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First-Inning Report for Wednesday, April 30, 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.

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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.
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Free Picks

Sport

Game Selection

Game Time

MLB

(927) Athletics at (928) Texas Rangers

8:05pm EDT - Apr 30/2025

THE PLAY: 1I Total Under 0.5 (-105) L Severino (RHP), N Eovaldi (RHP) Must Start

(927) Athletics at (928) Texas Rangers

1% First Inning Total Under 0.5 (-105) L Severino (RHP), N Eovaldi (RHP) Must Start

The A's are 2-0 NRFI and have not scored a first inning run in 5 straight road games.

The Rangers are 4-0 NRFI at home

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Last 20

Date

Sport

Pick

Result

Apr 29

NBA

4% – (503) Detroit Pistons at (504) New York Knicks 1H Total Under 110.5 (-110)
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 29

NHL

3% – Carolina Hurricanes -1.0 (-165)
(Analysis)

Push

Apr 29

MLB

2% – 1H Houston Astros -115 R Olson (RHP), R Gusto (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 29

MLB

1% – (975) Detroit Tigers at (976) Houston Astros 1I Total Under 0.5 (-135) R Olson (RHP), R Gusto (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 28

MLB

2% – (915) Detroit Tigers at (916) Houston Astros 1H Total Under 4.0 (-110) J Flaherty (RHP), R Blanco (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 28

NBA

2% – (581) Houston Rockets at (582) Golden State Warriors 1H Total Under 98.5 (-110)
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 27

OTH

2% – MLB/NBA parlay: Celtics with Tigers
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 27

NHL

2% – Washington Capitals -115
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 27

MLB

3% – 1H Chicago Cubs -110 A Nola (RHP), J Taillon (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Push

Apr 27

MLB

1% – (951) New York Mets at (952) Washington Nationals 1I Total Under 0.5 (-120) T Megill (RHP), M Parker (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 27

MLB

2% – (953) Milwaukee Brewers at (954) St. Louis Cardinals 1I Total Under 0.5 (-120) J Quintana (LHP), E Fedde (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 26

MLB

3% – Hunter Green to record a win -110
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 26

MLB

2% – (901) Milwaukee Brewers at (902) St. Louis Cardinals 1I Total Under 0.5 (-135) Q Priester (RHP), S Gray (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 26

NBA

3% – NBA Parlay: Cleveland with LA Clippers
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 25

MLB

2% – (955) Milwaukee Brewers at (956) St. Louis Cardinals 1I Total Under 0.5 (-115) C Patrick (RHP), M Liberatore (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 25

MLB

4% – 1H Cincinnati Reds -125 A Abbott (LHP), K Freeland (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Push

Apr 25

NBA

3% – NBA Thu/Fri parlay: OKC (Thu) with BOS (Fri)
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 24

NBA

2% – New York Knicks -110
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 24

MLB

3% – 1H Washington Nationals -125 C Povich (LHP), M Gore (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 24

MLB

1.5% – (901) Milwaukee Brewers at (902) San Francisco Giants 1I Total Under 0.5 (-140) T Myers (RHP), L Roupp (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

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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