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Saturday, August 8, 2026
Calvin King
[1%] Free Play on Giants over 7½ -125
Matt Sullivan
1* Bet on Fever -5½
Ricky Tran
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 6-3 ATS in their last 9 games.
- Jake Bennett is 4-1 in his last 5 starts for the Red Sox.
- Gage Jump is 1-3 in his last 4 starts for the athletics.
Verdict: The value is on the home favorite.
Hunter Price
1* Free Pick on Diyar Nurgozhay -155
Steve Janus
1* Free Sharp Play on Tigers vs Giants under 8½ -125
Rob Vinciletti
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The Saturday Comp play is on the Under in the Hamilton at British Columbia game in CFL Action at 7 eastern. Rob notes that home teams off a road dog win scoring 42 or less points are 7-0 under vs a team under .500 that is off a home loss that scored more than 14 points and allowed 41 or more points. Hamilton has gone under in the last 4 and British Columbia has stayed under in the last two. Look for this one to stay under tonight. GL Rob V-
Jim Feist
The BC Lions are primed to cover against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats as they are finally hitting their stride health-wise at the perfect time. Nathan Rourke returns under center for BC along with four other starters. That alone should help out an offense that has been missing key pieces for a while now.
Hamilton took care of BC easily back in week 3 with a 41-27 win, but the Lions were severely impacted by injuries that game. Rourke provides a ton of explosiveness through both the air and on the ground. Hosting this game also allows BC to sustain drives and keep Bo Levi Mitchell pinned on the sidelines.
Hamilton has also lost two straight and sits at just 3-5 while BC is starving at 2-5 and will need to look at this as a must-win scenario. With all the pieces healthy and Rourke back under center, the Lions have the offensive firepower to cover the spread in this Saturday CFL game.
Jim's Free Play: 686. BC Lions
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Detroit at San Francisco 7:15 ET
Giants over Tigers - Detroit has defeated the Giants four straight times and eight of their last 10 meetings. I would think with the Tigers in the AL Pennant race or Wild Card hunt at least they would be favored over hapless San Francisco who is 21-games under .500. Landen Roupp (7=10, 4.34 ERA) has pitched better than his record will show when hurling for the worst team in the West your record suffers. But, a Saturday surprise…take SAN FRANCISCO!
Alex Smart
Hamilton getting the points against BC is the lean that actually makes sense on this number, and the 2026 data plus the line movement only reinforce the caution on the home favorite.
The Lions sit at a messy 2-5 and have been one of the more inconsistent teams in the entire league. Hamilton is only 3-5 themselves, but they have shown more fight and have kept games competitive more often than the pure record suggests. The number opened closer to BC -5.5 and has drifted up toward -6.5 to 7, the kind of slow climb you often see when the public leans into the home side without real sharp conviction behind it. Laying six or six and a half with a club that has dropped five of seven already feels soft, and the upward movement has done nothing to make the price more attractive. Home field still carries weight in the CFL, but it has not been enough to turn this version of the Lions into a reliable cover machine. League-wide, home favorites sitting under .300 this season have been far from automatic against mediocre road teams, and BC fits that profile a little too cleanly.
The recent form tells a clearer story than the standings alone. BC has struggled to string together complete games on both sides of the ball and has been vulnerable to giving up leads or failing to finish. Hamilton has been outscored overall, sure, but they have hung around in enough contests to make the plus side interesting. When you look at how large home favorites have performed against .300-to-.400 road clubs in 2026, the cover rate drops off once the number climbs past a touchdown. The expected value on laying 6.5 with this Lions team simply does not jump off the page the way it does in cleaner mismatch spots, especially after the line has already moved against the underdog.
The math is straightforward. A 2-5 home team laying more than a touchdown against a 3-5 visitor creates a break-even threshold that demands a higher win-and-cover rate than BC has delivered so far. Even after adjusting for home-field advantage, the Lions’ inconsistency has produced enough stinkers to make the price feel a little rich. The fact that the number has stretched from the mid-fives into the sixes suggests the market is still buying the home side, yet the underlying form does not fully support that confidence. Hamilton’s ability to stay within one score in several of their losses gives them a realistic path to cashing the ticket, whether by keeping it close or straight-up stealing one if BC has another off night. League trends this year have shown that soft home favorites in the 6-to-7 range have been vulnerable when the underdog still has some fight left.
I like the underdog points here more than I like the favorite. This is the kind of spot where the market sometimes overrates the home team simply because the other side is not lighting the world on fire, and the line movement so far looks more like public steam than informed money. BC has not earned heavy trust at a larger number, and Hamilton has shown just enough resilience to make the plus side attractive. Grab the Tiger-Cats plus the points and let the inconsistency of the Lions do the rest, or wait for a better number if the line keeps drifting. Either way, this does not feel like a spot to hammer the chalk
Sean Murphy
My selection is on the 'over' between Colorado and St. Louis at 7:15 pm et on Saturday.
Neither team was able to cash in on many scoring opportunities in the opener of this series last night as the early scoring fizzled in a 3-2 Cardinals victory. I won't hesitate to go back to the well with the same play on Saturday, however. The Rockies will send Kyle Freeland to the mound. He's coming off an improbable complete game victory over the Royals last time out. I say improbable as he owns an inflated 4.67 FIP and 1.49 WHIP on the season. While current Cardinals hitters haven't had a lot of success against Freeland, only three of them have seen him more than three times and those three have gone 5-for-19 with four extra base hits. Matthew Liberatore, like Freeland, is a regression candidate here after he turned in six innings of shutout ball against the Blue Jays last time out. Consistency hasn't been his calling card as he owns a 4.64 FIP and 1.49 WHIP on the campaign. Both bullpens are in fairly good shape workload-wise but both are also very hittable. On another hot and humid evening in St. Louis, I expect both teams to take advantage of their opportunities this time around. Take the over (8*).
Mike Lundin
Tigers vs Giants MLB Free Pick
The Angle(s): San Francisco Giants right-hander Landen Roupp (7-10, 4.34 ERA) has allowed nine runs over 8 1/3 frames over his last two starts, and the over is 6-1 in his last seven starts. Roupp's recent command struggles (including four walks in his last start) combined with Oracle Park's late-afternoon conditions can lead to big innings when elevated pitch counts force early bullpen usage.
The Detroit Tigers' bats have been streaky, but they're averaging 8.1 runs per nine innings over their last 10 games, and odds are they'll hit Roupp hard. Highly touted prospect Jackson Jobe (4-1, 4.22 ERA in 2025) takes the ball for the Tigers for his first outing of the season and 13th big league appearance ever. Detroit will be on a strict pitch count with their young starter. Expecting 3 to 4 innings at most puts heavy pressure on the Tigers' middle relief, increasing late-game scoring opportunities for San Francisco.
The Giants have gone over the total in 6 of their last 8 home games against American League opponents.
The Bet: Over (3%).
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Andrew Gold
1% GOLD RUSH on Arthur Rinderknech/Brandon Nakashima: under 24½
Oliver Smith
3* on Rockies
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