3* THE BIG UNDERDOG
Oakland Athletics +159
Fading the Texas Rangers along with the public here. Every spot I have checked, the Rangers are loved by the public right now. Everyone's lining up to get down with Darvish tonight. Well most of you know, when everyone loves one side, play the other.
When looking closer at this game, The A's have been Yu Darvish's kryptonite. Oakland has won 8 of their last 9 overall and 5 straight in Texas with Darvish on the mound. On the surface this looks like a big time pitching mis-match, but Manaea is actually in better recent form then Darvish. In their last 3 starts, Manaea has a WHIP of 1.00 and an ERA of 2.70 while Darvish is 1.37 and 2.93 as the Rangers have lost all 3 starts.
Bottomline here is that the A's are playing better ball than the Rangers right now. Oakland has won 4 of their last 5 games and the Rangers are 6-14 their last 20 games.