As the month of July closes, sample sizes increase for finding hot MLB trends. Our MLB handicapper Mark Lathrop looks at both recent and season long performances to come up with his Wednesday MLB Picks of the Day.

Mining the Diamond is a daily MLB picks column that focuses on pitching matchups, historical trends and the value found on the odds board. Let’s analyze two of our top plays on Wednesday’s card.

Steven Matz duels with Jhoulys Chacin on Wednesday night (10:10 ET) at Petco Park as the streaking Mets aim for three wins in a row vs. the Padres.

The Chicago Blackhawks have been the model franchise in the NHL this decade with three Stanley Cups, but their window for winning another might be shut for a while thanks to economics.

Uncovering value in betting a NFL team to go over their win total this time of year is tough with the market inflated due to overly bullish fans. Nonetheless, here are five futures still presenting an advantage to over bettors. 

Most individual NFL player props are for how good a player will be. BetOnline has an interesting one that no quarterback will want to be No. 1 in: most interceptions for 2017.

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Monmouth Park in New Jersey is the place to be Sunday for one of the first big graded stakes races for 3-year-olds in the summer racing season. The $1 million Haskell Invitational is on the card and some of the top colts from this year’s Triple Crown racing season are expected in the field.

The Ohio State University head coach, Urban Meyer, has been with the Buckeyes for five seasons and 67 betting-lined games. He coached the Florida Gators for six seasons and 76 betting-lined games. This article highlights some meaningful betting patterns of teams coached by Meyer.

When it comes to the AFC East, figuring who is going to give New England a push is about as exciting as being a storm chaser in the desert, since there is not a whole lot going on to keep one's interest.

The 2017 CFL regular season has reached Week 6 and the balance of power in the league clearly lies in the stacked West Division, where the top three teams have a combined straight-up record of 11-2-1. All three will be a part of this week’s CFL two-team parlay pick starting with Friday night’s big division showdown.

As the division race in the AL Central heats up, our MLB handicapper spots two trends that should clash and result in a betting edge. Read on as he suggests how to bet totals in the AL Central's unbalanced schedule from now through August.