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Posted at 11:45 AM EST.

3:35 PM EST. Sean Manaea (LHP) is obviously a decent pitcher with good results this year but he’s the second best starter in this matchup and that’s our focus here. Oakland’s stock remains high while Toronto’s remains low and that, too increases the value on the Blue Jays. This wager is not about fading Manaea. It’s about getting behind Toronto’s ace and an ace he is.

Marcus Stroman (RHP) is well-regarded in the ERA column for this turn at Oakland Coliseum. Stroman’s recent form (3.86 ERA last five games) is indicator-supported. He’s been difficult to barrel up, and the Coliseum tamps down the potential danger of the Oakland offense, which ranks 28th in home OPS and first in the same stat on the road. The 27-year-old right-hander owns a 2.35 ERA over his last five road starts but it’s more than that. Stroman’s 5.20 surface ERA is hugely misleading.

After six weeks on the DL for shoulder fatigue, Stroman returned to the rotation in late June. His early 2018 results were poor (7.71 ERA, 1.71 WHIP in 37 innings over seven starts), and while some of that was certainly his own doing (way too many walks) and likely attributable to his tired shoulder, he was also unlucky (36% hit rate) and unsupported by his bullpen mates (54% strand rate). Truth be told, when healthy, Stroman is one of the best and most reliable pitchers in the game. Take out the first three months of this season and count everything after that and before that and his 6.7 WAR (Wins Above Replacement) is 13th in the league, right behind guys like Stephen Strasburg, Jacob deGrom, Madison Bumgarner, and Zack Greinke. His 60.1% ground-ball rate topped all pitchers last season and his 62% rate tops all pitchers this year. Stroman’s ground-ball rate in 2016, 2017 and 2018 is the highest over a three-year period (min. 300 innings pitched) this decade. Inducing a lot of groundballs is a good thing, largely because ground balls can’t become homers. Stroman’s 0.87 HR/9 over his career is indicative of that; it places second among qualified starters only to Clayton Kershaw. Stroman is back and throwing well and we therefore must go after prices like this on him.

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