Ralph Michaels
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NBA/MLB 37-16 (69/8%) COMBO RUN!
MLB PLAYS 4% & HIGHER 13-3 (81.3%)! • NBA 16-5 (76%) RUN! • MLB & NBA TWO-FER!
•• Ralph is off a 1-1 Monday cashing his top MLB release and dropping his NHL selection. With that MLB win Ralph is now 21-11 (66%) on all MLB selections since April 9th while going 13-3 (81.3%) on MLB plays rated 4% and higher! The NBA remains red-hot with a 16-5 (76%) playoff run!
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NBA #1 PLAYOFFS 16-5 (76%) RUN!
21-11 (66%) MLB RUN SINCE APRIL 9TH!
15-4 (79%) RUN ON ALL PLAYS RATED 4% & HIGHER!
NBA TOTALS 22-10 (69%) SINCE APRIL 2023!
NFL SIDES 63.6% RUN!!
#1 NFL PRE L8Y - 63%/ 4%+ 77.6%!!
Last updated May 14, 8:14 AM EDT
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NBA/MLB 37-16 (69/8%) COMBO RUN!
MLB PLAYS 4% & HIGHER 13-3 (81.3%)! • NBA 16-5 (76%) RUN! • MLB & NBA TWO-FER!
•• Ralph is off a 1-1 Monday cashing his top MLB release and dropping his NHL selection. With that MLB win Ralph is now 21-11 (66%) on all MLB selections since April 9th while going 13-3 (81.3%) on MLB plays rated 4% and higher! The NBA remains red-hot with a 16-5 (76%) playoff run!
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THE 2024 WAGERTALK DRAFT GUIDE
THE 2024 WAGERTALK DRAFT GUIDE
Most fans are excited about the draft on how it helps their favorite NFL team but knowing what each team lost is even more important. Ralph uses a one to eight points weighted grading system quantifying what each team lost.
Ranks for each conference plus school ranks by points lost, alphabetically and by individual conferences.
The SEC was the top conference again with 50 players drafted and 190 points lost.
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THE PLAY: 1I Total Under 0.5 (-132) M Wacha (RHP), L Gilbert (RHP) Must Start
(973) Kansas City Royals at (974) Seattle Mariners
1I Total Under 0.5 (-132) M Wacha (RHP), L Gilbert (RHP) Must Start
The data is from the First Inning Report I post on X daily - @CalSportsLV
KC has B2B games with NRFI and they are 4-1 the L5 overall and 6-1 the L7 away
Seattle is 11-3 NRFI since April 30th including 6-1 at home
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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. Small conferences are particularly profitable due to mispriced injuries and his profiling of exploitable coaching tendencies.
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