With MLB 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 hefty 13-game slate on Friday. The games get underway with the Los Angeles Dodgers taking on the Minnesota Twins at 1:10 pm ET and will go into the night, concluding with the Ho uston Astros taking on the Kansas City Royals at 7:30 pm ET. And what better way to celebrate a full slate of baseball than with a mega parlay? That’s right, I’ve crafted a 3-leg parlay for the action at +840 odds.
Below is my MLB mega parlay for Wednesday, and be sure to also'check out all of our MLB picks for today’s action.
For this parlay, I am going with an underdog on the money line, an underdog in the first 5 innings and a game to go over the total. Let's break down each of the 3 legs.
Chicago Cubs ML over San Diego Padres (+130)
Despite their hot start, the Cubs are slated as underdogs when they send out 11-year Chicago vet, Kyle Hendricks. Hendricks is coming off a productive 2023 campaign after posting a 3.75 ERA, alongside numerous impressive marks in hard-hit rate, walk rate, and chase rate per Baseball Savant. However, he hasn’t seen the same level of success through 2 outings this season. Hendricks hasn't pitched past the 4th inning in either outing and allowed 5 earned runs in both starts. In Hendricks' defense, he did go up against two of the best lineups in baseball, something the Padres lineup can’t quite compare to.