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2019 MLB Season
(8-12) Toronto Blue Jays vs. Oakland Athletics (11-10)
Date: Saturday, April 20, 2019
Time: 4:07 PM ET
Venue: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California
Projected Pitchers: Shoemaker vs. Fiers
MLB Moneyline Odds: A’s -141 | Blue Jays +131
MLB RunLine Betting Odds: OFF
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: 8½
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Toronto Blue Jays
The Blue Jays beat Minnesota, 7–4, on Thursday to get out of town having won three of four against the Twins. Clay Buchholz couldn’t get through five but the Jays picked him up in the win.
Matt Shoemaker has needed little help to begin his Blue Jays career. The largely average pitcher has started 3–0, becoming the sixth pitcher in franchise history to win in his first three appearances. He didn’t factor in the decision last time out in Minnesota, despite going six inning and giving up three.
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After back-to-back starts that read two hits and no earned runs, Shoemaker has given up five runs in just under 12 innings. That’s still pretty good but closer to par for the course for him. He isn’t going to turn into a Cy Young in Toronto and this will be his toughest test yet.
Oakland Athletics
But Oakland hasn’t quite found that groove that made it my World Series pick for most of the season a year ago. That prediction didn’t matriculate, obviously, but the A’s were as good as any team in baseball for the last 100 games of the season.
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This year, Oakland has started off ok. It is one of four teams in the AL West with a record over .500 entering Friday’s games. Nick Martini should be back soon and Matt Olson has perhaps another month. Sean Manaea is waiting in the wings and could be back sometime after the All-Star Break. Remember, he was Oakland’s ace before going down last last season.
Olson is also a valuable piece as a legitimate power threat who hit 53 home runs in 220 games between 2017 and 2018. He also plays the smoothest first base in the league. Kendrys Morales has struggled in his place, thus far.
But the A’s still have four guys with an OPS+ over 150, including catcher Josh Phegley, who looks like he’s going to be a big upgrade, offensively, over Jonathan Lucroy from a season ago.
MLB Baseball Betting Trends:
- TOR are 3-8 in their last 11 road games.
- TOR are 4-10 in their last 14 games as an underdog.
- TOR are 3-7 in their last 10 games on grass.
- Over is 8-1 in OAK last 9 overall.
- Over is 8-1 in OAK last 9 on grass.
- OAK are 44-14 in their last 58 games as a favorite.
- Over is 5-2-2 in the last 9 meetings in Oakland.
Free Toronto Blue Jays vs. Oakland Athletics MLB Prediction: Oakland.
The A’s are priced too low on Friday and they’ll probably be too low in this one, too. I’ll take the A’s to sweep, if I may, before the series begins on Friday.
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