With Opening Day in the rearview mirror, we are off and running in this 2024 Major League Baseball season. Action on the diamond continues with a full 15-game slate on Saturday, headlined by an afternoon showdown between the Braves and Phillies. We also have Yankees vs Astros, Cubs vs Rangers, Giants vs Padres, Car dinals vs Dodgers and the nightcap between the Red Sox and Mariners.'
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Below is my mega parlay for Saturday; also be sure to check out all of our MLB picks.'
For this parlay I am going with 2 favorites on the run line and 1 underdog on the money line. Let's break down each of the 3 legs.'
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Atlanta Braves -1.5 over Philadelphia Phillies (+125) '
After pushing back Opening Day to Friday because, the Braves took the first game of the season. They erupted for 9 runs in the seventh and eighth innings to win 9-3. Philadelphia's bullpen was a complete disaster and that puts a lot of pressure on Aaron Nola to replicate the performance of Zack Wheeler. The Phillies got 6.0 innings of shutout baseball from Wheeler on Friday and still lost by 6 runs. Their offense didn't do much against Spencer Strider (or Atlanta's bullpen, for that matter) and now they have to face Max Fried. That is arguably an even worse matchup than Strider since Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber – Philly’s 2 most dangerous hitters – are lefties. Give me the 2021 World Series champs to pick up another multi-run victory.