The A's have only seen Justin Steele (6 Ks), David Peterson (5 Ks), Patrick Corbin (5 & 4 Ks) and lefty openers, so I'm not sold on their lack of strikeouts vs. southpaws yet. Carlos Rodon has at least six strikeouts in 6/8 starts, missing with five twice. He recorded 45 strikeouts in 36.2 innings during April, and possesses a whiff rate near 44% on the slider now. With 32 strikeouts on the slider already, Rodon should lean into it and get up the strikeout ladder vs. a team that hasn't found success against that pitch. Seven K's (+126) 0.5u, eight K's (+255) 0.35u and nine Ks (+500) 0.15u. If you don't play strikeout ladders, take 0.5u on over 5.5 Ks at -147 at Caesars.