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Aug 19, 2026
Today's Best Bets & Model Picks — August 19, 2026
As the sports betting landscape continues to expand with 112 games scheduled across four major leagues - including a packed day of action in esports, the MLB, and MLS - our model is primed to deliver its 36 live picks for the day, each backed by an average confidence level of 61% based on historical performance. With a diverse slate that spans tennis, UFC events, and women's basketball matchups, bettors will have numerous opportunities to capitalize on trends and insights from our advanced analytics platform. Today's model picks represent a crucial test of our team's predictive edge, as we strive to outperform the market and deliver value to our subscribers.
Today's model picks
| League | Matchup | Pick | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | Seattle Mariners @ Milwaukee Brewers | Spread — Home -1.5 | 75 |
| MLB | Detroit Tigers @ Pittsburgh Pirates | Moneyline — Away | 75 |
| MLB | Chicago White Sox @ Chicago Cubs | Moneyline — Away | 75 |
| MLB | Toronto Blue Jays @ Tampa Bay Rays | Spread — Away +1.5 | 75 |
| Tennis | Nitin Kumar Sinha vs Hikaru Shiraishi | Moneyline — Home | 75 |
| MLB | San Francisco Giants @ Cleveland Guardians | Moneyline — Away | 73 |
| MLB | Miami Marlins @ Philadelphia Phillies | Moneyline — Home | 62 |
| MLB | San Diego Padres @ New York Mets | Moneyline — Away | 62 |
| MLB | Seattle Mariners @ Milwaukee Brewers | Moneyline — Home | 62 |
| MLB | Detroit Tigers @ Pittsburgh Pirates | Moneyline — Home | 62 |
| MLB | San Diego Padres @ New York Mets | Moneyline — Away | 62 |
| MLB | Atlanta Braves @ Minnesota Twins | Moneyline — Away | 62 |
| MLB | Miami Marlins @ Philadelphia Phillies | Moneyline — Home | 62 |
| MLB | Chicago White Sox @ Chicago Cubs | Moneyline — Home | 62 |
| MLB | St Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds | Moneyline — Home | 62 |
| MLB | Toronto Blue Jays @ Tampa Bay Rays | Spread — Away +1.5 | 60 |
| MLB | Toronto Blue Jays @ Tampa Bay Rays | Spread — Away +1.5 | 60 |
| MLB | Toronto Blue Jays @ Tampa Bay Rays | Spread — Away +1.5 | 60 |
| MLB | Toronto Blue Jays @ Tampa Bay Rays | Spread — Away +1.5 | 60 |
| MLB | St Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds | Moneyline — Away | 58 |
| MLB | San Francisco Giants @ Cleveland Guardians | Spread — Away +1.5 | 58 |
| MLB | Atlanta Braves @ Minnesota Twins | Spread — Away -1.5 | 58 |
| MLB | Toronto Blue Jays @ Tampa Bay Rays | Moneyline — Home | 58 |
| MLB | Atlanta Braves @ Minnesota Twins | Moneyline — Away | 58 |
| MLB | Seattle Mariners @ Milwaukee Brewers | Moneyline — Home | 57 |
+ 11 more model picks on today's board.
Full slate today
MLB
| Start (UTC) | Matchup | Our pick |
|---|---|---|
| 4:35 PM | Detroit Tigers @ Pittsburgh Pirates | Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Home |
| 5:10 PM | San Diego Padres @ New York Mets | Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Away |
| 5:40 PM | Atlanta Braves @ Minnesota Twins | Moneyline — Away · Spread — Away -1.5 · Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Away |
| 6:20 PM | Chicago White Sox @ Chicago Cubs | Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Home |
| 8:10 PM | Arizona Diamondbacks @ Boston Red Sox | Moneyline — Away |
| 10:05 PM | Miami Marlins @ Philadelphia Phillies | Moneyline — Home · Moneyline — Home · Moneyline — Home · Moneyline — Home |
| 10:35 PM | New York Yankees @ Baltimore Orioles | — |
| 10:40 PM | St Louis Cardinals @ Cincinnati Reds | Moneyline — Home · Moneyline — Away · Spread — Away +1.5 · Spread — Away +1.5 |
| 10:40 PM | Toronto Blue Jays @ Tampa Bay Rays | Spread — Away +1.5 · Spread — Away +1.5 · Spread — Away +1.5 · Spread — Away +1.5 · Spread — Away +1.5 · Moneyline — Home |
| 10:40 PM | San Francisco Giants @ Cleveland Guardians | Moneyline — Away · Spread — Away +1.5 |
| 11:40 PM | Athletics @ Kansas City Royals | Moneyline — Home |
| 11:40 PM | Seattle Mariners @ Milwaukee Brewers | Spread — Home -1.5 · Moneyline — Home · Moneyline — Home |
WNBA
| Start (UTC) | Matchup | Our pick |
|---|---|---|
| 11:30 PM | Toronto Tempo @ Washington Mystics | — |
MLS
| Start (UTC) | Matchup | Our pick |
|---|---|---|
| 11:30 PM | Charlotte Fc @ Toronto Fc | — |
| 11:30 PM | New York City Fc @ Fc Cincinnati | — |
| 11:30 PM | New England Revolution @ D C United | — |
| 11:30 PM | Cf Montreal @ Columbus Crew | — |
| 11:30 PM | Chicago Fire Fc @ Orlando City Sc | — |
| 11:30 PM | Nashville Sc @ Red Bull New York | — |
| 11:30 PM | Inter Miami Cf @ Philadelphia Union | — |
UFC
| Start (UTC) | Matchup | Our pick |
|---|---|---|
| 12:10 AM | Logan Paxton vs Cristian Perez | — |
| 12:10 AM | Trent Miller vs Douglas Rodrigues | — |
Tennis
| Start (UTC) | Matchup | Our pick |
|---|---|---|
| 2:00 AM | Hyeon Chung vs Kasidit Samrej | Moneyline — Away |
| 2:00 AM | Omar Jasika vs Kristjan Tamm | — |
| 2:00 AM | Nitin Kumar Sinha vs Hikaru Shiraishi | Moneyline — Home |
| 2:00 AM | Tung Lin Wu vs Taisei Ichikawa | — |
| 4:00 AM | Kosuke Ogura vs Hiroki Moriya | — |
| 4:00 AM | Shunsuke Mitsui vs Moerani Bouzige | — |
| 4:00 AM | Matthew Dellavedova vs Jeffrey Chuan En Hsu | — |
| 4:00 AM | Kuan Yi Lee vs Noritaka Koizumi | — |
| 6:30 AM | Weronika Ewald vs Ilinca Amariei | Moneyline — Away |
| 6:30 AM | Diana Ioana Simionescu vs Briana Szabo | — |
| 7:30 AM | Lejla Hana Golubovic vs Doroteja Petrovic | — |
| 7:30 AM | Tom Zeuch vs Adam Majchrzak | — |
| 8:00 AM | Aadarsh Tripathi vs Theodore Dean | — |
| 8:00 AM | Imanol Lopez Morillo vs Carles Hernandez | — |
| 8:00 AM | M Rifqi Fitriadi vs Geun Jun Kim | — |
| 8:00 AM | Tahlia Kokkinis vs Georgina Groth | — |
| 8:00 AM | Valeriya Strakhova vs Lucie Havlickova | — |
| 8:00 AM | Mary Lewis vs Milena Steinkamp | — |
| 8:00 AM | Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul vs Weiyi Kong | — |
| 8:00 AM | Rocco Piatti vs Tiago Silva | — |
| 8:00 AM | Tianhui Zhang vs Qian Sun | — |
| 8:00 AM | Stefan Storch vs Reiya Komagata | — |
| 8:00 AM | Denis Constantin Spiridon vs Gabriele Bosio | — |
| 8:00 AM | Alicia Herrero Linana vs Anastasia Zolotareva | — |
| 8:00 AM | Diana Marcinkevica vs Ekaterina Yashina | — |
| 8:00 AM | Daria Yesypchuk vs Madelief Hageman | — |
| 8:00 AM | Elena Malygina vs Gaia Maduzzi | — |
| 8:00 AM | Elza Tomase vs Eva Bennemann | — |
| 8:00 AM | Emma Kamper Malmkjaer vs Luisa Hrda | — |
| 8:00 AM | Tomas Quesada Perez vs Rodrigo Fernandes | — |
+ 31 more Tennis games today.
Esports
| Start (UTC) | Matchup | Our pick |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | Weibo Gaming vs Lng Esports | — |
| 8:00 AM | Kt Rolster vs Gen G | — |
| 8:00 AM | Top Esports vs Anyone S Legend | — |
| 8:00 AM | Team Secret vs Onside Gaming | — |
| 8:00 AM | Tyloo vs Jd Gaming | — |
| 9:00 AM | Edward Gaming vs Team We | — |
| 10:00 AM | Dn Soopers vs Hanjin Brion | — |
| 10:00 AM | Xlg Gaming vs Bilibili Gaming | — |
| 11:00 AM | Full Sense vs Rex Regum Qeon | — |
| 2:00 PM | Brute vs Onion Team | — |
| 3:00 PM | Devils One vs Up2umedia Cebulaki | — |
| 3:00 PM | G2 Gozen vs Sk Nebula | — |
| 3:00 PM | Unicorns Of Love Sexy Edition vs Big | — |
| 3:00 PM | Team Heretics Academy vs Ucam Esports Club | — |
| 3:00 PM | Dark Passage vs Su Esports | — |
| 4:00 PM | Ici Japon Corp Esport vs Vitality Bee | — |
| 4:00 PM | Pyramid Iv Esports vs Baam Esports | — |
| 4:00 PM | Redpack Esports vs Magaza | — |
| 4:00 PM | Bulldog Esports vs Verdant | — |
| 4:30 PM | Bohemian Guardians vs Exile Esports | — |
| 5:00 PM | Barczaca Esports vs Docisk | — |
| 6:00 PM | Lenovo Legion Honved vs Hooligans | — |
| 6:00 PM | Arctic Pandas vs B2u | — |
| 6:00 PM | Gd Esports vs Francesinhas | — |
| 6:30 PM | Disruptors vs Gng Amazigh | — |
| 7:00 PM | Skillcamp Esport vs Joblife | — |
| 8:00 PM | Maze Gaming vs Docta Esports | — |
| 9:00 PM | Tung Tung Bogi vs Way Gaming Esports | — |
| 9:00 PM | Bestia vs Cloud9 | — |
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