MLB bets: The Oakland A’s have been one of the best teams in baseball and best bets on the MLB board for the past three seasons and are again making big profits for their backers as the lead team in the American League West. The Detroit Tigers have been the top team in the American League Central and yet have failed to deliver profits for the past two seasons as a consistent overlay. The Detroit Tigers will host the Oakland A’s at Comerica Park on Monday night with a starting time of 7 PM ET. The teams have met in the AL playoffs the past two seasons with Detroit winning both series.
Losing while Winning
The Detroit Tigers were -377 units overall and -524 units on the run line as they went under the total in just 17 out of 38 home games. Detroit ranked 5th for run production, 2nd for batting average and 3rd for OPS. Detroit ranked 23rd for staff earned run average and 11th for quality starts.
In the Green and Gold
Oakland was 23-14 on the road with a mark of +983 units overall and +1367 on the run line. The A’s were the top run producing team in MLB and ranked 4th for OPS and 4th for home runs. Oakland ranked 2nd for staff earned run average and 4th for quality starts.
The Pick
The Tigers and A’s have split their last 20 meetings with just 7 out of those 20 games going under the total. Detroit has won 11 out of their last 20 home games against Oakland with just 3 of those 20 games going under the total. We’ll call for the underdog and over the total in this one!
