Washington @ OAKLAND
OAKLAND +122 over Washington

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Posted at 11:45 AM EST. 

10:05 PM EST. Is there a hotter pitcher in MLB baseball than Stephen Strasburg? That would be a resounding no! Strasburg struck out 15 batters in his last start. The start before that, he whiffed 11. That’s 26 K’s over his last 14.2 innings. In 10 starts, Strasburg is 6-1 with a 2.94 ERA. The Nationals have won his last five starts and overall, Washington has won eight of his 10 starts. Strasburg has a BAA of .213 and he also has an incredible BB/K split of 18/74 over 67 innings. He also pitches for the first-place Nationals, who have a 10-game lead in their division and we just hit June.

Clayton Kershaw is in Milwaukee today. Stephen Strasburg is in Oakland. Milwaukee is 29-25 and in first place in the NL Central while the A’s are 23-30 and in last place in the AL West. Kershaw is a -220 favorite today while Strasburg is a mere -130 against an unrecognizable starter named Andrew Triggs. We have a serious problem with that discrepancy and you should too. Shouldn’t Strasburg be at least somewhere in the same range as Kershaw today? Strasburg is closer in price to Bronson Arroyo today than he is to Clayton Kershaw. You can join the thousands in line to bet Strasburg today in what appears to be a steal of a price or an early Father’s Day gift or you can join us in betting the team that the oddmakers don’t want us to play. In poker, you will often see a “clever” player make a small wager in relation to the pot in a no-limit game when he has a monster hand. That is called an invite bet, which prompts everyone left in the hand to call because the pot is so big and the bet is so small. This is an invite line that serves the same purpose. It is designed to make you lose money and many likely will accept the invitation. Bright red flags are going off here so be very careful if you were thinking Nats.

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Our Pick

OAKLAND +122 (Risking 2 units - To Win: 2.44)

Baltimore -1½ +124 over L.A. Angels
San Francisco +100 over San Diego
Toronto +120 over Tampa Bay
Washington +135 over Cincinnati
San Diego under 83½ -105
Boston under 79½ -110