Saturday presents another loaded, 15-game slate with plenty of betting opportunities across Major League Baseball. The day begins in New York at 1:05 PM ET when the Yankees host the Toronto Blue Jays, and winds down in Seattle with the Mariners taking on the Philadelphia Phillies at T-Mobile Park, with the first pitch scheduled for 9:40 PM ET.
Saturday's mega parlay features a favorite on the runline, a road underdog to win outright, and a home favorite on the moneyline . Below I'll provide an in-depth analysis of each game and the reasoning behind each pick.' For more action, be sure to check out our MLB predictions page which takes a look at some of the games not covered in this article. With that said, let's take a look at Saturday's MLB mega parlay which pays out at +745 odds on Fanduel Sportsbook.'
Minnesota Twins -1.5 over Chicago White Sox (+112)
The AL Central is often lost in the discussion when it comes to World Series hopefuls and teams in contention to make a playoff run, but this year has been much different. The 5 teams making up the division have team payrolls that all fall in the bottom half of the league, but the Twins, Royals, and Guardians are all ranked in the top 12 according to the MLB's latest Power Rankings. All 3 of these teams are at least 12 games over .500 and would all make the playoffs if the season ended today. The team in last place however, has been a topic of discussion for all the wrong reasons. That team would be the Chicago White Sox, whose 18-game losing streak is 5 games short of tying the 1961 Philadelphia Phillies for the longest losing streak in MLB history.
On the season, the Twins are 10-1 against the White Sox, and it's hard to believe this trend won't continue for the remainder of the year. Bailey Ober will take the mound for the Twins tonight with a 3.76 ERA and 3.43 xERA across 20 starts. Ober ranks in the 75th percentile or higher in whiff rate, chase rate, strikeout rate, and walk rate, with 7 consecutive quality outings dating back to June 16. Garrett Crochet of the White Sox owns numbers that compete with Ober, posting a 3.23 ERA and 2.47 xERA across 22 starts, with metrics that jump off the page, but he has not gone more than 4.0 innings in each of his last 4 starts. While this should be a low-scoring game in the early goings, the White Sox have not proven to be a threat whatsoever offensively. Chicago ranks dead last in runs scored this season, and over the course of their 18-game losing skid, they have averaged just 2.17 runs per game. Over that same timeframe, the Twins have averag ed 4.3 runs per game. It's impossible to trust the White Sox to put up enough runs to win, so as long as Minnesota can hit their average, they should have a strong chance of covering the runline.