These teams got their weekend series started early, so this is already the 3rd meeting. The Guardians are looking to extend their lead in the AL Central, while the Mariners have their eyes set on an AL wildcard spot. Seattle was recently in the spotlight with the new 14-year extension they gave to rookie Julio Rodriguez. Cleveland also extended their superstar, Jose Ramirez, at the beginning of the season. With guys on both sides worth targeting, let's check out the best ways to make this game profitable. Along with this same game parlay, be sure to check out our MLB pi cks for all of today's games.
Mariners ML (-184)
Julio Rodriguez 2+ total bases (-110)
Jose Ramirez 2+ total bases (+125)
Parlay odds: +626
Let's take a closer look at each leg of our same game parlay.
Seattle Mariners ML (-184) over Cleveland Guardians
This is still the first series between these teams this season, so there aren’t any past samples to utilize. However, we do know that they've each had their ups and downs this season. That may make it surprising that this game is so heavily favored for the Mariners, but it's justified. After an evenly-priced game last night, there are no longer the aces on the mound. Instead of Shane Bieber, the Guardians have quite the drop-off with Zach Plesac. He's just 2-11 on the year after losing his last outing against the Tigers. He hasn't recorded a win in nearly 3 months, and he doesn't look set for one tonight.
The Mariners are going with former-Red Luis Castillo. He was arguably the hottest commodity in terms of pitchers at the trade deadline. Since joining Seattle, he's led the team to 3 wins in his 4 starts. That includes back-to-back wins against the Yankees. One of those was his best start yet, as he shutout New York for 8.0 innings and allowed just 3 hits. They were able to get that win with just a single run, and he should expect more run support against Plesac. Obviously Rodriguez will be out to live up to his new contract, and Plesac has allowed at least 4 runs in 3 of his last 4 starts. If the Guardians can't take down the Tigers behind his starts, it's even less likely they can against the Mariners.'