93% of bets are on Boston Red Sox in Athletics at Boston Red Sox — heavy public lean on a August 7, 2026 matchup.
| Market | Side | Bet % | Money % | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moneyline | Athletics | 7% | 15% | +240 |
| Boston Red Sox | 93% | 85% | -230 | |
| Run line | Athletics +1.5 | 6% | 2% | +110 |
| Boston Red Sox -1.5 | 94% | 98% | -115 | |
| Total | Over 8.5 | 56% | 62% | +110 |
| Under 8.5 | 44% | 38% | +115 |
Athletics at Boston Red Sox is one of the slate's lopsided public plays. 93% of the bet count on the moneyline market is sitting on Boston Red Sox — the kind of one-way lean that usually shows up on a name-brand team in a high-profile primetime slot, not a coin-flip matchup.
The money side tells a slightly different story: 85% of dollars on Boston Red Sox versus 93% of tickets. That's a small gap by itself, but in the context of a 90%+ public bet count, even a few points of money lag suggests the average bet on Athletics is materially larger. Books price these games knowing the public is coming — the line builds in the lean — which is why heavy public favorites historically underperform their implied win rate against the spread.
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Public favorites still win plenty of games — they are usually the better team. Where the public underperforms is against the spread on big-name teams in nationally televised games.
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In our season-to-date sample, the side with more money than bets covers slightly more than half the time. The edge grows with the size of the bet/money gap.
Bet% is the share of tickets wagered on a side. Money% is the share of dollars. They diverge when one side draws bigger bets per ticket than the other.
Look for 15+ point gaps where the money is on the unpopular side. Those are the games where the average bet size is doing the talking.
When 70%+ of bets land on one side, the line builds in some of that lean — so the public favorite is rarely a value bet, even when it's the better team. Watch where the money lands relative to the bet count. See our methodology →
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Last updated: August 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM UTC
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