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Best YRFI & NRFI Picks Today: 7-2 Winning Streak! Jays-Yankees & Tigers-A’s Bets (September 21)

Updated September 22, 2023 | 7:58 am CDT by Nathan Joyce

We had a Wednesday PRINT FEST! It was a full sweep on the article picks yesterday! We went 3-1 on our YRFI/NRFI bets, cashing Orioles-Astros YRFI, Mets-Marlins and Pirates-Cubs NRFIs.

We capped off our night with a +225 NRFI parlay win to bring our season win total to 175 and +34.19u, and that was our second parlay win in three days! We’re running HOT right now.

Let’s keep riding this 7-2 streak and get after two no run first inning bets for Thursday.

Best YRFI & NRFI Bets Today: Yes & No Run First Inning Bets

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Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees First Inning Bet

We got this line early at -120 on DraftKings, and we HAD to take advantage of it!

Any time Gerrit Cole is on the mound, you have to look at the no run first inning, and we’re dialed in on it today. Cole has been nothing short of fantastic this season and is the odds-on favorite to win the AL Cy Young. Cole is 24-7 on no run first innings this season and has NRFI’d the Blue Jays twice already this season. There’s a good chance Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will be out of the lineup tonight after he was a late scratch before Wednesday’s game. Taking one of the Jays’ best hitters out of the lineup on top of this already good matchup? We like it.

We get Jose Berrios on the mound for the Blue Jays in the bottom half. Berrios is 25-5 on NRFIs this season and is riding a five-game streak into this matchup against the Yankees. The game total here is 7.5, for obvious reasons, and this has all the makings of a quick first so long as he can navigate the Aaron Judge situation.

What’s not to like about this NRFI bet? Two studs, low total and the OddsShopper NRFI tool has this rated as the best NRFI on the board tonight.

Best NRFI Bet Today: Blue Jays-Yankees for -120 at DraftKings Sportsbook

Detroit Tigers vs. Oakland A’s First Inning Bet

I believe this was originally supposed to be Mason Miller starting for the A’s, but they made a late announcement last night that Luis Medina would get the nod. Truth be told, I liked it better with Miller getting the ball, but I definitely don’t hate it with Medina starting.

Medina has endured some struggles this season, but the fella is still 11-4 on NRFIs. I know, I know … the Tigers have given us the blade almost as much as Boston has this year. They’re not on the #BanList yet, but if they do us in tonight, we might have to just swear them off for the next 12 days or so. Medina is sitting right at about a strikeout per inning, which we like when going for a no run first inning bet. Detroit has plenty of swing and miss in its lineup, having the eighth-most strikeouts in baseball this season. So as long as Medina avoids the walk bug, a clean first should be in order.

Now to the guy who I’ve quickly become fond of — Tarik Skubal. The young lefty can really dial it up when he needs to, which is something that trips my trigger for NRFI purposes. He’s racked up 84 whiffs in 69.1 innings, and the A’s fancy themselves a strikeout (seventh-most in baseball). His sample against Oakland hitters is minimal, but he has held them to a .222 average and did NRFI them in his first start this year after coming back from injury.

We’re rooting against fun here tonight, but I like our chances of cashing this one.

Best NRFI Bet Today: Tigers-A’s for -135 at Caesars Sportsbook

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Thursday’s YRFI/NRFI Parlay

We had to jump on this one early because it seemed like the value was going to disappear fast. We’re firing this one up over at DraftKings Sportsbook for a +209 return on Blue Jays-Yankees NRFI and Tigers-A’s NRFI. No boosts today, but still a decent payout for a couple of bets that look ripe for the picking.

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