Saturday Best Bets
Welcome to our “Tuley’s Takes” Best Bets column for Friday.
In case you missed it last week, we’ve started splitting our daily column into two separate pieces: there’s a FREE article where I recap the betting action from the night before and update league-wide ATS stats in the various sports, and then this one where I look for the best betting opportunities on today’s wagering menu. Links to both articles should be found on the VSiN.com home page, though I advise my regular readers to also bookmark my dedicated page at https://www.vsin.com/news/dave-tuley-columns/.Friday Best Bet Results
Friday was a move back to the NBA and NHL playoffs taking center stage after the NFL Draft dominating the sports betting news on Thursday.
Personally, I pushed on my Marlins First 5 Inning -110 wager as they tied the Cubs 1-1 after 5 innings (though they went on to win 3-2 for those that bet my pick that way). We then went on to have a winning night as the Kings not only covered as 7.5-point road underdogs but beat the Warriors 118-99 to force a decisive Game 7 on Sunday. That was a very satisfying result. Actually, we did have another unofficial winner as our NHL First-Period Over parlay from Thursday’s Maple Leafs-Lightning game to Friday’s Avalanche-Kraken game that I wasn’t able to post on the VSiN PRO picks page cashed at +199. We often get asked for our overall record, etc., and I try to explain that it doesn’t tell the whole story of what we’re doing here on a daily basis, but at least I know my regular readers know that it’s often what they read “between the lines” that leads them to even more profits (such as the 10-unit profit on our suggested NHL 1P Over round-robin a few weeks ago that also wasn’t an official play). Anyway, let’s get to Saturday’s action – and I’m sure many of you are already alive with a NHL 1P Over parlay from Friday’s Avalanche-Kraken game to today’s Lightning-Maple Leafs contest though again it’s an unposted Best Bet as it wasn’t available when we “went to press” yesterday.MLB Saturday Best Bet
Giants +1.5 -105 vs. Padres in Mexico City: The Giants (11-14) and Padres (13-14) are off to disappointing starts overall, but I don't see why the Padres are such a big favorite with Joe Musgrove (1-0, 5.40 ERA) vs. Sean Manaea (0-1, 6.61 ERA). The Over/Under is 15 runs as this is being played at high altitude, so I also believe the Giants (even though they’re been hit or miss in a lot of games this year) have the better chance to capitalize as they still average 4.44 runs per game compared to 3.67 for the Padres. Just in case we’ll take the run line as our Best Bet, but we’ll also take a little on the Giants +150 money line and considering a First 5 wager as well.