Chad Hartsock

Consultant

Chad is a teacher and minister by training, and a fantasy sports enthusiast and sports bettor by hobby. Chad lives in the Great Smoky Mountains, and he especially loves NCAAF, NFL, NCAAB, and MLB. Chad has been handicapping for Pickswise since 2022.

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Location

Tennessee

Favorite Sports

Favorite Teams

Greatest Betting Win

I have two favorite betting memories. My favorite bet, and my biggest single win, was the 2022 Super Bowl exact result–Rams over Bengals. I placed the futures bet at the beginning of the playoffs when both teams were the #4 seed, and it carried something like +1500 odds. Those playoffs were fun.

Greatest Achievements

As a proud Baylor alum, it would have to be betting on Baylor basketball to win the 2021 national championship. I do not blindly back my team, but Baylor was an underdog to Gonzaga and I saw that win coming, so I emptied my account on it.

Education

Chad has a bachelor’s degree from Carson-Newman University, a masters of divinity from Baylor University, and an Ph.D. in biblical studies from Baylor University. He taught at the college level for 11 years (thus earning the nickname “the Professor” in some betting circles). Chad has published two books and numerous academic articles, but sports writing came along later, first as a hobby and now as a daily activity.

Experience

Chad has been playing fantasy sports since 2003, and betting for as long as it has been legal in Tennessee. Chad also loves casino sportsbooks and table games, and he frequently turns up at Harrah’s in Cherokee NC or the Hard Rock Casino in Bristol VA. He began his handicapping career with friends on a small website and podcast in 2021 (the now-archived ScoopAndScoreSports.com, a venture that fizzled out because none of them knew how to run a website properly.) He joined the Pickswise team in 2022, and he writes college football, college basketball, and MLB. Chad has been among the team’s best pickers in each of those sports, and he loves nothing more than getting a pick right for the Pickswise community, especially when the public is going the other way.

Favorite betting market / type

Same Game Parlays & Player Props.

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Chad's Picks

Money Line Pick

LA Dodgers Win(-160)

Reasoning

The Arizona Diamondbacks will host the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday to begin a series. The Dodgers are cruising along with a 5.5 game lead in the NL West, as everyone expected. The D-Backs are playing well, but they were swept on the road in Seattle over the weekend. Breaking that losing streak against the Dodgers is a tall order. The Dodgers are heavy favorites, as they are most nights, but it is still in a playable range.

The pitching matchup is Emmet Sheehan and Eduardo Rodriguez. E-Rod is certainly the better of the two pitchers right now. He has logged quality starts in 4 of his last 5 outings, and the other start came at Coors Field. Sheehan has been just kind of average for the Dodgers. “Average” is plenty good enough with that offense though, and given the pitching injuries in the rotation, the Dodgers will take what they are getting. He has given up 4 runs in 4 of 10 starts, and the other 6 starts have been strong. The D-Backs have not seen him much, which is an advantage. On the other hand, the Dodgers have logged tons of at-bats against Rodriguez, many of them with a lot of success. That past success will likely yield good results again on Monday. I’ll take the Dodgers on the money line.

Dodgers vs Diamondbacks Prediction: Dodgers ML (-160) available at the time of publishing. Playable to -170.

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Chad Hartsock