MLB - 975 Oakland Athletics @ 976 Kansas City Royals
(Starting Pitchers: T. Milone vs W. Davis)
Oakland will start Tommy Milone tonight, who has been terrible as of late with five straight non-quality starts! Things get even worse when I mention that only one of these five teams are top ranked offenses according to my numbers: St Louis! Thanks to that, Milone ended June with a 4.42 ERA and an outright horrible 5.55 FIP and 5.29 xFIP! Milone is a flyball pitcher (48.2%) and he is protected at home on Oakland's pitcher-friendly park, but his 5.07 ERA on road games say how much he struggles outside Oakland. Milone was able to have a nice start against the Royals at home with one earned run allowed in six innings, but now at Kansas City and with the Royals coming from two good offensive series against Minnesota and Cleveland, I believe Milone will get pounded tonight against a Royals team that has the 4th best .BA (.272) in the league versus LH pitchers.
On the other hand, Wade Davis will start for the Royals and he had been on a nice run while facing some tough matchups like Minnesota, Detroit, Tampa Bay and the White Sox, until he exploded on his last start with six earned runs allowed in just one inning against Minnesota. I believe Wade will bounce back today from this terrible outing, as everybody can have a bad day. He has a very interesting 7.95 K/9 this season and his 19.3% K% in June are also very good. I believe the Royals will have a SP edge tonight, while their offense is also carrying some momentum right now. Looking at the current line, the Royals have a lot of value as a home dog tonight and so, I'll be taking them in here.
Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 976 Kansas City Royals ML (w/ W. Davis) @ +110 / 2.10 on 5Dimes
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