The Athletics finished off a wild four-game sweep of the Rangers on Thursday for their sixth consecutive victory. They turn around on short rest Friday in Denver against an almost equally hot Rockies club that has own eight of its past 10. There's decent value at this thin price behind the Rockies, who have won four straight starts by Kyle Freeland against winning opposition and are 6-1 in his past seven home outings. Look for him to get the better of a good pitching matchup with surging Sean Manaea of Oakland.

Most trends are useless, but this is one that I just cannot ignore and have followed to quite a bit of success. It's simple. Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland has made 24 career starts at home in Coors Field during his career. The Under is 20-4 in those starts. That includes a mark of 7-1 in 2018.

My data suggests there will be a maximum of nine runs crossing the plate Friday between the Athletics and Rockies in Colorado, providing a massive value position on the Under against a total of 11.5. Oakland is on a 7-3-2- run to the Under in interleague contests, while Colorado has played Under in five straight home games against left-handed starters.