MLB Odds: Mets vs. Athletics prediction, odds, pick

Max Scherzer will start for the Mets against the Athletics. J.P. Sears starts for Oakland. The Mets beat the Oakland Athletics on Saturday. MLB odds series includes our Mets Athletics prediction, odds, and pick. It's a big game for Max Scherzers as he usually wins in big moments. He shut out the Brewers in six innings. Last week he beat Luis Castillo twice. New York beat Oakland on the Saturday, so they're motivated. They're also going to play the A's on Sunday. Their odds are against them. it's the same as the previous game.

The Mets played a bad game on Saturday. The team has been too good for too long to stumble. The Mets are in the middle of a heated division race with the Atlanta Braves.

The Athletics split a four-game series against the Yankees earlier this summer. J.P. Sears has beaten Luis Castillo twice in the last month. If the A’s could hammer Jacob deGrom on Saturday, they can beat Mad Max on Sunday.

Sears could outpitch Scherzer, but the Mets’ bad game on Saturday makes this a good bounce-back spot for them on Sunday.