After a full day of baseball, it's only fitting to cap it off with this NL West rivalry on national TV. That's even more true now that the Padres have created another super team down in SoCal at the trade deadline. After acquiring Juan Soto and Josh Bell from the Nationals, among other moves, San Diego is now the 5th-betting favorite to win the World Series. However, the Dodgers remain the odds on favorite and still have the best record in baseball. With such a star-studded matchup, there's more than enough markets to target to end the night with profit. Along with this same gam e parlay, be sure to check out our thoughts on the side and total for all of today's games.
Padres -1.5 (+175)
Over 0.5 1st inning runs (-115)
Parlay odds: +400
Let's take a closer look at each leg of our same game parlay.
San Diego Padres -1.5 (+175) over Los Angeles Dodgers
There hasn't been this many superstars on the field at the same time in quite some time. The Dodgers have been an embarrassment of riches with multiple MVP candidates and the league's best pitching staff throughout the year. While the Padres have had all-star Manny Machado, they've been missing Fernando Tatis Jr. all season. He has recently been set to begin rehab assignments, as San Diego looks forward to him joining the likes of Soto, Bell, and Brandon Drury. All of that is without mentioning their acquisition of the league's best closer, Josh Hader, from the Brewers. That's exactly what the Padres needed, as their starting rotation is 1 of the best in the National League.
Their rotation has been led by Joe Musgrove, but Yu Darvish would be the ace of many others. He'll be going for his 11th win, something only 8 other pitchers can say. He lost his most recent start to the Dodgers, but had a much better performance in his start prior. Darvish held the Dodgers scoreless and allowed just a single hit in 6.0 innings. There's no doubt L.A. starter Tyler Anderson's 12-1 record is intimidating, but he did not pitch as well in his 1st start against the Padres as he was pulled after just 4.2 innings in a loss. Now that he's facing a lineup just as deep as his own, this is a far more different matchup than his last win against San Diego. Now that they can produce more run support for Darvish, the Padres can end the day with an upset.'