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[1%] Free Play on Rangers -110

1* Free Play on Sky -5½

Free Total Annihilator On Reds vs Giants under 8 -110

1 Dimer on Portland Fire +9 -110

1* Bet on Sun +6

Ricky's 1* play on BOS.

Key Angle: It's important to remember that Ricky never makes a bet on any game based on just one angle. In order to make the grade, all his premium picks must meet several important criteria. He doesn't share all his secrets within his analysis, instead he chooses to reveal only the angle that he feels is the most significant. Here in this game the recent history of these two teams is particularly significant.

- The Red Sox are 7-3 in their last 10 games.

- The Red Sox are 6-1 in the last 7 head to head meetings.

- Payton Tolle is 4-1 in his last 5 starts for the last Red Sox.

Verdict: The value is on the road favorite.

3* on Mercury

This is a FREE PLAY on the OVER Phillies/Mariners.

Last night's series opener flew well OVER the number in the Mariners' 9-2 win, and I'm expecting some more offensive fireworks tonight.

Phillies' starter Aaron Nola is 5-9 with a 5.12 ERA, while Mariners' scheduled starter George Kirby is just 8-10 with a 4.18 ERA.

Cal Raleigh had three home runs in yesterday's win and everything points to another "slug-fest."

Consider the OVER.

Good luck, NP

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Portland Fire

Game 659.

5:00 PM PST/8:00 PM EST.

It’s true, the Dallas Wings can clinch the WNBA’s final player spot with a win over the Portland Fire tonight. But winning and covering are two entirely different things. This is a team that has failed to cover seven of their last 10 games. As a matter of fact, they failed to cover both meetings against the Portland Fire this season. And neither of those matchups had a line as high as you’re seeing here today. Technically, Portland can keep their playoff hopes alive starting with a win here. Although it is unlikely, they must win their final seven games and have Dallas drop all six of their remaining regular season games. As I mentioned a moment ago, I find this scenario to be very unlikely. But they will come out here and give it all they’ve got to try to keep their playoff hopes alive. The Fire cover while the Wings do not. Yes, I understand their numbers aren’t very impressive at either end of the court. But to be quite frank, neither does their opponents numbers. I just feel the line here is too big. Take the Portland Fire. Thank you.

Rocketman Sports FREE MLB play Tuesday 8-25-26

Boston @ Miami  (6:40 PM EST)
Play On:  Boston -158

The Boston Red Sox take on the Marlins in Miami on Tuesday night.  Boston is 73-59 SU overall this year while Miami comes in with a 67-65 SU overall record on the season.  Boston is 40-13 overall over the past 2 months.  Boston is 18-2 this year when playing against a team with a winning record in the second half of the season.  Payton Tolle is 5-3 with a 2.52 ERA on the road this year.  Tolle is 7-3 with a 2.66 ERA at night this season.  Tolle is 5-1 with a 3.07 ERA overall over the past 2 months and 3-0 with a 2.37 ERA overall over the past month.  Boston is 6-0 overall in this series the past 3 years including 4-0 when playing in Miami.  We'll recommend a small play on Boston tonight!  Thanks and good luck, Rocky

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Jack's Free Pick Tuesday: Royals/Blue Jays OVER 8.5

The Kansas City Royals are going through their best offensive stretch of the season during their current 8-game winning streak.  They have scored at least 3 runs in all eight wins while averaging 6.7 runs per game in their last seven.

The Blue Jays have gone 5-2 OVER in their last seven games overall and have scored at least 3 runs in eight of their last nine games.  Both surging offenses should have their way with two of the worst starters in the American League tonight.

Seth Lugo is 5-7 with a 4.71 ERA in 26 starts this season.  He is 1-3 with a 5.63 ERA in 12 road starts, allowing 40 earned runs in 64 innings. Lugo has allowed 18 earned runs in 21 2/3 innings in his last four starts overall for a 7.48 ERA during this stretch.

Max Scherzer is clearly washed, going 1-6 with a 7.40 ERA and 1.51 WHIP in 11 starts this season.  He is 1-5 with an 8.33 ERA and 1.56 WHIP in seven home starts, allowing 25 earned runs and 9 homers in 27 innings.  Scherzer just allowed 7 earned runs in 4 innings to the Rays in his last start.  He also allowed 7 earned runs in 2/3 of an inning in a 20-1 loss to the Royals in his last start against them.  Bet the OVER in this game Tuesday.

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1* Free Pick on Portland Fire/Wings: over 175½

Portland runs.

Over the last 10 games the Fire play at a 99.72 pace, average 91.1 points, and hit 46% from the field with 36% from three.

That's a shot-volume profile that gets to 90-plus on its own most nights.

The defensive side is where the total really gets there.

Portland is bleeding 112.2 per 100 on defense.

Dallas has real shot-creators to punish that.

Paige Bueckers is at 20.6 PPG, Arike Ogunbowale at 15.1, Jessica Shepard at 14.2.

Three double-digit scorers against a leaky defense at a fast pace is exactly the recipe for an over.

The strongest argument against is Dallas' pace.

The Wings sit at 94.44 over their last 10 and average just 85 points.

Fair concern.

But pace in these matchups tends to land closer to the faster team's number, not the average, because Portland pushes off makes and misses.

Even if Dallas drags this to 96-97 possessions, the efficiency numbers still get us in the neighborhood of 180.

The injuries are a wash.

Portland loses Sarah Ashlee Barker (10.7 PPG), Dallas loses Azzi Fudd (13.1 PPG).

Both replacements come from rotations that were already logging real minutes, so the drop-off is smaller than the raw scoring lines suggest.

Carla Leite (15.8 PPG) and Bridget Carleton (14.7 PPG) give Portland enough on the other end to hold up their share of the number.

Dallas' 107.6 offensive rating against Portland's 112.2 defense is a clean edge to the scoring side.

I like the Over

1* MLB - Cubs/Dbacks FREE PICK on Cubs -106

Dave's Tuesday Free Play:

1* on Brewers/Mets OVER 7.5

The Key: I like the price we are getting on the OVER 7.5 tonight between the Brewers and Mets.  Kyle Harrison is 3-2 with a 6.10 ERA and 1.45 WHIP in 9 road starts for the Brewers this year as life on the road has been very difficult for him.  The Brewers should crush rookie Zach Thornton, who has yielded at least 3 ER in 4 of his last 5 starts for the Mets.  Take the OVER.

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1 Unit FREE PLAY on Seattle Mariners -102

The Seattle Mariners have the starting pitching advantage tonight over the Philadelphia Phillies.  They are also starting to swing a hot bat as Cal Raleigh finally got going with 3 HR last night and is capable of staying hot for weeks.  George Kirby is 5-4 with a 3.40 ERA and 1.16 WHIP in 13 home starts for the Mariners this season.  Aaron Nola is 5-9 with a 5.12 ERA and 1.42 WHIP in 26 starts for the Phillies this season while giving up 31 home runs.  Give me the Mariners.

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Chicago -5 1/2

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Tuesday's Free MLB Pick

PLAY ON: Mariners -105 

Looking at the Week 0 board this year, one number keeps staring me right in the face. TCU laying a touchdown against North Carolina over in Dublin feels like the cleanest play on the early slate.

I have been on this one for a while now. TCU has the more settled roster, especially in the trenches, and that continuity matters more than most people want to admit in Week 0. North Carolina is still sorting through a heavy overhaul in Belichick’s second season, with a new offensive coordinator trying to install a system on the fly and a pile of new bodies who have not taken meaningful snaps together yet. In college football, that gap tends to show up early, especially when both teams have to fly across the ocean for a noon kick.

Neutral-site openers have always been kind to the more physical, more experienced side. Over the last fifteen years, favorites laying between six and eight points in true neutral-site season openers have covered right around 58 percent of the time. At standard juice you only need to hit 52.4 percent to break even, so that edge is real. When you tighten the filter to games that involved long-haul or overseas travel, the favorite’s cover rate climbs closer to 61 percent and the under hits nearly 60 percent of the time. The average total in those spots has finished almost four points under the number. Jet lag is no joke, and neither is limited practice time before a transatlantic flight.

TCU has been the more consistent outfit under Sonny Dykes. His teams usually play with a clear physical identity and they do not mind grinding it out early in the season. North Carolina, meanwhile, has spent the last couple of years looking like a roster still trying to figure out who belongs where. Historical trends for ACC teams opening against Big 12 competition on neutral fields lean toward the side with better line continuity, and TCU checks that box. Favorites in this exact range that also held a clear edge up front have covered better than 60 percent since the mid-2010s. That is the kind of number that keeps the lights on if you stay disciplined.

I will take the under as a secondary piece if the total sits near 48. Early-season scoring is often suppressed when teams are still installing, traveling, and playing a little tight. Both sides prefer a physical brand of football, and that style rarely produces fireworks in the first half of a Week 0 game on foreign soil.

Hawai’i getting points at Stanford and Memphis as a small dog against UNLV are fine secondary looks if you like chasing value on the dog side. I generally leave the massive numbers alone unless the total is screaming. This TCU spot is different. It is the kind of early-season situation where the sharper side of the board usually cashes, and the travel factor only adds another layer of protection.

I have been wrong before and I will be wrong again, but this one sits right with me. Continuity, trenches, travel, and the historical numbers all point the same direction. If the line drifts a half-point either way I am still on it. Good luck if you decide to ride along.

Note: I bet this selection while was able to get -7. But it s still good at this number.

Please unless your a weekend warrior do not buy off the hook.

BUYING OFF THE HOOK 

Buying off the hook is one of those moves that feels smart in the moment and slowly bleeds you over time. I have watched plenty of sharp money and square money both fall into the same trap, and the long-term numbers do not lie. You are paying extra juice to move the line half a point or a full point so a common final margin turns into a push or a win instead of a loss. Classic example is laying the three and a half instead of the three, or taking the plus three and a half instead of the plus three. The hook disappears, your ticket looks safer, and the price quietly climbs from minus one-ten to minus one-twenty or worse.

That extra juice is the real problem. Standard minus one-ten needs you to cash about fifty-two point four percent just to break even. Jump to minus one-twenty and you need roughly fifty-four and a half percent. At minus one-thirty you are staring at fifty-six and a half percent. Those two to four extra points of required win rate add up fast across a season. The probability of a game landing exactly on the number you bought off is almost never high enough to cover the cost over hundreds of plays.

Football is where the conversation gets loudest because the key numbers actually matter. Three and seven have historically been the biggest hooks in both the NFL and college game. League-wide data over the last decade shows finals of three happening in the high teens percentage range and sevens in the low double digits. Buying off those numbers is the only spot where the math gets closer to break-even. Even then you are usually still overpaying. Outside of those true keys the half-points become pure juice leaks. Teams that routinely buy from three and a half to three or from seven and a half to seven have shown thin or negative edges once you factor in the price.

Basketball is a different animal. NBA and college totals and spreads move around half-points constantly, but the distribution of final margins is flatter. Landing exactly on a three or a four happens less often than football’s big keys, so the value of buying the half-point is even thinner. Same story in baseball with the run line. Buying from one and a half to one or two and a half to two costs you juice that the frequency of those exact margins rarely repays. Soccer worldwide, whether Premier League, La Liga, Serie A or the big South American leagues, runs mostly on Asian handicaps where the half-goal and quarter-goal moves are already priced aggressively. Buying further off the number there is usually just giving the book more of your money for protection you do not need.

I have seen the same pattern in hockey, tennis, and the rest of the major venues. The public loves the feeling of being off the hook. The long-term winners almost never make it a habit. They would rather shop for the best available number, take the standard juice, and live with the occasional hook loss. The ones who grind out profits treat buying points like a last resort, not a regular tool. Only when the price is unusually soft on a true key number does the play even enter the conversation, and those spots are rare.

The bottom line is simple. Occasional, selective buys off a real key number at a fair price can be tolerable. Making it standard operating procedure is a slow leak that compounds against you. The juice almost always costs more than the protection is worth. Stay patient, shop the numbers, and let the hooks fall where they fall. That approach has kept more bankrolls healthy than any amount of buying ever will.

Alex Smart

My selection is on Chicago over Texas at 7:40 pm et on Tuesday.

The presence of Jacob deGrom on the mound along with last night's lopsided victory in favor of Texas figures to have a lot of bettors backing the visitors again at a near pk'em price on Tuesday. It's true deGrom is coming off a masterful outing against the Nationals in which he allowed just one hit over six shutout innings, striking out 10 along the way. It's also true that Texas has won just two of his last six starts and hasn't notched victories in consecutive deGrom outings since June 1st and 7th. Anthony Kay was saddled with a loss in his most recent start for Chicago but deserved better as he allowed just two earned runs over six innings against Atlanta. The White Sox had won three consecutive Kay outings prior to that. He brings excellent form having allowed three earned runs or less in 11 consecutive starts. He's worked at least into the sixth inning in four of his last five trips to the hill. Take Chicago (8*).

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1* on Marlins +140

MAGIC MIKE'S Red Sox vs Marlins MLB FREE PICK

The Angle(s): Red Sox rookie left-hander Payton Tolle (8-6, 3.08 ERA) continues his impressive debut season, maintaining a tight 1.08 WHIP with 134 strikeouts across 120.0 innings pitched. Tolle has been particularly lethal on the road as a favorite, giving up two earned runs or fewer in five consecutive road starts, including eight shutout innings against Toronto earlier this month.

Miami's offense consistently falters when facing left-handed starters, leaving their pitching staff with thin margins of error. With Tolle in dominant form away from Fenway, backing the Red Sox offers a strong situational advantage.

The Bet: Red Sox (3%).

#917 ASA MLB FREE PLAY ON Kansas City Royals (+115) over Toronto Blue Jays, Tuesday @ 7:07 ET - This is a nice underdog value spot. The Royals have won 8 straight games. Even if the Jays Scherzer has shown some better stuff at times recently, let's not forget that he is 1-6 with a 7.40 ERA this season. The Royals Lugo has had some bad luck as he has only been hit at a .260 clip since the All Star break but he has given up some bigger run totals. All of this is leading to line value here as we can test the perfect 8-0 run for KC and yet get a plus money underdog price in doing so. We'll take it. The Blue Jays are on a 3-4 slide and it continues here. FREE PLAY on Kansas City Royals +115

Marc David Sports' Free Pick

We really like the home team in this matchup. The line appears to be highly influenced by Jacob deGrom's star name and track record, but we think this is an overreaction given how Texas has sputtered on the road and how well Chicago has defended home turf.

The White Sox (68-63) host the Rangers aiming to extend their solid play behind LHP Anthony Kay (9-6, 3.96 ERA). Chicago has proven to be a tough matchup in this ballpark, quietly building a strong 20-14 record as home underdogs. Kay has been reliable for Chicago, allowing three earned runs or fewer in each of his last eight starts.

The Rangers counter with RHP Jacob deGrom (9-8, 3.77 ERA). While deGrom remains a formidable arm, Texas continues to struggle with consistency away from Arlington, carrying a disappointing 11-14 record as road favorites. Furthermore, deGrom has not been immune to road favorite hiccups himself, with a 3-5 team record in that role.

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Free Play – Take #661 Washington -2 over Phoenix (10:00 p.m. ET, Tuesday, August 25)

Washington is in the playoffs, while Phoenix will be home to watch the Cardinals play football in September. The Mystics are #7 but could move up or down, so they still have something to play for. These teams have played once, and Washington won by 20 at home 16 days ago. This gives the Mercury a revenge motive. However, the Mystics are the better defensive team by a good margin and can dominate on the glass with a +5.0 differential compared to Phoenix at -1.5. The visitor has a decent 9-8 road record, while the Mercury are 5-12 at home. Washington continues to surge at 10-3, and the SU winner of their games is 12-1 ATS. The home team is 5-11 SU and the SU winner is 14-2 ATS in those contests. With the Mystics better on defense and rebounding and is 6-0 ATS after three straight games outrebounding their opponent by 10 or more, they win and cover.

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Free Pick on Red Sox -153

FREE PLAY on Mets +155

PSP Data Driven 1* Marlins +1.5.

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Our models suggest that the value is on the Underdog. The Marlins are 7-3 ATS in their last 10 games. The Marlins are 6-4 ATS in the last 10 head to head meetings versus the Red Sox.

Cleveland Guardians vs. Los Angeles Angels — Under 7 (-108)

The first thing that jumps out here is the market itself. The Under is drawing a low ticket count but the majority of the money — sharp, lopsided action that's already pulled the total down. That kind of split (few bets, most of the dollars) usually signals informed money leaning one way.

The trends back it up. Cleveland has cashed the Under in the majority of their road games, and Los Angeles has been profitable on Unders all season. Add to that: neither offense has been good this year. On the mound, Gavin Williams has pitched well away from home, and Walbert Urena has been excellent all season. Both bullpens have held up strong too.

Two weak lineups, two pitchers performing above their surroundings, and reliable bullpen support on both sides — the recipe points toward a suppressed-scoring game.

Play: Under 7 (-108)

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For my best free pick on the board here for Tuesday in WNBA action, I am looking at the Connecticut Sun hosting the Chicago Sky. No reason to ever lay close to two possessions on the road with this Sky team. The Sun have covered 4 of the last 6 head-to-head matchups between the two teams. Chicago’s stock has risen as of late after big wins over the Liberty and Valkyries, but this is still a 5-13 SU on the road team. Value lies here with Connecticut.   Look for them to be down at the half, fight back in the second half, and keep this one within a possession.

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