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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.

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Free Picks

Sport

Game Selection

Game Time

MLB

(901) Pittsburgh Pirates at (902) Philadelphia Phillies

6:45pm EDT - May 16/2025

THE PLAY: 1I Total Under 0.5 (-115) A Heaney (LHP), R Suarez (LHP) Must Start

(901) Pittsburgh Pirates at (902) Philadelphia Phillies

First Inning Total Under 0.5 (-115) A Heaney (LHP), R Suarez (LHP) Must Start

When both teams have no rest they are 51% NRFI when both teams have rest the NRFI is 52.5%.

Pittsburgh is 7-1 NRFI and have not scored a 1st inning run in those 8 games.

Philly did score in the 2nd game of the DH but they are 5-1 NRFI their L6 games.

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Date

Sport

Pick

Result

May 15

MLB

1.5% – (955) Tampa Bay Rays at (956) Toronto Blue Jays 1I Total Under 0.5 (-120) Z Littell (RHP), K Gausman (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

May 14

MLB

1.5% – (909) Miami Marlins at (910) Chicago Cubs 1I Total Under 0.5 (-125) R Weathers (LHP), J Taillon (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

May 13

MLB

2% – (967) Kansas City Royals at (968) Houston Astros 1I Total Under 0.5 (-135) K Bubic (LHP), F Valdez (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

May 13

MLB

3% – New York Yankees -132 M Fried (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

May 12

MLB

3% – MLB parlay: Cubs with TExas (list all starters)
(Analysis)

Win

May 12

MLB

1% – (913) Kansas City Royals at (914) Houston Astros 1I Total Under 0.5 (-115) M Wacha (RHP), R Gusto (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

May 11

MLB

1.5% – (979) Philadelphia Phillies at (980) Cleveland Guardians 1I Total Under 0.5 (-135) Z Wheeler (RHP), L Ortiz (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

May 11

NBA

5% – Oklahoma City Thunder -5.5 (-110)
(Analysis)

Loss

May 11

MLB

3% – (967) Baltimore Orioles at (968) Los Angeles Angels 1H Baltimore Orioles Total Under 2.5 (-103) T Anderson (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

May 10

NBA

2% – NBA parlay: Boston with Minnesota
(Analysis)

Win

May 10

MLB

3% – San Diego Padres -1.5 (-133) B Blalock (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

May 10

MLB

1% – (921) Milwaukee Brewers at (922) Tampa Bay Rays Total Over 0.5 (-120) T Myers (RHP), T Bradley (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

May 10

MLB

1.5% – (913) Texas Rangers at (914) Detroit Tigers 1I Total Under 0.5 (-140) J Degrom (RHP), J Flaherty (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

May 09

MLB

1.5% – (961) Texas Rangers at (962) Detroit Tigers 1I Total Under 0.5 (-120) P Corbin (LHP), T Skubal (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

May 09

MLB

4% – Philadelphia Phillies -116 A Nola (RHP), G Williams (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

May 08

MLB

2% – (907) Texas Rangers at (908) Boston Red Sox 1H Texas Rangers Total Under 2.5 (-155) B Bello (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

May 08

MLB

1% – (905) Baltimore Orioles at (906) Minnesota Twins 1I Total Under 0.5 (-115) D Kremer (RHP), J Ryan (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

No Play

May 07

MLB

1% – (977) San Diego Padres at (978) New York Yankees 1I Total Under 0.5 (-125) D Cease (RHP), M Fried (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

May 07

MLB

4% – MLB Two team parlay - list all 4 starters: DET with KC
(Analysis)

Win

May 06

NBA

2% – (587) Golden State Warriors at (588) Minnesota Timberwolves 1H Total Under 103.0 (-110)
(Analysis)

Win

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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