We are wrapping up the week in Major League Baseball with a full 15-game slate on Sunday. The Padres and Nationals are getting things started with at 12:05 pm ET on Peacock, while the headliner is coming at night: Yankees at Red Sox on ESPN. In between there are crucial divisional contests involving the Phillies, Mets, Brewers and Cardinals.
I cashed my Monday mega parlay at +937 odds, so let's bookend the week with winners!
For this parlay we are going with two favorites on the run line and one underdog on the money line. Let's break down each of the three legs one by one.
Padres -1.5 over Nationals (+100)
It's been pretty much chaos for the Padres of late. They pulled off the biggest trade-deadline deal by landing Juan Soto from San Diego and then just saw Fernando Tatis Jr. get hit with an 80-game suspension for a performance-enhancing drug. Nonetheless, San Diego has won three of its last four games – with the only blemish during this stretch coming via a 4-3 loss on Saturday. The visitors were in complete control of that contest before collapsing late and blowing a three-run lead. Washington is 2-8 in its last 10 overall and 4-15 in its last 19 at home. The Nationals are starting Paolo Espino, who will be hard-pressed to get the best of San Diego's Blake Snell. All signs point to the Padres rolling.