MLB Best NRFI Bets Today – May 27, 2025

It’s Tuesday and the start of the shortened work week for many of us, as is the Tuesday tradition here at BestOdds we have our three best MLB NRFI bets of the day in our ongoing quest to sweep the board with a 3-0 showing. 

The last three weeks we’ve come agonizingly close on our picks by going 2-1 on the card. Today, thanks to the wondrous BestOdds NRFI Pro, I think we’re going to break through and finally stake claim to a 3-0 Tuesday. 

Here’s what I’m going with tonight.

Note: Odds were correct at the time of writing.

Giants at Tigers NRFI (-140) at BetMGM

We start our trio of NRFI bets by visiting the Motor City where the AL-leading Tigers play host to the Giants with NRFI maestro Jack Flaherty taking the mound at Comerica Park this evening.

Flaherty has been lights out when it comes to recording a first-inning shutout this season, doing so in nine of his 10 starts this season and 22 of his 28 starts a season ago. In tonight’s start, not only do we have Flaherty’s outstanding pitching to lean on, but we also have the Giants woeful bats to really deliver this home. 

Through 54 games this season, the Giants have the third worst batting average in the opening frame (.209) and have seen 41 of their 54 games end with a big fat goose egg in the line score.

Where this NRFI bet likely hangs in the balance will be determined by Giants SP Logan Webb, who has been solid at getting through the first inning unscathed, doing so in seven of his 11 starts this season. 

I foresee Flaherty holding his end of the deal tonight while Webb will bring it home for our first NRFI cash of the night.

Logan Webb and Jack Flaherty’s 2025 NRFI Stats (Courtesy BestOdds NRFI Pro)

Odds Comparison for SF-DET NRFI

Sportsbook	Odds
BetMGM	-140 (Best Odds)
Caesars	-149
bet365	-155
DraftKings	-155
FanDuel	-158

Blue Jays at Rangers NRFI (-125) at BetMGM

Here’s where the magic of BestOdds NRFI Pro truly shines.

As you’re combing through 15 given baseball games on any given day, some gems may fall through the cracks if you’re not a fervent follower of baseball.

One of those gems can be found in Arlington, Texas tonight when the Blue Jays send Bowden Francis to the bump to face long-time friend to NRFI bettors, one Nathan Eovaldi.

As you can see from their 2025 NRFI betting stats, both of these pitchers have been downright stellar when it comes to getting out of the first inning with no runs allowed. Bowden Francis has worked a clean first in nine of his last 10 starts and four straight overall, while Eovaldi has thrown a scoreless first in 10 of his last 11 games and in seven straight starts overall.

If that wasn’t juicy enough, consider each of these offenses have struggled to generate a whole lot of production in the opening frame. 

The Rangers and Blue Jays have each been shutout in the first inning in 75% of their games so far this season, and when it comes to their last ten games, the Rangers have been shutout in nine of their last 10 opening frames while the Blue Jays have been shutout in eight of their last 10.  

All the boxes are checked, meaning this will be an easy NRFI or a 7-6 game after one. We’re banking on the former. 

Bowden Francis and Nathan Eovaldi’s 2025 NRFI Stats (Courtesy BestOdds NRFI Pro)

Odds Comparison for TOR-TEX NRFI

Sportsbook	Odds
BetMGM	-125 (Best Odds)
Caesars	-130
bet365	-130
FanDuel	-132
DraftKings	-135

Athletics at Astros NRFI (-120) at BetMGM

Our final NRFI bet of the evening once again takes place in the Lone Star state, this time in the city of Houston where Hunter Brown and the Astros play host to the “Don’t Call Me Sacramento” Athletics with NRFI master JP Sears on the mound. 

We’ll get to Hunter Brown in a second, but when we call JP Sears a NRFI master, we’re not just throwing around that label for funsies. 

This season, Sears is one of a handful of pitchers in baseball that can boast they have a perfect record in the first inning, as the A’s pitcher has delivered a first-inning shutout in all 10 of his starts so far, this after going 23-9 to the NRFI in 2024 when the A’s were downright dreadful. 

Tonight JP draws an Astros team that has cashed more NRFI tickets than any other team this season, going scoreless in the opening frame in 44 of their 53 games in 2025. They’re still without slugger Yordan Alvarez, who certainly leaves a gaping power hole at the top of the ‘Stros lineup, and all in all just have not been a very intimidating team to face in the opening inning. 

On the flip side of the coin is Hunter Brown, who has thrown a first inning shutout in seven of his 10 starts so far this season, this after being a very formidable 22-8 against the NRFI in 2024.

Ultimately this bet figures to come down to Brown and how he is able to navigate the first inning. There hasn’t been a better NRFI bet all season than the Astros, and I’m not changing that game plan tonight. 

JP Sears and Hunter Brown’s 2025 NRFI Stats (Courtesy BestOdds NRFI Pro)

Odds Comparison for ATH-HOU NRFI

Sportsbook	Odds
BetMGM	-120 (Best Odds)
bet365	-130
FanDuel	-130
Caesars	-130
DraftKings	-135