We've got ourselves the Return Of Soto featured in our MLB same-game parlay today. I'm breaking down the Yankees vs Padres matchup, with a Carlos Rodon vs Yu Darvish bump battle and Juan Soto vs his old team, too.
Here are my MLB same-game parlay picks for Padres vs Yankees:
Yankees vs Padres Same-Game Parlay: May 24th
The Game: Yankees vs Padres - 9:41 p.m. ET
| Bet | Odds |
|---|---|
| Yankees Moneyline | -116 |
| Carlos Rodono Over 5.5 Strikeouts | -104 |
| Juan Soto Over 0.5 Hits | -230 |
| Overall | +292 |
Same-Game Parlay Pick No. 1: Yankees Moneyline
The Yankees have dominated the Padres in franchise history, leading the all-time series between the teams 17-8. Last year, the Yankees took two of three from San Diego.
One of those games was against tonight's San Diego starter, Yu Darvish. The Yankees rocked Darvish for seven earned runs in just 2.2 innings of work.
On the other side of this pitching matchup, Carlos Rodon has been great against Padres batters, historically. Rodon has faced current Padres batters in 60 at-bats, allowing just a .150 average and .461 OPS against.
Same-Game Parlay Pick No. 2: Rodon Over 5.5 Ks
As I mentioned in the game pick, Rodon has owned the Padres. In 60 career at-bats against current San Diego hitters, he's got 19 strikeouts — a 32% strikeout rate.
Rodon has faced the Padres three times in the last two years, surpassing 5.5 Ks in two of those matchups. The current San Diego lineup is worse than the ones Rodon was facing too, with Juan Soto now on the Yankees side.
Rodon has also surpassed 5.5 Ks in each of his last five starts this year and six of his last eight.
Same-Game Parlay Pick No. 3: Soto Over 0.5 Hits
We've got ourselves a Juan Soto revenge game! The now-Bronx Bomber returns to San Diego for the first time since a winter trade on Friday. I'd be crazy to not bet on a Soto hit.
It helps that Soto enters this game as one of baseball's hottest hitters, collective 10 hits and a 1.304 OPS in his last 27 at-bats. Soto has also faced Yu Darvish twice in his career and has hits both times.
If you're backing the Soto revenge game like me it may not necessarily mean the Yankees are going to win. New York is just 10-7 in games where Soto has at least two hits. They are, however, undefeated in games where he has three or more
