All 30 teams are in action this Sunday, starting off in Pittsburgh at 1:35 pm ET with the Pirates and Rockies and ending in Philadelphia at 7:10 pm ET between the Phillies and San Francisco Giants on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. For today's parlay, I'm backing a pair of road teams on the run line along with the over in the late game. This 3-leg parlay pays out at +956 odds on Fanduel Sportsbook.
Below I'll provide a breakdown of each individual leg and don’t forget to check out our MLB predictions for every game today.
Milwaukee Brewers -1.5 over Chicago Cubs (+150)
The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs wrap up their series this afternoon in a rubber match after Chicago evened the series with a 6-5 win on Saturday. We get a marquee pitching matchup to close out the series with Freddy Peralta and Javier Assad taking the mound for their respective teams, but I have to give the edge to Milwaukee in this game for a number of reasons. First and foremost, Peralta has gotten off to a hot start for the Brewers, posting a 3-0 record with a 3.21 ERA and 0.86 WHIP through his first 6 starts. Peralta allowed 5 earned runs against the Pittsburgh Pirates in his fourth start, but other than that, he has gone at least 5.1 innings while giving up no more than 3 earned runs in his 5 other outings. What makes Peralta so effective is his ability to rack up swings and misses and strikeouts, as he ranks in the 93rd percentile or better in both Whiff rate and strikeout rate. Thus far, Peralta has 45 strikeouts to just 9 walks.