Today's top picks: Saturday's best NBA Playoffs prop, plus more MLB, NASCAR, USFL, Serie A and parlay best bets for April 23
SportsLine's proven experts share their favorite bets on the Early Edge podcast for Saturday, April 23
Host Allan Bell is joined by Mike McClure, Alex Selesnick (PropStarz) and Micah Roberts on the Early Edge podcast, powered by SportsLine. Get highlighted plays for Major League Baseball, NBA Playoffs, NHL and English Premier League for Saturday, April 23, and you can stream the show live every morning on the SportsLine YouTube page.
The experts go into the storylines of the day, with Micah breaking down this week's NASCAR race at Talladega and his strategy for betting this particular race, highlighting Bubba Wallace as a potential winner. "It's the only track I can bet him," Micah says, while also analyzing one longshot recommendation from an Early Edge viewer. Mike then shares his analysis of how the weather will affect the MLB slate, including the winds pushing the ball out in Wrigley Field and a few other games where weather factors could increase scoring, as well as one matchup where the weather should work against the two teams playing. PropStarz then highlights the NBA injuries to know, including Joel Embiid's thumb injury, while breaking down last night's action.
Allan delivers three SportsLine Plays of the Day, including the Birmingham Stallions to cover as three-point favorites against the Houston Gamblers in USFL action at 7 p.m. ET as well as a key play in the Roma-Inter Milan Serie A clash at noon ET and an NBA total to jump on now.  Â
Mike shares an MLB pick he loves, taking the Dodgers -110 at the Padres (8:40 p.m. ET). "In my simulations, I have them winning 57.2 percent of the time, which makes the line -134," Mike says about the pick, which is still widely available at -120 as of this writing. "(Yu) Darvish is someone I want to pick on a little bit with a really talented lineup like the Dodgers because he still gets a lot of respect in the betting market."
Micah then shares why he's on Grizzlies -3 against the Timberwolves (10 p.m. ET) in NBA action, while PropStarz gives out his top prop play of the day with Andre Drummond going Over 7.5 rebounds plus assists at -130 in Celtics-Nets (7:30 p.m. ET). Allan delivers his multisport moneyline parlay of the day, which comes in at +266 after hitting a big parlay yesterday that cashed over 4-1.Â
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