The busy weekend is off to a great start for us after a solid night on Friday. We’ll start with Major League Baseball, where Bobby and Jay had a winning night to keep their streaks going. Bobby is on a 7-3 (+$370) run, while Jay is 13-8 (+$586) over the last week. You can find our picks in all 15 games on today’s schedule, including two more Best Bets, in today’s newsletter.
We had a perfect 4-0 clean sweep of our WNBA Best Bets on Friday night, led by Jay’s 3-0. We are now on a combined 28-11 (72%) run and we have four more Best Bets lined up for today. You can find all of those picks below.
Check out our daily YouTube videos to get Jay Cooper and Bobby Babowski’s Best Bets of the day including recaps of last night’s picks.
Bobby and Jay came through with a CFL consensus Best Bet winner with Montreal on Friday night. We are now on a combined 24-13 (65%) run with our Best Bets and Bobby has a play in tonight’s Edmonton vs. Hamilton game. You can also find all of our Week 11 free picks over at the website.
The NFL schedule is out and we have Week 1 lines posted over on the website. Bobby and Jay not only have picks for a few of those games, but some season futures as well. We will be adding more future plays throughout the summer.
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Remember, all of our picks are 100% FREE and available every morning on our website. Below, you will find our Best Bets for Saturday, August 17th, 2024 from our expert handicappers including some future bets at the bottom. Good luck to everyone today!
MLB Best Bets – Bobby Babowski | 7-3 (+$370) Run
Yankees (Rodon) -1.5 -115 over Tigers (Montero)
Saturday’s MLB Free Picks [All Games]
20-of-35 Winning Days
MLB Best Bets – Jay Cooper | 13-8 (+$586) Run
Royals (Wacha) +111 over Reds (Lodolo)
NFL Best Bets – Bobby Babowski
Ravens +2 over Falcons
Cowboys +7 over Raiders
Packers +7 over Broncos
NFL Best Bets – Jay Cooper
Texans -3 over Giants
Browns -3.5 over Vikings
Chargers PK over Rams
NFL Best Bets – Reggie Garrett
Bengals +5.5 over Bears
Panthers +3.5 over Jets
49ers +3 over Saints
UltimateCapper CONSENSUS STAFF PLAYS WEEK 2 PRESEASON:
The following picks are 100% consensus plays from our staff. These are plays when all three of us are on the same side of a game.
Texans -3
Bengals +5.5
Cardinals +3.5
Panthers +3.5
49ers +3
| Week 2 Day | Bobby Babowski All: 9-7-1 Top: 0-2-1 | Jay Cooper All: 8-8-1 Top: 1-2 | Reggie Garrett All: 8-8-1 Top: 0-3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia @ New England Thursday |  +2.5 |  -2.5 |  -2.5 |
| Atlanta @ Baltimore Saturday |  +2 $$ | -1 |  +1 |
| NY Giants @ Houston Saturday |  +3 |  -3 $$ | -3 |
| Cincinnati @ Chicago Saturday |  +5.5 | +5.5 | +5.5 $$ |
| Detroit @ Kansas City Saturday |  +6.5 | +6.5 |  -6.5 |
| Minnesota @ Cleveland Saturday |  +3.5 |  -3.5 $$ | -3.5 |
| Washington @ Miami Saturday |  +1 | +1 |  -1 |
| Buffalo @ Pittsburgh Saturday |  +4 |  -4 | -4 |
| Arizona @ Indianapolis Saturday |  +3.5 | +3.5 | +3.5 |
| Seattle @ Tennessee Saturday |  PK |  PK | PK |
| NY Jets @ Carolina Saturday |  +3.5 | +3.5 | +3.5 $$ |
| LA Rams @ LA Chargers Saturday |  PK | PK $$ |  PK |
| Tampa Bay @ Jacksonville Saturday |  +3 |  -3 | +3 |
| Dallas @ Las Vegas Saturday |  +7 $$ | +7 |  -7 |
| New Orleans @ San Francisco Sunday |  +3 | +3 | +3 $$ |
| Green Bay @ Denver Sunday |  +7 $$ | +7 |  -7 |
CFL Best Bets – Jay Cooper | 14-7 (67%) Run
Alouettes PK over Roughriders WIN
Blue Bombers +1.5 over Lions
Week 11 CFL Free Picks [All Games]
CFL Best Bets – Bobby Babowski | 10-6 (63%) Run
Alouettes PK over Roughriders WIN
Tigers-Cats +2.5 over Elks
WNBA Best Bets – Jay Cooper | 14-6 (70%) Run
Lynx -6 over Mystics
Aces -2.5 over Liberty
Sparks +2 over Sky
WNBA Best Bets – Bobby Babowski | 14-5 (74%) Run
Lynx -6 over Mystics
SATURDAY’S FREE HORSE PICKS
Del Mar – 2:00 PT
Race 1: 5 Classymademoiselle
Race 2: 2 Sarwar
Race 3: 1 Lettheliquortalk
Race 4: 9 Thought Process
Race 5: 7 Departure
Race 6: 1 Fleet Feet
Race 7: 3 Smash It
Race 8: 1 Iscreamuscream
Race 9: 8 National Generaux
Race 10: 5 Champagne Camie
Gulfstream Park – 12:55 ET
Race 1: 7 Mrs. Clean
Race 2: 1 Flashover
Race 3: 8 Bel Rosso
Race 4: 5 Growth Mindset
Race 5: 5 Beechnut Trophy
Race 6: 1 Happy Runner
Race 7: 7 Let’s Go Liam
Race 8: 2 Knox
Race 9: 11 Musical Journey
Race 10: 8 Bluefield
Race 11: 6 King Cab
Monmouth Park – 12:50 ET
Race 1: 6 Mo’s Vino Mesa
Race 2: 2 Explosive Exchange
Race 3: 9 Paradise Wins
Race 4: 1 Faith
Race 5: 3 Attrayant
Race 6: 5 Our Girl Flint
Race 7: 1 La Pachanga
Race 8: 2 Instant Coffee
Race 9: 3 Xy Speed
Race 10: 7 Run Cory Run
Saratoga – 12:35 ET
Race 1: 7 Social Hour
Race 2: 9 Valuation Metric
Race 3: 4 Nic’s Style
Race 4: 10 Peak Earnings
Race 5: 4 Salacious
Race 6: 6 Bettrluckythangood
Race 7: 4 Freedom Trail
Race 8: 10 Timeout
Race 9: 11 Beautiful Love
Race 10: Alabama Stakes
Race 11: 3 Yo Daddy
Race 12: 8 Barefoot Disco
Woodbine – 12:25 ET
Race 1: 6 Mucho Magnifico
Race 2: 5 Bode’s Tipsy
Race 3: 10 Coherence
Race 4: 7 Crimson Sea
Race 5: 3 Spansive
Race 6: 6 Cairo Caper
Race 7: 3 Patches O’Houlihan
Race 8: 8 Filo Di Arianna
Race 9: 4 Never Surprised
Race 10: 2 Will Reign
Race 11: 7 My Boy Prince
Race 12: 2 Meyer
Race 13: 8 Ryo Amazing
MLB Futures Bobby Babowski
Cleveland Guardians to make Playoffs (+175) 3/18/2024
San Diego Padres to win NL West (+1000) 3/20/2024
San Diego Padres to make Playoffs (+155) 3/27/2024
San Francisco Giants to make Playoffs (+170) 3/27/2024
MLB Futures Jay Cooper
Baltimore Orioles to win AL East (+180) 3/18/2024
Cincinnati Reds to win NL Central (+310) 3/18/2024
Arizona Diamondbacks OVER 83.5 (-130) wins 3/18/2024
Baltimore Orioles OVER 90.5 (-125) wins 3/18/2024
Cincinnati Reds OVER 82.5 (-105) wins 3/18/2024
NFL Futures Jay Cooper
Jets +6 over 49ers (Week 1) 5/16/2024
Eagles -1.5 over Packers (Week 1) 5/16/2024
Lions to win Super Bowl (+1600) 5/17/2024
Jets to win AFC (+900) 5/17/2024
Jets to make Playoffs YES (-120) 5/17/2024
Jets to win AFC East (+200) 5/17/2024
Bills UNDER 10.5 wins (-140) 6/26/2024
Steelers UNDER 8.5 wins (-155) 7/7/2024
Ravens to win AFC North (+135) 7/7/2024
Commanders OVER 6.5 wins (-125) 7/23/2024
Eagles to win NFC East (-145) 7/23/2024
NFL Futures Bobby Babowski
Jets +6 over 49ers (Week 1) 5/16/2024
