Ralph Michaels
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Hot Streaks
61% WINNING DAYS - 45 OF 74 DAYS SINCE MAY 27TH!
MLB TOTALS ARE 36-23 (61%)!
CFB PLAYS 3% & HIGHER 12-1 (92.3%)/ TOTALS 12-2 (86%)!
WOW...18-3 (86%) ON NFL & CFB PLAYS 4% & 5%!
TOP RATED 5% TOTALS 7-1-1 (88%)!
NFL TEASERS ARE 21-5 (81%)/ 4%+ ARE 12-1 (92%)!
Last updated Aug 24, 9:26 AM EDT
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5% CFB.....9-0 (100%) & ONLY $11!
AMAZING 9-0 (100%) CFB 4% & 5%!! NFL/CFB & NFL 4%/5% 17-2 (89%)! HAPPY 11TH B-DAY WAGERTALK!
>> HURRY…this special $11 WagerTalk Birthday Promo ends at MIDNIGHT on Monday!\
•• #2 CFB profit in 2024! CFB 4% & 5% Best Bets are 9-0 (100%) & 16-3 (84%)!
•• CFB/NFL regular season 4% & 5% Best Bets are 17-2 (89%) and 18-3 (86%) including the preseason!
•• CFB totals rated 4% & 5% are a PERFECT 4-0 last season and totals 3%+ are 12-2 (86%)!
>> This package goes back to $35 at Midnight Monday!
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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!
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THE MONDAY WAGERTALK MLB FIRST INNING REPORT
First-Inning Report for Monday, August 25, 2025.
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
From trend chasers to prop hunters, this chart is built for quick-glance insights and actionable info.
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THE PLAY: 1I Total Under 0.5 (-125) J Ryan (RHP), M Scherzer (RHP) Must Start
(965) Minnesota Twins at (966) Toronto Blue Jays
2% First Inning Total Under 0.5 (-125) J Ryan (RHP), M Scherzer (RHP) Must Start
Minnesota has not scored a first inning run in 11 straight games and only once in their L14 games.
Toronto has B2B NRFI
At home the Blue Jays are 5-0 NRFI
Ryan is 19-4 (83% no first inning run allowed)
Scherzer has made 11 starts and while he allowed a first inning run in 4 of his first 6 starts, he has not allowed a first in run in his L5 starts.
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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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