means riding with the Jays’ .289 batting average — the second-best mark in the majors. The Tigers have a .201 BA, which is the second-worst.
To put it another way: Toronto has nine or more hits in all but one game, while Detroit has nine or fewer hits all but once.
The Jays have seen Detroit starter Eduardo Rodriguez plenty of times (107 combined plate appearances) and have accrued a .281 BA against him.
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