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First-Inning Report for Friday, May 23, 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!

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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.
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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Last 20

Date

Sport

Pick

Result

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

May 16

NBA

5% – (509) Boston Celtics at (510) New York Knicks 1H Total Under 108.0 (-110)
(Analysis)

Win

May 16

MLB

3% – Los Angeles Dodgers -1.5 (-140) J Kochanowicz (RHP), D May (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

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

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 12

MLB

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