The set-up: The A's come in off their first win of the season, a tight, extra innings 4-3 victory over the defending champs at home last night, and they can obviously not afford to take the foot off the gas here. The A's play with revenge here as well after droppping all four of their seasoning opening home series vs. the Astros. Off a 4-2 win at LA two nights ago, the Astros return home for the first time this season.

The pick: The A's hand the ball to Cole Irvin for his first start of the year. He features a five-pitch arsenal, highlighted by a 90.9 MPH sinker. Chrisitan Javier got hit hard in his opener and note that he's a terrible 0-2 with a ballooned 6.94 ERA in 11.2 innings vs. the A's in his career. The fact that the Astros haven't seen Irvin yet is working in favor of Oakland as well here. While the outright is possible, I'm going to lay this very reasonable price for the extra 1.5 runs.

This is a 10* DESTRUCTION on the A's.