Thursday 8/9/18 thread for free handicapping service plays and expert predictions for WNBA, MLB and CFL games.
Info Plays
Aug 09 '18, 7:05 PM in 10h
MLB | Red Sox vs Blue Jays
Play on: Red Sox -160
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Alex Smart
Aug 09 '18, 10:00 PM in 13h
NFLX | Cowboys vs 49ers
Play on: Cowboys +3½ -110 at 5Dimes
The SF 49ers came to life late last season, behind QB Jimmy Garoppolo. The sample size was small in my opinion and he played vs teams that were likely less than inspired to play a team that had struggled so mightily the last couple of seasons. Tonight I expect to also see mostly players vying to upend expected starters, and from a depth perspective my early season rankings suggest the 49ers are not that strong and not as deep as the Boyz on both sides of the ball. Meanwhile, Dallas lost some weapons from last season, and a new core of wide receivers will be on the field, that QB Dak Prescott will have to find chemistry with. I'm also betting on two young stud QBs behind Prescott to shine, ( Cooper Rush and Mike White). I watched these kids and College and feel they have what it takes to eventually succeed in the NFL. Dallas is still a divisional and conference contender, despite of a different look. They are also the better team , and getting points here in the preseason makes for a viable wagering opportunity. Note: Teams like SF that finished their last season at 6-2 or better are just 2-14 ATS the following preseason in their opener as chalk.
SF is 1-4 ATS L/5 preseason home openers.49ers are 4-11 ATS in their last 15 home games.
Cowboys are 5-1-1 ATS in their last 7 road games
Road team is 3-0-1 ATS in their last 4 meetings.
Play on the Dallas Cowboys to cover
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Doug Upstone
Aug 09 '18, 7:00 PM in 10h
NFLX | Browns vs Giants
Play on: Browns +100 at betonline
After a 0-16 season, which was preceded by a 1-15 campaign, there is a belief Cleveland is desperate for a victory, any victory. The Browns opened as a standard three-point road dog and have been flipped to -1. New York doesn't have much to play for, but new head coaches like Pat Shumur win more often than they don't this time of year. Seeing both teams want to run the ball more this upcoming season, I actually prefer the Under, but my Game Estimator has Cleveland, thus, I'll lean in that direction.
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Marc Lawrence
Aug 09 '18, 7:00 PM in 10h
NFLX | Bears vs Bengals
Play on: Bengals -2½ -110 at 5Dimes
Play - Cincinnati Bengals (Game 254).
Edges - Bengals : 6-2 SUATS Home One of the preseason; and revenge from 33-7 loss as 6-point favorites during the regular season last year … Bears: 3-7 ATS Game One preseason. With that we recommend a 1* play on Cincinnati. Thank you and good luck as always.
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Scott Rickenbach
Aug 09 '18, 10:00 PM in 13h
CFL | Edmonton vs BC
Play on: BC +3½ -105 at BMaker
Scott "The Bulldog" Rickenbach CFL Game #352 Thursday Free Pick BC Lions (+) vs Edmonton Eskimos @ 10 PM ET - Although the Eskimos won the first meeting between these teams this season that game was at Edmonton. The rematch is at BC and the Lions are 8-4 SU and ATS the last 12 times they've hosted the Eskimos. Lions QB Travis Lulay has been playing well and, despite the Lions losing stretch SU, they have been getting the job done at the betting window. BC, despite only having a 2-4 SU record on the season is 4-2 ATS in those 6 games. They gave the undefeated Stampeders a good game last week and their two prior games were each decided by 4 points or less. The Lions continue to battle here and they catch an Edmonton team still in celebration mode as the Eskimos have won three straight games. Prior to this hot streak Edmonton was 8-9 SU their last 17 games dating back to last season and including post-season action. Line on Eskimos a little inflated here considering the home team has won all 6 Lions games SU this season. In other words, don't be surprised if that record goes to 7-0 and the home team gets the outright upset here. Free Pick BC Lions Thursday
Joseph D'Amico
Aug 09 '18, 10:00 PM in 13h
NFLX | Colts vs Seahawks
Play on: Seahawks -2 -101 at betonline
Every year, I get you paid in NFL exhibition play. This year, I do it again. This Thursday, I not only get you paid, I get you paid BIG TIME, as I have my NFLX CASH MONEY, HIGH ROLLER, and TOUCHDOWN PLAYS. Get 'em all and get paid BIG TIME.
Thursday's FREE NFLX WINNER: Seattle Seahawks.
Game 724.
7:00 pm pst.
Seattle does not have the same feared defense we are used to seeing. But they do have a 7-1 SU and ATS record the L2 pre-seasons. They need to start the campaign with a win to boost their confidence and get their fan base excited. Especially for e team picked to finished 3rd in the NFC West, which is very unfamiliar territory for the team and their loyal fans. Indy does not have too much besides a healthy Andrew Luck, who will not be jeopardized here.
Take the Seahawks. Thank you.
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Dustin Hawkins
Aug 09 '18, 7:05 PM in 10h
MLB | Red Sox vs Blue Jays
Play on: Red Sox -153
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Jesse Schule
Aug 09 '18, 10:00 PM in 13h
CFL | Edmonton vs BC
Play on: BC +3½ -109 at GTBets
This is a Free #CFL play on the BC Lions. I cashed in a winner with the Lions as a double digit dog in their last game, a 27-18 loss on the road at Calgary. Veteran quarterback Travis Lulay had another solid game, throwing for 281 yards and a TD on 25-of-39 passing. The Edmonton Eskimos are second in the West with a 5-2 record, but many of their wins have come against inferior opponents. They didn't look all that impressive in a home and home series versus the Argos, losing 20-17 in Toronto and then winning by a single point at home. The Lions have only played two home games so far, winning both of them. The home team has won eight of the last 10 meetings between these teams, and the majority of those games have been decided by less than a TD. The Lions look good as a home dog getting a handful of points in a game that could go either way. Take BC. GL,
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Brad Diamond
Aug 09 '18, 1:10 PM in 5h
MLB | Twins vs Indians
Play on: Indians -1½ +100
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Steve Janus
Aug 09 '18, 1:05 PM in 4h
MLB | Braves vs Nationals
Play on: Braves +125
Mike Wynn
Free Play: Free Texas/NY Yankees Under 9½ Runs
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Razor Sharp
YOUR RAZOR SHARP FREE PICK FOR THURSDAY: Take WASHINGTON/NEW ENGLAND UNDER the total of 37½
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Totals4U
Thursday's Free Selection: Indianapolis Colts/Seattle Seahawks over 34 1/2
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Jeff Allen Sports
Thursday's Free Selection is on the Boston Red Sox
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Atlantic Sports
Thursday's Free Selection from Atlantic Sports: Houston Astros - 150
#1 Sports
Thursday's Free Selection: Baltimore Ravens - 3
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Platinum Plays
Free Pick the Pittsburgh/San Francisco Game UNDER 8 Runs
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Easy Money Sports
Lee's Free Thursday Selection Is
Carolina +3
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Golden Dragon Sports
FREE WINNER for THURSDAY: Boston Porcello -153
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Huddle Up Sports
Thursday Free Play: Houston Verlander -152
Hawkeye Sports
Thursday's Free Pick: NY Yankees - 210
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Arthur Ralph Sports
FREE play: THURS Over 37 Redskins/Pats
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The Vegas Steam Line
Your free winner for Thursday: Take TENNESSEE/GREEN BAY OVER the total of 35
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High Stakes Syndicate
Free Selection for Thursday: New York Yankees - 210
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John Anthony Sports
Thursday's Free Selection: Jacksonville Jaguars - 3
Nevada Sharpshooter
Your free winner for Thursday: Take CHICAGO/CINCINNATI UNDER the total of 35½
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Jack Jones
Aug 09 '18, 10:15 PM in 11h
MLB | Pirates vs Giants
Play on: Pirates +124 at 5Dimes
Jack’s Free Pick Thursday: Pittsburgh Pirates +124
I believe the wrong team is favored tonight in San Francisco. The Pirates made some moves before the deadline to show that they are going for it. The Giants have gone the other direction, dropping four of their last five to fall to 57-58 on the season.
Ivan Nova is 6-6 with a 4.49 ERA in 21 starts this season. He has eaten up some big innings for the Pirates. Nova is 1-1 with a 3.16 ERA and 1.130 WHIP in four career starts against San Francisco as well.
Andrew Suarez is 4-7 with a 4.60 ERA and 1.325 WHIP in 19 starts this season, including 1-1 with an 8.10 ERA and 1.860 WHIP in his last three. He is also 0-1 with an 11.25 ERA and 2.250 WHIP in one career start against Pittsburgh, which came in a 2-11 loss on May 11th earlier this season.
The Pirates are 9-2 in their last 11 games vs. a starter with a WHIP greater than 1.30. Pittsburgh is 7-2 in its last nine road games. The Pirates are 12-1 in Nova’s last 13 starts when their opponent scores 2 runs or less in their previous game. The Giants are 1-7 in their last eight home games. Bet the Pirates Thursday.
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Matt Fargo
Aug 09 '18, 10:00 PM in 11h
NFLX | Colts vs Seahawks
Play on: Colts +2 -105 at 5Dimes
The first-year head coach is always a great angle to play in the preseason if given the right circumstances. I am a fan of playing first year head coaches in their first games as those guys want to infuse a new winning attitude into the team as it is usually the case that the previous season was far from a good one. This season, there are seven new head coaches in the league with one of those being Frank Reich for Indianapolis. The Colts head to Seattle for their preseason opener and we will see some time from the starters. The first preseason game usually finds the starters playing a series, two at the most but the Colts are planning to play Andrew Luck roughly one quarter and it seems Reich has a plan to keep the entire starting offense on the field somewhere similar to that. Once a powerhouse in the NFC, Seattle is moving more toward the side of rebuilding than contending. 15 of the 22 players expected to start Thursday were not starters in their spots this time last year. Seven of those 15 new starters were not on the team 12 months ago. The once feared Legion of Boom is a thing of the past and the entire defense is going through an overhaul as eight defenders expected to start against the Colts who last summer were not in their present spots. It could be a very rough going for the Seahawks as they start to launch a new era, especially just two weeks into the preseason. Play (273) Indianapolis Colts
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Larry Ness
Aug 09 '18, 7:05 PM in 8h
MLB | Red Sox vs Blue Jays
Play on: Red Sox -157 at GTBets
My free play is on the Bos Red Sox at 7:05. Boston rallied from three runs down in the 9th inning last Sunday night to beat the Yankees 5-4 in 10 innings. After that stirring four-game sweep of the rival Yankees at home, the Red Sox have produced 20 runs on 21 hits and 13 walks while claiming the first two games in Toronto by scores of 10-7 and 10-5. Boston now has a chance to win its seventh straight game plus pick up its second straight sweep and 12th overall in 2018, when the Red Sox wrap up a three-game series at the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday. The Red Sox own MLB's best record at 81-34 and lead the majors with 620 runs scored. They are 12-3 against the Blue Jays and 39-14 against the AL East. Toronto has dropped 11 games below .500 ( 51-62) to match its season worst, also reached on August 1. The Blue Jays take the field tonight having lost five straight home games (just 27-30 at Rogers Centre in 2018), including a three-game sweep at the hands of the Minnesota Twins on July 23-25.
Rick Porcello (14-4, 3.84 ERA) limited the Yankees to one hit - a solo home run - while striking out nine in his dominant win at home last Friday night. Porcello was lit up by Toronto (eight runs in two innings) at Fenway Park back on July 13 but is 3-0 with a 2.18 ERA in three starts since. However despite Porcello's strong bounce-back season in 2018, that July 13 outing reminds us of his career-long struggles vs the Blue Jays, against whom he has a 5.26 ERA in 24 games (23 starts).
Toronto lefty Ryan Borucki (1-2, 2.30) ERA) takes the mound having not allowed an earned run in two of his last three starts, including an eight-inning gem at Seattle on Friday. He has an ERA of 0.90 over that three-start stretch, during which he has walked just one batter in 20 innings. The surge began after Borucki gave up seven runs (four earned) in three innings opposite Porcello in that July 13th contest (Blue Jays won that game, 13-7).
Sure, Porcello has a poor history vs Toronto but he's returned to his 2016 form (22-4, 3.15 ERA) here in 2018. Even more important is that this Boston team has won 10 of its last 11, improving to 81-34. The team's .704 winning percentage puts this 2018 edition on pace to win 114 games, far surpassing the franchise-high 105 wins set by the 1912 Red Sox. Boston owns five previous road sweeps, as well as MLB's second-best road record this season (39-19). Boston's domination of Toronto (12-3 ) and of the AL East (39-14) here in 2018 makes a sixth road sweep for Boston the likely scenario. Play the Red Sox.
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Sean Murphy
Aug 09 '18, 7:00 PM in 8h
NFLX | Browns vs Giants
Play on: Giants +1 -105 at 5Dimes
Thursday NFLX Free play. My selection is on New York plus the points over Cleveland at 7 pm et on Thursday.
The Browns have been gaining support as the week has gone on and are now installed as a short favorite in their preseason opener against the Giants in New Jersey. I don't believe the line shift is warranted at all and will back the G-Men at a bargain basement price.
New York has a new head coach in Pat Shurmur and new offense and defensive schemes. There will undoubtedly be some growing pains but can any different be said of the Browns, who also feel they are ushering in a new era with a host of new players.
First overall pick Baker Mayfield is expected to see extensive action for Cleveland in this one. Whether that's a good or bad thing is up for debate. His charisma, not to mention rave reviews from his performance at training camp has loaded up the bandwagon ahead of this matchup. I'm just not convinced we'll see Mayfield outplay Giants backup QB Davis Webb, who has also by all accounts enjoyed a tremendous camp so far.
The Browns excelled in the preseason a year ago but we saw what that got them as they endured a winless regular season. Note that Hue Jackson-led teams are just 4-8 ATS in the preseason. Take New York (8*).
Brandon Lee
Aug 09 '18, 8:40 PM in 9h
MLB | LAD vs COL
Play on: OVER 10½ -104
10* FREE MLB PICK (Over 10.5)
I'll gladly take my chances here with the OVER 10.5. This might seem like a high total, but you have to handicap the totals differently at Colorado. The ball flies out of Coors Field this time of year and we have two starters coming into this game that have been struggling of late. Ross Stripling is 8-3 with a 3.04 ERA and 1.128 WHIP for the season, but owns a 3.55 ERA on the road and a 5.52 ERA and 1.500 WHIP over his last 3 starts. His last 2 outings have been especially bad. He allowed 5 runs on 7 hits in 4 2/3 innings at Philadelphia and 4 runs on 7 hits in 4 innings at Atlanta. Tyler Anders will take the mound for Colorado and he's got a 6.23 ERA over his last 3 starts, giving up 11 runs on 10 hits in his last 2 starts (10 innings). It's also worth noting that Stripling owns a m ere 4.50 ERA in 3 career starts against the Rockies and Anderson has a 4.09 ERA in 9 starts vs LA. Take the OVER!
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Mike Lundin
Aug 09 '18, 10:15 PM in 11h
MLB | Pirates vs Giants
Play on: Giants -134 at 5Dimes
#MLB FREE PICK FROM MIKE LUNDIN
The San Francisco Giants look like a solid home favorite here when they host the Pittsburgh Pirates for the opener of a four-game series.
Ivan Nova (6-6, 4.49 ERA) will take the ball for Pittsburgh. The right-hander was tagged with four runs on eight hits and four walks in just four innings against St. Louis his last time out. Nova owns a 5.40 ERA on the road (compared to a 3.55 ERA at home) and gave up four runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings against the Giants back in May.
Andrew Suarez (4-7, 4.60 ERA) will take the ball for San Francisco. He's coming off his worst start of the season when he gave up eight runs in five innings of a 9-3 loss at Arizona, but note that the left-hander has posted a solid 3.64 ERA in nine home starts on the season.
Giants are 6-2 in Suarez's last 8 starts vs. a team with a winning record. Pirates are 6-23 in their last 29 road games vs. a left-handed starter.
Free pick: San Francisco Giants.
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Vegas Consultants
NFL
NEW YORK GIANTS +100
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Team Underground
NFL
TENNESSEE TITANS 0
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LPW Sports Forecast
WNBA
SEATTLE STORM/WASHINGTON MYSTICS u172
Tommy King Wins
NFL
CAROLINA PANTHERS/BUFFALO BILLS o3
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NFL
MIAMI DOLPHINS ‑1.5
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Jim Feist
8/09 05:40 PM PT / 8:40 PM ET
MLB (905) LOS ANGELES DODGERS VS (906) COLORADO ROCKIES
Take: (905) LOS ANGELES DODGERS
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Sharp Bettor
SharpBettor FREE Play for Thursday, August 9, 2018
8/09 05:40 PM MLB (905) LOS ANGELES DODGERS (R STRIPLING - R) VS (906) COLORADO ROCKIES (T ANDERSON - L)
Take : Dodgers
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Brand X Sports
MLB
HOUSTON ASTROS ‑160
Golden Lock Sports
NFL
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ‑2.5
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DONNY ACTION
MLB
ATLANTA BRAVES +110
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NFL
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS ‑2.5
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NFL
BUFFALO BILLS ‑3
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NFL
PITTSBURGH STEELERS +3
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NFL
BALTIMORE RAVENS ‑3
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NFL
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS +3
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Wise Guy Insider
NFL
MIAMI DOLPHINS ‑1.5
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NFL
MIAMI DOLPHINS ‑1.5
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Tys Terrific Tips
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NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS ‑3
Jimmy Boyd
Aug 09 '18, 7:05 PM in 7h
MLB | Red Sox vs Blue Jays
Play on: Blue Jays +155 at MyBookie
1* Free Pick on Toronto Blue Jays +155
It might seem like the Red Sox can't lose right now, but I think the price is right and the spot is perfect for the Blue Jays to steal the series finale on Thursday. Boston has already secured the series by taking the first two and might not be 100% focused for the finale here. The even bigger key here is that Toronto has a guy on the mound that can keep this Red Sox offense in check.
The Blue Jays will send out Ryan Borucki, who has posted a sensational 2.30 ERA and 1.256 WHIP over his first 7 starts. He's also got a 1.35 ERA and 1.050 WHIP in 3 home starts and a 0.90 ERA and 0.850 WHIP over his last 3 starts. Rick Porcello will take the mound for Boston and while he's pitched well of late, he's got a mere 5.27 ERA in his career against the Blue Jays. The most recent was on July 13th, where he gave up 8 runs on 7 hits and 4 walks in just 2 innings of a 13-7 loss at home. Take Toronto!
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John Martin
Aug 09 '18, 7:05 PM in 7h
MLB | Red Sox vs Blue Jays
Play on: Blue Jays +155 at MyBookie
1 Unit FREE PLAY on Toronto Blue Jays +155
I’ll take a shot on the Toronto Blue Jays as big home underdogs to the Boston Red Sox tonight. Ryan Borucki is pithing very well this season and deserves more respect than he’s getting here. Borucki is 1-2 with a 2.30 ERA in seven starts this season, 0-1 with a 1.35 ERA in three home starts, and 1-1 with a 0.90 ERA in his last three starts. Rick Porcello is 10-9 with a 5.27 ERA in 23 previous starts against the Blue Jays. He gave up 8 earned runs and 11 base runners in 2 innings of a 7-13 loss to the Blue Jays in his last start against them on July 13th. Toronto is more than capable of pulling the upset tonight. Give me the Blue Jays.
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