Christmas has come early. Our ATM machine (redundant, I know, making a point) from last year, Martin Maldonado, is in the starting lineup tonight for the Dads. Marty is "red-hot" at .231 on the season in limited time to raise his career average to a robust .203. I have missed Marty.

San Diego is 5-5 in their last 10 in terms of the over/under. However, the Athletics have seen nine runs, or more, in seven straight and are still winless at home. Even though they have yet to win a game at home, there have been nine runs, or more, in each of those four games. San Diego is only hitting .257 against left handers but Jeffrey Springs comes off four earned runs to the Cubs in his last outing and San Diego has just as much power throughout their lineup. The Athletics bullpen also currently own the AL’s worst ERA, 6.08.

Fading a 5th strikeout from Jeffrey Springs at -125 on FanDuel. This should be -150 on u4.5 in this matchup against the Padres.

I understand there are two quality pitchers on the bump here, but SacTown looks like a great place to hit and the ball really carries and these two lineups can mash. The A's bats were slow to come around in their first series in this AAA park but that's going to change. The A's have been an over team and Slam Diego will like hitting in this park vs this staff more than what they see at home vs the NL West.