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First-Inning Report for Wednesday, May 7, 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

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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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Game Time

MLB

(977) San Diego Padres at (978) New York Yankees

7:05pm EDT - May 7/2025

THE PLAY: 1I Total Under 0.5 (-125) D Cease (RHP), M Fried (LHP) Must Start

(977) San Diego Padres at (978) New York Yankees

1I Total Under 0.5 (-125) D Cease (RHP), M Fried (LHP) Must Start

Fried, in L5 starts 34 1/3 innings 19 hits and ONLY 3 RUNS!
Cease has allowed 2 runs/gm each of his L4 starts.

The NYY are 3-0 NRFI and have scored a first inning run only once in their L8 home games.

SD is 51 and 8-2 NRFI!

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Date

Sport

Pick

Result

May 06

NBA

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

Win

May 06

MLB

1% – (927) Houston Astros at (928) Milwaukee Brewers 1I Total Under 0.5 (-115) H Wesneski (RHP), C Patrick (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

May 06

MLB

4% – New York Mets +100 D Peterson (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

May 05

MLB

4% – 1H Chicago Cubs -141 L Roupp (RHP), M Boyd (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

May 04

NBA

3% – NBA Parlay: CLE with OKC
(Analysis)

Loss

May 04

MLB

3% – New York Yankees -1.0 (-135) T Bradley (RHP), W Warren (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

May 03

1% – Two 5 horse Tri-Boxes
(Analysis)

Loss

May 03

MLB

1% – (969) Cleveland Guardians at (970) Toronto Blue Jays 1I Total Under 0.5 (-130) G Williams (RHP), K Gausman (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

May 03

MLB

3% – New York Yankees -175 Action
(Analysis)

Loss

May 02

MLB

4% – Detroit Tigers -166 T Skubal (LHP), J Soriano (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

May 02

MLB

1.5% – (911) New York Mets at (912) St. Louis Cardinals 1I Total Under 0.5 (-130) C Holmes (RHP), S Gray (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Loss

May 01

NBA

2% – New York Knicks +1.5 (-110)
(Analysis)

Win

May 01

MLB

4% – Detroit Tigers -116 C Mize (RHP), Y Kikuchi (LHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

May 01

NBA

2% – (521) Denver Nuggets at (522) Los Angeles Clippers 1H Total Under 109.0 (-108)
(Analysis)

Loss

Apr 30

MLB

1% – (927) Athletics at (928) Texas Rangers 1I Total Under 0.5 (-105) L Severino (RHP), N Eovaldi (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 30

MLB

5% – (923) Kansas City Royals at (924) Tampa Bay Rays Kansas City Royals Total Under 3.5 (-120) N Cameron (LHP), D Rasmussen (RHP) Must Start
(Analysis)

Win

Apr 30

NBA

2% – NBA Parlay: Houston Rockets with LA Lakers
(Analysis)

Loss

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

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