Monday was a long day in and out of fhe Tuley’s Takes home office, but ultimately worth our time.
I did some editing for VSiN’s upcoming NBA Betting Guide and did a lot of handicapping/research on next weekend’s college and pro football cards. I also had to take my son, Maddux to his Las Vegas Youth Orchestra practice and wait for him to finish. Of course, the focus of every Monday is the MNF game, but unfortunately we lost our Best Bet using the a 2-team, 6-point teaser with the Rams + 7.5 to the Lions + 8.5 next Sunday (we also lost a live teaser from Sunday’s action). However, we actually had a winning day overall thanks to our MLB plays with the Rockies, a “swagger play” that we also gave out on “The Greg Peterson Experience” show on Sunday night, cashing a 1st 5 + 0.5 + 165 bet as they were tied 1-1 with the Dodgers through 5 innings (pushing on the 1st 5 ML) and going on to win the game 2-1 at + 290! Our second swagger play on the A’s 1st 5 + 0.5 + 105 didn’t fare as well as they trailed the Angels 4-0 after 5 innings, but the A’s rallied to also win 5-4 in 10 innings at + 160. Our Monday ended by doing a “Monday night recap” story for VSiN.com, which you can find HERE, and of course this column. That story also borrows heavily from our daily betting recaps below. We also have a Circa Sports Million update in Contest Corner with the results of the 1st Quarter prizes for best and worst (“Booby Prize”) records and then offer our Best Bets for Tuesday as well as some early plays for NFL Week 5. Monday’s RecapsNFL: 49ers beat the Rams 24-9 on Monday Night Football to wrap up NFL Week 4. The 49ers also covered after closing as 2-point home favorites and the game stayed Under the betting total of 42 points). Faves went 10-6 SU in Week 4, but dogs led 8-7-1 ATS. Home teams went 8-7 SU and 7-7-1 with 1 the 1 neutral-site game in London. Over/Unders split 8-8.
More NFL: Faves lead 36-26-1 SU on the season with 1 pick-'em (Commanders-Lions in Week 2), but dogs still lead 35-25-3 ATS (58.3 percent). Home teams now 33-29-1 SU with the 1 neutral-site games while home/road teams now tied 30-30-3 ATS. Unders lead 37-26-1 (58.7 percent) while primetime Unders improved to 9-4.
MLB: Underdogs went 8-6 Monday with the biggest upsets by the Rockies (+ 290 in 2-1 win at Dodgers), Tigers (+ 210 in 4-3 win at Mariners), Royals (+ 173 in 5-2 win at Guardians) and A's (+ 152 in 5-4 win vs. Angels); home teams went 8-6; Overs 9-4-1 with push in MIN-CHW (7).