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Cash That Ticket - Tuesday August 4th Aug 04, 2026

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk sports betting for Tuesday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Dave Essler open with a look back at a profitable recent stretch before diving into a loaded Tuesday MLB card that features five headline matchups and closes with an early breakdown of the Green Bay Packers win total for the coming NFL season. The guys start in Cleveland, where Sean Manaea and the Mets face Joey Cantillo and the Guardians, debating whether a deflated Mets team total makes more sense than laying a heavy price on Cleveland, especially with New York missing Juan Soto and the Guardians bullpen showing some recent cracks. From there they move to Cincinnati, where JT Ginn and the Athletics face Brady Singer and the Reds, with both hosts leaning toward two ground ball pitchers keeping the total under in mild conditions, while an Athletics club missing Shea Langeliers and Brent Rooker adds to the case. The White Sox and Red Sox get a look next, with Davis Martin cooling off significantly since a hot start and Boston riding a long run as a road underdog after adding catcher Adley Rutschman at the trade deadline. The headline game of the night sends Tarik Skubal to the mound for his first start in a Dodgers uniform against Javier Assad and the Cubs, and the guys dig into lopsided betting splits on the under before landing on a first five innings approach given how unfamiliar Chicago hitters are with a new face in the division. The marquee slate wraps with Randy Vasquez and the Padres visiting Eduardo Rodriguez and a red hot Diamondbacks club, where sharp money on San Diego catches Uncle Dave's attention even as Munaf leans toward trusting Arizona's dominant home and road splits. Along the way the guys touch on the Pirates, Twins, Yankees, Rays and a Blue Jays team they both believe is quietly playing its way into relevance against a thin Houston rotation. The back half of the show pivots to football, where a full breakdown of the Green Bay Packers win total covers quarterback Jordan Love's up and down health history, lingering questions around Micah Parsons and Tucker Kraft on defense, and a rugged opening schedule that has both hosts leaning toward the under for the season. Before wrapping up, the guys share a promo code for fifty dollars off the rest of season MLB all access package, and close with best bets on the board, including a total in the Giants and Rangers game and a first five innings look between the Athletics and Reds. Whether you are following the MLB stretch run or getting an early jump on NFL win totals, this episode covers the full board with context, numbers, and a couple of strong opinions along the way.

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What I Bet - Tuesday August 4th Aug 04, 2026

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Griffin Warner talks betting for Tuesday. Tonight's episode breaks down the full August 4 Major League Baseball slate, arriving just one day after the trade deadline reshaped rosters across the league, and Griffin Warner walks through every game on the board with lines, context, and a best bet to close the show. The night opens with the Los Angeles Angels visiting a retooled Baltimore Orioles club, where Cade Povich is favored over former Oriole Grayson Rodriguez, and a gutted Angels bullpen pushes interest toward the over on a total of eight and a half. From there the show turns to Washington's Zach Littell as a massive underdog against Jesus Luzardo and a Philadelphia Phillies defense that got reshuffled at nearly every position after the addition of Luis Arraez, with Bryson Stott sliding to third, Alec Bohm moving to first, and Bryce Harper returning to right field. Griffin explains why he thinks that defense has gotten worse and why the over at nine holds appeal. The Mets, fresh off selling into a lost season, send Sean Manaea to face Joey Cantillo and a Cleveland Guardians club still fighting for a playoff spot, and a shorthanded Mets lineup pushes Griffin toward the under. The Athletics and Reds, both sellers at the deadline, get an over lean given how thin both pitching staffs look right now, and a Cardinals Yankees matchup missing Aaron Judge from New York's lineup gets an honest look at the total despite a small ballpark number. The Marlins draw interest against a Braves team Griffin does not fully trust, the Pirates and Brewers matchup features a Jared Jones arm that has been outstanding since returning from elbow reconstruction, and Griffin leans the under alongside a first five innings under as well. Minnesota and Kansas City get an under lean built around two shaky offenses, and the Dodgers, continuing to add talent even after the deadline, get an underdog Cubs moneyline look at a huge price behind Javier Assad. The Giants and Rangers matchup draws attention to a run line play rather than a total, with Texas expected to draw money after being swept out of first place by Houston over the weekend, and the Blue Jays get the nod over the Astros with Toronto trusting its starting pitching more than a Houston lineup leaning heavily on Jeremy Pena and a scorching Yordan Alvarez. Freddy Peralta makes his Tampa Bay debut in one of the toughest parks in the sport for pitchers, and Griffin explains why the over still holds value in Colorado despite an inflated number, while the final game of the broadcast between the Tigers and Mariners features two of the better arms in baseball this season and projects as a tight, low scoring affair. The headline matchup of the night comes late, as San Diego travels to Arizona fresh off an aggressive buying spree at the deadline, and Griffin explains why he trusts the Diamondbacks and Eduardo Rodriguez more than a Padres club dealing with a shaky starter and mounting pressure to win now, landing on Arizona as his official best bet of the show. Along the way, Griffin shares a promo code good for fifty dollars off the rest of season all access package, and closes with a look back at a strong recent run of results heading into the stretch run of the season. Whether you are looking for a full slate breakdown, a single best bet, or context on how the trade deadline reshaped tonight's card, this episode covers every angle of the board before first pitch.

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Cash That Ticket - Monday August 3rd Aug 03, 2026

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Monday. Munaf Manji and Dave Essler open the month of August by reacting to the biggest move of trade deadline day before working through a full Monday baseball card and unveiling their next NFL win total on the Houston Texans. At 00:00 Munaf sets the stage for a busy trade deadline session, and at 01:53 the pair discusses Tarik Skubal moving from the Detroit Tigers to the Los Angeles Dodgers, a trade that pushed Los Angeles' World Series odds from roughly plus 175 down to plus 150. At 02:39 they preview the Nationals hosting the Phillies, where Trevor Williams starts opposite Aaron Nola just after Philadelphia added Luis Arraez to play second base, with Dave leaning toward the Nationals team total over three and a half runs given Nola's bloated recent numbers and Munaf backing the same direction with a strong seasonal over trend for Washington. At 06:37 they turn to the Cardinals visiting the Yankees, where Michael McGreevy faces Cam Schlittler, with both hosts leaning toward the under given New York's heavy favorite price and Schlittler's strong road splits. At 09:48 they cover the Pirates at the Brewers, with Bubba Chandler opposing Brandon Sproat, both hosts landing on the Pittsburgh team total over given Sproat's control issues. At 13:13 they preview the Dodgers at the Cubs, Justin Wrobleski against Matthew Boyd, with Dave taking Chicago at plus money and Munaf citing a profitable trend fading teams on the road the day after Sunday night baseball. At 16:30 they break down the Padres at the Diamondbacks, Michael King against Brandon Pfaadt, with Dave siding with Arizona at a cheap price while Munaf prefers San Diego given King's strong history against this opponent. At 20:17 they run through quick hits on the Giants at the Rangers, the Blue Jays at the Astros with Shane Bieber and Cristian Javier, and the Rays at the Rockies with Ian Seymour and Michael Lorenzen, flagging Colorado's hot home scoring trend. At 23:07 the conversation shifts to football, where Munaf and Dave unveil the Houston Texans win total of nine and a half, discussing a defense built around Will Anderson Jr., Danielle Hunter, Derek Stingley Jr., Reed Blankenship, and the returning Jadeveon Clowney, along with questions about the offensive line protecting C.J. Stroud and the additions of David Montgomery and Woody Marks in the backfield, ultimately landing on the over. At 31:41 Munaf shares a promo code for Pregame.com, RBI50, good for fifty dollars off the Major League Baseball second half all access package through the World Series. The episode closes at 33:03 with best bets, Dave taking the Washington Nationals team total over three and a half runs and Munaf going with the Rays and Rockies first five innings over six, wrapping a trade deadline day that reshaped several rosters and a season-opening look at one of the league's most anticipated teams heading into the fall.

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What I Bet - Monday August 3rd Aug 03, 2026

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Griffin Warner talks betting for Monday. Trade deadline day arrives in the middle of a full Major League Baseball slate, and Griffin Warner spends this episode walking through every game on the board while the deadline itself keeps shifting the ground under several starting pitchers. He opens by noting that the Washington Nationals had already begun trading away pieces in the days before, a familiar pattern for a club that has repeatedly sold off talent once a playoff push stops looking realistic, and that the San Diego Padres spent the weekend as one of the league's biggest question marks, with starter Michael King's turn in the rotation pushed from Sunday to Monday amid persistent trade speculation. At 02:00 Griffin opens with the St. Louis Cardinals traveling to face the New York Yankees, where Michael McGreevy starts on the road opposite Cam Schlittler, New York opening as a minus 193 favorite with St. Louis getting plus 174 and the total sitting at seven and a half at even money in both directions. He questions whether McGreevy's soft contact approach can hold up in a small ballpark and leans to the under on the full game and the first five innings. At 03:17 the card shifts to Pittsburgh, where Pirates prospect Bubba Chandler starts on the road against a Milwaukee Brewers club still working with the return from trading ace Freddy Peralta, whose rights moved again to the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday, and Griffin says the plus 125 underdog price on Chandler is not enough for him while he leans the total toward the over given his doubts about Pittsburgh's bullpen. At 04:02 he covers the Los Angeles Dodgers sending Justin Wrobleski to Chicago to face Matthew Boyd and the Cubs, liking the plus 116 home underdog price on Boyd given the travel the Dodgers faced after Sunday night baseball. At 04:48 he previews Logan Webb and the San Francisco Giants on the road against Cal Quantrill and the Texas Rangers in Arlington, saying he does not trust San Francisco as a minus 107 road favorite and would only get involved if the Giants were available as an underdog with plus money. At 05:49 he breaks down Shane Bieber and the Toronto Blue Jays traveling to face Cristian Javier and the Houston Astros, noting that Bieber himself could be traded before the deadline closes and calling the minus 129 price on Houston a little cheap given how well Javier has pitched out of the bullpen. At 06:19 he covers the Tampa Bay Rays sending Ian Seymour to Colorado to face Michael Lorenzen and the Rockies, expecting Colorado to score plenty while staying away from the over given his concerns about the Rays bullpen holding up its end. At 06:49 he closes the game breakdown with the Padres traveling to Arizona, where Brandon Pfaadt is a minus 110 favorite for the Diamondbacks, saying that price seems cheap and that he leans toward the over on the total and toward Arizona at home, especially if Michael King is unavailable to start for San Diego. At 08:06 Griffin directs listeners to Pregame.com and promo code HIT50 for fifty dollars off his Major League Baseball second half all access package, discounted from three hundred forty nine dollars to two hundred ninety nine dollars for the rest of the season through the World Series, noting the package has been up twenty four units during the current promotional window and has run north of thirty units at points this season. He wraps the episode at 09:07 with his best bet, acknowledging a loss last time out on Cleveland against Arizona before landing on Houston Astros minus 129 over the Toronto Blue Jays as the play he trusts most on a trade deadline day card shaped as much by roster uncertainty as by the numbers themselves.

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Cash That Ticket - Friday July 31st Jul 31, 2026

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Friday. Munaf Manji and Dave Essler close out the month of July with a full Cash That Ticket breakdown of Friday's Major League Baseball card, delivered on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed, opening with an honest look at a rough month before diving into a slate loaded with division and wild card stakes. They start with Paul Skenes and the Pittsburgh Pirates visiting Hunter Greene and the Cincinnati Reds, leaning toward Pittsburgh's deeper bullpen in the first five innings, then turn to Andrew Painter and the Philadelphia Phillies against the Baltimore Orioles, where Painter's rough return from injury has both hosts circling the Orioles team total. Janson Junk and the Miami Marlins head to Citi Field to face a declining Freddy Peralta and the New York Mets, with both hosts leaning Miami in the first five innings as Peralta's trade rumors swirl. Foster Griffin gets the ball for Washington on the road against Bryce Elder and the Atlanta Braves, and the guys like Griffin's strong history against Atlanta even while admitting they do not trust the Nationals bullpen for a full nine. Nathan Eovaldi and the Texas Rangers visit a red hot Hunter Brown and the Houston Astros, a spot where Munaf backs the home favorite while Dave eyes value on the total given Houston's recent form. The night's headline game sends Ranger Suarez and the Boston Red Sox into Dodger Stadium against Eduardo Henrique and the Los Angeles Dodgers, with Shohei Ohtani back in the lineup and both hosts circling the Dodgers team total given the lineup's depth. Dave runs through a string of quicker takes covering the Milwaukee Brewers against the Los Angeles Angels, the Colorado Rockies against the Kansas City Royals, the Cleveland Guardians against the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Seattle Mariners against the Minnesota Twins, the Chicago White Sox against the Tampa Bay Rays, and the San Francisco Giants against the San Diego Padres, before the show pivots entirely into football. The back half of the episode breaks down the Denver Broncos' win total heading into a new season under Sean Payton and quarterback Bo Nix, covering a brutal opening schedule, an improved receiving corps after adding Jaylen Waddle alongside Evan Engram, and a defense led by Patrick Surtain that should again rank among the league's best, with both hosts leaning toward the over while flagging real questions about an unproven backfield. They close the football segment with a season long passing yards prop on Bo Nix before locking in their best bets of the show. Along the way Munaf shares a Pregame dot com promo code, RBI50, worth fifty dollars off the Major League Baseball second half all access package, dropping the price from 349 dollars down to 299 dollars and covering every card through the World Series, valid through August 10. Best bets on this episode include a run line play on the Athletics against the Detroit Tigers built around heavy reverse line movement, and a moneyline lean on the Houston Astros over the Rangers, as the guys wrap up July, take stock of a disappointing Tigers season derailed by injuries, and look ahead to a Monday show previewing the Houston Texans win total for the coming NFL season, closing out another detailed, deadline aware breakdown of a full slate of games, injury news, and win total value across baseball and football.

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What I Bet - Friday July 31st Jul 31, 2026

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Griffin Warner talks betting for Friday. Griffin Warner breaks down a packed Friday, July 31 Major League Baseball card on this episode of What I Bet from the Straight Outta Vegas AM podcast network, arriving on a strong run of 6 and 2 in his last 8, 10 and 4 in his last 14, 12 and 5 in his last 17, and 15 and 7 in his last 22. He opens at Wrigley Field, where the Yankees and Will Warren face the Cubs and Shota Imanaga in an early matinee complicated by two exhausted bullpens after both clubs needed extra innings the night before, a combination he says points toward the over on a total of 9. From there he moves to Cincinnati, where Paul Skenes and the Pirates visit Hunter Greene and the Reds at 6:10 eastern, with Greene still finding his form off the injured list and Griffin leaning under on a total near 7 and a half. He covers Toronto's well rested trip to St. Louis, where Dylan Cease, fresh off a complete game shutout at Fenway Park, faces a hot Kyle Leahy and the Cardinals, still catching their breath after outfielder Lars Nootbaar misplayed a fly ball that let Chicago Cubs third baseman Alex Bregman score, with Griffin leaning under again. He works through the Marlins and Mets, where Janson Junk meets an impending trade candidate in Freddy Peralta, the White Sox and Rays, where a hot Erick Fedde draws real skepticism, the Diamondbacks and Guardians, where Griffin likes Cleveland's defense over Arizona's offense, and the Nationals and Braves, where he backs Washington's Foster Griffin as a live underdog despite bullpen concerns. He breaks down Texas and Houston, leaning toward Nathan Eovaldi and the Rangers over Hunter Brown and the Astros, the Royals and Rockies, where Michael Wacha gets strong praise after Kansas City's brutal walk off grand slam loss to Minnesota, the Brewers and Angels, where neither bullpen earns his trust, and a Tigers and Athletics matchup thrown into question after Detroit scratched trade candidate Casey Mize from his start and opted for a bullpen game instead, with ace Tarik Skubal still expected to be dealt before the deadline. He closes the card with Minnesota's Zebby Matthews on the road against Bryce Miller and the Mariners, leaning under on a low scoring night in Seattle. Along the way Griffin shares a Pregame.com promo code, HIT50, good for fifty dollars off his Major League Baseball second half all access package covering every card through the World Series, good through August 10, and notes he is up 23.92 units on the season with a chance to cross 30 units soon. He wraps the episode with his top play of the night, siding with a slight home favorite in the Cleveland Guardians and Tanner Bibee at minus 132, capping off another sharp, detail heavy breakdown of a full slate of games, injury returns, bullpen fatigue, and trade deadline maneuvering across the league heading into the first weekend of August.

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Cash That Ticket - Thursday July 30th Jul 30, 2026

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Thursday. Munaf Manji and Dave Essler close out July with a full slate of MLB betting breakdowns and the next installment of their NFL win total tour on Cash That Ticket, part of the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed. The show opens with a look back at a winning stretch, including an Astros team total that cashed even though the offense attacked the bullpen rather than the starter as expected, and Essler reports a 3 and 1 day for clients despite his own best bet falling short. Manji shares updated season figures showing a July best bets record of 11 and 11 for negative 2.55 units, with the podcast sitting at roughly plus 13.1 units year to date, before venting about a three star best bet on the Phillies run line that fell apart when a six run lead evaporated in an eventual loss to the Marlins. From there the hosts dig into five matchups on the day's card. Eury Pérez and the Miami Marlins face Nolan McLean and the New York Mets, with the offense's struggles without an injured Juan Soto pushing both hosts toward a first five under look. Yohan Ramírez and a bullpen day for the Pittsburgh Pirates opposite Rhett Lowder and the Cincinnati Reds bring a strong lean toward the Pittsburgh team total over, powered by a shaky Cincinnati bullpen and a small home ballpark. Jake Irvin's return from a lengthy injured list stint for the Washington Nationals against Grant Holmes and the Atlanta Braves points both hosts toward the Washington team total over, backed by the Nationals' strong road numbers this season. JP Sears and the San Diego Padres draw a favorable matchup against Robbie Ray and the San Francisco Giants, with Ray's steep home and road split pushing the market and both hosts toward San Diego. A quick look at the Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Dodgers highlights Bryan Woo's extreme home and road splits, while the Boston Red Sox and Athletics get a brief mention after a frustrating result the night before. The back half of the show pivots to the NFL, with the Los Angeles Chargers carrying a nine and a half win total into the 2026 season after an 11 and 6 finish and a wild card playoff berth under head coach Jim Harbaugh. Essler and Manji cover the hire of offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel, the encouraging return to practice for tackles Rashawn Slater and Joe Alt, the addition of first round pick Akheem Mesidor to the defense, and a demanding travel schedule that includes trips to Buffalo, Seattle, Kansas City, Baltimore twice, and a late season stretch through Tampa Bay and Miami. Essler leans toward the over while acknowledging the Chargers could finish closer to 9 and 8, and Manji takes the under, citing the travel load and the adjustment period ahead for quarterback Justin Herbert in a new offensive system, along with questions about receiver Ladd McConkey's role and the development of running back Omarion Hampton. The show wraps with the daily best bets, Essler siding with the Pittsburgh Pirates team total over four and a half and Manji backing the Washington Nationals team total over four and a half, before a reminder to use promo code RBI50 at pregame.com for fifty dollars off second half MLB season access and a preview of Friday's episode covering the Denver Broncos win total with quarterback Bo Nix and head coach Sean Payton.

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What I Bet - Thursday July 30th Jul 30, 2026

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Griffin Warner talks betting for Thursday. Griffin Warner opens the show with a look back at a hot recent run before diving into a packed ten game Major League Baseball slate for Thursday, working from the early window through the night's final first pitch in Los Angeles. He starts with the Texas Rangers visiting the Tampa Bay Rays at 12:10 Eastern, where Cole Winn faces one of the game's most dominant arms in Shane McClanahan, and explains why he still finds value on a Tampa Bay team built to win at home even with a slightly bigger price than he would like. From there he moves to the Kansas City Royals at the Minnesota Twins, detailing how injuries to Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino have shaped his lean to the under, while questioning whether Bailey Ober can keep missing bats with modest velocity for his size. He covers the New York Yankees trip to face the Chicago White Sox and Sean Burke, pointing to sloppy recent losses and a red hot closer in David Bednar as reasons Chicago has yet to earn his trust as a home underdog. The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals get a full breakdown next, with Warner favoring Chicago's defense and approach over a Cardinals club he believes has overachieved and is due for a correction, even with Andre Pallante pitching well lately. He previews the Miami Marlins traveling to face the New York Mets, weighing a fresh Juan Soto injury and a taxing doubleheader against a Miami team trying to snap a long losing streak behind a talented young arm. The Pittsburgh Pirates at the Cincinnati Reds gets attention for a disrespected home underdog price and a hitter friendly ballpark that shapes his total lean, and the Washington Nationals at the Atlanta Braves becomes his headline play of the night, with Jake Irvin returning from injury and a shaky Washington bullpen pushing him firmly toward the over. He closes the game by game breakdown with the Seattle Mariners visiting the Los Angeles Dodgers, explaining why a difficult home run park and a pitcher who has struggled on the road push him toward a total that most books have set too low. Along the way Warner shares his season long track record, sitting comfortably in the green and chasing a higher unit total before the World Series, and details how listeners can save fifty dollars on his Major League Baseball Second Half All Access package using a promo code good for a limited time. The episode wraps with his single best bet of the day, a total play built around a Washington offense he expects to produce plenty of runs against an Atlanta pitching staff and bullpen he does not fully trust, closing out another edition of his daily baseball betting breakdown with the same discipline and record keeping that has defined his recent stretch of results.

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What I Bet - Wednesday July 29th Jul 29, 2026

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Griffin Warner talks betting for Wednesday. On episode 73 of What I Bet, Griffin Warner runs through the entire July 29 Major League Baseball card before landing on his best bet of the night, opening with a check on his previous pick, Detroit on the money line at minus 130, while noting his recent form of four and two over his last six selections, eight and four over his last twelve, ten and five over his last fifteen, and thirteen and seven over his last twenty. He works methodically through the slate, starting with Jesus Luzardo and the Phillies visiting Ryan Gusto and a Marlins club fresh off a stunning comeback win, then moves into a genuine Wild Card scrap between Eduardo Rodriguez and the Diamondbacks and Jared Jones and the Pirates, a Blue Jays trip to face Zack Littell and the Nationals, and the opener of a Braves Mets doubleheader featuring AJ Smith-Shawver's return from elbow surgery against Sean Manaea. Warner covers Trevor Rogers and the Orioles taking on a Tigers club leaning on Tarik Skubal, a low scoring look at Shane Drohan and the Brewers against Logan Webb and the Giants, a Rangers trip to face a Rays bullpen game fronted by Casey Legumina, and Joey Cantillo pitching for the Guardians against a surging Cincinnati offense behind Brady Singer. He previews the Braves Mets doubleheader nightcap between Chris Sale and Christian Scott, a Yankees White Sox matchup pitting Cam Schlittler against Davis Martin, a Royals Twins game with Randy Dobnak on the mound for Kansas City, Matthew Boyd and the Cubs visiting Dustin May and the Cardinals, Hayden Wesneski's 2026 debut for Houston against Grayson Rodriguez and the Angels, Patrick Sandoval and the Red Sox against Jacob Lopez and the Athletics, and closes the card with a marquee matchup between Emerson Hancock and the Mariners against Eric Lauer and the Dodgers. Throughout, Warner breaks down current moneylines, run totals, and juice on both sides, weighs bullpen strength and recent form, and flags which underdogs he believes are priced fairly and which are not. He shares a Pregame.com promotional code, HIT50, that saves fifty dollars on his Major League Baseball second half all access package covering every pick through the World Series, bringing the regular 349 dollar price down to 299 dollars through August 10, while noting he is plus 23.92 MLB units on the season with a goal of doubling that total. Warner closes the show with his official best bet for the episode, the under seven and a half runs in game two of the Braves Mets doubleheader, built around Chris Sale on the mound for Atlanta against Christian Scott for New York, explaining that he leans toward the under nearly every time Sale pitches and does not fully trust a recent Mets offensive uptick against a true ace working on a turnaround between games. It is a comprehensive, game by game breakdown of a packed Wednesday slate from one of the more consistent voices in the sports betting podcast space, capping a stretch in which Warner has gone thirteen and seven over his last twenty selections while building toward a season long goal of forty units won.

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Cash That Ticket - Wednesday July 29th Jul 29, 2026

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Wednesday. Munaf Manji and Dave Essler open the Wednesday, July 29 edition of Cash That Ticket by celebrating a winning start to the week, a one and zero best bet outing thanks to Essler's Brewers cashing convincingly, before diving into a full slate of afternoon and evening baseball. The two work through Guardians at Reds first, questioning why Cleveland starter Joey Cantillo is priced as such a heavy favorite given a pair of rough outings since the All Star break, and land on the Reds team total over along with a first five innings lean given how hitter friendly the ballpark tends to play. From there they move to Yankees at White Sox, where Cam Schlittlers wild variance this season gets weighed against strong road splits, an eight and two record and a sub two ERA away from home, pushing both hosts toward New York in the first five innings. The Cubs and Cardinals get a long look next, with Matthew Boyd's recent form squared off against a Dustin May start that has both hosts unsure which version of the right hander will show up, ultimately settling on a first five innings under given two bullpens that could swing either way. The night's headline matchup, Astros at Angels, brings out the strongest conviction of the show, with both hosts pounding Houston in the first five innings and on the team total over against a Los Angeles starter who has been hit hard in four of his last five outings and carries a home ERA over ten. Healthy again, Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez comes up repeatedly throughout the show as the engine behind Houston's offense, with both hosts hoping the rest of the lineup can find its footing around him. A quick tour of the remaining card touches on Detroit ace Tarik Skubal possibly making his final start before a trade, a Rangers and Rays first five lean, a pass on a heavily priced Royals and Twins game, a small ballpark total lean in Boston, and a Dodgers first five pick on the run line against Seattle with the wind blowing out in Los Angeles. The back half of the show pivots to football, continuing an ongoing win total series with a detailed breakdown of the Chicago Bears at nine and a half wins heading into year two under head coach Ben Johnson. One host leans toward the over, pointing to quarterback development, returning continuity on offense, and a schedule that could open favorably, while the other leans toward the under, citing a demanding road slate, a receiver room thinned by an offseason trade, and a tougher overall conference gauntlet. Both agree to revisit the number several weeks into the season once more information is available. The show wraps with best bets for the night, one host riding a Cardinals first five pick behind Dustin May, the other sticking with the Astros team total over against a struggling Angels starter, plus a reminder to check out the sponsor offer for MLB coverage running through the World Series. The two close with a look ahead to Thursday's episode, which turns the win total series toward the Los Angeles Chargers and their quarterback, along with a story about the surprising number of loyal fans who once traveled to a freezing January road game to support their team.

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