Let me say this, I will never bet a 16-25 team at -250. I don’t care if the Dodgers are playing the worst Indian cricket team on the planet. No team 9 games under .500 should ever be favored by that much.
So bet the Oakland A’s tonight at +205? Not quite…
Sometimes a team will tell you a lot while not actually saying any words. The Oakland A’s are yelling from the mountaintop that they do not give one single fuck about this game.
How do I know that? Because the A’s are calling up 34 year old, Aaron Brooks, from AAA Las Vegas. But surely he’s being rewarded for his stellar play, right? Nope. Brooks has given up 29 runs this year to minor leaguers, 7 more runs than any pitcher on the fucking Oakland A’s AAA squad.
Do you know how bad you have to be to be the worst pitcher on the Oakland A’s AAA squad? You have to be 29 runs in 43.1 innings bad. The A’s have already called up 5 starters prior to purchasing Brook’s contract, they know who they have. They would be better off with the quarterback Aaron Brooks to be honest.
Look, I’m sure Aaron Brooks is a very good person. But I’m not the bad guy here. The A’s are the ones clearly throwing this guy to the wolves.
Like Bill Belichick said to Gronk in the Tom Brady Roast, “Stop doing your job. Do another job. Do somebody else’s job.”
Maybe I’m being too harsh on the guy. Maybe he can manage his way through the 16-25 Houston Astros lineup. But he probably can’t. The Astros have hit the ball all season and are getting even hotter right now. They are second in MLB in average, and I don’t give a shit what those analytics nerds say, batting average matters.
If you get on base, you score. And who gets on base more than the Astros at home? Not one team. Is it because they figured out a new way to cheat at home? I don’t care. They could come to the plate with pinata sized Mardi Gras heads banging trash cans holding video cameras. Just make us money.
You’re probably wondering why you wouldn’t just give the 1.5 runs with the Astros. Good wonder by you. I don’t trust Framber Valdez. The team has lost, or at least not covered, too many games over the years with Valdez on the mound. It looks like he mentally disappears at times.
And let’s give credit where credit is due. Despite the narrative around the Oakland A’s, mainly due to douchebag owner John Fisher, the A’s have played pretty good. They can score. And if Valdez has another mind wondering outing, the A’s will take advantage.
But I don’t care what the A’s do. This bet is all about what the Astros can and will do, score. The Astros team total is high at 5.5 +114, but they should hit that fairly easily. The A’s would be ecstatic if they could get 4 innings and 3 runs out of Brooks; maybe they even do. But someone has to finish the game, and the if it’s the A’s bullpen, we’ll all be a little richer.
Houston Astros team total over 5.5 +114
