Burdge: What I'm Betting on Wednesday, May 17

Here are three bets that I love today for the MLB and NBA. BetQL subscribers can see all of our best bets with star ratings for every game. Take advantage of BetQL's 3-day free trial and see all of today's best bets! Start your free trial today!

Celtics -8.5 vs. Heat (-105, BetMGM)

I like the Celtics to win this series in five games and I think they can start off strong and with a covered spread in this Game 1. They covered their last two spreads against the Sixers, while the Heat failed to cover in their last two games against the Knicks. And there are a couple of BetQL trends in favor of the Celtics in this spot: Joe Mazzulla is 32-14 ATS after playing a home game, and the Celtics are 31-18 ATS when playing against a team with a winning record this season. So I like the Celtics to get a big win here and cover this spread.

Braves ML vs. Rangers (-154, FanDuel)

It is Spencer Strider Day for the Braves and I think they can get a win behind him against the Rangers. Nathan Eovaldi is starting for the Rangers tonight and he has been on point lately, but I think the Atlanta bats can get to him. Meanwhile, Strider can limit the Rangers offense to help the Braves pull off a win, and I got the Braves ML at -154 on FanDuel!

Red Sox's Masataka Yoshida o1.5 Total Bases (+130, BetMGM)

Yoshida has five hits in his last four games and had two hits in two of those games to hit this over. He is also coming off of a game in which he had five total bases for a grand total of nine bases in those last four games. And I think he will keep that going in this game up against the Mariners and lead the Red Sox to another big win tonight.

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