Nothing new in the AL West this year. There’s the Astros, and then there’s the other four. It makes the job of sorting out MLB win totals somewhat easier: Give Houston a lot, give Oakland nada, and deal with the other three squads. Those three squads in the middle — Los Angeles, Texas and Seattle…
The NBA playoffs don’t officially begin until the play-in tournament commences April 12. Unofficially? The playoffs start in a matter of hours, as a huge game with significant Eastern Conference seeding implications highlights the Wednesday NBA odds menu. The Miami Heat have spent the entire second half of the season atop the Eastern Conference standings…
Tuesday’s Best Bets went 2-2 overall, leaving us down a couple of pennies on the night. As three-time Grammy winner Lizzo so eloquently put it: “You can blame it on the juice.” Still, there were several positive takeaways from an otherwise mediocre night of best bets: NBA Props improved to 13-4 on the season. The…
When it comes to MLB win totals, the odds market has the highest of expectations right where one might assume: The Los Angeles Dodgers are projected to lead all of baseball. And Dodger Blue will have to reach 100 wins to cash your Over ticket. But Los Angeles did that and more last season —…
NCAA Final Four trends reveal a few interesting nuggets ahead of Saturday’s games in New Orleans. First, Midwest No. 1 seed Kansas is a 4.5-point favorite over South No. 2 Villanova in the opening contest, while the nightcap has West No. 2 seed Duke as a 4-point favorite over ACC rival and East No. 8…
When it comes to betting props, it’s all about finding mistakes in the oddsmakers’ numbers and taking advantage of the value that arises from those mistakes. That’s how you end up recommending two of the NBA’s top 10 scorers to fall short of their point totals — which is precisely what we are doing with…
Months ago, when championship numbers first went up on the NCAA Women’s Final Four odds board, South Carolina was a clear-cut +180 favorite. Fast-forward several months: With just four teams remaining in the NCAA Women’s Tournament, South Carolina is an even stronger presence, a minus-money chalk to cut down the nets. The Gamecocks face fellow…
The AL Central presents a bit of a conundrum when you’re putting together the division’s MLB win totals puzzle. (Except for the Royals. They’re the piece of the puzzle the dog chewed up and doesn’t fit anymore.) The White Sox are the cream of the crop, but questions abound. How much will Carlos Correa gas…
Thanks to a magical season put together by a Phoenix Suns team that’s winning more than 81 percent of its games, there’s no regular-season drama at the top of the Western Conference standings. The Eastern Conference? Totally different story, as four teams are within one game of the top spot. Thanks to some fortuitous scheduling,…
The release of MLB win totals odds reveals bookmakers’ expectations for a little bit of everything in the NL Central. A little good, a little above average, some below average, and a clear cellar-dwelling outfit. While the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals appear to be the class of the division once again, the Chicago…
Monday’s Best Bets went 2-1, which extends our three-day record to 8-2. This is where some would order a nice bottle of champagne and kick up their feet. Not us at Props.com. We’ll trade the Prosecco for a cup of black coffee while finding four more best bets from Tuesday’s robust slate of basketball and…
Despite a limited number of games, it was a wild Monday night in the NHL, with five of six teams joining the six-goal club in victories. That includes the Buffalo Sabres, who rallied from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Blackhawks 6-5 in Chicago. Will the scoring fest continue Tuesday? There certainly will be plenty…
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