Sports bettors will need to show some patience on Friday, as after a week with some earlier start times with 2025 MLB playoff action or the NHL opening slate of games, there aren't many online sports betting options until later in the day. But one of the biggest baseball games of the year takes place on Friday when Tarik Skubal, the likely soon-to-be back-to-back American League Cy Young winner, starts for the Detroit Tigers against the Seattle Mariners in a winner-take-all Game 5 at 8:08 p.m. ET.

However, the SportsLine model is showing the best value from this matchup comes with fading arguably the best pitcher in baseball, with the Mariners at +113 odds to win being one of its Friday best bets. The model and a SportLine expert also see value in the Friday college football slate, in

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