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Griffin Warner discusses betting strategies for a critical NHL elimination game and a full MLB slate on May 26.
Griffin Warner talks betting for Tuesday. Griffin Warner returns with the May 26 edition of What I Bet on the Straight Outta Vegas AM pregame.com podcast feed, covering a critical NHL elimination game and a full 13-game MLB slate in one of the busiest betting days of the early summer. On the ice, Griffin explains why he is not buying the Colorado Avalanche as road favorites against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4 of the Western Conference Final. The Avs fell 5-3 in Game 3 and now trail 3-0, with Nathan MacKinnon's knee injury after blocking a shot adding serious uncertainty to Colorado's roster situation. Cale Makar returned from his own upper-body absence but Griffin says he never looked fully himself, and the backhand goal from Tomas Hertl that extended Vegas's lead was the moment that defined the game. Golden Knights minus 102 is his play. On the baseball side, Griffin works through every matchup on the board, starting with the Washington Nationals and Cade Cavalli against the Cleveland Guardians and Joey Cantillo, leaning Cleveland at minus 130. He covers the Tampa Bay Rays and Griffin Jax against a bullpen game, with former Rays righty Shane Baz, now an Oriole, having…
People in this episode
Host: Griffin Warner
Topics covered
- NHL betting
- MLB betting
- sports analysis
- game previews
- betting strategies
Keywords
- NHL
- MLB
- betting
- Colorado Avalanche
- Vegas Golden Knights
- Washington Nationals
- Cleveland Guardians
- Tampa Bay Rays
- Boston Red Sox
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Organizations: Washington Nationals, Cleveland Guardians, Tampa Bay Rays, Boston, Atlanta Braves
Places: Detroit, Vegas, Colorado
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