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These picks are a secondary addition to a handicapper’s stronger releases and best bets of the day.

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Monday, August 17, 2026

Calvin King

Game Details
Aug 17 '26, 7:40 PM in 13h
MLB | ATL vs MIN
Play on: OVER 9 -105
Game Analysis

[1%] Free Play on Twins over 9 -105

Pick Released on Aug 17 at 12:45 am
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Ricky Tran

Game Details
Aug 17 '26, 8:40 PM in 14h
MLB | Dodgers vs Rockies
Play on: Rockies +1½ +140 at circa
Game Analysis

Ricky's 1* play on COL.

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 Rockies are 6-3 ATS in their last 9 games.

- The Dodgers are 2-8 ATS in their last 10 games.

- The Rockies are are 5-3 ATS in the last 8 head to head meetings.

Verdict: The value is on the home Underdog.

Pick Released on Aug 16 at 09:01 pm
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Oliver Smith

Game Details
Aug 17 '26, 8:05 PM in 14h
MLB | White Sox vs Cubs
Play on: White Sox +155 at Ace
Game Analysis

3* on White Sox

Pick Released on Aug 17 at 05:13 am
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Info Plays

Game Details
Aug 17 '26, 7:10 PM in 13h
MLB | ARI vs BOS
Play on: OVER 8½ -110
Game Analysis

1* FREE INFO PLAY Diamondbacks vs Red Sox over 8½ -110

Pick Released on Aug 16 at 09:25 pm
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Steve Janus

Game Details
Aug 17 '26, 7:40 PM in 13h
MLB | OAK vs KC
Play on: OVER 9 +100
Game Analysis

1* Free Sharp Play on A's vs Royals over 9 +100

Pick Released on Aug 17 at 12:03 am
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Alex Smart

Game Details
Aug 29 '26, 12:00 PM in 12d
NCAA-F | North Carolina vs TCU
Play on: TCU -7½ -110 at circa
Game Analysis

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.

Pick Released on Aug 16 at 09:21 pm
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ProSportsPicks

Game Details
Aug 17 '26, 7:40 PM in 13h
MLB | A's vs Royals
Play on: Royals -180 at betonline
Game Analysis

PSP Data Driven 1* Royals.

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Pick Released on Aug 16 at 08:31 pm
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