It’s a lighter slate Monday with roughly half of the league having the day off. We have eight games to choose from for your NRFI and YRFI delight.<\/p>\n
The New York Yankees<\/a> and Cleveland Guardians<\/a> tangle with a couple of talented starters set to go. We also like the NRFI in the Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> and Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> matchup. The Washington Nationals<\/a> and San Francisco Giants<\/a> matchup looks like a YRFI is in order.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n All odds are from DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a> and are subject to change. DraftKings does not sponsor this content.<\/p>\n Best NRFI and YRFI Bets TodayNew York Yankees at Cleveland Guardians NRFI (-145)<\/p>\n The Yanks are projected to throw RHP Will Warren<\/a>, who is 7-1 with a 3.22 ERA on the season. He has been even better to open the game with a 1.50 ERA<\/a> in the first. Guardians ace RHP Gavin Williams<\/a> goes for Cleveland. He’s 9-3 with a 3.20 ERA on the year and makes his second consecutive start against the Yanks. They got him for three runs in 5 1\/3 innings last time out, but he kept it clean in the first. He has done so in five straight starts.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Philadelphia Phillies at Toronto Blue Jays NRFI (-130)<\/p>\n Phillies LHP Cristopher Sanchez leads baseball with a 1.46 ERA, and he makes the start Monday in a battle of southpaws against Blue Jays<\/a> LHP Patrick Corbin<\/a>. Sanchez has allowed just three ER in 13 first frames<\/a> this season. Corbin has been a little spotty at 2-2 with a 3.98 ERA overall and a 4.09<\/a> first-inning ERA. He hasn’t been scored on in the first inning in his last three starts.<\/p>\n Washington Nationals at San Francisco Giants YRFI (+100)<\/p>\n The Nats go with RHP Miles Mikolas<\/a>, who is 1-5 with a 6.39 ERA. He has surprisingly been good in the first, unscored upon in 6 1\/3 innings<\/a> in the first, but the underlying numbers show that probably won’t hold for long. On the other side is RHP Logan Webb<\/a>, who is also having a down year at 3-4 with a 4.25 ERA. The Giants put up 12 and 18 runs Thursday and Friday, and this pitching matchup looks like another slugfest is in order.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n What Does NRFI and YRFI Mean in Baseball?<\/p>\n The term NRFI indicates no runs scored in the first inning. Its opposite, YRFI, indicates yes, a run will be scored in the first inning. It doesn’t matter if the run qualifies as an earned run or not. If a run crosses the plate in the first inning for either team, the wager loses for the NRFI side and wins for the YRFI side.<\/p>\n This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 8, 2026, where it first appeared in the Sports Betting<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s a lighter slate Monday with roughly half of the league having the day off. We have eight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[18619,2320,80664,3961,102587,363,369,101535,480,2329,99,364,2331,18708],"class_list":["post-691832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-blue-jays","tag-cleveland-guardians","tag-gavin-williams","tag-logan-webb","tag-miles-mikolas","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-patrick-corbin","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-sports","tag-toronto-blue-jays","tag-washington-nationals","tag-will-warren"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}