Editor’s Note: Since November 2018, Joe has been publishing picks here and back at All Things NIT, our former site. Overall, the results have been mixed, with an average return on investment, per pick, of -5.0% when weighting by confidence (1 for low, 2 for medium, 3 for high) across 3,524 published picks, not including pending futures, and an average return on investment, per pick, of 0.7% across 871 completed high and medium-confidence picks (low confidence picks, these days, are in experimental markets for us). Our ETA to get the overall number back profitable is currently November 5th, the date of a potential World Series Game 7.
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Lines for these come from the Vegas consensus or the closest approximation available at the time picks are written, unless otherwise noted. For futures bets (in both sports and politics) and motorsports bets, odds are taken from the better option between Bovada and BetOnline as our best approximation of the Vegas consensus, which isn’t currently/accurately available online. FanGraphs is heavily used in making MLB picks. FiveThirtyEight’s SPI is heavily used in making soccer picks. ESPN’s FPI is heavily used in making NFL picks.
Formula 1: Singapore Grand Prix
Verstappen’s starting eighth today, but given how common safety cars are at this race, it seems he’ll have his opportunities to climb through the field. We’ll take him.
Pick: Max Verstappen to win +220. Low confidence.
NASCAR Cup Series: YellaWood 500 (at Talladega)
NASCAR has made itself thoroughly unpredictable this year with the new car, and it was already unpredictable at superspeedways. Cassill’s at least finished in the top half of all three Daytona and Talladega races so far on the season, so why not? We can afford a little shot here.
Pick: Landon Cassill to win +50000. Low confidence.
