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Aug 26, 2026
Today's Best Bets & Model Picks — August 26, 2026
With 61 model picks live and an average of 60% confidence behind them, a substantial portion of our betting analytics platform's collective wisdom is currently allocated to the day's 86 games across various professional sports leagues. Today's slate includes top matchups in Boxing, Esports, MLB, Tennis, UFC, and WNBA, providing a diverse set of opportunities for model-driven predictions. A total of 25% (61/244) of our available picks are locked into position, indicating a significant degree of conviction behind the models' selections.
Today's model picks
| League | Matchup | Pick | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esports | Team Phoenix vs Pcific | Moneyline — Home | 75 |
| Boxing | Ben Mahoney vs Nikita Tszyu | Moneyline — Home | 75 |
| Esports | Docisk vs Bomba Team | Moneyline — Home | 75 |
| MLB | Kansas City Royals @ Toronto Blue Jays | Spread — Away +1.5 | 75 |
| Esports | Galions vs Tln Pirates | Moneyline — Away | 75 |
| MLB | Cleveland Guardians @ Los Angeles Angels | Moneyline — Home | 74 |
| MLB | Cincinnati Reds @ San Francisco Giants | Spread — Home +1.5 | 69 |
| MLB | Houston Astros @ New York Yankees | Spread — Away +1.5 | 69 |
| MLB | Baltimore Orioles @ St Louis Cardinals | Spread — Home +1.5 | 69 |
| MLB | Tampa Bay Rays @ Detroit Tigers | Spread — Away +1.5 | 69 |
| Tennis | Miguel Damas vs Cezar Cretu | Moneyline — Home | 69 |
| Esports | B2u vs Bulldog Esports | Moneyline — Home | 68 |
| MLB | Chicago Cubs @ Arizona Diamondbacks | Spread — Home +1.5 | 68 |
| Esports | Volda E Sport vs Dmg Esports | Moneyline — Away | 66 |
| Esports | Barczaca Esports vs Forsaken | Moneyline — Away | 64 |
| MLB | Colorado Rockies @ Washington Nationals | Spread — Home -1.5 | 62 |
| MLB | Boston Red Sox @ Miami Marlins | Moneyline — Away | 61 |
| MLB | Baltimore Orioles @ St Louis Cardinals | Moneyline — Away | 61 |
| MLB | Los Angeles Dodgers @ Atlanta Braves | Moneyline — Away | 61 |
| MLB | Milwaukee Brewers @ New York Mets | Moneyline — Away | 61 |
| MLB | Kansas City Royals @ Toronto Blue Jays | Moneyline — Home | 61 |
| MLB | Tampa Bay Rays @ Detroit Tigers | Moneyline — Away | 61 |
| MLB | Houston Astros @ New York Yankees | Moneyline — Home | 61 |
| MLB | Chicago Cubs @ Arizona Diamondbacks | Moneyline — Away | 61 |
| MLB | Colorado Rockies @ Washington Nationals | Moneyline — Home | 61 |
+ 36 more model picks on today's board.
Full slate today
MLB
| Start (UTC) | Matchup | Our pick |
|---|---|---|
| 5:10 PM | Tampa Bay Rays @ Detroit Tigers | Spread — Away +1.5 · Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Away |
| 7:40 PM | Chicago Cubs @ Arizona Diamondbacks | Spread — Home +1.5 · Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Away |
| 7:45 PM | Cincinnati Reds @ San Francisco Giants | Spread — Home +1.5 · Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Away |
| 8:07 PM | Cleveland Guardians @ Los Angeles Angels | Moneyline — Home · Moneyline — Away |
| 8:10 PM | Pittsburgh Pirates @ San Diego Padres | Moneyline — Home · Moneyline — Home |
| 8:10 PM | Philadelphia Phillies @ Seattle Mariners | Moneyline — Away |
| 10:40 PM | Boston Red Sox @ Miami Marlins | Moneyline — Away · Spread — Home +1.5 |
| 10:45 PM | Colorado Rockies @ Washington Nationals | Spread — Home -1.5 · Moneyline — Home · Moneyline — Home · Spread — Home -1.5 · Spread — Home -1.5 · Spread — Home -1.5 · Moneyline — Home |
| 11:05 PM | Houston Astros @ New York Yankees | Spread — Away +1.5 · Moneyline — Home · Moneyline — Away |
| 11:07 PM | Kansas City Royals @ Toronto Blue Jays | Spread — Away +1.5 · Moneyline — Home |
| 11:10 PM | Milwaukee Brewers @ New York Mets | Moneyline — Away |
| 11:15 PM | Los Angeles Dodgers @ Atlanta Braves | Moneyline — Away · Spread — Home +1.5 |
| 11:40 PM | Texas Rangers @ Chicago White Sox | Moneyline — Home · Moneyline — Home |
| 11:45 PM | Baltimore Orioles @ St Louis Cardinals | Spread — Home +1.5 · Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Away · Moneyline — Away |
WNBA
| Start (UTC) | Matchup | Our pick |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 PM | Golden State Valkyries @ Connecticut Sun | — |
UFC
| Start (UTC) | Matchup | Our pick |
|---|---|---|
| 12:15 AM | Sean Clancy Jr vs Gary Balletto Jr | — |
| 12:40 AM | Mario Piazzon vs Guilherme Uriel | — |
| 1:10 AM | Bella Mir vs Alex Apodaca | — |
Boxing
| Start (UTC) | Matchup | Our pick |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 PM | Ben Mahoney vs Nikita Tszyu | Moneyline — Home |
Tennis
| Start (UTC) | Matchup | Our pick |
|---|---|---|
| 2:00 AM | Fitriadi M Rifqi vs Linang Xiao | — |
| 3:00 AM | Kuan Yi 1996 Lee vs Hikaru Shiraishi | — |
| 3:30 AM | Jia Jing Lu vs Sijia Wei | Moneyline — Home |
| 4:30 AM | Omar Jasika vs Kousuke Ogura | — |
| 4:30 AM | Yen Chun Wang vs Yan Cheng Chen | — |
| 5:30 AM | Eunji Lee vs Boyoung Jeong | — |
| 5:30 AM | Ji Eun Lee vs Boyoung Jeong | — |
| 5:30 AM | Eunhye Lee vs Chengyiyi Yuan | Moneyline — Away |
| 5:30 AM | Rinko Matsuda vs Kamonwan Yodpetch | Moneyline — Away |
| 5:30 AM | Meng Yi Chen vs Jiangxue Han | — |
| 6:00 AM | Makar Elesin vs Omar Kandil | — |
| 6:00 AM | Amr Asrawy vs Luke Hooper | — |
| 6:00 AM | Sergey Fomin vs Xirui Han | — |
| 6:30 AM | Petr Bar Biryukov vs Sun Qian | — |
| 6:30 AM | Rigele Te vs Anmar Faleh Alhogbani | — |
| 6:30 AM | Nicolas Robert vs Lenny Petit | — |
| 7:00 AM | Meriem Meriem Ben Ezzedine vs Luisa Schruff | — |
| 7:00 AM | Bader Alabdullah vs Abdulhamid Mubarak | — |
| 7:30 AM | Aleksandre Bakshi vs Vansh Bisht | — |
| 7:30 AM | Tahlia Kokkinis vs Lea Boskovic | — |
| 7:30 AM | Lorusso Lorenzo vs Mousa Alkotop | — |
| 7:30 AM | Andrea Bacaloni vs Karim Ibrahim | — |
| 7:30 AM | Gabriele Thomas Brancatelli vs Aaron Funk | — |
| 7:30 AM | Rohan Mehra vs Alberto Morolli | — |
| 7:30 AM | Carles Hernandez vs Ryan Nijboer | — |
| 8:00 AM | Dunja Maric vs Denislava Glushkova | — |
| 8:00 AM | Alexandre Aubriot vs Antoni Fabre | — |
| 8:00 AM | Tsitsipas Pa vs Matyas Kozlovsky | — |
| 8:00 AM | Valentin Vanta vs Gabriel Ghetu | — |
| 8:00 AM | Romain Andres vs Mae Malige | — |
+ 20 more Tennis games today.
Esports
| Start (UTC) | Matchup | Our pick |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Hanjin Brion vs Kt Rolster | — |
| 11:00 AM | Drx vs Global Esports | Moneyline — Home |
| 2:00 PM | Brute vs Exile Esports | Moneyline — Home |
| 3:00 PM | Team Phoenix vs Pcific | Moneyline — Home |
| 3:00 PM | Kaufland Hangry Knights vs Eintracht Spandau | — |
| 3:00 PM | Barczaca Esports vs Forsaken | Moneyline — Away |
| 4:00 PM | Galions vs Tln Pirates | Moneyline — Away |
| 4:00 PM | Colossal Gaming vs Aeterna Esports | Moneyline — Home |
| 4:00 PM | B2u vs Bulldog Esports | Moneyline — Home |
| 4:00 PM | Pyramid Iv Esports vs Gng Amazigh | Moneyline — Home |
| 4:00 PM | Tf vs The Secret Club Esport | Moneyline — Away |
| 4:30 PM | Cita Kaizen vs Esuba | Moneyline — Away |
| 5:30 PM | Docisk vs Bomba Team | Moneyline — Home |
| 6:00 PM | Bubliki vs Hyperion | Moneyline — Home |
| 6:00 PM | Volda E Sport vs Dmg Esports | Moneyline — Away |
| 8:00 PM | Kabum Ilha Das Lendas vs 7rex | — |
| 9:00 PM | Dorado Gaming vs Conviction | — |
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