Could the Athletics’ Run Line Hold the Key to Shocking the Rangers Tonight?
Before the season started, my buddy Geoff Clark told me he liked the Athletics this year. The only thing that I could think of was “Why?” What has the franchise done successfully since finding a way to have Brad Pitt star in a movie about them? Geoff might be onto something though, as the Athletics are 15-15 and no longer a team that you can just instantly fade. They have been one of under 10 teams that have a winning record on the road. You might want to read that again, there are just seven teams with winning road records, only three in the American League, and the Athletics are one of them. That’s impressive stuff if you ask me. Also fairly impressive this season is Luis Severino who has thrown to a 1-3 record with a 3.49 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP to this point in the year. Severino, I assume, was signed so that he could be traded at a later date. He has three quality starts for the year, and two rough ones. His bad starts, he allowed 10 earned runs in 13 innings, including four total homers. Outside of those two games, 25.2 innings, five earned runs, no homers. He is either brilliant or hittable. Rangers hitters might be able to get to him as they have a lifetime .276 average collectively against him.
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