Today's top games to watch, best bets, odds: Brewers vs. Rays World Series Game 1, Knicks at Celtics and more

Find best bets and props for the biggest games in sports on Friday from the SportsLine Projection Model and top CBS Sports experts Here's a warning to fans of teams with bloated payrolls, in big television markets, that wait for the three-run homer: The World Series you are about to see may be disturbing. The 2026 World Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays is a celebration of small: small payrolls, small markets and small ball. The series features the highest combined payroll rank (47) in a World Series on record. The matchup also has the smallest combined television market in a World Series since 1985 when St.

Louis and Kansas City squared off. And Brewers vs. Rays also pits the two lineups that ranked first and second in all of baseball in batting average and last and second-to-last in launch angle. Get $55 as a sign-up bonus with the latest Kalshi promo code CBSSPORTS55 after you trade $25+: The series opens with Game 1 on Friday night at American Family Field in Milwaukee. Presumed NL Cy Young Award winner Jacob Misiorowski (16-5, 1.80 ERA) takes the mound for the Brewers. Meanwhile, Nick Martinez (15-6, 3.10), who lives in the strike zone, gets the ball for the Rays. Milwaukee is a slight -189 money line favorite over Tampa