The 2024 Major League Baseball season gets started half a world away when the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres collide on Wednesday at Gocheok SkyDome in Seoul, South Korea. The Dodgers enter the season as the future book favorites to win the World Series, at +350. Meanwhile the Padres were arguably the most underachieving team last season, finishing 82-80 despite fielding a star-studded roster.

First pitch is set for 6:05 a.m. ET. Los Angeles is the -200 money line favorite (risk $200 to win $100) in the latest Dodgers vs. Padres odds via SportsLine consensus, while San Diego is a +165 underdog. The over/under for total runs scored is 8.5.

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The model knows that Los Angeles has arguably the best hitter in baseball in Shohei Ohtani. Famously signed in the offseason to the biggest contract in sports history (10 years, $700 million), Ohtani led the majors last season in OPS (1.066). He also ranked fourth in home runs (44) despite playing just 135 games. For his efforts last year, he won the American League MVP Award.

The model also has taken into account that San Diego starter Yu Darvish was excellent against the Dodgers last season. In two starts against his former team, Darvish went 1-0 with a 1.98 ERA, 0.732 WHIP and 10 strikeouts against only one walk in 13.2 innings. During spring training he was excellent, with a 1.07 WHIP and 2.89 ERA.

Now, the model has set its sights on Dodgers vs. Padres. We can tell you the model is leaning Over the total, predicting a combined 9.3 runs, and it also says one side of the money line has ALL the value! You ABSOLUTELY need to see it before locking in any MLB picks.

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