Best NRFI Bets Today - Saturday, August 9

Our MLB betting picks eye the Chicago Cubs to keep riding their NRFI streak against Andre Pallante and the Royals. Check out the rest of Eric Rosales' NRFI/YRFI bets for Saturday.

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Eric Rosales • Betting Analyst
Aug 9, 2025 • 09:40 ET • 4 min read
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Photo By - Imagn Images. Chicago Cubs pitcher Colin Rea (53) throws the ball against the Kansas City Royals.

It’s a massive 16-game slate in Major League Baseball, courtesy of a Marlins-Braves doubleheader.

Best NRFI/YRFI bets today

  • Rockies Rockies vs Diamondbacks Diamondbacks: YRFI
  • Royals Royals vs Twins Twins: NRFI
  • Cubs Cubs vs Cardinals Cardinals: NRFI

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NRFI/YRFI bets for August 9

Rockies at Diamondbacks: YRFI (Play at Thrillzz)

The Colorado Rockies are bad, but they’ve been really good if you’ve taken them as a YRFI team, as they’re running the current longest streak in the majors at nine straight.

  • Time: 8:10 p.m. ET
  • Where to watch: ROCKIES.tv, DBACKS.tv
  • Bet: YRFI

Royals at Twins: NRFI (Play at Thrillzz)

The Minnesota Twins are riding a 5-game YRFI streak, but they’re up against a Kansas City Royals team that leads the majors with 70 NRFI and are currently on a 2-game YFRI streak.

  • Time: 7:10 p.m. ET
  • Where to watch: FanDuel Sports Network-Kansas City, TWINS.tv
  • Bet: NRFI

Cubs at Cardinals: NRFI (Play at Thrillzz)

We’ll wrap with the Chicago Cubs, who are riding baseball’s current longest NRFI streak at four games, hosting one of baseball’s top NRFI teams in the St. Louis Cardinals.

  • Time: 7:15 p.m. ET
  • Where to watch: FOX
  • Bet: NRFI

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Eric has been involved in sports media in many different capacities since graduating from journalism school in 1999, back when getting your own column in a newspaper was still considered a thing. He doubled down and graduated from broadcast journalism school five years later, which led to a move to Toronto and a career with The Sports Network (TSN). From behind-the-scenes production work, he moved into the digital realm, where he had his own hoops column (At the Buzzer), while regularly live streaming and chatting with fans during broadcasts as the character known as LeBlog James. He was also a key contributor to TSN and CTV’s Olympic programming during the 2012 London Games.

Eric eventually found his way into the sports betting field in 2016 and has been a mainstay ever since. He was tagged on Twitter as a Top 10 NBA sharp during the 2021 season and has been interviewed about basketball and his handicapping process on shows from Vancouver to India. Eric is now a jack-of-all-sports at Covers, where his predictions span the alphabet soup: NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, F1, WNBA, Euro, and Copa.

When making picks, he focuses on finding value first and foremost, and ensuring readers have all the information they need to make an informed choice.

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