A 2-0 Thursday sweep on his WNBA premium/free plays pushed Stephen Nover's WNBA hot streak to 72 percent on his last 25 premium/free plays at 18-7! Stephen is beating the league for the sixth time in seven years with a deep player knowledge and passion the oddsmaker doesn't possess. The domination continues as Stephen has a big Friday WNBA play.
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Today’s Free Picks
| Sport | Game Selection | Game Time |
|---|---|---|
| MLB | (955) New York Mets at (956) Atlanta Braves | 7:15pm EDT - Jul 3/2026 |
The PLAY: Atlanta Braves -110 Action
The oddsmaker must think Tom Seaver is pitching for the Mets judging by this tossup line against the Braves on the road. A reminder that Atlanta is 50-35 while the Mets are 36-51.
Too much respect is being given to New York starter Christian Scott. He has a 3.20 ERA, but he had been out a couple of weeks because of a hip impingement. Scott returned this past Saturday to start against Philadelphia. He threw 4 1/3 innings and gave up two runs on three hits.
Atlanta ranks in the top 10 in runs scored. The underachieving Mets rank in the bottom three in runs, batting average and OPS.
So this is not a high bar for Braves starter Grant Holmes to clear. He has a 3.96 ERA. Holmes also pitched this past Saturday. He allowed one hit in four scoreless relief innings against the Giants.
Holmes hasn't been going deep into games. That's fine, though, since the Braves have the lowest bullpen ERA in the majors at 2.92. Atlanta just posted a 2.14 bullpen ERA during June.
The line could be lower than what I perceive because the Braves have hit a rough patch going 5-14 in their last 19 games.
However, the Mets have been even worse lately losing 10 of their past 12 games. They have been by far the biggest money losers in baseball this season.
Hard to go wrong fading the Mets this season and I will do it here.
(Editor's note: Stephen Nover is 18-7 on his last 25 WNBA premium/free plays and has a WNBA play going today in addition to this free selection.)
Consultant Bio
Stephen Nover is unique among professional handicappers. A multiple award-winning sportswriter for numerous newspapers, including the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nover has one the best combinations of gambling and media sources in the world.
The author of two sports gambling books, "Las Vegas Sports Beat" and "Sports Gaming Beat", along with a book on fantasy football titled, "Winning Fantasy Football", Nover is a former professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas having taught a football handicapping class there. He also was the co-host of the Sunday night sports betting radio show "The Stardust Line" during the 1990's.
Parlaying nearly 50 years worth of professional gambling experience with tremendous knowledge of the players through elite deep-roster Rotisserie leagues and building on copious gaming and media sources - having worked for newspapers in the Midwest, South and West and also for legendary Hall of Fame oddsmaker Roxy Roxborough - Nover is a true Las Vegas wise guy. He helped learn his craft from such masters as Roxborough, Dave Malinsky, Lem Banker and Russ Culver.
Part of what makes Nover so special is the pride he takes in writing his deep-dive analysis, which always is unique, well-researched and sometimes entails out-of-the-box thinking.