2* A's/Angels Over 9.5 +100
I seen it the other day with the Indians/White Sox, and now I see it here. The Angels are swinging the bats well right now, and face a Righty who is forced into the starting rotation and has only 10 starts in his career, where he has an ERA close to 7. His strikeout to walk ratio was only .86 last year, which tells you he struggles with control and lacks the ability to work out of jams when needing the big "K". Also, he tends to keep the ball in the air moreso than on the ground. Normally I would fade Oakland coming off the big 9 spot they hung last night, but I feel their bats are just starting to get hot after getting shutout on opening day. On the hill for the Angels is lefty Joe Saunders, whose K/BB ratio is also pretty low. However he does do a little better job at keeping the ball on the ground. This guy was a rookie last year who did a solid job in 13 starts, but he did have a 4.71 ERA. Both starters are just fill-ins til the Big Arms at the top of the rotations get healthy for both teams. You may think they could be motivated tonight and trying to earn a spot, but I think they struggle with control problems and the Walks will catch up with them tonight.
uke1:
I seen it the other day with the Indians/White Sox, and now I see it here. The Angels are swinging the bats well right now, and face a Righty who is forced into the starting rotation and has only 10 starts in his career, where he has an ERA close to 7. His strikeout to walk ratio was only .86 last year, which tells you he struggles with control and lacks the ability to work out of jams when needing the big "K". Also, he tends to keep the ball in the air moreso than on the ground. Normally I would fade Oakland coming off the big 9 spot they hung last night, but I feel their bats are just starting to get hot after getting shutout on opening day. On the hill for the Angels is lefty Joe Saunders, whose K/BB ratio is also pretty low. However he does do a little better job at keeping the ball on the ground. This guy was a rookie last year who did a solid job in 13 starts, but he did have a 4.71 ERA. Both starters are just fill-ins til the Big Arms at the top of the rotations get healthy for both teams. You may think they could be motivated tonight and trying to earn a spot, but I think they struggle with control problems and the Walks will catch up with them tonight.
uke1:
