I am going to conduct a little experiment with parlays. It is real simple. Parlay the Nationals opponent with either the Royals opponent or Rangers opponent or anyone of those teams opponent's with another team that maybe can't win on the road or is in some horrible losing skid (Baltimore) or somebody that is red hot i.e. Cleveland.
The idea is if you (or me) focus on Nationals, Royals or Rangers and decide which one has the best chance of loosing on that given day. All three of these teams are well under .400 and not likely to get any better.
If these three teams continue to suck, which they will, then on any give night you should have a great chance to pick one side of the parlay correctly.
First play
Cubs/Detroit Parlay $100 pays $136
Cubs have Zambrano on mound and Nats guys sucks, KC is decent at home but their starter is sucky and Detroit should win that one. I am covering these parlays with a very token wager.
I will keep a record, especially if it produces positive results. If the whole thing is stupid then it will go away.