Two Tuesday-night MLB bets anchor Wednesday’s slate: St. Louis at Miami and Cincinnati at Los Angeles. In the NL tilt, the Marlins host Pallante and aim to back Alcantara in a game with a roughly 9-run total. Miami’s offense has shown solid plate discipline and power against right-handers at home since the break, while Pallante has scuffled, elevating the Marlins’ chances to take the first five. A prebuilt Alcantara strikeout threshold and a Marlins winner wager add an appealing SGP angle for live bettors and fantasy players alike.

On the interleague side, Reds at Angels features Nick Martinez opposite Yusei Kikuchi. Kikuchi’s home form is solid (2.40 ERA in 75 innings), and Cincinnati’s lineup struggles more against lefties on the road post-break. Martinez has been steady, with multiple quality starts and Ks upside, creating a plausible quiet five-inning window and a favorable Ks floor. These matchups offer a blend of strikeout potential and run prevention that fantasy managers can lean into for Wednesday’s night action.

Wednesday brings eight MLB games on the main slate, with a buyer’s beware vibe on pitching and several high-upside stacks. Jacob Misiorowski is the closest thing to an ace but carries clear IL-recovery risk in a Cubs matchup. Hurston Waldrep has flashed a plus strikeout rate in three big-league starts, and Shohei Ohtani is creeping into fantasy-pivot discussions despite Coors Field exposure. Nick Martinez is a budget swing option with tasty K%/. K-BB in a favorable Angels matchup. On offense, Heliot Ramos is a midrange trap with big-lefty splits, while Oakland’s trio of Nick Kurtz, Shea Langeliers, and Brent Rooker offers a cheap stack against Bailey Ober. Top stacks focus on Dodgers at Coors (Betts, Smith, Freeman) and Rays vs Schlittler (Simpson, Diaz, Caminero). Michael Harris remains a discount-correlated hitter, and a few one-offs like Austin Martin and Trevor Larnach add upside. The slate invites balanced exposure to high-floor studs and bold, contrarian stacks built around Dodgers and Rays.

The Cincinnati Reds pushed their hot streak to six wins in nine games with a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim. Cincinnati will hand the ball to Nick Martinez, who has been better at home this season but carries a road ERA around 4.50 and has shown volatility on extended layoffs. Los Angeles counters with Yusei Kikuchi, who in recent starts has been far steadier at Angel Stadium, especially against right-handed lineups, and has delivered a sharper home K-rate. The night features a clear betting tilt: Kikuchi’s 9.4 K/9 overall with a home-friendly 2.40 ERA in 75 innings points to another strong showing at home, while Cincinnati’s lefty trouble and Martinez’s road form provide a path for the Angels to lean on power and contact off the lefty. The betting line leans Angels, with Kikuchi aiming to continue his home success and the Reds trying to slow a lineup that has fared better versus right-handed pitching of late. In fantasy terms, Kikuchi carries DFS intrigue for strikeouts, while Martinez and the Reds’ lineup demand attention for potential run production fluctuations depending on how left-handed specialists and bullpen usage play out.

Kikuchi’s bounce-back potential is amplified by his home splits; he’s fanned five in five of his past seven starts and has leaned on a home-venue comfort that has yielded a respectable ERA. Cincinnati’s offense, meanwhile, has been more proficient against right-handed arms but has shown vulnerability to southpaws lately, underscoring a nuanced matchup around sequencing and the Halos’ depth. The Angels’ bullpen, poised to rely on Kikuchi to chase a win at home, may tilt toward aggressive contact against the Reds’ lefty-backing lineup, heightening the odds for a close but tilted contest in the late innings. Expect Kikuchi to lean on the breaking stuff early and attack the zone, while Martinez plays a high-variance road game that could swing on one or two costly innings.