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      Ralph Michaels

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      TOP RATED 5% TOTALS 7-1-1 (88%)!

      TOP RATED 5% PLAYS ML 13-7-1 (65%)!

      MLB YRFI/NRFI 16-7 (69.6%)!

      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 May 28, 9:00 AM EDT

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      THE WEDNESDAY WAGERTALK MLB FIRST INNING REPORT

      First-Inning Report for Wednesday, May 28, 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 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!
       

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      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

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      MLB
      (929) Washington Nationals at (930) Seattle Mariners
      9:40pm EDT - May 28/2025

      THE PLAY: 1I Total Over 0.5 (-110) T Williams (RHP), G Kirby (RHP) Must Start

      (929) Washington Nationals at (930) Seattle Mariners

      1I Total Over 0.5 (-110) T Williams (RHP), G Kirby (RHP) Must Start

      Washington is 3-0 YRFI on the road and they are 6-2 YRFI overall in their L8 games.

      Seattle is 3-0 & 5-1 YRFI.
      Since April 11th the Mariners are #1 in most YRFI at 61.4%.
       

      FYI - Next best YRFI - Twins 58.5% 

      Best NRFI - KC 67.9%, NYM 63.6%, CLE 62.3%


       

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      Sport
      Pick
      Result
      May 28
      MLB
      2% – (921) Boston Red Sox at (922) Milwaukee Brewers 1I Total Under 0.5 (-130) B Bello (RHP), F Peralta (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Win
      May 27
      MLB
      3% – (961) Toronto Blue Jays at (962) Texas Rangers 1I Total Under 0.5 (-130) B Francis (RHP), N Eovaldi (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Win
      May 26
      NHL
      2% – Florida Panthers -180
      (Analysis)
      Loss
      May 26
      MLB
      3% – St. Louis Cardinals -112 E Fedde (RHP), C Morton (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Loss
      May 25
      MLB
      4% – MLB Parlay: Yankees with Philadelphia (list all starters)
      (Analysis)
      Loss
      May 24
      MLB
      5% – (929) Miami Marlins at (930) Los Angeles Angels Los Angeles Angels Total Over 4.5 (-115) C Quantrill (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Loss
      May 24
      MLB
      1.5% – (917) Texas Rangers at (918) Chicago White Sox 1I Total Under 0.5 (-130) J Leiter (RHP), J Cannon (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      No Play
      May 23
      MLB
      3% – 1H St. Louis Cardinals +0.5 (-120) M Mikolas (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Loss
      May 21
      MLB
      1% – (967) Texas Rangers at (968) New York Yankees 1I Total Under 0.5 (-130) J Degrom (RHP), R Yarbrough (LHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Win
      May 21
      MLB
      4% – 1H Boston Red Sox -145 G Crochet (LHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Push
      May 21
      MLB
      1.5% – (975) Kansas City Royals at (976) San Francisco Giants 1I Total Under 0.5 (-135) D Lynch (LHP), L Webb (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Loss
      May 20
      MLB
      1% – (929) Kansas City Royals at (930) San Francisco Giants 1I Total Under 0.5 (-135) M Lorenzen (RHP), H Birdsong (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Win
      May 20
      MLB
      3% – St. Louis Cardinals +1.5 (-113) E Fedde (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Win
      May 19
      MLB
      1.5% – (951) Cincinnati Reds at (952) Pittsburgh Pirates 1I Total Under 0.5 (-125) N Lodolo (LHP), M Keller (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Loss
      May 19
      MLB
      3% – (957) Arizona Diamondbacks at (958) Los Angeles Dodgers Total Over 9.5 (-108) B Pfaadt (RHP), L Knack (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      No Play
      May 18
      NBA
      2% – (521) Denver Nuggets at (522) Oklahoma City Thunder 1H Total Under 109.5 (-110)
      (Analysis)
      Win
      May 18
      MLB
      2% – (919) St. Louis Cardinals at (920) Kansas City Royals 1I Total Under 0.5 (-130) M Liberatore (LHP), M Wacha (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Win
      May 18
      MLB
      3% – (927) Seattle Mariners at (928) San Diego Padres 1H Total Under 4.0 (-130) B Woo (RHP), M King (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Push
      May 17
      MLB
      3% – (971) Minnesota Twins at (972) Milwaukee Brewers Milwaukee Brewers Total Under 3.5 (+105) P Lopez (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Win
      May 17
      MLB
      2% – (957) Houston Astros at (958) Texas Rangers 1I Total Under 0.5 (-120) R Blanco (RHP), T Mahle (RHP) Must Start
      (Analysis)
      Loss
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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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