The Oakland A’s are no longer the surprise team that they were in the 2012 season when they made a furious second half charge to steal the American League West Division championship from the Texas Rangers that was one of the greatest comebacks in the history of the game. The Cleveland Indians have gone from a surprise wild card playoff team that made big profits last year to a team that is going through a painful market correction as they were fighting to get out of the basement of the American League Central Division. The Cleveland Indians will host the Oakland A’s in a 3 game American League weekend series that will take place on Friday through Sunday at Progressive Field. Game time for Friday and Saturday night is set for 7:05 PM ET while Sunday afternoon’s game is set for 1:05 PM ET.
Oakland Loads Up
The Oakland A’s were one of the top money makers on the board and had the metrics of a team that could go far with the MLB Lines. Oakland ranked 5th in MLB for run production, 4th for OPS, 2nd for earned run average, and 3rd for quality starts. The Indians were one of the top money losers on the board and ranked 25th for quality starts.
The Matchup and Pick!
Heading into this series the Oakland A’s have won 11 out of their last 20 games against the Cleveland Indians with just 8 out of the last 20 games between the A’s and Indians going over the total. The Oakland A’s and Cleveland Indians have split their last 20 games at Progressive Field with 10 wins for each team as just 4 out of the last 20 games between the A’s and Indians at Progressive Field have gone over the total. With both teams coming off post season appearances and among the top money winners on the MLB betting board last year and with their both being among the favorites to make it back to the post season we’ll call for the underdog in each game of this series and each game to go under the total!