Question on the TEX 1H play...Giese usually has good stuff for a few innings and figures to last around 4-5, while Feldman is pretty iffy. Obviously TEX has the advantage in bats. The OAK pen is good, true, and considerably better than Texas', but the line is around fifteen points in favor of the game line for Texas. Do you not see value there in comparison to the 1H?
Considerably better is an understatement. Oakland has the best pen is baseball while the Rangers have the 4th worst in baseball. Ive seen these A's starters many times give up something like 4 runs in 5 innings and then the pen comes in and allows nothing, Giese is the guy I want to go against. He's had some major control issues so far and he's giving up some long balls. If he's giving some free passes tonight, those Texas bats can make him pay for it in a hurry.