Hello, I'm Professor MJ, university statistics teacher and welcome to the best sports betting
show on YouTube!
Today is the national holiday in the province of Quebec in Canada, so I just want to say
Bonne Saint-Jean a tous les Quebecois, et merci de regarder mes videos!
Yesterday, we took the New York Yankees who pulled off an improbable comeback victory
after being down 6-3 in the bottom of the 9th inning.
That raised our season record to 25-8-1 for the free picks on YouTube.
Thanks for being such loyal viewers!
To be honest, you guys watching my videos got lucky since I suggested two more plays
to my Patreon members, and both lost.
Nothing to be ashamed of though, since both picks were underdogs and each lost by a single
run.
Those plays were the Rockies who lost 3-2 in Miami, and also the Guardians who lost
1-0 in Minnesota.
I still believe they were good bets.
In basketball, I made 3 betting tips.
First, the L.A. Sparks +2 in the first half of their meeting against the Chicago Sky.
That bet lost also, so we were down to a 1-3 record for the day.
However, the final two plays were winners.
In the NBA Draft, I really liked Ousmane Dieng to be drafted ahead of Ochai Agbaji at -105
odds.
Then, we took a pretty big underdog with Keegan Murray to be drafted #4 overall, and we cashed
nicely on this one at +155 odds.
So, we finished the day with a 3-3 record, but due to the big dog winning we made a bit
of profit overall.
That being said, let's skip to today's top MLB pick!
The best baseball pick for today is... the Cleveland Indians!
My best bet in Major League Baseball for Friday June 24 is the Cleveland Guardians at +108
odds in American format, or 2.08 in decimal, hosting the Boston Red Sox.
I prefer to bet the entire game rather than the first five innings since Cleveland's bullpen
is stronger than Boston's, and also the sportsbooks have a higher vigorish on the first 5 innings.
Both teams have been on fire lately, with Boston being 16-4 over their past 20 games,
while Cleveland is on a 17-5 run.
The Guardians beat good opponents lately.
Indeed, they went 4-2 against the Dodgers and the Twins, both on the road.
I don't want to downplay too much the great success enjoyed by the Red Sox lately, but
except the Cardinals, they didn't face very tough squads.
As a matter of fact, they played against the Tigers, A's, Mariners, Angels, the A's again,
the Reds and the Orioles.
In other words, I feel like both teams are about the same strength.
Moreover, the pitching duel is projected to be maybe slightly in favor of the Red Sox
with Nick Pivetta squaring off against Cal Quantrill.
Pivetta has done great this year, but honestly I'm still not sold on him.
He wasn't all that great in his first five seasons in the league, so it will take more
to convince me.
Stick with me, I've got a few more words for you after this quick break!
So, in summary, I see both teams being of similar strength and with similar pitchers
on the mound.
Since Cleveland is the team at home, I expected their moneyline to be slightly negative.
Since the sportsbooks are offering positive odds, I am pulling the trigger on the Guardians.
I have been talking to you for a few weeks about my favorite junior hockey team, the
Shawinigan Cats who pulled off an incredible number of upsets to win the league's championship.
Now competing at the Memorial Cup against other league champions, they opened the tournament
by upsetting the favorites, the Edmonton Oil Kings 4-3.
Yesterday, the Cats were squaring off with the Ontario champs, the Hamilton Bulldogs.
The fairy tale continued, as my Cats won 3-2 led by their top guns, Mavrik Bourque and
Xavier Bourgault, both NHL first-round picks.
The Cats will play the Saint John Sea Dogs tomorrow afternoon for a chance to get a free
pass straight to the Memorial Cup finals that will take place next Wednesday.
That would be incredible, go Cats go!
As always, no videos during the weekend in order to enjoy my time with my family.
I still analyze the games carefully and share picks on the Patreon platform to my 358 members,
in case you are interested.
I'm Professor MJ, PhD in statistics, and I wish you an awesome weekend my friend!