Free Sports Predictions AUG 18: NFL, NBA, NHL, All Sports

FREE PICK on Los Angeles Dodgers (ML) | Good until -200.

Pitching Matchup: Roki Sasaki/Kyle Freeland (Action).

This will be the third consecutive game that I select the Dodgers including both premium/free selections. LAD's been hitting the ball much better lately and the pitching is beginning to light up opponents. This isn't the series that's going to showcase that pitching. But, there's going to be plenty of opportunities during it to pick a pair this younger lineup. Ohtani's also on a mission to win MVP again in the NL. Go with LA on again on Wednesday.

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Some players like specific courses, some players show up at major championships when they have not played particularly well previous, Viktor Hovland plays well during the Fed Ex Cup Playoffs. In 2023 Viktor turned in finishes of T13 - 1 - 1 and followed that up with T2 - T26 - T12 in 2024 and T32 - T7 - 12 in 2025. We haven’t seen Viktor put a full season together in a while but he does play well in spurts and his most consistent streaks are during this stretch of golf, so I am going to ride it until he proves me otherwise.

Patrick Cantlay has put up consistent finishes and that is tough to bet against but, as with everyone in the field, he has a lack of course knowledge at Bellerive CC and his driver has not been the crutch that he has had when playing his best. Patrick has lost strokes or gained less than a strokes off-the-tee to the field in 5 straight tournaments but he has been able to lean on his ball striking to keep him competitive while gaining 6.7 and 5.6 strokes to the field on approach in back-to-back weeks. Bellerive is a major championship venue and while it will not be setup like one at this time of the year and for a playoff event, it will still show it’s teeth throughout the round and I believe this is going to be an off week for Patrick with Bellerive tightening up where he averages his carry off the tee.

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This shapes up as an excellent bounce back opportunity for Nasrat Haqparast. He sits at a true pick'em price tag and there's absolutely value in that number. Haqparast brings a polished striking game built on consistent volume. He fires long rangy combinations while managing distance with sharp footwork. As a slick southpaw he displays high-level technical boxing that lets him control exchanges from the outside. Padilla is a well-rounded fighter who works effectively in the clinch. He shows competence across every phase of the game yet lacks true elite skill in any single area. He likes to pressure forward with heavy shots powered by real strength. Lately he has found success by driving opponents toward the cage and controlling the pace once he gets there. The betting line stays tight mainly because of Haqparast’s most recent outing against Quillan Salkilld. In the opening round he absorbed a brutal head kick that flattened him completely. The finish looked devastating and left legitimate questions about Nasrat's recovery. The encouraging part is the 10 month layoff he took afterward. That amount of time should be more than enough for a full physical and mental reset. Now on the feet Haqparast holds clear advantages and his combinations are much cleaner. He has faster hands and better distance management as well. Padilla will struggle to close the gap cleanly and will leave himself open to counters as a result. Expect Haqparast to accumulate the higher volume of significant strikes and to win the majority of the minutes. He is simply the sharper point fighter when the action stays standing. His crisper combinations should allow him to outland Padilla throughout the contest. One possible path for Padilla involves wrestling entries, yet Haqparast is fully prepared for that threat. He currently owns a strong 86% takedown defense rate backed by reliable defensive wrestling. He can sprawl effectively and then return to brawling in the pocket where his volume becomes even more decisive. This matchup is likely to remain standing for long stretches and that is exactly where Haqparast does his best work. In a strong bounce back spot at an attractive price Nasrat Haqparast is the play to get the job done on Saturday night.

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These are currently the two top teams in the WNBA. That's in large part to their defense. The Valkyries allows the fewest number of points in the league and the Lynx allow the second least. Minnesota checks in off consecutive games which went under the total while Golden State has gone under in three straight. The Valkyries last game had just 148 points. The most recent h2h meeting finished with 156 points. Minnesota's last four visits here have finished with 156, 149, 150 and 161. This should be another relatively low-scoring affair. *Good at 165 and up

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This is a free play on CAL.

The Bruins made a splashy hire bringing in Bob Chesney as their new head coach. The last coach that left James Madison for the BIG10 ended up winning the National Championship in Year 2 at Indiana. Nobody should be expecting the same from Chesney. I like the hire, and I think the Bruins future looks bright, but Week 1 on the road against a team with a better quarterback and a defense that was far superior a year ago, I think the Bruins are the clear underdog.

GL,

Jesse Schule

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Over the last ten seasons, the Jets have averaged 4.9 wins per year and they have only gone over this 5.5 win total three times. You can point to injuries and in-season trades as a big reason why last season was a failure, but we now have a ten-year sample size of this being one of the worst organizations in the NFL. Geno Smith was brought back to the franchise after a disastrous run in Las Vegas with the Raiders, but we're struggling to see the upside. The Athletic just released a comprehensive QB ranking that was voted on by coaches and front office personnel. Smith was voted as the 30th-best quarterback heading into the 2026 season. One defensive coordinator was quoted as saying, "He looked terrible on the film we saw." Another defensive coach put more blame on the Raiders' system around him, saying "Once you get hit and keep getting hit and hit and hit, how good are you going to be? They had no identity on offense. Geno got a bad rap. He was getting murdered out there." That's fair, but why is there any reason to believe things are going to be any better with this team? Head coach Aaron Glenn was retained, but nearly every assistant coaching position was flipped after last year’s 3-14 campaign. Frank Reich has been brought in to lead the offense, but Reich hasn't coached in the NFL since 2023 when he went 1-10 with the Carolina Panthers. Bill Musgrave was hired as the quarterbacks coach. Musgrave was the Browns' QB coach last season and Cleveland had arguably the worst offense in the NFL. We're really struggling to see how the Jets are going to double their win total from three to six this season. It's not like this team was knocking on the doorstep and suffered a couple heartbreaking losses along the way. They finished with a -203 point differential, allowed the second-most points in the league and suffered eight double-digit losses. When the NFL schedule was released, DraftKings released opening point spreads on every game for every team for the upcoming season. The Jets are not projected to be favored by more than a field goal in any game this season, and only five games have a point spread between -2.5 and +2.5. So in order to eclipse this win total, the Jets would have to go 5-0 in those toss-up games (vs Cleveland, Las Vegas, Arizona and Miami x2) and still would need to pull another upset along the way. We don't see that happening.

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This is a free play on the Memphis Tigers.

The Rebels are the team with all the hype, and I hear fans glowing about head coach Dan Mullen. The coach on the other side has the more impressive resume, at least in recent seasons. Charles Huff won a conference championship with Marshall, then took over a Southern Miss team coming off a 1-11 season, and won seven of nine games to start last season. With 13 defensive players coming with him from Southern Miss, Huff's defense should be in good shape. I am not sold on the Rebels quarterback situation with Jackson Arnold and Alex Orgi. We will put this on our wait list, hope the line gets bet up to -7 and take the points when it does.

GL,

Jesse Schule

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This is a free play on NC State.

The Cavs won 11 games last year, and I was on the right sight of several of those wins. I do expect regression, coming off a season where everything went their way. They won three games in overtime. I am not a big fan of transfer quarterback Beau Pribula, and while he is playing his first game with new receivers in a new system on a new team, CJ Bailey is in his third season under Dave Doeren. I'll take the points.

GL,

Jesse Schule

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