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Toronto Blue Jays at Oakland Athletics
Play: Toronto Blue Jays -130
The Toronto Blue Jays will attempt to bounce back from Monday night's loss at Oakland Coliseum against the A's. The inconsistency of both teams have resulted in disappointing starts to the 2017 campaign. The fact that Ryon Healy is Oakland's offensive savior and provided all the offense in Oakland's 5-3 triumph on Monday, belting a three run homer in the second inning and a two-run shot two innings later, speaks to how far the Athletics will climb the American League West standings the final four months of the MLB regular season slate.
First pitch for tonight's west coast contest is scheduled for 10:05 p.m. ET and pits the Blue Jays Marco Estrada (4-3, 3.86 ERA) against Athletics Jesse Hahn (1-4, 3.81).
How inconsistent are the A's offensively? Oakland has scored a total of 25 runs over their last three games after registering a mere seven over their previous three events. Toronto's ace, Estrada, is coming off a poor showing allowing seven runs on nine hits in just short of 4 innings of work versus the New York Yankees. Before being hit hard by the Yanks the Blue Jays righty was 3-0 in his previous four trips to the mound.
When Estrada has his changeup working he is difficult to hit. Conversely, when his change is up in the zone the opposition looks like a club hitting the ball off a tee. Consistency is the theme for both of these franchises, or inconsistency rather, and that includes Estrada. The Toronto righty has allowed at least five runs in 25 percent of his starts while in the other 8 outings this season he's allowed a total of just nine earned runs. Despite the fact that Estrada’s ERA stands at 3.86 while his FIP is 3.58 making his surface numbers fit to his underlying peripherals he is currently not consistent enough to trust.
Oakland starter Jesse Hahn makes his first start since May 23rd. Hahn has been on the disabled list with a triceps strain. Tonight's trip to the Coliseum mound will be the first time the A's righty has faced the Blue Jays and the majority of their lineup. Hahn was pitching through his arm injury in May and wasn't effective. He is 1-1 in three home starts this year but surrendered 10 runs over 11 2/3 innings.
Hahn has been touted as the A's best starter but his underlying skills don't match his surface numbers nor do they equate to the near pick'em price in the event. Hahn's strikeout rate is minuscule at 8 percent while his walk ratio is even higher, at 9 percent. The A's righty has a porous 7.5% SwStr rate and he lives and dies by the ground ball (GB percentage at 57) but pitches in one of the best fly ball venues in the bigs.
All things being equal the oddsmakers should be giving the veteran Estrada the title of pitching chalk tonight in Oakland but the A's recent offensive surge has this Tuesday night affair at a near pick'em price point.
Toronto Blue Jays at Oakland Athletics
Play: Toronto Blue Jays -130
The Toronto Blue Jays will attempt to bounce back from Monday night's loss at Oakland Coliseum against the A's. The inconsistency of both teams have resulted in disappointing starts to the 2017 campaign. The fact that Ryon Healy is Oakland's offensive savior and provided all the offense in Oakland's 5-3 triumph on Monday, belting a three run homer in the second inning and a two-run shot two innings later, speaks to how far the Athletics will climb the American League West standings the final four months of the MLB regular season slate.
First pitch for tonight's west coast contest is scheduled for 10:05 p.m. ET and pits the Blue Jays Marco Estrada (4-3, 3.86 ERA) against Athletics Jesse Hahn (1-4, 3.81).
How inconsistent are the A's offensively? Oakland has scored a total of 25 runs over their last three games after registering a mere seven over their previous three events. Toronto's ace, Estrada, is coming off a poor showing allowing seven runs on nine hits in just short of 4 innings of work versus the New York Yankees. Before being hit hard by the Yanks the Blue Jays righty was 3-0 in his previous four trips to the mound.
When Estrada has his changeup working he is difficult to hit. Conversely, when his change is up in the zone the opposition looks like a club hitting the ball off a tee. Consistency is the theme for both of these franchises, or inconsistency rather, and that includes Estrada. The Toronto righty has allowed at least five runs in 25 percent of his starts while in the other 8 outings this season he's allowed a total of just nine earned runs. Despite the fact that Estrada’s ERA stands at 3.86 while his FIP is 3.58 making his surface numbers fit to his underlying peripherals he is currently not consistent enough to trust.
Oakland starter Jesse Hahn makes his first start since May 23rd. Hahn has been on the disabled list with a triceps strain. Tonight's trip to the Coliseum mound will be the first time the A's righty has faced the Blue Jays and the majority of their lineup. Hahn was pitching through his arm injury in May and wasn't effective. He is 1-1 in three home starts this year but surrendered 10 runs over 11 2/3 innings.
Hahn has been touted as the A's best starter but his underlying skills don't match his surface numbers nor do they equate to the near pick'em price in the event. Hahn's strikeout rate is minuscule at 8 percent while his walk ratio is even higher, at 9 percent. The A's righty has a porous 7.5% SwStr rate and he lives and dies by the ground ball (GB percentage at 57) but pitches in one of the best fly ball venues in the bigs.
All things being equal the oddsmakers should be giving the veteran Estrada the title of pitching chalk tonight in Oakland but the A's recent offensive surge has this Tuesday night affair at a near pick'em price point.
