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A 1% Week for the Play of the Day, But the Hits Allowed Board Ran Hot

MatchWiz graded 332 rows this week, and the headline call — the Play of the Day — finished 3 for 6 for a 1% ROI.

Covering May 18–2026 (day: 24) · MLB · Golf · Soccer · published August 17, 2026

50%Plays of the Day · 3/6 · +1% ROI
52%Top 3 ranked · n=61
43%Top 5 ranked · n=305
44%Top 10 ranked · n=632
31%Full board · n=9,505

Play of the Day: 3 for 6

The Play of the Day went 3 for 6 this week, good for a 1% ROI. That's a coin-flip week for the single headline call — not a wipeout, not one to brag about either.

The ranked tiers

Widen out to the ranked matchups and the picture holds together in places and thins in others. Top 3 went 32 of 61. Top 5 went 131 of 305. Top 10 went 276 of 632. The full board finished 2944 of 9505.

That's the honest spread — tighter samples at the top, a much bigger pool once you get to the full board.

Hitter boards: Hits held up, power didn't

Across the hitter props, Hits was the strongest full-board number at 53% on 1692 graded lines. Total bases followed at 48% on 562, and H+R+RBI came in at 45% on 445.

Runs sat at 30% and Walks at 29%, both on 900 graded lines. RBI was 24% on 900. Home runs and Stolen bases were the two boards that struggled hardest — 9% and 6% respectively, both on 900. DFS points landed at 37% on 900.

Pitcher boards: the best numbers of the week

The pitcher side is where the week's best marks showed up. Hits allowed hit 83% in the top 3 on 89 graded lines, with the full board at 49%. Pitcher outs went 60% at the top and 53% across the full board on 75 lines.

Pitcher DFS points ran 50% in the top 3 and 43% on the full board of 100. Pitcher strikeouts landed at 43% top 3 and 49% full board on 173 lines. Earned runs was the softer one — 33% at the top, 49% full board on 93. Pitcher walks finished at 57% full board on 84 lines.

Golf: Scheffler's third, and a missed winner

The CJ Cup Byron Nelson graded 143 lines. Our top pick, Scottie Scheffler, finished third. We ranked the eventual winner 9th — that's a miss on the winner call, plain and simple.

Of the top 10 graded, 8 made the cut.

Soccer: MLS, six games

Soccer coverage this week came from MLS, six games graded. Match result hit 4 of 6. Over/under 2.5 hit 4 of 6. Both teams to score hit 4 of 6 — three markets, the same record across all of them.

Every number above comes from the same graded ledger the boards publish — roll any board back to that week and you'll find the same calls. Research signals from a statistical model, not betting advice, and no outcome is guaranteed. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER). Method: how MatchWiz works.