The Mets and Braves are wrapping up their 4-game series as they continue their battle atop the NL East. New York's win last night with Max Scherzer on the mound was needed, as Atlanta won the first 2 games. Tonight will have no shortage of aces either. Mets Jacob deGrom will be on the mound tonight, and Braves Max Fried is returning from his concussion. With just 4.5 games separating these teams, let's make this series finale a profitable one. Along with this same game parlay, be sure to check out our thoughts on the side and total for all of today's games.
1st 5 innings / Money line – NY Mets / ATL Braves (+800)
Parlay Odds: +800
Let's take a closer look at each leg of our same game parlay.
1st 5 innings / Money line – NY Mets / ATL Braves (+800)
To clarify, this is a joint prop listed as “NY Mets / ATL Braves” under the innings tab on DraftKings. It can also be created on FanDuel using the Mets 1st half result and Braves game money line. Regardless, we're going to break down each half of the play for the best analysis possible.
Jacob deGrom has been back for just 16 days, and is already going for his 3rd straight win. The first of those came against this same Braves team in their recent series. All the back-to-back Cy Young winner did was strikeout 12 Atlanta batters. The helped the Mets build a 5-0 lead by the end of the 5th inning. deGrom also gave up just a single hit to that deep Braves lineup. He followed up that start by striking out 10 Phillies, again helping the team have the lead after 5 innings. Despite the Mets producing just a single run, that was all deGrom needed.