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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Monday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler open the new week on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed with a fully loaded Monday edition of Cash That Ticket, working through five MLB matchups and then delivering what Dave calls his strongest NFL win total call of the entire series so far on the Cleveland Browns. The guys come in off a split weekend, both taking their lumps and moving on with the goldfish memory approach that keeps the show rolling. On the baseball side, they start with the pitching matchup of the night in Detroit, where Garrett Cole faces Framber Valdez in a game the market has been moving aggressively, with the total climbing from seven and a half to eight and a half. Munaf lays out Cole's remarkable career dominance over the Tigers, a 10 and 1 record with a 1.84 ERA and the teams he has pitched for going 12 and 2 straight up, while Dave zeros in on the value of Cole at minus 130 and the case for a first five innings under before the bullpens get involved. In Toronto, Hunter Brown faces Dylan Cease in a matchup both hosts see as a first five innings situation, with the Astros bullpen too unreliable to back beyond that point and Cease's home splits revealing an ace-level pitcher who simply has not been getting run support. The Cubs and Mets game carries a significant weather caveat, with a 75 percent rain probability at Citi Field, but if it gets played both hosts fade Kodai Senga despite their deep skepticism about the Chicago offense, reasoning that Senga's recent run of seven home runs allowed and multiple short outings makes the Cubs the better side regardless. In Chicago, Munaf goes with the White Sox as a home underdog behind Anthony Kay, who carries a 3.08 home ERA and gets a Cleveland lineup that struggles against left-handed pitching. The Dodgers and Twins game draws both hosts to the Minnesota side, where Eric Lauer's brutal history against this specific team, thirteen earned runs in ten innings across his last two starts against the Twins, makes laying minus 155 with Los Angeles a non-starter. Both hosts land on the Twins at plus 128, with Munaf adding the Twins team total over in the first five innings. Dave closes the baseball segment with bonus looks at the Reds on the run line against Brendan Woodruff returning from the injured list, a possible under in Texas with Kumar Rocker, and the Red Sox in the first five at Coors. The second half of the episode belongs to the Cleveland Browns, who come in with a win total of six and a half and a roster that looks nothing like the team that went 5 and 12 last season. The Myles Garrett trade to the Rams for Jared Verse and three future draft picks wiped the slate clean, Todd Monken arrives as head coach with prior Cleveland experience and fresh Ravens divisional knowledge, and the quarterback room features Deshaun Watson, Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel competing for snaps. Dave walks through a schedule that he calls extremely favorable, with the Panthers, Jets, Titans, Saints, Falcons, Colts and Giants all on the docket in winnable spots. He counts at least six wins from those matchups alone and calls this the team he feels most confident about in the win total series. Munaf throws out the bold take that the Browns could legitimately threaten for the AFC North title given that three of the four division teams have new coaches. Both hosts take the over. Best bets feature Dave on the Tampa Bay Rays minus half run in the first five innings behind Drew Rasmussen, who has been one of the most quietly dominant starters in baseball with a 0.88 WHIP and 29 strikeouts over his last three starts, and Munaf on the Yankees and Tigers first five innings under four and a half, backing both starters to control the early innings. Dave adds a weather-dependent bonus on the Cubs team total over four and a half against Senga and the Mets bullpen. Get every best bet in every sport from your favorite Pregame pros through the Hall of Fame game on August 6 by visiting Pregame.com and using promo code STEAL50 to take $50 off the Bridge to Football all-access package and pay just $199. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Griffin Warner talks betting for Monday. Griffin Warner is back on the Pregame.com Podcast Network with episode 52 of What I Bet, the Monday, June 22nd edition, covering the full FIFA World Cup 2026 group stage card and the complete MLB slate before delivering a single best bet to close the show. Griffin opens by confirming the previous episode's winning play, Kansas City Royals at plus 113, a result that held on through a three-run ninth inning for a 6-5 final before moving straight into the World Cup. The first match on the board is Austria taking on defending champion Argentina at noon Central Time in Dallas, where Griffin observed real Austria supporter presence before making the tactical case for Ralf Rangnick's gegenpressing system as the one approach capable of limiting Messi's time and space. Griffin recaps Argentina's Matchday 1 win over Algeria, where Messi survived a red card situation and scored twice in the second half, and frames the Austria plus one and under two and a half combination as potentially live if the press works the way Rangnick, widely credited as the architect of that style and an influence on coaches like Xabi Alonso, designs it to work. Next up is France against Iraq, where Griffin acknowledges France is on another level after Kylian Mbappe's stoppage-time goal from outside the box buried all underdogs and unders in Matchday 1, and sees no compelling case for Iraq to compete. Griffin identifies Norway versus Senegal as the best match of the day, noting Erling Haaland scored twice in Norway's opener while Senegal impressed for 64 minutes against France before conceding a late Mbappe goal, finding the under two and a half and Senegal as a quarter-goal underdog both worth watching. The final group stage match features a must-win Algeria side returning after a 3-0 loss to Argentina taking on a Jordan team whose best European-league player, Mousa Al-Tamari, the so-called Jordanian Messi playing club football in France, did not show up in the opener. Griffin finds the one-goal spread too tight given Algeria's talent depth and expects sharp money to push the line before kickoff. Baseball follows with a ten-game slate preview. Griffin likes the under 8 in Yankees-Tigers with Garrett Cole back and a worrying Detroit bullpen, the under 7.5 in Royals-Rays with Michael Wacha and Drew Rasmussen both going well and a Tampa Bay team not built to score, the Astros at plus 104 against Toronto with Hunter Brown making a second start opposite Shane Bieber's first of the year, a slight Mets lean at plus 103 against the Cubs with Shota Imanaga's fly ball tendencies a concern against Kodai Senga, the White Sox at home over an injury-thinned Guardians roster missing José Ramírez after hamate surgery, a tempting Merrill Kelly plus 122 number against Andre Pallante in St. Louis, the over on Jason Bennett's rookie Coors Field debut for Boston, and a lean toward the under in the Braves-Padres matchup where Grant Holmes faces Michael King, with both bullpens strong and Ronald Acuña Jr. sidelined by a hamstring injury. Griffin closes with his official What I Bet Best Bet: Kansas City Royals under 7.5 at Tampa Bay Rays at minus 120, with a recommendation to sprinkle on the under 4 in the first half as well. Save fifty dollars on the pregame.com bridge-to-football package through June 29th using promo code KICK50 at checkout, bringing the price down from two forty-nine to one ninety-nine for every best bet in every sport through the Hall of Fame game on August 6th. Subscribe to the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed and follow Real G Warner across all social platforms. Want to be notified when Claude responds?Notify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Friday. Dave Essler and Munaf Manji are back with a full Friday MLB betting card on Cash That Ticket, working through four sharply analyzed games before closing with an early look at the 2025 New York Jets win total. The show opens with Milwaukee at Atlanta, where Dave breaks down the remarkable turnaround of the Brewers starting pitcher, who allowed 11 earned runs in April but has surrendered just one total earned run in his last eight starts, including a complete game on 95 pitches. With Martin Perez on the mound for Atlanta, Munaf pulls the historical data showing Perez gave up 14 earned runs and 20 hits across two 2024 starts against Milwaukee. Both hosts find the Brewers run line and the Braves team total under three and a half at minus 145 on DraftKings as the most defensible angles, particularly with Ronald Acuna Jr. absent from the Atlanta lineup. The second game is San Diego at Texas, where Jacob deGrom takes the mound coming off four consecutive starts of two runs or fewer. Dave examines Randy Vasquez's road splits and limited Texas exposure, but the first five innings under at four and the Rangers minus a half run in the first five become the consensus plays. Dave makes the Rangers first five his official best bet of the Friday card at minus 130. The third game pits St. Louis against Kansas City, where Seth Lugo is returning from a concussion sustained when a comebacker struck him in the head. Dave questions betting behind any pitcher returning from that kind of head injury, and Lugo's home ERA of 4.06 across eight starts reinforces the concern. The Cardinals team total over four and a half is Dave's preferred market, while Munaf goes Cardinals money line at minus 122 on DraftKings as his official best bet for the card, citing McGreevey's strong rotation work and the line movement from minus 115 to minus 122 confirming market direction. The fourth game takes Boston to Seattle, where Ranger Suarez faces Bryce Miller at home. Despite heavy public money on the Mariners, Dave identifies reverse line movement pointing toward sharp Red Sox money and targets the Red Sox first five at plus 104, refusing to touch the full game given the Boston bullpen. A secondary look at the first five over three and a half rounds out the analysis, with Munaf noting Miller's career struggles against Boston totaling 14 earned runs in 15 and a third career innings against the Red Sox. The second half of the show turns to the Jets win total at five and a half, minus 120 on DraftKings. Both hosts land reluctantly on the over, reasoning that a team which won three games while giving up 503 points and recording zero interceptions on defense cannot realistically repeat that level of dysfunction. Geno Smith, Breece Hall, Garrett Wilson, a legitimate offensive line, and a new defensive scheme give New York enough pieces to reach six or seven wins. Dave jokes he may take the Jets over one interception this season with week one at Tennessee providing the first opportunity. The show closes with a reminder to use promo code STEAL50 at pregame.com for 50 dollars off All Access Bridge to Football, bringing the price to 199 dollars through the Hall of Fame game on August 6th. Happy Father's Day wishes go out to all the dads in the audience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Griffin Warner talks betting for Friday. Griffin "Real G" Warner hosts this episode of What I Bet from the Straight Outta Vegas AM podcast feed, battling through a bout of Montezuma's revenge picked up during a trip to the World Cup in Mexico, but delivering a complete and sharp betting breakdown for Friday, June 19th, covering four FIFA World Cup group stage matches and a full Major League Baseball slate without missing a beat. Warner opens with the United States against Australia in Seattle, questioning Australia's ability to score at all against the Americans and landing on an Australia team total under as his most interesting number in that window, with the total having climbed from two and a quarter to two and a half. He moves to Morocco against Scotland in Boston, where he respects Morocco's credible draw with Brazil but cannot ignore Scotland's fundamental inability to put the ball in the net, leading him toward another team total under look at two and a quarter while flagging the important distinction between the two and two and a quarter lines. Brazil and Haiti gets a pass from Warner given the competitive imbalance, though he offers the notable observation that Brazil entered this 2026 World Cup as only a fourth or fifth global favorite despite their historic status. He wraps up the World Cup section on Turkey versus Paraguay, the most contested matchup of the group, raising concerns about Turkey's lineup decisions against Australia and their long track record of underperforming in major international competitions. On the MLB side, Warner covers every game on the board, identifying the Atlanta Braves as a genuinely compelling home underdog against Jacob Mizerowski and the Brewers, calling Atlanta the best team in baseball not named the Dodgers, and finding value on the Cleveland Guardians at plus 111 visiting Houston. He also leans toward the Twins as plus 147 underdogs at Arizona and likes the under in Seattle where strong winds were a factor the night before. Warner wraps the episode with the Pregame.com promo code KICK50, which gets listeners $50 off All Access football packages through the Hall of Fame Game on August 6th and expires June 29th, before delivering his What I Bet Best Bet, Kansas City Royals and Seth Lugo at plus 113 at home against the St. Louis Cardinals in one of the better rivalry games on the Friday card. Follow Griffin Warner at Real Underscore G Warner on all social media platforms for lineup updates and live betting angles as games approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Griffin Warner talks betting for Thursday. Real_G Warner is back with the June 4 episode of the what I bet podcast on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed of the pregame.com podcast network, and the card tonight is headlined by Game 2 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals, with the Vegas Golden Knights heading back to Raleigh as plus money underdogs after stealing Game 1 on the road, 5-4, erasing a 2-0 deficit and getting a late winner from Tomas Hertl. Vegas is plus 138 in Game 2, Carolina minus 157, and the series price has already flipped all the way to the Golden Knights minus 140 favorites, a swing of roughly 222 percent on the Hurricanes side. Warner has been riding this team throughout the postseason, going five for five on the Knights as underdogs, and he is not stepping off now. Mitch Marner leads the entire 2026 playoffs with 21 points across 16 games, blocking shots in regulation and throwing no-look assists in the same shift, while Jack Eichel leads the postseason in assists with 16 and Ivan Barbashev, the Barbershop himself, has been a physical force at every stage of the run. On the baseball side, Warner runs through eight Thursday matchups, calling the Padres-Phillies game with Lucas Giolito against Zack Wheeler a tough spot for San Diego, skipping the Orioles-Red Sox matchup with Trevor Rogers and Brayan Bello in Boston as a pass with no strong angle, noting the Guardians plus 145 in the Bronx against Carlos Rodon and Slade Cecconi is a respectful number but a difficult structural spot for a small-ball club, passing on the Giants at Milwaukee with Adrian Houser against Coleman Crow while lamenting the state of the San Francisco front office, waiting on Seth Lugo and the Royals in Minnesota before committing to a side, leaning Astros at minus 105 with Kai-Wei Teng over Jared Jones in just his second start back from internal brace surgery, and watching the Dodgers price on Justin Wrobleski at Arizona against Ryne Nelson with Arizona plus 120 looking interesting. The best bet of the episode is Oakland Athletics plus 112 on the road at the Chicago Cubs, with J.T. Ginn carrying a 2.87 ERA and five straight quality starts into a matchup against Shota Imanaga, who has allowed eight home runs in his last three outings, and if the Wrigley wind blows out, Warner likes this number even more. The show is three and two over its last five episodes. Use promo code WIN20 at pregame.com to save 20 dollars on anything on the site, including seven-day all-access to your favorite pro handicapper, dropping the price from 119 to 79 through June 15. Follow Real_G Warner at @thereal_gwarner across all platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Munaf Manji talks betting for Wednesday. Munaf Manji hosts a solo edition of Cash That Ticket on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, working through a loaded sports night that includes Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals and a six-game MLB Wednesday slate packed with elite starting pitching matchups. Co-host Dave Essler sent in detailed pregame notes that Munaf reads and builds upon throughout the episode, producing a collaborative breakdown even without Dave in the booth. The show opens with a recap of Tuesday, where the under in the first five innings of the Brewers and Giants game cashed behind Kyle Harrison's career-high 12-strikeout performance for Milwaukee, though the Cubs team total over did not survive Chicago's one-run first inning and subsequent silence. The show stands three and one on best bets for the month of June. On the NBA Finals, Munaf discusses tonight's Game 1 in San Antonio with the Spurs as four-and-a-half point home favorites over the Knicks at a total of 218.5. Rather than chasing the historical Game 1 under trend, he prefers the second half over around 105.5, reasoning that first-game rust and jitters will suppress scoring early before both teams open up. The Knicks arrive with eight days of rest following their sweep of Cleveland while the Spurs are three days removed from a Game 7 win over Oklahoma City that was aided by the injury absences of Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell. Munaf singles out OG Anunoby as his Game 1 player prop, taking him over 15.5 points at minus 115 on DraftKings, and identifies Dylan Harper as the Spurs' most critical secondary contributor beyond Victor Wembanyama. Stephon Castle's ability to contain Jalen Brunson and Landry Shamet's timely three-point shooting off the Knicks bench are highlighted as key series variables to watch. On the MLB side, the episode covers six matchups in detail. In Philadelphia, Christopher Sanchez continues his Cy Young-caliber run against Walker Buehler and the Padres, with both Munaf and Dave aligning on the first five innings under and the Phillies run line. At Fenway, Chris Bassett's brutal road splits, including an 8.02 ERA in five away starts, make the Red Sox team total over in the first five innings an attractive play at minus 110 on DraftKings. In New York, Gerrit Cole's third start back from Tommy John surgery against Gavin Williams and the Guardians produces Munaf's official best bet of the night, the Yankees first five innings run line at minus half a run, plus 115 on Bet Online, backed by Cole's 13-3 career record against Cleveland and his flawless return. In Cincinnati, Chase Burns at 7-1 with a 1.96 ERA takes on Stephen Kolek and the Royals, with Munaf structuring a synthetic minus-one play by splitting units across the moneyline and run line. In Atlanta, the Braves run line against Patrick Corbin and the Blue Jays is the clear lean given Atlanta's consistent dominance against left-handed pitching and their habit of winning at home by multiple runs. The episode closes with the Pirates and Astros game featuring Paul Skenes against Spencer Arrighetti, which both Munaf and Dave agree is the best pitching matchup on the slate and produces Uncle Dave's official best bet, the first five innings under four. Use promo code CFL20 at Pregame.com for $20 off any package, including seven-day all-access packages currently priced at $79 after the code is applied. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Tuesday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler are back on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed for a stacked Tuesday edition of Cash That Ticket, opening the show with a clean Monday sweep before diving into what may have been the single most active day in NFL offseason history. The guys run the numbers first: May closed at 17-16-2 and down 1.77 units, a modest dip by the pod's own high standards, but the cumulative record now sits at 96-68-2 and plus 21.77 units since launch, with three-star plays running at an 8-2 clip, and Monday's sweep only added to the momentum heading into June. From there, the conversation shifts to the Myles Garrett trade, with Cleveland sending the two-time Defensive Player of the Year and all-time single-season sack record holder to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round pick, a 2028 second-round pick, and a 2029 third-round pick. Munaf walks through a full market breakdown, noting the Rams moved to 6-to-1 favorites at DraftKings, with their NFC odds shifting from plus-390 to plus-310 and their NFC West line dropping from plus-140 to plus-105. Dave offers the more measured take, calling it a fair deal for both franchises while pointing to the AFC North adjustment as the more actionable angle for bettors, since the Rams were already favorites and the division rivals who no longer face Garrett every year are the ones who quietly got better. The second trade brings AJ Brown from Philadelphia to New England in exchange for a 2028 first-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick, reuniting Brown with head coach Mike Vrabel after a well-documented split from the Eagles, and giving Drake Maye a legitimate downfield threat in New England. Dave, a Patriots fan, acknowledges the upgrade while tempering Super Bowl expectations given a difficult 2026 schedule. The main event of the episode is the full NBA Finals series preview ahead of Wednesday's Game 1 tip in San Antonio, where the Spurs enter as minus-205 favorites but the Knicks arrive on an 11-game winning streak with eight days of rest and a road record in the playoffs that no team has matched, six wins all by double digits. Dave goes Knicks in Game 1 at plus four and a half, highlighting the rest edge and wondering aloud whether the Spurs left their best collective effort in the OKC series, while also crediting the Towns-Wembanyama matchup as a more complicated problem for San Antonio than the Holmgren dynamic in the conference finals. Munaf takes the Knicks to win the series outright at plus-170, citing the collective offense, the defensive versatility of players like Anunoby, Bridges, and Hart, and a road dominance that has been consistent and convincing. Both hosts flag OG Anunoby at 40-to-1 and Towns at 20-to-1 for Finals MVP as market signals that the Knicks are being underpriced. The back half of the show covers the full Tuesday MLB card, with looks at Tigers-Rays, Padres-Phillies, Orioles-Red Sox, Guardians-Yankees, Blue Jays-Braves, Giants-Brewers, and Rangers-Cardinals, plus quick angles on the Dodgers-Diamondbacks, Royals-Reds, and Rockies-Angels. Best bets to close: Dave plays the Cubs team total over three and a half with Jameson Taillon facing Athletics rookie Gage Jump in just his second career start, Munaf backs the Giants-Brewers under four in the first five innings with Trevor McDonald and Kyle Harrison both lined up to pitch efficiently after Monday's 16-run blowout, and Dave adds the Royals as a live plus-105 underdog against Andrew Abbott and the Reds as a sharp bonus look. Use promo code NERD50 at pregame.com to get $50 off the Sports Nerd All Access to All-Star Break package and lock in every pick in every sport through mid-July for just $199. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Griffin Warner talks betting for Tuesday. Griffin Warner is back on the What I Bet Podcast, part of the Straight Outta Vegas AM Podcast Network at Pregame.com, covering every major betting angle for Tuesday, June 2nd, beginning with Game 1 of the 2026 Stanley Cup Finals and running through a full 14-game Major League Baseball slate. Before diving in, Griffin reminds listeners that promo code GRIFFIN50 at Pregame.com gets you $50 off his All Access package through the All-Star break, dropping the price from $249 to $199 and locking in every pick through mid-July. The deadline is July 8th. Starting with the NHL, Griffin lays out his case for the Vegas Golden Knights as a plus-money play in Raleigh. Carolina enters as heavy home favorites after losing just one game across three playoff rounds, but that loss came in Game 1 of the Eastern Final after an extended layoff, a detail Griffin finds relevant as Vegas arrives with its own rest-and-rust dynamic following a sweep of the Colorado Avalanche. Cale Makar's injury limited Colorado at key moments, which gives the Golden Knights some credit for how they navigated that series. Griffin likes Vegas on the money line at plus-132, the series price at plus-127, and is targeting the under six rather than under five and a half to avoid the empty-netter problem that has burned under bettors throughout these playoffs. The MLB breakdown covers every game on the board. Griffin passes on the Padres and Phillies despite a soft Nola start because the overall offensive environment makes it a coin flip. He moves past Detroit and Tampa Bay after finding Jack Flaherty unbackable at any number in his current form and the Rays too expensive for his framework. He finds a clear lean in Washington, where the Nationals are priced at a shockingly cheap minus-111 against Miami's bullpen game, and C.J. Abrams, James Wood, and the rest of a hot-hitting club make that number feel like a gift. Baltimore and Boston shape up as a borderline under at Fenway, and Griffin acknowledges the park's history of eating unders alive before moving on. Cam Schlittler and the Yankees are simply too dominant to fade at any price. Noah Cameron gets some love from Griffin but the Royals bullpen situation, highlighted by a rough week from closer Lucas Erceg, makes Kansas City impossible to trust even if the starter delivers. The Braves look cheap at minus-122 against Toronto, and Bryce Elder's 2026 track record in Atlanta earns Griffin's lean in that direction. Kyle Harrison's continued dominance in Milwaukee, now at 18 consecutive scoreless innings, makes the former top prospect one of the more fascinating stories on the June 2nd card, though Griffin passes on the game itself. Davis Martin and the White Sox visiting Minnesota provides little grip for Griffin, who moves quickly. In St. Louis, he finds one of the night's more interesting numbers at plus-100 on the Cardinals with Dustin May facing Nathan Eovaldi, noting the Rangers' home run problems and Jordan Walker's hot stretch as reasons to look at the Cardinals price. Gage Jump's early big-league exposure at Wrigley Field against Jameson Taillon in a wind-in environment is a situation Griffin monitors but does not commit to. Mike Burrows and Houston get a lean at minus-110 against Pittsburgh. Grayson Rodriguez and the Angels as minus-155 against the Rockies is a price Griffin finds heavy given Rodriguez's injury history, though Colorado plus-140 is a number he admits he will be tracking closely before first pitch. And Michael Soroka's plus-107 price against the Dodgers in Arizona becomes the final talking point, with Griffin identifying his buy price at around plus-100 and expressing genuine affinity for the Diamondbacks in that spot. The official What I Bet Best Bet to close the show is the Washington Nationals minus-112, a number Griffin calls simply too cheap against a Miami team running a bullpen game. The show is three and one over its last four Best Bets. Use promo code GRIFFIN50 at Pregame.com, follow Griffin at Real_G Warner across all social platforms, and stay connected through PregameNow on X. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Monday. It is June 1, 2026, and Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler are back at the start of a new month with the full MLB Monday slate on the table and a perfect 2-0 best bet record from Thursday to carry into the week. The guys open with a quick but meaningful conversation about handicapping discipline, with Munaf explaining why he took Sunday off from posting plays rather than force something that was not there, and Dave backing the decision by making the case that this kind of restraint is exactly what winning long-term looks like and what clients are actually paying for when they subscribe. From there the full card gets the full treatment. Detroit heads to Tampa Bay with Ty Madden activated off the injured list to start or handle a bulk role against Griffin Jax, who has reinvented himself as a legitimate starter for the Rays with a 1.42 ERA in his recent stretch, and both hosts weigh a fade of the IL return against the case for the Tigers plus one and a half on the run line in a game the total projects for around eight. The Marlins take Sandy Alcántara to Washington, where Cade Cavalli gets the ball for the Nationals and both bullpens are identified as over-pushing threats in a park that has hit the over at nearly 68 percent in home games this season, leading Dave to his best bet of the episode, the Marlins team total over three and a half. In Milwaukee, Landen Roupp faces an opener-led Brewers lineup with Shane Drohan starting and Chad Patrick handling the bulk of the workload, and both hosts land on the under and the Giants run line in a low-total game where paying a big price on a three-inning pitcher does not make sense. David Sandlin faces the same Minnesota Twins club he dominated in his MLB debut five days earlier, retiring 18 straight after a leadoff homer, while Joe Ryan brings a solid recent stretch but a 4.42 home ERA into a spot where the White Sox first-five plus a half run gets the call. Jacob deGrom and Michael McGreevy headline the pitcher's duel of the night in St. Louis, where deGrom's 8.44 career ERA at Busch Stadium and McGreevy's 1.93 home ERA combine with both teams' shaky bullpens to make Munaf's official best bet an easy call: first-five-innings under four at minus-115, take the two starters and get out before the relief corps get involved. Kyle Freeland's ugly season numbers run into Freeland's strong career record against the Angels, while the market has already knocked the price down nearly 20 cents from its opening on José Soriano, with Munaf leaning Rockies plus one and a half and Dave going Angels team total over rather than lay the big number. Chase Burns has been one of the best pitchers in baseball in 2026, and his Cy Young-caliber season continues against Kansas City, where Luinder Avila is being asked to handle a starting role out of the bullpen and the sharp money that moved the price nearly 20 cents makes the Royals plus one and a half a reasonable market-following play. Eduardo Rodríguez is 5-1 with a 2.31 ERA but owns a troubling split against the Dodgers specifically at home in Arizona, where Emmet Sheehan brings the better underlying metrics despite a higher ERA, and both hosts elect patience, watching the early innings for a live entry rather than committing pre-game. The night closes in Seattle with Emerson Hancock against an Austin Warren opener for the Mets, where uncertainty about the Mets bullpen depth earns the game Munaf's official pass of the day and Dave identifies the first-five under as the cleanest available angle. Dave closes with a market call: home favorites went 11-1 on Sunday, and that kind of lopsided result historically corrects itself, making Monday a dog-day card where the plus-money side of the ledger deserves attention. New subscribers can get to pregame.com and use promo code NERD50 to take $50 off the all-access package, bringing the price to $199 through the MLB All-Star break and covering every pick Dave Essler, Munaf Manji, and the full Pregame Pros roster put out in every sport. NBA Finals preview is on deck for Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Griffin Warner talk betting for Friday. Griffin Warner is back on the What I Bet podcast with one of the most loaded Friday cards of the season, covering a Champions League final preview, a potential series-ending Game 5 in the NHL Eastern Conference Finals, and a full fourteen-game Major League Baseball slate from first pitch to the night's marquee showdown in Los Angeles. Warner opens with a quick look at Arsenal and PSG preparing to meet in Hungary on Saturday, noting that both clubs play a possession-dominant style that would make the final an exercise in control and patience. The hockey segment takes center stage early as Warner dissects the situation facing the Montreal Canadiens, who arrived in Carolina as a plus 199 money line underdog trying to avoid elimination after a dominant Game 1 gave way to three straight losses. He walks through the series odds, the compressed total of 5.5 at nearly even juice, and the possession dynamics that have kept Montreal trapped in their own zone, comparing Carolina's shot-volume approach to the ball-control philosophy of the two Champions League finalists. His clearest hockey lean is the under, supported by a secondary interest in Montreal's puck line at plus 1.5. The baseball analysis begins with Atlanta and Grant Holmes visiting Cincinnati and Chris Paddock, where Warner leans over, before working through Lucas Giolito's road start for San Diego against Washington and the potential value in the Nationals as a home underdog given their surprising offensive output. Pittsburgh and the long-awaited return of Jared Jones from internal brace surgery draws a careful look against Taj Bradley and Minnesota, with Warner favoring the under given Jones's extended absence and bullpen volatility on both sides. The Miami Marlins and Max Meyer visiting Freddy Peralta and the Mets produce an under lean consistent with a matchup Warner faded successfully the previous week. He moves through Walbert Ureña and Los Angeles at Tampa, Boston's minor league call-up visiting Cleveland and Slade Cecconi, Shōta Imanaga and the Cubs visiting St. Louis, Troy Melton and a struggling Detroit team road-favored against the White Sox and Erick Fedde, Stephen Kolek on a post-complete-game fade against MacKenzie Gore in Texas, Coleman Crow on the road for Milwaukee in Houston against Kai-Wei Teng, Logan Webb and the Giants visiting Colorado where Warner leans over and toward the Rockies, Carlos Rodón and the Yankees at the Sacramento Athletics and Luis Severino, Zac Gallen and Arizona at Seattle in a stay-away situation, and finally Zach Wheeler and the Phillies arriving in Los Angeles as plus 103 road underdogs against Justin Wrobleski, where Warner leans to Philadelphia as a coin-flip spot with positive expected value. The What I Bet Best Bet lands on the Cleveland Guardians and Slade Cecconi at minus 115, a number that climbed from minus 113 during the recording session as confirmation of the direction. Use promo code GRIFFIN50 at Pregame.com to save fifty dollars on Griffin Warner's all-access package through the MLB All-Star break. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Thursday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler take on a focused Thursday card on Cash That Ticket, covering Game 6 of the NBA Western Conference Finals and three all-divisional MLB matchups on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed. The Oklahoma City Thunder arrive in San Antonio holding a 3-2 series lead with Jalen Williams listed as questionable, Ajay Mitchell officially ruled out with a right soleus calf strain, and Thomas Sorber also unavailable, while the Spurs enter with a clean injury report for an elimination game at home. The Spurs open as 3.5-point favorites at a total of 219.5, and both hosts target the under as the primary play. Dave makes the case from Game 5 numbers he considers unsustainable, including OKC shooting 48 percent from three, 70 combined free throws, 26 Spurs fast break points, and 241 total points in a San Antonio loss. He expects the Spurs to slow the pace and play one possession at a time to force a Game 7, while also noting that eight of the last nine Spurs games went over yet this total is the highest they have faced in months. Munaf goes further by also laying the 3.5 points with San Antonio, using Game 4's 103-82 result as his stylistic template, and identifies the first half total of 106.5 as a secondary under spot. On props, Dave targets Stephon Castle at plus 116 for two or more threes made, backed by five-plus attempts in four of his last five games and a Thunder defensive focus on Wembanyama that consistently opens the perimeter for Castle. Munaf backs De'Aaron Fox rebounds plus assists over 9.5 on FanDuel after the number cashed easily in Game 5, and reads Wembanyama as more likely to impact the game through scoring than rebounding given OKC box-out adjustments over the last three games. The baseball card features three 6:35 to 6:40 Eastern divisional matchups. In Baltimore, Patrick Corbin faces Chris Bassitt, who takes on his former team at Camden Yards with a sharp home-road split showing a 3.46 ERA at home against an 8.02 on the road. Dave leans Toronto at the underdog price, while Munaf backs the Orioles and over 8.5, noting Pete Alonso as a home run prop candidate and Corbin's career struggles against Baltimore. In Pittsburgh, Paul Skenes draws the Cubs in a spot where the data runs against his reputation. In four home starts against Chicago, Skenes has never completed five innings, owns a 5.60 ERA, and has allowed 11 earned runs and five home runs in 17.1 innings against Cubs bats. Winds blow out at 13 miles per hour at PNC Park and both hosts back the over 7.5 with the Cubs first five innings money line as a supporting play. The rubber match between Houston and Texas closes the card with Spencer Arrighetti facing Nathan Eovaldi. These starters combined for more than 14 innings and zero runs when they each faced these same opponents roughly two weeks earlier. Dave makes the Astros first five innings plus 0.5 runs at minus 120 his official best bet, keeping Houston's struggling bullpen out of the equation while the half-run cushion protects a tie after five. Munaf takes the first five under, citing Eovaldi's streak of six-plus innings in five straight starts and a seven-inning Astros shutout on May 17th as reasons the total stays low early. Best bets for Thursday are the Astros first five plus 0.5 runs from Dave and Cubs-Pirates over 7.5 from Munaf. Use promo code NERD50 at pregame.com to save $50 on Munaf's Sports Nerd All Access to All Star Break package and get every pick across every sport through the MLB All Star break for $199, approximately 48 days of full coverage at the price of a standard 30-day subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Griffin Warner talks betting for Thursday. Griffin Warner — Real_G Warner — is back on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed with a tight, focused episode of the What I Bet Podcast, courtesy of the Pregame.com Podcast Network, breaking down the full Major League Baseball slate for Thursday, May 28, 2026. With the Vegas Golden Knights having swept the Colorado Avalanche and hockey winding down for the postseason's next round, Thursday belongs to baseball, and Griffin walks through every game on the card with the analytical directness his audience expects. The episode covers six MLB matchups, opening with the getaway day game in Detroit where Grayson Rodriguez takes the hill for the Los Angeles Angels against Jack Flaherty and a Tigers team that, in Griffin's view, is paying a significant salary for one of the worst-performing starters in the American League. Griffin makes the case for the Angels at plus-113 and leans toward the over at plus-105 on a nine-run total before the number potentially tightens. In Chicago, Kendry Rojas starts for Minnesota against Davis Martin and a White Sox team that has been genuinely better than the industry expected this season, with Griffin giving Chicago its proper credit and acknowledging that the minus-138 price reflects real performance. The afternoon game at Fenway Park brings Chris Sale back to Boston for the Atlanta Braves, squaring off against young Red Sox lefty Payton Tolle. Griffin likes what he has seen from Tolle but is unwilling to play the under at seven and a half minus-130 at Fenway, noting that Boston's home park is simply not the right environment for that construction, and leaving the Red Sox money line as the only possible play in the game, if anything. In Baltimore, Patrick Corbin and Chris Bassitt meet in a matchup Griffin describes as two veterans fighting to justify their roster spots, and he takes the Blue Jays at plus-116, pointing to Corbin's underappreciated resurgence and his skepticism of the Orioles as a roster-construction project. The Cubs visit Pittsburgh for the series finale against Paul Skenes, and while Griffin respects the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner as the best pitcher in baseball, the plus-149 number on Chicago is interesting enough to note alongside what he identifies as the stronger analytical play, the under seven and a half. Late in Arlington, Spencer Arrighetti takes a plus-135 number on the road for Houston against Nathan Eovaldi and the Rangers, and Griffin lands on the under seven and a half as a split play across the first five innings and the full game to manage variance in a park that consistently suppresses scoring. The episode closes with Griffin's What I Bet Best Bet: Cubs versus Pirates, under seven and a half, with Skenes on the mound and two offenses unlikely to generate the kind of volume needed to push past that total. Before signing off, Griffin details the Pregame.com promo code GRIFFIN50, which gets subscribers fifty dollars off his All Access All-Star Break package, delivering 49 days of picks across every sport, including the World Cup and the full MLB slate, for two hundred forty-nine dollars. The code must be applied by June 8. Find Griffin at Pregame.com, click Buy Picks, navigate to his page, add the All Access All-Star Break package to your cart, and enter GRIFFIN50 at checkout to lock in the discount. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Wednesday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler are back on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed for a loaded Wednesday baseball card on Cash That Ticket, dated May 27, 2026, with the NBA on pause after the New York Knicks swept the Cleveland Cavaliers out of the Eastern Conference Finals and left no playoff action on the schedule. Six MLB games get the full treatment, game by game, pitcher by pitcher, with best bets locked in at the end of the episode. The guys open with a quick Tuesday recap, noting the Brewers three-star loss after Milwaukee scored five of six runs in the wrong inning and the Yankees rocking chair win where the offense exploded for 24 hits and somewhere around 13 or 14 runs, with Munaf cashing his run line and Dave's first five surviving on the back of that first inning. Oklahoma City beat San Antonio 127 to 114, covered the number, and went over the total, now sitting one win away from back to back NBA Finals appearances. First game up is Tampa Bay at Baltimore, where Stephen Matz gets a bit of long overdue respect from the crew and both men land on the Rays team total over given Trey Gibson's limited major league track record and the uncertainty around his pitch count in what is essentially a spot start. The Angels and Tigers follow, and Munaf delivers Jose Soriano's road splits, which are hard to dismiss at a 1.14 ERA this season on the road and a career 2.86 ERA across 32 road starts. Detroit is one and nine in their last ten and carrying a minus 29 run differential, and the lean is first five Angels with an alternate run line as a bonus. Chicago heads to Pittsburgh for a Jameson Taillon and Bubba Chandler matchup, and Dave makes the contrarian call for the Cubs at plus odds, pointing to Chandler's 99-pitch, five-inning outing last start and a season ERA sitting near five as reasons the Pirates may not be the slam dunk many bettors will assume. Bryce Elder and Connelly Early face off at Fenway in a game the guys expect to produce runs, with Elder's 1.97 road ERA and Early's 4.43 ERA at home pointing toward the Braves team total over as the primary play. Gerrit Cole makes his second start since coming back from Tommy John surgery against Noah Cameron in Kansas City, and Munaf makes a data-driven case for the Yankees team total over four and a half at minus 130 based on Cameron's history against New York, where the Royals lefty has surrendered eleven earned runs and five home runs in fewer than nine career innings against this lineup. Jacob deGrom and Mike Burrows square off in Arlington for a Rangers and Astros matchup that Dave calls as the game total over seven and a half, with Burrows allowing eleven earned runs in his last two starts and deGrom pricing oddly low for a home favorite. The nightcap belongs to Shohei Ohtani on the mound for the Dodgers against Tomoyuki Sugano and Colorado, with Ohtani confirmed to pitch after exiting Tuesday's blowout win as a precaution following a hit by pitch on his right hand. Neither man wants to lay minus 411, and the Rockies first five innings under one and a half at minus 165 is the only angle worth touching at this price. Best bets close the show: Dave goes over seven and a half in Arlington, Munaf goes Yankees team total over four and a half minus 130. Pregame.com listeners can access Munaf's all access picks through the MLB All Star break for one hundred ninety nine dollars using promo code NERD50, which saves fifty dollars off the standard price and delivers forty nine days of every pick in every sport including games of the week, month, and year, with the offer good through June 8. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Griffin Warner talks betting for Wednesday. Griffin Warner is back with a fully loaded Wednesday edition of What I Bet Best Bet, delivering picks across three sports on one of the most action-packed single days of the sports calendar. The episode opens with the UEFA Conference League Final in Leipzig, Germany, where Crystal Palace of the English Premier League takes on Rayo Vallecano of La Liga in the biggest European match either club has ever played. Crystal Palace enters as a half-goal favorite on a neutral pitch, but Griffin makes a pointed case for Rayo at plus-half-goal, arguing that the line overvalues Palace on a neutral site where a draw through ninety minutes or any result in extra time still cashes the Rayo side. The under two and a quarter is also in play as line movement from minus 135 to minus 148 signals sharp money flowing to the low-scoring side. Griffin traces the fascinating managerial backstory, connecting Rayo boss Inigo Perez to Bournemouth's Andoni Iraola and explaining how Brexit work permit rules sent Perez back to Vallecas instead of England, where he built one of the more compelling underdog runs in recent European football. From there, Griffin pivots to the NHL Eastern Conference Final, where Carolina leads Montreal two games to one after back-to-back overtime wins. Griffin remains a Canadiens believer, takes Montreal plus 127 at home in the largest arena in the NHL, and outlines a total strategy of waiting for the line to climb from five and a half to six before buying the under for push protection. The bulk of the episode covers the full 14-game Major League Baseball Wednesday slate, running through every matchup from the Toronto-Miami matinee with Kevin Gausman against Eury Perez to the massive Dodgers-Rockies nightcap featuring Shohei Ohtani against Tomoyuki Sugano. Griffin leans heavily on Christopher Sanchez as a total trust play against Walker Buehler in San Diego, backs the Twins over the White Sox despite Chicago's surprising market momentum, eyes the Sacramento ballpark factor in Mariners-Athletics, and still believes in the Tampa Bay Rays moving forward after Griffin Jax's line drive injury derailed Tuesday's start. The episode closes with Griffin's Best Bet of the day: Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees under nine runs, backing Garrett Cole to deal efficiently in just his second start back from Tommy John surgery while giving genuine credit to Noah Cameron as a left-hander the market consistently undervalues. Use promo code GRIFFIN50 at pregame.com for 49 days of all-access picks through the MLB All-Star break for $199, a $50 savings off the standard price. Offer valid through June 8. Follow Griffin Warner at Real_G Warner across all social media platforms and find this episode on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed across the pregame.com podcast network and everywhere you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Tuesday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler are back after a Memorial Day reset and come loaded for one of the busiest Tuesdays of the spring. The Knicks swept Cleveland and are heading to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999, winning 11 straight in the postseason, but the real conversation is Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals where Oklahoma City hosts San Antonio with the series tied two games apiece. With Jalen Williams questionable and AJ Mitchell already ruled out for the Thunder, the market has slid from five and a half down to four and a half, and both hosts land squarely on the under, pointing to San Antonio's scoring trend through the series, OKC's need to slow the game down with a shorter bench, and the defensive intensity both teams have shown in every game after the first. Munaf drills into the second-half total as his preferred bet and flags De'Aaron Fox's rebounds-plus-assists at 9.5 on FanDuel as a prop worth targeting given what Fox has done in his two healthy games this series. From there the guys go deep on eight MLB games. Tampa Bay's Griffin Jax continues his surprising conversion from reliever to starter when the Rays visit Baltimore to face Shane Baz, a matchup that cuts both ways given each pitcher faced the other team in his immediately prior start. Spencer Strider returns to Fenway with Atlanta against Ranger Suarez and the Red Sox in a game both hosts think favors the Braves early and the over late once both bullpens get involved. Chase Burns takes a never-faced-the-Mets edge into Citi Field against David Peterson with Cincinnati firmly in the NL Central race. Cam Schlittler, who owns a 1.04 road ERA and a .139 opponent average on the road this season, faces Bailey Falter in Kansas City in what becomes Dave's best bet, Yankees first five minus a half run. Munaf's best bet is the Cardinals-Brewers under four and a half in the first five innings with Michael McGreevy and Kyle Harrison both in elite form and zero familiarity working in favor of either offense. Jason Alexander goes for Houston in Arlington the night after the Rangers threw a combined no-hitter, with both hosts liking the Texas team total over. Emerson Hancock and Luis Severino bring their home-road split drama to West Sacramento, and Eduardo Rodriguez faces Tyler Mahle at Oracle Park in an over-or-under debate shaped entirely by the park's dimensions and a 22-mile-per-hour wind blowing out. Use promo code PLAYOFFS20 at Pregame.com for 20 percent off any package before tonight's deadline. Early bird NFL packages are live and the Hall of Fame game is 72 days away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Griffin Warner talks betting for Tuesday. Griffin Warner returns with the May 26 edition of What I Bet on the Straight Outta Vegas AM pregame.com podcast feed, covering a critical NHL elimination game and a full 13-game MLB slate in one of the busiest betting days of the early summer. On the ice, Griffin explains why he is not buying the Colorado Avalanche as road favorites against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4 of the Western Conference Final. The Avs fell 5-3 in Game 3 and now trail 3-0, with Nathan MacKinnon's knee injury after blocking a shot adding serious uncertainty to Colorado's roster situation. Cale Makar returned from his own upper-body absence but Griffin says he never looked fully himself, and the backhand goal from Tomas Hertl that extended Vegas's lead was the moment that defined the game. Golden Knights minus 102 is his play. On the baseball side, Griffin works through every matchup on the board, starting with the Washington Nationals and Cade Cavalli against the Cleveland Guardians and Joey Cantillo, leaning Cleveland at minus 130. He covers the Tampa Bay Rays and Griffin Jax against a bullpen game, with former Rays righty Shane Baz, now an Oriole, having pitched well against Tampa recently, and finds value in the under on total first five at plus 100. He leans to Keider Montero and the under in Detroit against the Angels and Jack Kochanowicz, backs Boston and Ranger Suarez plus 100 over Spencer Strider and the Braves because Strider still needs to prove his return from elbow surgery is complete, monitors Sandy Alcantara and Miami against the Blue Jays and Braydon Fisher in a bullpen game, and sides with the Mets and David Peterson over the Reds and Chase Burns in a battle where plus money is simply too attractive to ignore. Kyle Harrison has been one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball since joining Milwaukee from Boston and Griffin respects him enormously but cannot pay minus 170. He leans under on Cam Schlittler and the Yankees against Kansas City and Bailey Falter after recounting how Lucas Erceg's blown save on a misplaced slider to Anthony Volpe cost him a two-unit win the night before. Joe Ryan and the Twins draw plus money from Sean Burke and the White Sox, making the under on seven and a half the natural lean. The Houston Astros no-hit Texas on Monday and Griffin reads that as a direct statement on how poorly the Rangers have been hitting and how difficult Globe Life Field plays, leaning under against Jack Leiter. Aaron Nola and the Phillies get the nod over Randy Vasquez and the Padres after Vasquez was scratched Monday and slid into Tuesday's spot. Emerson Hancock and Luis Severino shape up as a low-scoring Sacramento game, Eduardo Rodriguez and Tyler Mahle figure to keep it quiet at Oracle Park, and there is simply no case for backing Kyle Freeland and the Rockies at plus 206 in Los Angeles against Eric Lauer's Dodger debut. Griffin's Best Bet is the Pittsburgh Pirates and Braxton Ashcraft at minus 125 over the Cubs and Jordan Wicks, who is making his first big-league start of the season after being recalled from Triple-A Iowa following a stint on the IL. Use promo code ERA20 at pregame.com for 20 percent off through May 31. Follow Griffin on all social media at Real_G_Warner and find the show on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and pregame.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Griffin Warner talks betting for Monday. Griffin Warner is back on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed for a massive Memorial Day episode of What I Bet, covering three sports, a loaded twelve-game major league baseball slate, and a best bet to cap it all off. The show opens in Germany, where VfL Wolfsburg face a genuine survival crisis in the second leg of their Bundesliga relegation playoff against SC Paderborn 07. After a goalless draw at the Volkswagen Arena in the first leg, Wolfsburg must go to Paderborn's home ground and win in regulation or face their first-ever relegation from German top-flight football. Griffin has zero confidence in a club that spent all season near the bottom of the table, and he leans to the under two and a half goals, expecting another defensive, low-scoring affair from a Paderborn side that defended superbly in leg one. Christian Eriksen, the Danish star who survived a cardiac episode at Euro and rebuilt his career all the way to the Bundesliga, has been Wolfsburg's best player, but the setup is difficult. From Germany to Montreal, where the Carolina Hurricanes visit the Bell Centre for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Canadiens. Griffin continues his under lean for this series, noting Montreal's unbeaten regular season record against Carolina and the Bell Centre's dominance as a home venue. The Canadiens are a plus 119 underdog at home, which Griffin finds interesting as well. Then it is a deep dive into the full Memorial Day MLB card. Griffin walks through twelve matchups, identifying Ben Brown as a solid play for the Cubs in Pittsburgh, flagging Arizona's Merrill Kelly as a live plus 127 road underdog at San Francisco against Landen Roupp, leaning to the Sacramento Athletics as a home underdog against a declining Luis Castillo, and touching on the Wacha-Warren matchup in Kansas City, the Misiorowski-Liberatore game in Milwaukee, the Lodolo-McLean clash in New York, the Luzardo-Vasquez matchup in San Diego, and more. Promo code ERA20, Echo Romeo Alpha 20, is active for 20 percent off everything at pregame.com. The episode closes with the What I Bet Best Bet: Texas Rangers and Houston Astros under eight and a half at Globe Life Field. Griffin distrusts both Atsuya Imai and Kumar Rocker as starters, loves the park for keeping runs off the board, and offers a diversification tip for those wanting to hedge the Manfred Man extra-inning runner with a first-five-innings under alongside the game total. Follow Griffin at Real underscore G Warner across all social media platforms and subscribe to the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Thursday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler are back on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed for a loaded Thursday edition of Cash That Ticket, coming off a perfect 2-and-0 best bet day and ready to attack one of the biggest nights on the spring sports calendar. The guys open with a full breakdown of Game 2 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, where the New York Knicks host the Cleveland Cavaliers at Madison Square Garden as six-and-a-half-point home favorites with a total of 216.5. Cleveland blew a 20-plus-point fourth-quarter lead in Game 1, shot just 40% from the field, got beaten 60-38 in the paint, and watched Donovan Mitchell disappear in overtime, and Uncle Dave makes a compelling case that the sharpest angle in this game is fading the Cavs team total rather than picking a side outright. The Knicks shot a combined 31% from three in Game 1 with every perimeter player ice cold, and positive regression to the mean makes the New York team total over an equally compelling play. Uncle Dave targets Karl-Anthony Towns PRA over 35 as his player prop, pointing to Jarrett Allen's inability to contain Towns and the near-certain shooting efficiency improvement from a 6-for-14 Game 1 outing. Munaf takes Donovan Mitchell over 27.5 points at minus-114 on DraftKings, citing Mitchell's hometown pride at MSG and his overtime disappearance as the motivational fuel for a bounceback performance. Both hosts like the Knicks side for the full game and first half. On the baseball side, Uncle Dave and Munaf work through all four evening games, hitting the Braves and Marlins total with Sandy Alcántara against Spencer Strider in Miami, the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium with Braydon Fisher as opener against a shaky Carlos Rodón, the Sacramento Athletics against José Soriano and the Angels in a high-pitch-count over environment, and Eduardo Rodríguez versus Zach Agnos in the desert with a big Arizona money line neither host wants to lay. Best bets close the show: Uncle Dave locks the Braves-Marlins over 7.5 on the strength of both teams' recent scoring history in this series and beyond, while Munaf pounds the Blue Jays team total over 3.5 at minus-120 on DraftKings against a Rodón who has walked eight batters in just eight innings this season. Use promo code PLAYOFFS20 at pregame.com for 20% off everything through May 31, and grab Munaf's three-star best bet on Knicks-Cavs Game 2 for just one dollar at pregame.com tonight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Wednesday. Munaf Manji and Dave Essler return for a packed Wednesday edition of Cash that Ticket, opening with momentum after a two and one best bet day and quickly moving into the biggest betting angles on the board. The conversation starts with the dramatic Eastern Conference Finals opener, where the Knicks came back from 21 points down, forced overtime, got the cover, and helped the game clear the total. From there, the focus shifts to Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder, where San Antonio holds a 1 to 0 series lead after a double overtime road win. Dave makes the case that the matchup is more complicated than a simple Oklahoma City bounce back spot, noting that the Spurs won Game 1 despite turnover problems, poor outside shooting, and limited bench scoring. He points to the rebounding edge, the paint scoring edge, and the dominance of Victor Wembanyama as major reasons San Antonio can stay inside the number again. Munaf agrees with the Spurs side and highlights how San Antonio has the defensive profile to frustrate Oklahoma City, especially if Alex Caruso does not repeat his 31 point performance. The hosts also get into player props, with Dave liking Stephon Castle over his points number because of his aggression, free throw attempts, and room for better shooting, while Munaf looks toward Shai Gilgeous Alexander assists if the Spurs send extra defensive attention his way. The show then turns to Major League Baseball, beginning with Mets and Nationals, where Dave leans Mets first five behind Zach Thornton and against Zack Littell, while Munaf agrees that the early inning angle is cleaner than trusting the full game bullpen picture. Brewers and Cubs becomes one of the strongest discussions of the episode, with Kyle Harrison getting attention for his recent form and strikeout upside, and Wrigley Field weather creating a strong case for a low scoring game. Dave likes Brewers first five plus a half run, while Munaf later makes Brewers and Cubs under six and a half his official best bet, citing the wind blowing in, Harrison's pitching form, and the likelihood that Chicago's home run based offense is muted. Red Sox and Royals brings another shared lean, as Dave backs Michael Wacha and the under because of his control, Boston's limited success against him, and the cooler Kansas City conditions. Munaf adds that Red Sox team total under could also be a strong look. Dodgers and Padres centers on Shohei Ohtani, with Dave going back to the familiar under angle when Ohtani starts and also considering Padres run line because Randy Vásquez has been difficult to square up and the Dodgers may not have the same offensive ceiling if Ohtani is not hitting. Munaf reinforces the under trend in Ohtani starts and mentions Dodgers team total under as another way to approach the matchup. Dave also adds a lean to Blue Jays and Yankees under, pointing to Trey Yesavage, Cam Schlittler, and two offenses that may not be in ideal hitting form. After a reminder about the Pregame promo code playoffs20, the hosts close with official best bets. Dave takes Athletics and Angels over nine and a half, trusting the hitting conditions, vulnerable pitching, and weak bullpens. Munaf takes Brewers and Cubs under six and a half, expecting a pitcher friendly setup and runs at a premium. The episode delivers a sharp mix of NBA playoff matchup analysis, MLB totals, first five angles, player props, and best bets for a busy Wednesday betting card. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Griffin Warner talks betting for Wednesday. Griffin Warner returns with a loaded May 20 betting card on What I Bet, opening with the Europa League final between SC Freiburg and Aston Villa before moving through the NHL playoffs and a deep Major League Baseball slate. The soccer breakdown focuses on why a neutral site final in Istanbul could play tighter than the market expects, with SC Freiburg carrying underdog value and Aston Villa entering as the more talented favorite. Griffin explains why finals are often less about style and more about survival, clean sheets and avoiding the one mistake that decides a trophy. That points him toward the under two and a quarter, with Freiburg plus three quarters also drawing interest because a low scoring match naturally improves the underdog case. The show then shifts to the NHL, where the Vegas Golden Knights visit the Colorado Avalanche as a sizable road underdog. Colorado is respected as the stronger team, but Griffin sees a path for Vegas if the Golden Knights can slow the game down, defend with discipline and stay out of the penalty box. The market has moved toward the over, but Griffin leans the other way and would be especially interested in an under six and a half if it appears. From there, the episode moves into baseball, where Griffin works through the full MLB board. He leans Phillies behind Aaron Nola against Andrew Abbott and the Reds, understands the Twins price with Joe Ryan against Mike Burrows and a thin Astros lineup, sees runs and possible Rockies underdog value at Coors Field with Jack Leiter facing Kyle Freeland, and likes the Diamondbacks and over angle with Merrill Kelly against Tyler Mahle. He finds the White Sox interesting as a road underdog against the Mariners, especially with Seattle struggling at the plate and Cal Raleigh on the injured list. The most important baseball handicap comes in Atlanta Braves vs Miami Marlins, where Chris Sale is a large road favorite against Jackson Junk. Griffin does not want to lay the big price with Atlanta, but he respects Sale, gives Junk more credit than the market may and does not trust Miami to produce much offense. That makes under seven and a half the cleanest betting angle and ultimately the official What I Bet best bet. Other MLB thoughts include Washington as a home underdog against the Mets, caution on Toronto against the Yankees because of the Blue Jays bullpen, a Cubs lean against Milwaukee at a cheap price, Boston value with Connelly Early against Michael Wacha and the Royals, St. Louis behind Michael McGreevey against Pittsburgh, an over look in Dodgers vs Padres with Shohei Ohtani involved, and the Angels as an underdog against the Athletics with Aaron Civale facing Jack Kochanowicz. The episode closes with the promo code ERA20 for 20 percent off anything at pregame.com through May 31, then lands on Braves Marlins under seven and a half as the best bet for Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Tuesday. Tuesday, May 19, 2026 brings one of the biggest nights of the sports calendar, and Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler are locked in on everything that matters on Cash That Ticket, airing on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed. The Eastern Conference Finals open tonight at Madison Square Garden as the New York Knicks host the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 1, and the hosts spend the first half of the pod breaking down every layer of this matchup — from the series price, with New York installed as a minus-265 favorite and Cleveland available at plus-215, to the specific game-one angles that offer the most value on a Tuesday tip-off. OG Anunoby is listed as probable and expected to play after missing the final two games of the Philadelphia series with a hamstring strain, and Dave makes the case that his return is the single most important development heading into this series for New York — a player who was shooting over 60 percent on two-point attempts and playing elite defense across multiple positions before the injury. Cleveland arrives with just one day of rest after grinding through back-to-back Game 7s against Toronto and Detroit, and while Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen were exceptional in the series clincher against the Pistons, Dave challenges the narrative around that scoring output, noting that 44 free throws and a desperate Detroit pace created a performance that the Knicks will not allow to repeat. His key play is the Cavaliers team total under 105.5. Munaf leans first-half under and highlights the historical trend of Game 7 teams struggling in quick-turnaround games. Both hosts dig into the Jalen Brunson three-point prop at essentially even money — Brunson is shooting 41 percent from deep in these playoffs, nearly 47 percent at home, and has cleared three makes in seven of his last ten home playoff games while averaging double-digit attempts against Cleveland in the regular season. From the NBA, the pod transitions into a deep and well-sourced MLB breakdown, opening with the Braves-Marlins early game, where Dave isolates Atlanta in the first five innings against Braxton Garrett with Martin Perez creating an interesting matchup for Miami. The Reds and Phillies serve up one of the best pitch mismatches of the week with Chase Burns at his absolute best and Jesús Luzardo carrying an ERA above five — both hosts agree the play is Cincinnati through five innings and nowhere near their bullpen. The Mets and Nationals get a nuanced treatment with Nolan McLean squaring off against Foster Griffin in Washington, with live-game over opportunities discussed alongside a Nationals team total angle. The Yankees and Blue Jays game two offers a favorable run environment through weather and bullpen fatigue, and Munaf and Dave both lean over while leaning toward Toronto as a value side. At Wrigley Field, Jacob Misiorowski and Ben Brown set up one of the easiest first-five under reads on the board, and both hosts refuse to overthink what is clearly a pitcher's showcase through five innings. The Dodgers and Padres conclude the NL breakdown with Dave raising the early-inning Dodgers team total as the cleaner way to attack Griffin Canning's command disasters without committing to a full-game side. Munaf officially closes his best bet on Ranger Suarez and the Red Sox moneyline at minus-128 on BetOnline, with Suarez having not allowed a run in over 19 consecutive innings while Bailey Falter and a Kansas City bullpen game await. Dave closes with two official best bets: Jalen Brunson three-plus threes at minus-102 and the Angels-Athletics over nine, driven by Jacob Lopez's alarming home run and walk rates. Head to pregame.com and use promo code PICK25 for all-access picks through May 31. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Griffin Warner talks betting for Tuesday. Griffin Warner is back with one of the bigger Tuesday episodes of the What I Bet season on the Pregame.com Straight Outta Vegas AM podcast, opening fresh off a dramatic Montreal Canadiens overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 7 of the second round before pivoting immediately to two English Premier League plays and then ripping through the entire Major League Baseball slate with opinionated, number-driven analysis that covers side leans, total plays, home underdog angles, and situational edges from first pitch to last out, closing with a New York Yankees moneyline best bet over the Toronto Blue Jays that caps another lean-loaded episode, and the action begins in the EPL where Warner identifies Bournemouth as a three-quarter goal home underdog against Manchester City with a meaningful rest edge — Bournemouth sat out the FA Cup Final weekend while City had to grind — and follows that with a Tottenham Hotspur plus half-goal lean at a Chelsea side he describes as a cycling disaster that sacks capable managers and replaces them with unproven ones every season, before shifting to baseball where Martín Pérez pitching as a road favorite for Atlanta draws skepticism and Miami home underdog Braxton Garrett draws interest in his return from Tommy John surgery, Chase Burns gets a strong lean as one of the best young arms in baseball against a Phillies rotation missing Kyle Schwarber, the Cleveland Guardians' under at Detroit Comerica Park becomes the most confident total lean of the night with Parker Messick in strong form and Keider Montero coming off his worst start of the year, Tampa Bay gets the nod at home over Baltimore's Kyle Bradish based on the Rays' relentless offensive production at Tropicana Field, Jacob Misiorowski's brilliance for the road Brewers does not outweigh Warner's affection for Ben Brown as a Cubs home underdog at Wrigley, Ranger Suárez on a scoreless roll creates a Boston lean despite reserved trust in Kansas City's Bailey Falter fresh off the injured list, Lance McCullers Jr. pitching for a quietly rebuilding Houston squad draws skepticism against a Minnesota lineup that has been productive, Kumar Rocker at Coors Field gets a lean to the over on the ten-and-a-half total given Denver heat conditions, the White Sox get plus money respect with Anthony Kay facing a returning Bryce Miller in Seattle, and after all of it Warner lands on the Yankees at minus-132 as the official What I Bet Best Bet, trusting New York's bullpen superiority and Will Warren's consistency over the risk of relying on Dylan Cease to go the distance in the Bronx, make sure you visit Pregame.com and use promo code PICK25 to get savings on picks, packages, and all-access passes from Griffin Warner and every pro on the network, and subscribe to the Straight Outta Vegas AM podcast wherever you stream so you never miss a What I Bet drop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Monday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler are back for a loaded Monday edition of Cash That Ticket on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed, and the Western Conference Finals take center stage right from the jump as these two dig deep into Game 1 between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight at Paycom Center. The series odds on DraftKings have the Thunder as minus-260 favorites and the Spurs sitting at plus-210, but both guys make a compelling case for San Antonio, pointing to a 4-and-1 regular season record against OKC, consistent spread coverage across a wide range of lines, and a style of play that gives the Spurs a real chance to compete against the defending champions. Munaf officially takes the Spurs at plus-220 for the series on FanDuel and likes them plus six and a half for Game 1 as well, arguing that Oklahoma City's price is built on public perception rather than a genuine gap between these two rosters, and that the defensive attention funneled toward Victor Wembanyama will open the floor for Stephon Castle, Dylan Harper, and De'Aaron Fox in exactly the ways that have made this Spurs team so dangerous all season. Dave agrees the spread is inflated, spots the number as high as seven on FanDuel, and leans to San Antonio plus the points while also backing the under despite a market that has pushed the total north of 221 at multiple books. The total discussion is sharp, with both guys citing under trends in game ones for both franchises and pointing out that OKC's big offensive outputs this postseason came against Phoenix and the Lakers, neither of which remotely resembles what San Antonio brings defensively. On the prop side Dave goes with Ajay Mitchell over 13 points at minus-123 on DraftKings, making the case that Mitchell has scored fewer than 14 points only once in eight postseason games and is the kind of off-brand value that separates sharp bettors from the crowd, while Munaf tracks Stephon Castle at 17 and a half given Castle's history of scoring 32, 22, 24, 19, and 20 against OKC this season. The baseball card gets the same thorough treatment across five games: the Reds-Phillies over is the consensus call with Nick Lodolo struggling badly since returning from injury and Andrew Painter's numbers even weaker than his reputation, the Orioles-Rays matchup generates a yellow flag despite Shane McClanahan's exceptional form because the line movement tells an interesting story, the Blue Jays-Yankees game produces a first-five over recommendation at four and a half with both Patrick Corbin's regression metrics and Ryan Weathers' fly-ball tendencies pointing toward early scoring, and the Dodgers-Padres game is where both guys get loudest, taking San Diego at plus-128 because Yoshinobu Yamamoto has allowed at least three earned runs in four straight starts and Michael King has been one of the better starters in the NL over the same stretch. Dave wraps up with a smart segment on weather handicapping that every baseball bettor should hear, breaking down exactly how to factor wind, temperature, humidity, and air pressure without blindly chasing overs every time conditions look favorable. Best bets to close: Dave takes the Padres run line at minus-130, Munaf fires on the Braves-Marlins under at eight and a half backing Max Meyer's breakout campaign against rookie J.R. Ritchie making his first appearance against Miami. Use promo code RISE10 at pregame.com for ten dollars off any purchase including rest-of-May all-access through May 31st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk sports betting for Friday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler are back on the Cash That Ticket podcast for a Friday, May 15, 2026 episode that covers more ground than most, starting with two NBA playoff closeout games and working all the way through the MLB Friday card, a PGA Championship round one update, and a genuine milestone moment as Munaf officially becomes a Pregame Pro on Pregame.com — selling picks for the first time after years of giving them away for free on this pod, and receiving a full public endorsement from Dave that was honest, direct, and exactly what you would expect from a man who has been in the pick-selling business long enough to know the difference between a handicapper and a salesman. On the NBA side, the guys break down Game 6 of Cavaliers versus Pistons at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, where the Cavs hold a three-games-to-two lead after surviving overtime in Detroit behind 30 points from James Harden and a 31-free-throw performance that Dave argues is simply not repeatable — not the free throw volume, not the 40 percent three-point shooting, not the pace that produced 211 points in regulation plus overtime, and both hosts land on the under at 211 and a half as their conviction play, with Dave adding Detroit plus four and a half as his side bet, pointing to the Pistons' history of holding opponents under 101 points in five of their six wins this postseason and the brutal minutes load both rosters are carrying out of an overtime game where Cade Cunningham played 48 of 53 available minutes and Evan Mobley, James Harden, and Donovan Mitchell each logged 43. In the Western Conference, San Antonio leads Minnesota three to two and travels to Target Center as road favorites, and Dave likes the Timberwolves in the spot — citing the loss of emotional fuel that powered the Spurs' 29-point blowout in Game 5 after the Victor Wembanyama ejection, the correctable nature of Minnesota's poor shooting and paint numbers from that game, and his standing rule about backing home underdogs in elimination games, which Munaf reinforces with data showing the Wolves have consistently been excellent coming off losses and pointing to Anthony Edwards as a player who needs a signature moment tonight, with both hosts taking Minnesota plus five and a half and the over at 218 and a half and flagging Naz Reid three-pointers made and Jaden McDaniels points and rebounds as the ancillary prop angles on the Wolves side. On the MLB card, they fade Aaron Nola against the Pirates and Braxton Ashcraft, building the case around Nola's fly-ball evolution, his seven home runs in 42 innings, his trend of pitching worse in back-to-back matchups against the same team, and the road context at PNC Park tonight, preferring the Pittsburgh first-five-innings run line as the cleanest execution vehicle. In the Subway Series, Cam Schlittler — who is putting up historic numbers not seen since Walter Johnson in 1913 — starts for the Yankees at Citi Field against Clay Holmes and the Mets, with cold temperatures, wind blowing in, and a total of seven making the first-five-innings under the natural play for both hosts. Dave's best bet is the over in the Rockies-Diamondbacks game at Coors Field, where Merrill Kelly arrives with a 7.62 ERA and 19 hits allowed in 14 road innings, and Munaf's best bet is the under eight in Atlanta between the Braves and the Red Sox, with Spencer Strider making his third start back from an oblique strain against a Boston offense that has scored five combined runs over its last four games. Use promo code RISE10 at Pregame.com — R-I-S-E-1-0 — to get ten dollars off anything including the rest-of-May all-access package, now available at eighty-nine dollars through May 31, and head to the Buy Picks tab to find Munaf's daily package and Dave's three-star playoff game of the month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Friday. Munaf Manji and Dave Essler are back on Cash That Ticket for a stacked Friday edition on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed, working through four NBA playoff games across the Friday and Saturday schedule while also firing through a loaded MLB card that features one of the most anticipated pitching debuts of the 2026 season. Dave opens the show processing a painful Cleveland Cavaliers loss from Thursday night, breaking down the Harden problem in detail and explaining why a fourth-quarter Cavaliers comeback was always going to run out of steam on the road. From there the conversation shifts to Game 3 of the Sixers and Knicks, where Joel Embiid is questionable and the line has swung from New York as a nine-point favorite all the way to Philadelphia as a home favorite. Dave lands on the Sixers team total over 107 and a half while both hosts pass the side, arguing that without Embiid the Philadelphia offense actually plays faster and that the Knicks, for all their paint dominance in the first two games, are not a shutdown defensive unit. Munaf adds a structural argument centered on the Knicks outscoring the Sixers by 52 combined points in the paint across Games 1 and 2, and identifies the first quarter and first half as the cleaner angles if you want to side with Philadelphia. The Spurs and Timberwolves debate produces an unexpected consensus, with Dave walking himself through history and landing on Minnesota at plus four and a half, pointing to San Antonio potentially having shot its load in a statement blowout victory and the pendulum swinging too far. Munaf reinforces the position with Minnesota's six-and-two bounce-back record at home in the playoffs since 2023, covering in all three categories, and both hosts converge on the Wolves team total over given that Minnesota shot only 30 percent from three, missed 15 free throws, and committed 22 turnovers in Game 2 on the road. Saturday's Cleveland game is treated as a home-side spot play, with Dave liking the first half and Munaf laying the full number, both pointing to Detroit's unsustainable 50-percent three-point shooting from the blowout win and Harden's near-certain bounce-back game at home. Oklahoma City is a straightforward laydown at minus eight and a half over a Lakers squad that has no bench, an aging LeBron playing heavy minutes, and a defense that surrendered 125 points in Game 2. Baseball brings Robby Snelling's major league debut for the Miami Marlins as Dave's best bet, with the 22-year-old lefty having posted a 1.86 ERA with 44 strikeouts in six Triple-A starts in 2026 and a dominant multi-year minor league track record that makes the debut label meaningless. Munaf counters with the Cincinnati Reds team total over four and a half runs against Mike Burrows and the Astros, a bet grounded in Burrows surrendering at least five earned runs in four of his last five starts and a bullpen that has done him no favors. Use promo code BASES10 at pregame.com for ten dollars off the rest-of-May all-access package, dropping the price from 99 to 89 dollars through May 31st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices