hi it's miton picd dogs.com here with your free pick in the Reds versus A's Major League Baseball matchup on Thursday August 29th 2024 if you like all the free picks we do at pic dogs you'll love our premium picks our Best Bets you just go to picd dogs.com click on the premium picks tab also put a link directly below this video in the description if uh you bet more than $1,000 per game have like $10,000 plus bankroll we also have VIP plans available but these are always long-term plans you're looking for only long-term plans and you have a big text the number you see on the screen our regular premium picks are awesome we have short-term and long-term something for everyone I bet mine every day so click on that link for those but anyways let's get to it Cincinnati Reds taking on the Oakland A's in Cincinnati odd time star in this one 510 eastern time you don't see that one too often but the Reds and the A's certainly two teams that you know have some quality players certainly neither of them have quit on the season but the thing about these teams is that you know while they continue to play hard they been outmanned for the bulk of the Season as well and certainly shows in that win loss column these are the type of teams that you know maybe once every few years they're going to be able to compete and for the Oakland A of course this is their last season in Oakland they are headed to Vegas but they stop over in Sacramento along the way so um the A's um you know certainly you know like playing it out and you know I don't know what they're going to call them next year or anything like that but you know the thing is that they've got out with a lot of heart and a lot of guts this season not in last place in the American League West the place where we have seen them so many times for this particular game JP Sears gets the ball Sears has been you know hot and cold this season last time out allowing five runs against the Milwaukee Brewers three runs two starts back so when we look at his erra for the season 4.35 he's allowed 21 home runs striking out 113 batters over 144 and 2/3 Innings of work over his last three starts it's a 4.42 erra when we look at the uh Cincinnati Reds for this matchup they go with uh Julian agar and uh agar has um you know not seen a lot of action here he has started two games he went six Innings last time out against the Pittsburgh Pirates allowing two runs and three hits over that span striking out four and prior to that it was four Innings allowing two runs against the Toronto Bluejays this will be his first home start and he prior to this most of his uh work has been in relief He's listed on the roster as a relever we look at the way these teams are hitting the baseball coming into this game the uh Reds are hitting left-handed pitching you know Sears is a lefty at 278 on the season you know the A's are hitting overall pretty good as a team and you know they've been Scrappy and the A's Bullpen has certainly been the better of the two with a 3.66 ER over their last 10 games with the Reds at 4.63 Sears is a crafty veteran and you know he certainly um you know hangs around you know for for a good reason you know he certainly has a big high side agar probably the best is still ahead of him as well but I think in this particular game just think the A's are playing Better Baseball I'll take the Oakland A's and that's going to be my free pick of course while doing your picks putting your bets in use our free betting tools at sportschatplace.com 100% free and they'll help put you on the most favorable bets on the board today