MLB Betting Insights: Analyzing Athletics vs. Royals Matchup

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Aug 17, 2026
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Listen, you're a favorite team the athletics
Langoliers, right? Saba strummed and it's all on the IL right and you know how much I love my first five with Michael walker
I can't do it. I can't do it
Just the first five because I want nothing to do in the since
First five I'm not that bullpen of the Royals, you know, and I both know
No horrible. They also if I'm not mistaken
You know arguably there's I don't think he's had that awesome of a year
But Michael Garcia has been one of the Royals best hitters. He's back tonight
Yes for the Royals been on the injured list to Caglione has had a good year
Look, it's either take it's either fade the A's the rest of the season or do nothing. Are the A's gonna win?
Ten more games
Maybe maybe maybe they win ten between now and the end of the season
so you don't want to be on the side where they win and you go against them and maybe the Royals are just what the
Doctor ordered for them
But I ain't gonna do it Joe. You just illustrated it
They don't have Langoliers now and they don't have Tyler saw this from this lineup. No is like an absolute disaster for them
their pitching is even worse and
I quite frankly, they're ten wins. I will say this for them
They're probably gonna have to come on the road because they are gonna get absolutely
Hammered now at home with these teams coming in and scoring runs now, they can't even catch up to them anymore. So
On paper. This may be the easiest series. They have Joe the rest of the season, but I can't do it
I can't think they can't do it. No now it's and I don't want nothing to do with the Royals bullpen, but
Walker has been phenomenal at keeping the ball in the ballpark
He's another guy that gets no run support all year, but keeps his teams in games here
I think he's gone eight straight starts without a win and it's not because he's given up a ton of runs
It's because his team just won't score. I think I thought he pitched great against the Dodgers last time out
So yeah, I'm I'm looking at this lineup for the A's and I this is a triple-a team half of these guys
Here
It's I mean it honestly is a triple-a team here right now. So yeah, I'm gonna lay to half a run in the first five
I'm gonna take the Royals to get it done
It's just that bullpen is so gross. If you think the athletics is good
The bullpen of the Royals is even worse and my question isn't we know anybody Joe
Amazing
Hey, they couldn't even go away since since April the A's are
31 and 61
31 and that's 30 games under 500 over the course of the season is horrendous
Wow, we haven't finished the year yet
This is like the White Sox of a couple of years ago when they won 40-something games. It's been that bad for them
