Cash That Ticket - Friday July 24th

Munaf Manji talks betting for Friday. Munaf Manji hosts this Friday, July 24, 2026 edition of Cash That Ticket solo once again, with his usual co host away handling a personal matter and expected back for Monday's show. He opens by recapping a winning Thursday built around a light five game slate, highlighted by the Detroit Tigers covering the first five innings run line against the Kansas City Royals before rallying to an eight to three win overall. From there he shifts into the bigger picture around the league as the trade deadline approaches, walking through persistent rumors that Tigers ace Tarik Skubal could become available, with the Los Angeles Dodgers viewed as the most aggressive suitor and the Milwaukee Brewers floated as a dark horse fit alongside young starter Jacob Misiorowski. He runs through the American League standings, noting the Detroit Tigers sitting at fifty four and forty nine through one hundred three games yet only six games back in a bunched AL Central, drawing a comparison to the Cleveland Guardians historic comeback from a season ago. He also covers a wide open AL West with no team above five hundred, along with a National League picture that shows more separation, led by an Atlanta Braves club four and a half games clear of the Philadelphia Phillies and a Los Angeles Dodgers team eleven games ahead in the NL West with the league's best run differential. With the landscape set, Munaf works through six matchups from Friday's ten game card. He starts with the Chicago Cubs at the Pittsburgh Pirates, weighing Matthew Boyd's rough road history against Pittsburgh against Jared Jones's improving recent form, and lands on the Pirates in the first five innings. He then breaks down the New York Yankees at the Philadelphia Phillies, pointing to Cam Schlittler's dominant road splits against Jesus Luzardo's home struggles at Citizens Bank Park, backing New York on the money line. He turns to the Arizona Diamondbacks hosting the Washington Nationals, highlighting Eduardo Rodriguez's consistent season and Washington's poor recent history in home series openers, which sets up his best bet of the night on the Diamondbacks team total. He covers the Atlanta Braves opening a series at the Baltimore Orioles, calling it the toughest read of the card and leaning toward the under. He previews the Los Angeles Dodgers visiting the New York Mets, targeting the Dodgers team total given Roki Sasaki's home run troubles and a Mets offense that has gone quiet lately. He closes matchup coverage with the Seattle Mariners at the Texas Rangers, siding with the home underdog Rangers behind Mackenzie Gore's strong home splits against Bryce Miller's poor career history in Texas. Throughout the show, Munaf references weather conditions at each ballpark and how tightly the betting board has moved compared to earlier in the season, when heavy favorites were far more common across the schedule. He wraps the show by naming the Arizona Diamondbacks team total over four and a half his best bet of the day, built on Washington's tendency to allow runs in series openers at home, and thanks listeners for sticking with him through a second straight week without his co host, promising more baseball and football coverage in the days ahead as the weekend series get underway around the league. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices