For the first time since 1985, the Kansas City Royals will take part in the MLB playoffs. Kansas City will host the Oakland Athletics for the AL Wild Card game at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday night. James Shields will oppose Jon Lester in this play-in game for the right to advance to the Divison Series round against the Los Angeles Angels. We are going to bank on the host Royals as they end the season for the A’s.
Royals banking on ‘Big Game James’ tonight
Kansas City will hand the ball to James Shields on Tuesday night in the hopes of sending the Royals to the Division Series against the Angels. Shields has plenty of post-season experience after pitching for Tampa Bay in the 2008 World Series. He won the only game of that series for the Rays, who lost in five games to the Phillies. He will be facing a team that has stumbled into the playoffs after almost botching their chances.
Athletics ask their own star acquisition for a win
Jon Lester, acquired at this year’s trade deadline from Boston, will take the mound on Tuesday for Oakland. Despite the addition of Lester, Jeff Samardzija, Jonny Gomes, Adam Dunn and Jason Hammel, the A’s collapsed over the final two months of the season to lose the AL West, the top Wild Card spot and barely make it into the playoffs. Many experts blamed their collapse on the trade of Yoenis Cespedes to the Red Sox in the Lester deal.
On Tuesday night, the MLB playoffs take center stage as the American League Wild Card game pits the Royals against the Athletics in Kansas City. We will place our bet over at SportsBetting.ag, where the A’s are favored on the road. We are going to drop 10 percent of our bankroll on the host Royals and the -102 money line.
Chris Wassel
AA, AAS
CURRENTLY
Sports Writer and Journalist
RESIDES IN
Rahway, NJ
EDUCATION
Union County College, Montclair State University
EXPERTISE
Business, Writing, Sports, Food, Grilling, Olympics, Injuries, Politics, and more
Summary
Member of FSWA, FSGA, and a variety of Sports Betting Groups.
Lead arranger of news and injury reports for Rotoballer Hockey. Also did the news lead for NASCAR on the same site coming out of COVID.
Strategy and mapping out of various sports betting and sports articles for MyNHLTradeRumors and gambling.com.
Runs a hockey and fantasy hockey podcast that teaches fantasy hockey players how to improve their skills.
Experience
Chris Wassel has 20+ years of sports journalistic experience in various disciplines..
His ability to play sports is well documented. Most people in the business just write. However, Chris will race cars and even a super Moto bike from time to time. There is that fitness and hiking/cycling aspect too.
Chris has climbed mountains from Mount Washington to Mount San Jacinto in Palm Springs, California. For those that do not know. Chris also dabbles in food eating contests and challenges. Having a unique background with friends including Joey Chestnut and Casey Webb, Chris has the ability to eat a whole 16-pound turkey or a 32 inch meat lover's pizza.
Since 2013, Chris has primarily focused on sports writing and fitness. On social media, he will answer any question in many different aspects. Even Chris's ability to wager on Entertainment and US Elections is well documented. He was able to predict Joe Biden's inevitable dip in approval rating below 40%.
Throughout his career, Chris has worked at a lot of places from DraftKings to USA Today and much more.
Finally, Chris has been nominated for quite a few awards from the Fantasy Sports Writers Association for Hockey Writer Of The Year. Also, there have been a number of amazing fantasy hockey championships from expert to high-stake leagues.
Education
Chris received an Associates from Union Country College for business and accounting. Chris did sports journalism work at Montclair State University covering the hockey, baseball, and football teams.
Quote from Chris Wassel
"Do Not Think, Just Do.”
Education
1999 Graduate of Union County College
1993 Graduate of Rahway High School
Professional Achievements
Media credentialed member of the New Jersey Devils since 2010
Covered several NHL Drafts including the one day event in Newark in 2013
Been on countless podcasts, TV shows, and more including Sportsnet and even NHL Network