Larry Ness
May 31 '21, 4:10 PM in 2h
MLB | A's vs Mariners
Play on: A's -130 at Mirage
My free play is on the Oak A's at 4:10 ET.
The Mariners welcome the A's to T-Mobile Park coming off a four-game sweep of the 22-33 Rangers that has them back at .500 (27-27) on the season. The A's easily won the AL West in 2020 but opened the current season 0-6. However, even though the A's just finished a seven-game homestand 3-4 (scoring a total of just 21 runs!), Oakland will take the field on Memorial Day at 31-24, good enough to lead the division by 1 1/2-games over second-place Houston.
Monday's pitching matchup will feature a pair of rookies, James Kaprielian (2-0, 1.53 ERA) of Oakland and Logan Gilbert (0-2, 7.59 ERA) of Seattle. The 27-year-old Kaprielian made just two relief appearances in 2020 (3.2 IP) but in three starts here in 2021 (his first major-league start came May 12 at Boston), he's 2-0 (team is 3-0) with a 1.53 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 23-8 KW ratio and a .156 BAA. Gilbert's a 24-year-old rookie who has also made three starts in 2021. He struggled badly in his first two starts (6.2 IP / 7 ERs allowed) but had his best outing last week at Oakland, giving up two runs on four hits over four innings (settled for a no-decision in Seattle's 4-3 win). However, Logan's numbers hardly match Kaprielian's numbers (see above), as he owns a 7.59 ERA, 1.41 WHIP and a .283 BAA.
Seattle comes in as the hotter team but Oakland is the better team plus Kaprielian is the better pitcher. Enough said.
Good luck...Larry
May 31 '21, 4:10 PM in 2h
MLB | A's vs Mariners
Play on: A's -130 at Mirage
My free play is on the Oak A's at 4:10 ET.
The Mariners welcome the A's to T-Mobile Park coming off a four-game sweep of the 22-33 Rangers that has them back at .500 (27-27) on the season. The A's easily won the AL West in 2020 but opened the current season 0-6. However, even though the A's just finished a seven-game homestand 3-4 (scoring a total of just 21 runs!), Oakland will take the field on Memorial Day at 31-24, good enough to lead the division by 1 1/2-games over second-place Houston.
Monday's pitching matchup will feature a pair of rookies, James Kaprielian (2-0, 1.53 ERA) of Oakland and Logan Gilbert (0-2, 7.59 ERA) of Seattle. The 27-year-old Kaprielian made just two relief appearances in 2020 (3.2 IP) but in three starts here in 2021 (his first major-league start came May 12 at Boston), he's 2-0 (team is 3-0) with a 1.53 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 23-8 KW ratio and a .156 BAA. Gilbert's a 24-year-old rookie who has also made three starts in 2021. He struggled badly in his first two starts (6.2 IP / 7 ERs allowed) but had his best outing last week at Oakland, giving up two runs on four hits over four innings (settled for a no-decision in Seattle's 4-3 win). However, Logan's numbers hardly match Kaprielian's numbers (see above), as he owns a 7.59 ERA, 1.41 WHIP and a .283 BAA.
Seattle comes in as the hotter team but Oakland is the better team plus Kaprielian is the better pitcher. Enough said.
Good luck...Larry
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