We took the collar for the second straight week with last Sunday’s MLB Same Game Parlays at PointsBet Sportsbook which put a damper on what was a lucrative overall week of attacking the MLB betting odds. Though Baltimore logged the triumph over the Mets, they only scored a pair of runs to go under their team total. We looked to have the D’backs SGP all but locked up heading into the ninth after Zac Gallen dominated, but Paul Sewald served up two homers in his close out bid allowing Minnesota to walk it off with the 5-3 win – GROSS!! Sunday’s finale between Atlanta and Chicago failed to play to the pitcher’s duel I expected with neither Charlie Morton nor Justin Steele seeing the sixth inning. Here’s to closing the week in the green with some parlay pick winners – SLAM YOUR MAN!!

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Chicago Cubs vs. Toronto Blue Jays

The Cubs head north of the border off a downer series against the Mets in New York. I can’t blame them for coming down from the euphoria of last week’s series wins at home against the Reds and Braves. That being said, it’s back to business over the weekend with the team just on the outside looking into the playoff picture sitting half a game in back of the current wild-card entrants. It’s taken two-thirds of the MLB betting season, but Jameson Taillon has evolved into the dominant arm upper management envisioned when inking him to a multi-year deal this offseason. The former highly touted prospect has led Chicago to wins each of the last six times he took to the bump with the righty locking down wins in four straight while churning out quality starts in two of the last three. This will be Hyun-Jin Ryu’s third start since coming back from Tommy John surgery. While he looked much better last time out against Cleveland before leaving early due to a comebacker off the knee, he was shelled by the O’s in his 2023 debut. Baltimore rates out above average versus the changeup per Baseball Savant. You know who rakes it? Cody Bellinger and the Cubs!

MLB SAME GAME PARLAY: CUBS MONEYLINE + RYU UNDER PITCHING OUTS

New York Yankees vs. Miami Marlins

After getting involved in the middle game of this set with the belief the pitching staffs rise above, we’ll dive right back in and look to back the home dogged Marlins in the finale. I realize I’ll be playing with fire with Gerrit Cole getting roughed up for 4 ER and a homer in his last turn at Chicago, but I simply can’t withhold from backing the Fish when dogged by PointsBet oddsmakers in their own house. Miami currently sits 10-games over the breakeven point as a host for the year ($243), and enters this standoff with the Yankees having dropped two of their last three series in front of the hometown faithful. It’s the team with the more realistic shot of qualifying for the second season right now with it holding on for dear life to the final wild-card seed in the National League. New York is currently marching a skeleton crew into the batter’s box right now, and there’s only so much of the load Aaron Judge can shoulder himself. Eury Perez possesses an electric arm that NY has never seen before. Advantage home team! This one should be tight and low scoring early, but Miami will find a way to come out on top at home per usual.

MLB SAME GAME PARLAY: MARLINS MONEYLINE + FIRST FIVE INNNINGS UNDER

Milwaukee Brewers vs. Chicago White Sox

I’ve been waiting what feels like all season for Freddy Peralta to give me a reason not to fade him. With the NL Central pennant race up in the air, the right-hander finally looks to be locked in having helped lead the Brew Crew to triumphs against the baseball betting odds in five of his last six starts. He’s really opened up my eyes in his last three turns having gone 19 total innings and allowing 11 hits (1 HR) and 4 ER with a brilliant K/BB ratio of 33:2. He’s locked in right now and the Southsiders should serve as the perfect specimen to keep the mojo rising with it going down on strikes at a near 24 percent clip overall (No. 21) and 22.5 percent clip when at home. Dylan Cease seemingly got his groove back last time out against the Yankees by tossing 5.1 innings of shutout ball with 6 K. However, he walked seven and lived to tell about it. The free pass has plagued him all season (4.2/9), and now he must run up against a Milwaukee offense that walks at the third-highest rate in the league behind only the Padres and Dodgers. Put two and two together and it should equate to a runaway win for the visitors provided Peralta remains locked in.

MLB SAME GAME PARLAY: BREWERS RUN-LINE + PERALTA OVER K PROP + CEASE OVER WALKS PROP

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