Ralph Michaels
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7-1 & 11 OF 13 (85%) WINNING DAYS!
85% WINNING DAYS THE LAST THIRTEEN! FIRST INNING NRFI/YRFI PLAYS ARE 16-7 (70%)!
•• Ralph lost his NRFI play yesterday dropping him to 85% winning programs the last 13 days & 81% the L16 days!
•• Seven of eight total winners and all his totals play going 17-8 (68%) since May 11th!
Hot Streaks
WINNING DAYS - 11 of 12 (92%) AND 13 of 15 (87%)!
TOP RATED 5% TOTALS 7-1-1 (88%)!
#1 NFL PRE - 63% SINCE 2015! 4% & 5% ARE 40-15 (73%)!
CFB PLAYS 3% & HIGHER 12-1 (92.3%)!!
NBA TOTALS BEST BETS (4% & 5%) ARE 18-6-1 (75%)!!
NFL teasers 21-5 (81%)/ 4%+ are 12-1 (92%)!
Last updated Jun 14, 7:10 AM EDT
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7-1 & 11 OF 13 (85%) WINNING DAYS!
85% WINNING DAYS THE LAST THIRTEEN! FIRST INNING NRFI/YRFI PLAYS ARE 16-7 (70%)!
•• Ralph lost his NRFI play yesterday dropping him to 85% winning programs the last 13 days & 81% the L16 days!
•• Seven of eight total winners and all his totals play going 17-8 (68%) since May 11th!
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Since 2015 Ralph is:
72-42-1 (62.6%) on all Preseason games
72-40-1 (64.3%) on all plays 3% and higher
40-15-1 (72.7%) on Best Bets (4% & 5%)
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THE 2025 WAGERTALK DRAFT GUIDE!
THE 2025 WAGERTALK DRAFT GUIDE!
While the Draft brings excitement and promise to the NFL teams and fans, I feel it is MORE important to quantify what each CFB team lost in the Draft.
A weighted grading system from 8 points to one point for each team. They are sorted by points lost and alphabetically.
There is also a conference-by-conference breakdown as well as the teams that have lost the most in the draft the last 4 years!
WEEK 0/1 CFB SCHEDULE WITH LINES
OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE WITH LINES AS THE CFB SEASON KICKS OFF ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD!
Take notes and track line moves throughout the Summer.
The odds are from DraftKings on Tuesday, May 27th!
They are taken from the FREE WagerTalk Score/Odds page - wt.buzz/odds
THE SUNDAY WAGERTALK MLB FIRST INNING REPORT
First-Inning Report for Sunday, June 15, 2025.
The WagerTalk First Inning Report from Ralph Michaels is your daily cheat sheet for YRFI/NRFI betting.
Full game lines and totals
Who 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
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
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THE PLAY: 1I Total Over 9.0 (-125) K Harrison (LHP), D May (RHP) Must Start
(911) San Francisco Giants at (912) Los Angeles Dodgers
1I Total Over 9.0 (-125) K Harrison (LHP), D May (RHP) Must Start
LA is 8-1 and 14-3 YRFI overall.
SF is 5-1 YRFI.
Since 2022 with a total of 9+ there have been over 2500 games 54.5% YRFI
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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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