Friday's BEST BETS: Final Four Picks + MLB Bets + UFC
The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast
CBS Sports, Sports Betting, Sports Gambling, Picks
4.5 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
It's BPE Friday! Join Sia Nejad, Danny Brasco, Chip Patterson, Buckets, Calvin Wetzel, and Tom Casale as they give out their plays for the Men's and Women's Final Four, MLB, and MORE!
(0:00) Intro
(6:30) Buckets' Soccer Picks
(9:08) Tom's MLB Pick
(15:24) Chip's Men's Final Four Picks
(22:37) Danny's UFC Picks
(26:18) Calvin's Women's Final Four Pick
(28:58) Bonus Soccer, College Basketball Bets
(36:20) HR Model Picks
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, everyone, happy Friday, and welcome to the Early Edge. |
| 0:12.5 | We are brought to you by BetMGM, Make It Legendary, another legendary show coming at you in just a couple of, I don't know, seconds, but let's take a look at the recap screen before we get things going. Pretty even day here. I miss my golf bet. David Beerman misses his NIT. Mikey B. 1 for two prop stars, Darren Fox sales over 15 and a half points. And the sports line pick, courtesy of Jeff Hockman, the Utah Mammoth, come back and win that game handily at minus 125. |
| 0:40.2 | So yeah, three and three, it's not great. |
| 0:42.2 | It's not bad. |
| 0:43.4 | Ladies and gentlemen, I think we can do better. |
| 0:45.6 | And I think we can give you your morning espresso if you haven't already had it |
| 0:49.9 | because, ladies and gentlemen, it's PPE Friday. |
| 0:57.8 | Let's go. |
| 0:59.1 | We got Tom Casale. |
| 1:01.1 | We got Danny Brasco. |
| 1:02.9 | We got John Bucket-Simer. |
| 1:05.1 | And we've got your morning chip me up. |
| 1:09.1 | Good morning. |
| 1:10.2 | See you. |
| 1:10.5 | Good morning. Bucket's good morning. Tom, good morning, Danny. Good morning. Ben. Good morning, chip me up. Good morning. See you. Good morning. |
| 1:11.0 | Puckus come. |
| 1:11.6 | On it, Tom, good morning. |
| 1:12.6 | Daddy. |
| 1:13.0 | Come. |
| 1:13.3 | On a Ben. Good morning. Hurley Hedge, fam. Woo. Boy, so many reasons to be fired up here on a Friday. Am I fired up? Because the Carolina Hurricanes are in the playoffs for the eighth straight year. Yes, I am. Am I fired up? because the final four is coming up tomorrow. |
| 1:26.2 | Yes, I am. |
| 1:27.0 | And am I fired up to be with you once again, breaking down. |
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