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Should I Bet on the Oakland A's JP Sears?

Written by:

Don Shapiro

Published on:

Jun/11/2023

Should I Bet on the Oakland A's JP Sears?

Should bettors back JP Sears of the Oakland A's in today's game? Let's take a thorough look below.

Phillies @ Athletics

(June 16, 2023) - Sears gets his first win of the season having pitched quite well in recent games. We do expect him to take a step back here.

A 6-3 Taijuan Walker starts for Philadelphia too.

Athletics @ Brewers Recap

(June 11, 2023) This one looked like it might be a push coming into the 9th inning after there was a scoring frenzy early on with the total at 8. Don't let the final score fool you. Six of the 14 runs were scored in the 9th inning.

With Sears getting his first win after a series of strong starts, expect him to come down a notch his next start. That should be hosting the A's on Friday night and we should get a good enough price on Oakland since they'll be at home starting a good pitcher and playing a team near the .500 mark.

The Brewers, by the way, got swept in this one.

Athletics @ Brewers Pick

(June 11, 2023) Sears has been insanely good of late but has yet to get a win. He's 0-3 with a 4.20 ERA in 12 starts (64.1 innings pitched) this season. Sadly, this is all about the lackluster Athletics.

Oakland is a +170 dog in this one as they are playing in Milwaukee.

The Brewers have the sixth-fewest runs per game in MLB while fanning at an above average 24.3% clip with a righty on the hill.

The total here is 8. The Over was seeing greater than 65% of the action yet the oddsmakers have brought this one down from 8.5 to 8.

Oakland has allowed more than four runs in four of their last ten games. They've scored more than this number in half of the last ten.

Milwaukee has scored more than four runs in four of their last ten games.

Nine of the last ten meetings between these two teams have failed to go Over 8 runs.

What's to Love Here

Sears has been outstanding of late but is without a win and certainly "due"
Oddsmakers have moved the total down from 8.5 to 8 despite much of the action on the Over
Brewers have the 6th fewest runs per game
Three of the last four games Sears has started in have stayed Under the current total of 8
Sears has the ability to pitched to the 7th inning and kept his pitch count low his last start
Peralta hasn't had a win since May 21
Peralta struck out nine while allowing two runs in five innings Tuesday against the Orioles.