After an early afternoon game yesterday, the Twins and Yankees are right back at it. With their win, New York has won back-to-back games in what feels like forever. That's allowed them to maintain a decent lead in the AL East, but it's certainly not what it once was. Meanwhile, the Twins are in a heated battle with the Guardians for the AL Central lead. They're just 1 game back, and just 2 games over the Sox right behind them. Clearly there is a lot on the line for both of these teams, making this series all the more important. Along with this same game parlay, be sure to check o ut our MLB picks for all of today's games.
Twins +1.5 (-135)
Luis Arraez to record a hit (-230)
Carlos Correa 2+ total bases (+180)
Parlay odds: +425
Let's take a closer look at each leg of our same game parlay.
Minnesota Twins +1.5 (-135) over New York Yankees
These teams are in the midst of a long 4-game series, which is just their second meeting of the season. The Yankees won 2 of those 3 games, and of course won yesterday's opener. While that may sound like bad news for the Twins, they have a great opportunity to pull off the upset today. It also may sound like great news that the Yankees will have ace Gerrit Cole on the mound. However, his worst start of the season came against the Twins in the previous series. Minnesota began that game with back-to-back-to-back home runs, and ultimately put up 7 runs on Cole in just 2.1 innings.'
They were by way of 5 total home runs by the time he was pulled. Such dominance is hard to ignore, especially with how Cole's August went. The Yankees lost 4 of his 6 starts, and the only win was a close 3-2 game against the AL-worst A's in which they were -250 favorites. Admittedly, he ended up winning that terrible start he had against the Twins. However, the Yankees have obviously fallen off in a big way. They also made that comeback of the back of DJ LeMahieu and Joey Gallo, neither of which will be in the lineup today. The Twins will also have a stronger starter on the mound this time around with Joe Ryan. He's just a rookie, but with an identical 10-7 record and very similar ERA to Cole, he should not be underestimated.'