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WINNING MLB DAYS....NOW 59% (68 of 115 days ) WINNING DAY SINCE SEPTEMBER!
RALPH'S NRFI/MLB RUN IS NOW 17-9 (65%) & 82-50-1 (62%)!
TOP-RATED 5% MAX PLAYS ARE NOW 17-10 (63%)
+77 UNITS SINCE JANUARY! ALL SPORTS RUN 148-106-3 (58%)!
NFL/CFB TOTALS WERE #1 LY GOING 33-19 (64%)!
ALL 4% & 5% BEST BETS 13-5 (72%) & 53-33-1 (62%)!
Last updated Aug 5, 7:59 AM EDT
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#1 NFL Preseason handicapper since 2015:
- All plays: 74-49-1 (62%)
- Plays 3% and higher: 74-44-1 (63%)
- Best Bets (4% and 5%): 41-11-1 (72%)
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2026 NFL PRESEASON GUIDE & NFL SCHEDULE GUIDE!
2026 NFL PRESEASON GUIDE, PLUS…..RALPH'S NFL SCHEDULE GUIDE & THE GOLD SHEET 2025 NFL LOGS!
TWO GUIDES IN ONE PLUS THE GOLDSHEET 225 NFL/CFB LOGS - INCLUDING:
7 years of logs & 10 years of HC, OC's & DC's!
QB rotations with stats plus preseason QB stats the L2Y!
Preseason team stats the L2Y!
The NFL Regular Season Schedule Guide with team-by-team and week-by-week breakdowns!
The 2025 Gold SHeet NFL logs with 1Q, 1H, and full game ATS and O/U records
WEEK 0/1 CFB SCHEDULE WITH LINES & TOTALS
These week 0 and week #1 lien and totals were taken from OddsLogic on Friday, May 29th.
These week 0 and week #1 lines and totals were taken from OddsLogic.com, on Friday May 29th.
They are from BetOnLine.com.
THE WAGERTALK MLB FIRST INNING REPORT
First-Inning Report for Wednesday, August 5
The WagerTalk First Inning Report from Ralph Michaels is your daily cheat sheet for YRFI/NRFI betting.
Full game lines and totals with teams that scored in the first inning (and who gave one up)
Current streaks (3+ straight 1st inning results highlighted)
Starting pitchers listed — Lefty indicators included
* shows which teams faced a lefty
* Day games are in yellow
From trend chasers to prop hunters, this chart is built for quick-glance insights and actionable info.
Updated every morning with the freshest MLB data — only at WagerTalk!
PLUS…..RALPH LOADS A FREE FIRST INNING PLAY DAILY BY NOON ET M-F AND BY 11 AM ET SAT & SUN ON HIS HOME PAGE - WT.BUZZ/RM
THE 2026 DRAFT GUIDE - WHAT EACH CFB LOST
THE 2026 DRAFT GUIDE - WHAT EACH CFB LOST
Analyzing the NFL Draft in terms of how much it helps each NFL team is vital—but just as important (if not more) is how much each CFB program lost.
Ralph’s exclusive weighted grading system.
THE VALUE OF EACH CFB PLAYER DRAFTED
First Round: Top 9 (8 pts), Picks 10-20 (7 pts), Rest of round #1 (6 pts)
Round #2: 5 points, Round #3: 4 points, Round #4: 3 points
Round #5: 2 points and Round #6 & Round #7: 1 point
>> Get the draft sorted alphabetically and by points lost.
>> Most points lost in the L5Y
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Consultant Bio
Ralph was raised in the home of handicappers in Cleveland, Ohio. Starting in the industry as a key member of Phil Steele's early team, which expanded Northcoast Sports during the mid-90s. Ralph's personal following grew fast, allowing him to strike out on his own as the founder of California Sports. Over the next dozen years as General Manager of Phil Steele Publications and lead handicapper of Northcoast Sports, Ralph managed the creation of some of the most popular sports betting content ever, including Phil Steele's College Football Preview Magazine and Northcoast's Power Sweep Newsletter. Content displaying expertise so elite that Ralph was invited into college football's most exclusive club: Heisman Trophy Voter
Ralph Michaels has a math mind, steadily searching for a value in the numbers in addition to matchup edges, situational advantages, and hidden gems of information. Ralph finds more big bets in the college versions of football and basketball, but his handicapping approach also uncovers selective winners in the professional leagues like MLB. Small conferences are particularly profitable due to mispriced injuries and his profiling of exploitable coaching tendencies.
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