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Today’s Free Picks
| Sport | Game Selection | Game Time |
|---|---|---|
| WCUP | (225561) Ghana at (225562) Colombia | 9:30pm EDT - Jul 3/2026 |
The PLAY: Colombia to Reach the Quarterfinals
If you were living under a sports betting rock and didn't know what the pre-match odds were, you never would have known that Colombia was a fairly-sizable underdog against Portugal on Friday. Colombia out-played Portugal by a healthy margin in Miami, and if it hadn't been for the out-stretched toe nail of Davinson Sanchez on a highly-questionable offside call, the Colombians would have earned nine points in the group stage. Colombia enjoyed a 1.70-0.92 advantage in expected goals and out-shot Portugal 24-13 with 15 of those shots coming from inside the box. We tip our cap to Ghana for advancing from Group L, but Colombia should handle this first test with relative ease. Ghana deserves plenty of credit for earning that 0-0 draw against England, but England was not overly impressive in any of its three group stage matches. A 2-1 loss to Croatia and a 1-0 win over Panama aren't moving the needle for us, and Colombia should handle business in the Round of 32. They would play the winner of Switzerland-Algeria after that, and we have some major concerns about Switzerland's fitness in this tournament. In the group stage opener against Qatar, the Swiss completely ran out of gas in the second half as they allowed Qatar to score the game-tying goal in the 94th minute. The same thing nearly happened again in the finale against Canada where the Swiss only generated a total of six shots. All three goals that Switzerland has allowed in this tournament have come after the 75th minute. The longer the Swiss stay in this event, the louder we'll be asking questions about their fitness. The opposite is true for Colombia, who have made deep runs in the last two editions of Copa America. Colombia has plenty of tournament experience and they appear to be hitting their stride heading into the knockout round.
| Sport | Game Selection | Game Time |
|---|---|---|
| MLB | (967) Minnesota Twins at (968) Houston Astros: Isaac Paredes Bases | 8:10pm EDT - Jun 29/2026 |
The PLAY: Isaac Paredes Bases Over 1.5 (151) Action
Isaac Paredes has earned a hit in 12 of his last 13 games, including a 3-for-5 day against the Tigers on Sunday. He should have another favorable matchup at home against Minnesota's Zebby Matthews on Monday. For starters, these teams just played at Target Field last month and Paredes hit a home run off Matthews. The Twins' righty has struggled with hard contact in recent weeks, allowing a total of five home runs across his last three starts. It's a small sample size, but Matthews has some notable home vs road splits this season. He's got a 2.08 ERA with a 1.04 WHIP in four starts at home compared to a 7.33 ERA with a 1.37 WHIP in four starts on the road. That problem is not limited to this season, however, as Matthews had a 5.48 ERA with a 1.48 WHIP in nine road starts last year. One thing that Matthews does very well is avoid walks, so we're going to look at Paredes in the total bases market since he's unlikely to draw a free pass against someone who has a 5.4-percent walk rate this season. Paredes will need to swing the bat to get on base tonight, but that shouldn’t be a concern considering he is hitting .299 in the month of June and he's cleared this total bases prop in nine of his last 13 games. All 11 of Paredes' home runs this season have come against right-hand pitching, which he will see against Matthews this evening.
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