Saturday Best Bets
Welcome to our “Tuley’s Takes” Best Bets column for Saturday.
In case you missed it Wednesday, we’ve started splitting our daily column (that has been running for the past 19 months since September 2021) 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 another winning day overall in the Tuley’s Takes home office as we won our Best Bet of the day on the Rockies +1.5 +115 at the Phillies. They ended up losing 4-3, but covered on the +1.5 run line, so we made the right call in making that our Best Bet over the full-game money line (note: the Rockies also cashed around +250 on the First 5 Inning wager as they jumped out to a 3-0 lead on Aaron Nola and led 3-2 after 5 innings).
Our secondary play on the Wild +130 vs. the Bruins didn’t fare as well as the Bruins scored in the first 2:26 of the game and coasted to a 4-2 victory. What I should have done was play back the Wild after losing on them on Wednesday as they bounced back to beat the Stars 5-1 and take a 2-1 series lead. We mostly felt good about passing in the NBA as the Timberwolves came up short, though we wish we had jumped on the Hawks, who beat the Celtics outright as 5.5-point home dogs. The “zig-zag theory” went 2-1 ATS (with the Knicks as short home faves also covering after losing their prior game) to improve to 7-6-1 ATS for those following those plays. Without further ado, let’s get to Saturday's busy sports schedule.MLB Saturday Best Bet
A’s +1.5 +105 at Rangers: This is a “swagger play” on the A’s as they snapped a 7-game losing streak on Friday against the Rangers. Let’s use the full-game run line again like we did with the Rockies on Friday in a similar spot just in case they come up just short. I didn’t see any stories to this effect, but I have to think the A’s also received a boost to morale with the team’s announcement of acquiring land to build a new stadium in Las Vegas (even if many of the current players might not still be around when the stadium opens in 2027).