We had a great night of NFL action on Thursday with all three underdogs getting the cover. Jay went a perfect 3-0, including a Best Bet winner on the Eagles. Reggie also had a Best Bet winner on the Ravens and we are now a combined 5-0 this preseason with our Top Plays. Bobby is 3-1 and has a Best Bet in tonight's Lions vs. Falcons game. You can find all of our picks for Week 1 below.

We split our Major League Baseball games on Thursday's limited card and we a full card lined up for tonight. Bobby has two plays on today's schedule, including the Astros vs. Yankees. Big series for both teams. Jay enters the day at 802-835 (+$4,472) for the season picking all games on the board. We have our free picks in 15 games on today's schedule, including four Best Bets.

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. We are on a 5-2 (71%) run.
 

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Jay had another solid night in the WNBA, winning two and pushing one. Jay is now on a sizzling 20-8 (71%) run overall and 6-2 (75%) with his Best Bets. You can find our picks in all three games for Thursday in today's newsletter.

We are also gearing up for the NFL season and we have some Week 1 picks and season future bets posted right now at the website and at the bottom of this newsletter. More picks and futures will be posted all summer long.

AFC EAST BETTING PREVIEW
AFC NORTH BETTING PREVIEW
AFC SOUTH BETTING PREVIEW
AFC WEST BETTING PREVIEW

WEEK 1 NFL ODDS, FREE PICKS & FUTURES
 

Remember, all of our picks are 100% FREE and available every morning on our website. Below, you will find our Best Bets for Friday, August 8th, 2025 from our expert handicappers including some future bets at the bottom. Good luck to everyone today!
 

MLB Best Bets - Bobby Babowski
Mariners (Castillo) -123 over Rays (Rasmussen)
Yankees (Schlittler) +113 over Astros (Brown)

Friday's MLB Free Picks [All Games]
802-835 (+$4,472) Season to Date

MLB Best Bets - Jay Cooper
Blue Jays (Scherzer) +129 over Dodgers (Kershaw)
PHILLIES VS RANGERS FREE PICK

Updated MLB Odds - courtesy of DonBest

NFL Best Bets - Bobby Babowski
Bears -3 over Dolphins
Vikings -3 over Texans
Falcons +4 over Lions

NFL Best Bets - Jay Cooper
Packers -2.5 over Jets
Patriots -2.5 over Commanders
BENGALS VS EAGLES FREE PICK WIN

NFL Best Bets - Reggie Garrett
Chargers +1 over Saints
Jaguars -2.5 over Steelers
Ravens +5.5 over Colts WIN

Updated NFL Odds - courtesy of DonBest

CFL Free Picks - Jay Cooper | 6-2 (75%) Run
Blue Bombers +5 over Stampeders
RedBlacks +3 over Argonauts
Alouettes -2.5 over Elks **BEST BET**
Tiger-Cats -3 over Lions LOSS

CFL Free Picks - Bobby Babowski
Stampeders -5 over Blue Bombers
Argonauts -3 over RedBlacks BEST BET
Alouettes -2.5 over Elks
Tiger-Cats -3 over Lions LOSS

Updated CFL Odds - courtesy of DonBest

WNBA Free Picks - Jay Cooper | 6-2 (75%) Run
Aces -1 over Storm
Wings +8 over Liberty
Lynx -10 over Mystics

WNBA Best Bets - Bobby Babowski
Aces -1 over Storm

Updated WNBA Odds - courtesy of DonBest

FRIDAY'S FREE HORSE PICKS

Del Mar - 4:00 PT
Race 1: 3 Father Delay
Race 2: 5 Heads in Beds
Race 3: 1 Big Pop
Race 4: 7 Kiki Ride
Race 5: 4 Tommy Norris
Race 6: 2 Hamlin
Race 7: 6 Hero or Zero
Race 8: 5 Oveta's Hobby

Gulfstream Park - 12:50 ET
Race 1: 4 Lily Dash A
Race 2: 6 Willy Nilly
Race 3: 2 El Mayo
Race 4: 4 Lady Chance
Race 5: 3 Clear Destination
Race 6: 5 Four Beach Friends
Race 7: 5 Ellagio
Race 8: 1 Back to Gridlock
Race 9: 6 Tree C's Kai

Monmouth Park - 2:00 ET
Race 1: 7 Editor's Choice
Race 2: 1 Gold Strategy
Race 3: 7 Khozanall
Race 4: 3 Beach Beamer
Race 5: 8 Lucky Twist
Race 6: 4 Fully Committed
Race 7: 3 Victory Badge
Race 8: 3 My Mamba

Saratoga - 1:10 ET
Race 1: 7 Neigh Baby
Race 2: 3 Billionaire's Row
Race 3: 7 Fraudster
Race 4: 2 Valenzan Day
Race 5: 7 Truman's Commander
Race 6: 8 Tactics
Race 7: 1 Apalta
Race 8: 6 Maggie Go
Race 9: 2 Consider It Done
Race 10: 3 Johny's Rendezvous

Woodbine - 1:05 ET
Race 1: 5 Tricky Magician
Race 2: 4 Shamateur
Race 3: 3 Harper City
Race 4: 4 Kikitsa
Race 5: 1 Backonthechaingang
Race 6: 1 Garden of War
Race 7: 6 Legal Attack
Race 8: 7 Drogon
 

MLB Futures Jay Cooper

Athletics UNDER 71.5 wins (+110) 3/8/2025
White Sox UNDER 54.5 wins (-105) 3/8/2025
Dodgers OVER 104.5 wins (-105) 3/8/2025
Max Fried to win AL Cy Young (+2000) 3/8/2025
Bryce Harper to win NL MVP (+1400) 3/8/2025
Tigers to win AL Pennant (+600) 5/6/2025

MLB Futures Bobby Babowski
Diamondbacks to win World Series (+2800) 3/20/2025

Braves to win World Series (+900) 3/20/2025

Yankees to win World Series (+800) 3/20/2025

Phillies to win World Series (+1200) 3/20/2025

Mariners to win World Series (+2800) 3/20/2025

Rangers to win World Series (+2800) 3/20/2025

Padres to win World Series (+2500) 3/20/2025

NFL Futures Bobby Babowski
Giants OVER 5.5 Wins (+110) 6/14/2025

Steelers OVER 8.5 Wins (-115) 6/14/2025

Chargers OVER 9.5 Wins (-110) 6/14/2025

Browns OVER 5.5 Wins (+105) 6/14/2025

Cowboys OVER 7.5 Wins (-150) 6/14/2025

Falcons OVER 8 Wins (-120) 6/14/2025

Seahawks UNDER 8 Wins (-125) 6/14/2025
Patriots UNDER 8 Wins (-115) 6/14/2025
49ers -2 over Seahawks (Week 1) 6/29/2025
Giants +6.5 over Commanders (Week 1) 6/29/2025
Bears -1 over Vikings (Week 1) 6/26/2025

More to come...

NFL Futures Jay Cooper
Rams -2.5 over Texans (Week 1) 6/24/2025
Bills -1.5 over Ravens (Week 1) 6/24/2025
Bears -1 over Vikings (Week 1) 6/24/2025
Chargers +2.5 over Chiefs (Week 1) 6/24/2025
Eagles +1.5 over Chiefs (Week 2) 6/24/2025
Cowboys +4.5 over Chiefs (Week 13) 6/24/2025
AFC East Betting Preview

More to come...