MLB Best NRFI Bets Today – June 17, 2025

I’ve been pursuing MLB NRFI perfection since the season began in late March. 

So far I am 0-for the century. 

I’ve had plenty of 2-1 weeks. More 1-2 and 0-3 weeks than I’d like to see, but no 3-0 weeks. 

I’m starting to think the baseball gods have it out for me or something. 

But thanks to BestOdds NRFI Pro, that bad luck is about to change, because I really feel like this is finally the week we breakthrough and taste perfection. 

Here’s what I’m running with on our traditional NRFI Tuesday. I even broke out the lucky socks for this one.

Note: Odds were correct at the time of writing.

Royals at Rangers NRFI (-120) at bet365

Our first stop on the Tuesday NRFI tour takes us to Globe Life Field in Arlington where the NRFI-friendly Royals face off against the equally NRFI-friendly Rangers.

All the things you hope to see from a NRFI bet are present in this bet. 

Good pitching for the NRFI? Check. Seth Lugo has thrown a scoreless opening frame in 10 of his 12 starts this season while his counterpart, Jack Leiter, has thrown a scoreless opening frame in nine of his 11 starts this season.

What about lineups that have struggled out of the gate? Well, guess what my friend, we have that too! The Royals have produced no runs in the first inning in 53 of their 72 games so far this season while the Rangers have done so in 54 of their 72 games. 

Assuming the roof is closed tomorrow night because it’s Arlington, Texas in the middle of June (also known as the third layer of hell), that should also help keep the ball in the park if the NRFI-friendly pitching doesn’t do so on our behalf. 

Give me the Royals-Rangers NRFI to kick off our quest of a 3-0 clean sweep. 

Odds Comparison for KC-TEX NRFI

Sportsbook	Odds
bet365	-120 (Best Odds)
DraftKings	-120 (Best Odds)
FanDuel	-122
BetMGM	-125
Caesars	-125

Mets-Braves NRFI (-105) at BetMGM

The Mets entered the weekend with the best record in baseball, however, they fell victim to their first sweep of the season at the hands of the overachieving Tampa Bay Rays who became the first homeless team in MLB to hit 40-wins this season with a win on Monday night over the Orioles. 

When the Mets kick off a three-game set against their arch-nemesis from Atlanta, surely they will want to get a lot of offense to take that bitter taste out of their mouths.

So why on Earth would I take the NRFI in this situation?

Well, believe it or not, we have two NRFI horses on the mound Tuesday night when David Peterson matches up against Spencer Schwellenbach. 

So far this season, Peterson has delivered a first inning shutout in 11 of his 13 starts while Schwellenbach has done so in 10 of 14 starts. 

Pair this with the fact the Mets actually tend to start out a bit slower in games as evidenced by being shutout in the first inning in 52 of their 72 games so far, and this looks like a fun NRFI to back.

The one truly terrifying thing about this bet is Ronald Acuna is back and he looks like the same guy that went on to become NL MVP before his season-ending injury the following season. Let’s hope Ron decides to take it easy to start the game, after all it’ll be warm and you don’t want to over exert yourself. 

Odds Comparison for NYM-ATL NRFI

Sportsbook	Odds
BetMGM	-105 (Best Odds)
DraftKings	-105 (Best Odds)
FanDuel	-113
bet365	-115
Caesars	-120

Diamondbacks at Blue Jays (+100) at DraftKings

We’re going north of the border with the last NRFI bet of the night when we see Brandon Pfaadt and the D’Backs matchup against Chris Bassitt and the Blue Jays.

After a truly blistering start to the season for Bassitt that saw him with a 0.77 ERA and a 2-0 record after his first two starts, Bassitt has since come back to Earth in recent weeks, however, he still remains a very capable pitcher to back with the NRFI (9-5 overall), albeit with not as sterling stats as the other five guys mentioned in this article. 

On the other side of the coin is Pfaadt, who has made NRFI backers pockets ‘Faadt’ (I’ll see myself out) this season thanks to delivering a first inning shutout in 11 of his 14 starts.

This bet in all likelihood will come down to the pitching from Bassitt, as the Blue Jays offense has struggled to generate first inning offense for much of the season, going scoreless in 54 of their 71 games so far. 

If Bassitt can deliver like the calendar reads April again, by gosh, we may have our first sweep of 2025. Just like the Mets, only in reverse!

Odds Comparison for ARI-TOR NRFI

Sportsbook	Odds
DraftKings	+100 (Best Odds)
FanDuel	-102
BetMGM	-110
bet365	-115
Caesars	-115