I love the Rays in this spot. I thought the A's were going to be in trouble without Cespedes and it is slowly catching up to them as they are only hitting .218 in their last 5 vs. RHP. Rays are slowly heating up with the bats led by Evan Longoria who has 4 HR in his last 5 games and I hope I will start to heat up with some winning picks. The Rays have 20 runs in their last 3 games and will host the A's who have made their first road trip to the east coast and lost their first game last night. I think that continues here today with Hellickson on the mound who in 34 home starts before this year has a 2.84 ERA. He'll go against Jarrod Parker who had an awful spring and is parlaying that into an awful start with a 2.66 WHIP and an ERA over 10. I do think Parker will be okay, but he has a 4.54 ERA on the road and has just 3.05 K/9 and 6.17 BB/9 to start the year. That's not something you can turn around quickly and it won't likely be until he goes back to Oakland. TB has 38 AB vs. Parker and a .864 OPS and I think they will continue to rake today. I think we are getting great value on the Rays here because Oakland has been so hot, but that's about to flip as they lose their second game in a row.
