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- 0:17Speaker 1: You got a slip in your palm and a hole.
- 0:20Speaker 2: In your chest.
- 0:21Speaker 3: Black coffee on the felt, man.
- 0:23Speaker 1: You look like a mess.
- 0:26Speaker 2: Three-team parlay turned to dust in your head.
- 0:29Speaker 1: Now you stare at the chips like they made you
- 0:32Speaker 1: this mad.
- 0:34Speaker 3: But don't you go quiet, don't you fade from the floor.
- 0:38Speaker 2: Your name still means something to somebody for sure.
- 0:42Speaker 3: Put the glass down, baby.
- 0:45Speaker 1: Look at me now.
- 0:50Speaker 2: Hold on, hold on Not tonight, not now Hold on,
- 1:00Speaker 2: hold on Let me pull you out That fellow fights
- 1:09Speaker 2: hard But he don't get the crown Hold on, hold on,
- 1:18Speaker 2: stay with me now.
- 1:28Speaker 3: What's up, everybody? It's Toad back with you. Toadstool Sports.
- 1:31Speaker 3: It is Monday, September 14th. We went 2-2 on the
- 1:36Speaker 3: show yesterday. Week 1 NFL, not exactly great. It's never
- 1:41Speaker 3: really that good, although I think I'm 8-7 in the pick-em...
- 1:45Speaker 3: league overall that i'm in right now which is about
- 1:48Speaker 3: par for the course for me in week one but
- 1:50Speaker 3: carolina did not get it done that game was just
- 1:54Speaker 3: outrageous just carolina had way too many turnovers and that
- 1:58Speaker 3: definitely was part of the reason why they uh failed
- 2:01Speaker 3: to win and failed to cover uh again the bears
- 2:05Speaker 3: winning the turnover margin pisses me off man um I
- 2:10Speaker 3: think after that, though, the Bears are going to just
- 2:12Speaker 3: be overvalued still going into the next game. Oh, my God,
- 2:15Speaker 3: they put up 59 points. Yeah, okay, but their defense
- 2:17Speaker 3: was still total ass. I mean, the game was like 31,
- 2:22Speaker 3: what was it, 31-31 at halftime or something? It was ridiculous.
- 2:27Speaker 3: One of the highest scoring games you'll ever see. I
- 2:28Speaker 3: don't know what else to say about it. Just the
- 2:30Speaker 3: defenses did not even show up in that game on
- 2:33Speaker 3: either side. I have nothing else to say about it.
- 2:36Speaker 3: It's just ridiculous. The baseball card went pretty well. Both
- 2:41Speaker 3: overs hit. Although Anaheim-Washington was not looking great, but part
- 2:45Speaker 3: of the handicap was those bullpens are not good, and
- 2:47Speaker 3: the bullpens got us the over there. The bullpens did
- 2:50Speaker 3: not do well in that game. We got a lot
- 2:52Speaker 3: of late runs in that game to push that thing over.
- 2:55Speaker 3: And then Cincinnati did not get there, even though they
- 2:59Speaker 3: won on the full game. So that really irritates me.
- 3:02Speaker 3: And again, it was a situation where Burns got kind
- 3:05Speaker 3: of unlucky. I think he was in there longer than
- 3:07Speaker 3: three innings this time, if I'm not mistaken, and it
- 3:11Speaker 3: got to a point where they were losing the game
- 3:14Speaker 3: like two to one, and he'd only given up one hit,
- 3:17Speaker 3: but he'd allowed two runs. I mean, yeah, I don't
- 3:21Speaker 3: know what else to say about it, and then the
- 3:23Speaker 3: Reds win in the full game. There was no way
- 3:25Speaker 3: I was going to be backing the Reds' bullpen, so whatever,
- 3:27Speaker 3: and then the other over was really easy. Seattle and
- 3:30Speaker 3: the A's, that game flew over the total pretty easily,
- 3:33Speaker 3: so That was a good call. We move on today.
- 3:40Speaker 3: It is what it is. Pick the wrong NFL games.
- 3:42Speaker 3: Some of my other opinions were correct in the NFL,
- 3:45Speaker 3: of course, but we do have a play in the
- 3:47Speaker 3: NFL game tonight, which I already gave out, although I'll
- 3:49Speaker 3: reiterate it once I get to it. I'm going to
- 3:51Speaker 3: give out one baseball play here as well. We have
- 3:53Speaker 3: a Monday somewhat shorter baseball card here. White Sox and
- 3:58Speaker 3: Cleveland will be the first game up. This is a
- 4:01Speaker 3: big series. I mean, this is Potentially going to decide
- 4:04Speaker 3: the division as Cleveland is only a half game out
- 4:06Speaker 3: right now behind the White Sox. Both teams are going
- 4:09Speaker 3: to have to show up for this, although Cleveland is
- 4:11Speaker 3: returning home from a road trip. They just beat the
- 4:13Speaker 3: Twins in their most recent series. Too serious road trip.
- 4:17Speaker 3: You know, I always say it's difficult to return home
- 4:19Speaker 3: from the road. You got to get back to home life.
- 4:21Speaker 3: It inevitably becomes a distraction, at least to some extent,
- 4:25Speaker 3: even if this has to be a focus spot still
- 4:27Speaker 3: for Cleveland because they are facing the White Sox. But
- 4:30Speaker 3: it's still more of a negative spot for them. than
- 4:33Speaker 3: it is for the White Sox. The White Sox traveling
- 4:35Speaker 3: in mid-road trip from losing in St.
- 4:38Speaker 1: Louis.
- 4:39Speaker 3: So the White Sox probably potentially going to be in
- 4:42Speaker 3: more of a bounce-back spot here, I would say. However,
- 4:45Speaker 3: the pitching matchup definitely favors Cleveland in this one, though,
- 4:48Speaker 3: even though the spot does not. Cleveland, I believe, also
- 4:52Speaker 3: has the better bullpen. They used three guys out of
- 4:54Speaker 3: the bullpen yesterday. White Sox used two. Cleveland is number
- 4:58Speaker 3: 10 in bullpen right now, arranged by whip. That's pretty good.
- 5:02Speaker 3: White Sox number 15, although both ERAs are actually pretty good,
- 5:06Speaker 3: so these are both decent bullpens here. Cleveland is the
- 5:10Speaker 3: worst offense. They're number 29, arranged in OPS, arranged by OPS.
- 5:14Speaker 3: I mean, White Sox are 13th, tied with Atlanta and
- 5:17Speaker 3: the Yankees right now. However, the White Sox do have
- 5:20Speaker 3: a bullpen game going on here. Sean Newcomb is listed
- 5:23Speaker 3: as the opener here again. I think if you're going
- 5:26Speaker 3: to play this game, I think you should pick Williams
- 5:29Speaker 3: must start for Cleveland, but don't pick a starter for
- 5:31Speaker 3: the White Sox because It'll probably be Newcomb in for
- 5:34Speaker 3: the first inning or two, but we don't know exactly
- 5:37Speaker 3: what they're doing here. Newcomb has actually been pretty good,
- 5:40Speaker 3: and he has good numbers against Cleveland, but he's not
- 5:42Speaker 3: going to be out there for that long. So if
- 5:44Speaker 3: you want to try to gauge what you think the
- 5:46Speaker 3: White Sox are going to do here, you can go
- 5:48Speaker 3: five games back and try to figure it out. The
- 5:50Speaker 3: White Sox have not been playing good baseball recently, though.
- 5:53Speaker 3: If you go back and look, it was actually Davis
- 5:56Speaker 3: Martin pitched in the game five days ago, so is
- 5:58Speaker 3: he actually going to pitch today?
- 6:00Speaker 2: Um.
- 6:01Speaker 3: Probably not, because they haven't had any days off since then,
- 6:04Speaker 3: so he'd be on like four days rest. So my
- 6:07Speaker 3: guess is that Martin, yeah, Martin's pitching tomorrow. I was
- 6:09Speaker 3: going to say, yeah, I think he's pitching tomorrow. So yes,
- 6:11Speaker 3: it'll be a bullpen game for the White Sox here.
- 6:13Speaker 3: But like I said, Cleveland will have Gavin Williams pitching.
- 6:17Speaker 3: And I think they might have done this intentionally. Like,
- 6:19Speaker 3: let's push Williams back to the White Sox series and
- 6:22Speaker 3: have him pitch in a more meaningful game here. So
- 6:26Speaker 3: Williams has a couple extra days off here. That might help.
- 6:29Speaker 3: Maybe it'll make him a little bit fresher because he
- 6:31Speaker 3: is a hard thrower. He gets a lot of strikeouts.
- 6:34Speaker 3: But pitchers like to stay on schedule, too, so maybe
- 6:37Speaker 3: moving him back a little bit maybe throws him off
- 6:39Speaker 3: a little bit, potentially. Williams, good season, though. 3.78 ERA, 1.09 whip.
- 6:45Speaker 3: He's got a 3.01 home ERA. He's good at home.
- 6:48Speaker 3: He's been racking up a ton of strikeouts, double-digit strikeouts
- 6:51Speaker 3: in three of his last four outings. The outing where
- 6:54Speaker 3: he didn't was absolutely atrocious, though. against Anaheim. I have
- 6:57Speaker 3: no idea what that was, but he bounced back very
- 7:00Speaker 3: nicely in his last two starts. He's been facing weak
- 7:03Speaker 3: offenses over the last few starts, though, but Cleveland is also,
- 7:07Speaker 3: or excuse me, yeah, wait, he's on Cleveland, what am
- 7:09Speaker 3: I saying? Yeah, the White Sox will be a little
- 7:11Speaker 3: bit of a step up offensively from that, but he
- 7:14Speaker 3: is typically good against the White Sox. They have 73
- 7:17Speaker 3: at-bats against him, a 219 average, 625 OPS, 26-8 strikeout
- 7:18Speaker 3: walk ratio. So I do think Cleveland is probably still
- 7:28Speaker 3: the correct side here, although I don't really want to
- 7:29Speaker 3: back them in a return home spot. 66% of tickets,
- 7:33Speaker 3: 95% of the cash on them. They moved up from
- 7:36Speaker 3: minus 137 to around minus 150 on the money line.
- 7:39Speaker 3: So some money is definitely coming in on Cleveland, but
- 7:42Speaker 3: it's kind of pricey. I would say you might be
- 7:44Speaker 3: able to get away with laying the Cleveland money line
- 7:47Speaker 3: if you get it below minus 150. Playing a minus
- 7:51Speaker 3: one run line with Cleveland is not exactly something I'd
- 7:53Speaker 3: really want to recommend because they're not a good offense.
- 7:58Speaker 3: But I don't love playing these teams returning home from
- 7:59Speaker 3: road trips anyway. The total's really low. It's seven, so
- 8:03Speaker 3: it's expected to be a low-scoring game. But, I mean,
- 8:07Speaker 3: I don't know about the White Sox having a bullpen
- 8:10Speaker 3: game here. They're really going to be able to hold
- 8:12Speaker 3: Cleveland under, although Cleveland's offense is bad. The money is
- 8:15Speaker 3: coming in on the over in that one. Do what
- 8:18Speaker 3: you want with that. I mean, probably the best way
- 8:20Speaker 3: to lean in that game is still actually Cleveland. Just
- 8:23Speaker 3: the matchup might wind up mattering more than the situation
- 8:27Speaker 3: in that one. But I don't know, man. I don't
- 8:30Speaker 3: love that game. Dodgers at Cincinnati. Cincinnati is returning home
- 8:34Speaker 3: from a road trip, so I think they're in a negative. However,
- 8:36Speaker 3: they did just go to L.A. and get swept there.
- 8:39Speaker 3: So L.A. might not take Cincinnati totally seriously here either. However,
- 8:44Speaker 3: when we see what L.A. just did the last couple
- 8:45Speaker 3: of days, they may actually just show up for a
- 8:47Speaker 3: game to try to win a game. Cincinnati just beat
- 8:50Speaker 3: the Brewers yesterday, as I mentioned. They're returning home from
- 8:54Speaker 3: the road. They will not have Chase Burns on the
- 8:55Speaker 3: mound this time. So when it's not him, they're typically
- 8:58Speaker 3: going to lose. And, in fact, they lost five games
- 9:02Speaker 3: in a row prior to yesterday. Return home spot. Usually
- 9:07Speaker 3: it's a negative spot. Like I say, you've got to
- 9:09Speaker 3: return to home life, even if you are going to
- 9:10Speaker 3: try to get up for a series against the Dodgers,
- 9:13Speaker 3: who also just swept you during that road trip. It's
- 9:16Speaker 3: still going to be tough to get back home and
- 9:18Speaker 3: deal with all that, and the Reds aren't going anywhere
- 9:20Speaker 3: this year. Reds are going to have to put in
- 9:23Speaker 3: an effort after winning the game yesterday. That was a
- 9:27Speaker 3: big win for them against Milwaukee. L.A. lost two games
- 9:30Speaker 3: in a row, and like I said, I thought they
- 9:32Speaker 3: were going to lose yesterday because they lost a win
- 9:35Speaker 3: streak in the previous loss. And usually that can tend
- 9:40Speaker 3: to result in a hangover spot when you lose a
- 9:42Speaker 3: win streak. A lot of times you can effectively lose
- 9:44Speaker 3: the same game twice, but it also looked like a
- 9:46Speaker 3: pitching matchup that actually did favor Miami yesterday, and that
- 9:50Speaker 3: is what happened. So it's possible the Dodgers are kind
- 9:53Speaker 3: of in a bounce back spot here coming off that loss.
- 9:55Speaker 3: The Dodgers definitely have the pitching matchup edge in this game.
- 9:59Speaker 3: Dodgers used four relief pitchers yesterday. They have the better
- 10:02Speaker 3: bullpen as well. Cincinnati used two. Dodgers are number 12
- 10:07Speaker 3: in bullpen here. Cincinnati number 25. So Dodgers win in
- 10:12Speaker 3: that department. They obviously have the better offense as well.
- 10:14Speaker 3: They're number two. Cincinnati number 24. And the Dodgers have
- 10:19Speaker 3: Scooble on the mound, so obviously they have an advantage
- 10:21Speaker 3: here too. 2.84 ERA,. 97 whip. He's been good, obviously.
- 10:26Speaker 3: He's been good with the Dodgers since coming over from
- 10:29Speaker 3: Detroit as well. He's been good on the road. A 2.09
- 10:33Speaker 3: road ERA. Yeah, I mean, obviously, the assumption would be
- 10:37Speaker 3: he's going to pitch well again. He hasn't allowed more
- 10:38Speaker 3: than 300 runs in any start since coming over from Detroit.
- 10:42Speaker 3: He's got a low hit rate, low walk rate, high
- 10:44Speaker 3: strikeout rate. All those numbers are good. Scooble against... Cincinnati
- 10:50Speaker 3: is also really good, and 57 at-bats, 140 average allowed,
- 10:54Speaker 3: 407 OPS, 19-4 strikeout walk ratio. So those are pretty
- 10:58Speaker 3: dominant numbers there as well. So again, I would expect
- 11:01Speaker 3: that he pitches well here. Nick Ludolo pitching for Cincinnati.
- 11:05Speaker 3: He's been better throughout much of his career than what
- 11:08Speaker 3: he's done this year. I don't know if there are
- 11:11Speaker 3: injuries going on here lingering from last year or what's
- 11:13Speaker 3: going on here, but he's had a bad season. A
- 11:16Speaker 3: short season, though, I think. I don't think he's pitched
- 11:18Speaker 3: the whole season. 5.12 ERA, 1.53 whip. Not exactly good
- 11:23Speaker 3: at all. He is a little bit better at home. 4.5
- 11:26Speaker 3: home ERA, even though Cincinnati's a more hitter-friendly ballpark. Lodolo's
- 11:31Speaker 3: got some issues, though. A lot of walks recently. That's
- 11:34Speaker 3: a problem. He was mediocre against the Dodgers last time.
- 11:39Speaker 3: He kind of held them in that game. At least
- 11:41Speaker 3: actually the bullpen came in and actually held the Dodgers
- 11:44Speaker 3: down for the rest of that game. I don't know
- 11:46Speaker 3: how that happened. But Lodolo's allowed too many hits here.
- 11:48Speaker 3: His walk rate's not really good either. His strikeout rate's
- 11:51Speaker 3: not that good either. So these numbers are not good.
- 11:53Speaker 3: Two strikeout walk ratio, 7.5 Ks per nine. A lot
- 11:59Speaker 3: of these numbers are worse than what last two seasons
- 12:01Speaker 3: were his two full seasons. He pitched pretty well in
- 12:04Speaker 3: those seasons, but this year, yeah, not even close. His
- 12:08Speaker 3: numbers against the Dodgers after last outing against them got worse,
- 12:12Speaker 3: so they're pretty mediocre at best at this point. 63 at-bats,
- 12:16Speaker 3: 270 average allowed, 765 OPS, 19-8 strikeout walk ratio. So
- 12:21Speaker 3: that is not good, obviously. Scooble, by the way, with
- 12:26Speaker 3: his overall stats, and we don't really need to go
- 12:29Speaker 3: into it, but he's got a 6.8 strikeout walk ratio.
- 12:32Speaker 3: That is really good. 10.6 Ks per nine, also really good.
- 12:36Speaker 3: We know he's good. I mean, you got Cincinnati in
- 12:40Speaker 3: a bad situation, plus L.A. also has the pitching matchup
- 12:44Speaker 3: bench throughout this game. The only way to really look
- 12:48Speaker 3: at this game is to find some way of playing L.A.,
- 12:50Speaker 3: but you have to pay a huge price if you're
- 12:52Speaker 3: going to do it. I would not play the money line.
- 12:54Speaker 3: I mean, minus 230-something, unless you're going to do something
- 12:57Speaker 3: like money line parlay it with something else. I guess
- 13:00Speaker 3: that would be an option. Option's a little bit limited today, though.
- 13:04Speaker 3: 91% of the tickets, 92% of the cash on L.A.
- 13:09Speaker 3: I mean, I guess this might be a situation where
- 13:11Speaker 3: you could maybe justify laying the minus one and a
- 13:13Speaker 3: half run line with the Dodgers here because they will
- 13:16Speaker 3: at least bat in the ninth inning guaranteed because they're
- 13:19Speaker 3: on the road here. So maybe that is an option
- 13:22Speaker 3: in this game is to lay the minus one and
- 13:23Speaker 3: a half with them here. It seems like there's basically
- 13:27Speaker 3: no advantage for Cincinnati in that game, though. So but
- 13:30Speaker 3: you have to pay for it, obviously, if you want
- 13:33Speaker 3: anything to do with L.A. in that one. By the way,
- 13:36Speaker 3: Williams for Cleveland, I forgot to go through the fact
- 13:38Speaker 3: that he has a 4.3 strikeout walk ratio this year,
- 13:41Speaker 3: which is the best he's ever posted, and 12.1 strikeouts
- 13:45Speaker 3: per nine. So he's really had a breakout season this year,
- 13:49Speaker 3: even though he was already decent, but Williams has reached
- 13:52Speaker 3: another plane this year, just pointing that out. All right, Detroit-Toronto,
- 13:57Speaker 3: this is actually going to be my one baseball play.
- 14:09Speaker 3: I need some water here. We're going to take Detroit
- 14:13Speaker 3: on the money line in this one, man. I think
- 14:15Speaker 3: Detroit is going to be more motivated than Toronto potentially here,
- 14:20Speaker 3: although both teams need to keep winning if they're going
- 14:22Speaker 3: to try to make the playoffs. Toronto is like right
- 14:24Speaker 3: there near that last wildcard spot, but I think people
- 14:28Speaker 3: kind of know that and think, well, Toronto must win,
- 14:30Speaker 3: whereas Detroit is like out of it basically, but I
- 14:34Speaker 3: don't know, man. I think the spot favors Detroit, and
- 14:36Speaker 3: I think the starting pitching matchup favors Detroit. Toronto just
- 14:40Speaker 3: had a big divisional series against the Orioles. They knocked
- 14:43Speaker 3: the Orioles back to three games back of them, and
- 14:46Speaker 3: if that series went a different way, Baltimore could have
- 14:50Speaker 3: actually jumped Toronto in the standings and been right there
- 14:53Speaker 3: in the wildcard race there, whereas now Baltimore looking like
- 14:57Speaker 3: they're kind of in trouble here, whereas Toronto is looking
- 14:59Speaker 3: pretty good right now. Toronto could be in a letdown
- 15:03Speaker 3: spot off of that, man, even though Detroit is technically
- 15:05Speaker 3: still in the wild card race. And I know Detroit's
- 15:07Speaker 3: not that good on the road at all. Although Toronto
- 15:10Speaker 3: is not exactly a dominant home team either. So Detroit
- 15:14Speaker 3: they're on a roll right now though. They just swept Colorado.
- 15:17Speaker 3: So they do have some motivation right now. I know
- 15:18Speaker 3: it's only Colorado and they suck, but I think the
- 15:22Speaker 3: spot sets up a lot better for them. Starting a
- 15:24Speaker 3: road trip with momentum here. Usually that is a very
- 15:27Speaker 3: focused spot. And maybe Detroit has a little bit of
- 15:29Speaker 3: confidence here thinking maybe we could still do something here, man. Uh,
- 15:34Speaker 3: keep winning and just see what happens. So I think
- 15:36Speaker 3: Detroit can actually kind of play looser here because I
- 15:39Speaker 3: think the pressure is kind of on Toronto here. Toronto
- 15:43Speaker 3: basically must win, you know what I mean? Because it's
- 15:45Speaker 3: sort of between them and Cleveland at this point for
- 15:47Speaker 3: that last wild card spot, or I guess the White
- 15:50Speaker 3: Sox if they fall behind Cleveland here. Although Texas, I guess,
- 15:55Speaker 3: is still kind of in that mix too. But yeah,
- 15:57Speaker 3: people are going to look at this game and basically,
- 15:59Speaker 3: I think the public is going to think, well, Toronto's
- 16:01Speaker 3: got the better record. It looks like kind of a
- 16:03Speaker 3: cheap price on Toronto. We know they need to win
- 16:06Speaker 3: this game to stay in the wildcard race, whereas nobody
- 16:09Speaker 3: is really talking about Detroit at this point. But yeah,
- 16:11Speaker 3: I think that makes Detroit kind of a sneaky play
- 16:14Speaker 3: here in this one. We are going to roll with
- 16:15Speaker 3: the bullpens here as well. I think the bullpens are
- 16:18Speaker 3: on sort of even footing statistically, but Detroit only used
- 16:22Speaker 3: two relief pitchers. Destinane Toronto used five. Toronto's bullpen has
- 16:26Speaker 3: been really used the last couple days. They had a
- 16:28Speaker 3: bullpen game on Saturday, and they won the game, and
- 16:31Speaker 3: I gave them out as a play on Saturday. But yesterday,
- 16:34Speaker 3: they used a bunch of relief pitchers as well. So
- 16:36Speaker 3: their bullpen kind of in trouble here, even though their
- 16:38Speaker 3: closer didn't pitch yesterday. But their bullpen is definitely the
- 16:42Speaker 3: less rested of the two here. So I think we're
- 16:45Speaker 3: back Detroit in the full game here. We get them
- 16:47Speaker 3: as a nice underdog here. Detroit's No. 16 in bullpen.
- 16:50Speaker 3: Toronto's No. 17 here. They're really close. Toronto does have
- 16:54Speaker 3: the better bullpen ERA. But like I said, I think
- 16:57Speaker 3: the rest kind of shifts the bullpen edge a little
- 17:01Speaker 3: bit towards Detroit. I like the situation and the pitching
- 17:05Speaker 3: matchup better for them as well. And Detroit has the
- 17:07Speaker 3: better offense too. They're number 17, so they've been hitting
- 17:09Speaker 3: a little bit better again recently. They're tied with Kansas
- 17:12Speaker 3: City and San Francisco, although I know that doesn't make
- 17:14Speaker 3: them seem that good. But Toronto's really weak offensively. They're
- 17:17Speaker 3: number 27 offensively. Detroit's going with Troy Melton here, and
- 17:21Speaker 3: I think they've given him like one extra day off
- 17:23Speaker 3: or something in here. Melton has been pretty good for them. 2.42 ERA, 1.05 whip.
- 17:29Speaker 3: He's been really good on the road. 2.06 road ERA.
- 17:33Speaker 3: So he's better on the road. His current form, yeah,
- 17:36Speaker 3: is a little bit questionable, but both games are against Minnesota.
- 17:39Speaker 3: And remember what I said when I tried to back
- 17:42Speaker 3: Joe Ryan in that last game and we wound up
- 17:44Speaker 3: losing the game and Minnesota lost the game by one.
- 17:47Speaker 3: But remember what the handicap was. It was that Melton
- 17:51Speaker 3: has done well against literally everybody except Minnesota. Now is
- 17:57Speaker 3: the case that he has three starts on the season
- 17:59Speaker 3: where he's allowed more than 300 runs. All three of
- 18:02Speaker 3: them were against Minnesota. So against everybody else besides Minnesota,
- 18:06Speaker 3: he does way better. I don't know why, but Minnesota
- 18:10Speaker 3: seems to have his number, and they kind of did
- 18:11Speaker 3: in that game too. So I would not actually say
- 18:14Speaker 3: that he's in bad form currently because both of those
- 18:17Speaker 3: games came against what seems like his kryptonite, the Minnesota Twins.
- 18:21Speaker 3: Everybody else seems to not be able to hit him
- 18:23Speaker 3: very well. He's got a low hit rate on the season,
- 18:26Speaker 3: low walk rate. His strikeout rate's not good, though. He
- 18:28Speaker 3: doesn't strike anybody out. 2.9 strikeout walk ratio. Given how
- 18:32Speaker 3: low his strikeout rate is, though, 7.3 strikeouts per nine,
- 18:37Speaker 3: that strikeout walk ratio's not really that bad. Melton is
- 18:41Speaker 3: also facing a weak Toronto lineup here, and they've never
- 18:43Speaker 3: seen him before, so I think that's an extra advantage
- 18:46Speaker 3: to Melton. A pitcher like him, where he's facing a
- 18:50Speaker 3: weak lineup that's never seen him before. Like I say,
- 18:53Speaker 3: I think that's an extra edge to that young pitcher
- 18:55Speaker 3: who has never been seen before by that offense. I
- 18:57Speaker 3: think the pitcher can tend to have the upper hand there.
- 19:00Speaker 3: And we're going to fade Jose Soriano here as pitching
- 19:02Speaker 3: for Toronto, even though he's been pretty good this year. 3.48 ERA, 1.28 whip.
- 19:08Speaker 3: He's not as good at home, though, and that's been
- 19:10Speaker 3: the case throughout his career. Although his numbers are not
- 19:13Speaker 3: really that extreme this year as far as the splits,
- 19:15Speaker 3: but 3.61. home ERA. He's in okay form recently, except
- 19:20Speaker 3: his strikeout rate's been really low, though, and his walk
- 19:23Speaker 3: rate's been slightly high, so he's posted kind of a
- 19:25Speaker 3: bad strikeout walk ratio recently, even though Toronto's won his
- 19:29Speaker 3: last three games, but the last two of them came
- 19:31Speaker 3: on the road, where he just, for whatever reason, tends
- 19:35Speaker 3: to pitch better. One was against Cleveland. He actually wasn't
- 19:38Speaker 3: really good in that outing either. He didn't make it
- 19:40Speaker 3: five innings against a bad Cleveland offense, and then he
- 19:43Speaker 3: did pitch fairly well at the A's stadium last time out,
- 19:45Speaker 3: which is a good sign for him, but he's still
- 19:48Speaker 3: not exactly lighting it up here recently Soriano is hard
- 19:53Speaker 3: to hit though he's got a low hit rate his
- 19:54Speaker 3: walk rate is pretty high though like that's his problem
- 19:57Speaker 3: he's very wild and his strikeout rate is decent but
- 20:01Speaker 3: he's got a 2.2 strikeout walk ratio because his walks
- 20:04Speaker 3: remain an issue man he's wild 8.5 strikeout per nine
- 20:08Speaker 3: is not bad but the walks are a concern, and
- 20:12Speaker 3: against Detroit, he has not been good. He has 36
- 20:15Speaker 3: at-bats against them, 306 average, 776 OPS, 10-3 strikeout walk ratio.
- 20:20Speaker 3: So Soriano is in the lesser of his home road
- 20:23Speaker 3: splits here. Melton is actually in the better of his
- 20:26Speaker 3: home road splits here, and Melton has the unfamiliarity edge here.
- 20:30Speaker 3: I think he's been the better pitcher this season, and Soriano...
- 20:34Speaker 3: Even though he's the better strikeout pitcher, he's more wild,
- 20:36Speaker 3: and he's got bad numbers against Detroit. And I think
- 20:39Speaker 3: the situation and bullpen edge actually go, the rest edge
- 20:43Speaker 3: go to Detroit here as well, bullpen rest edge. So
- 20:46Speaker 3: we're going to do it. Toronto looks public here, 70%
- 20:48Speaker 3: of the tickets, 65% of the cash. They're just sitting
- 20:52Speaker 3: around minus 130, whatever. So it looks like the market
- 20:55Speaker 3: read is saying to play Detroit here. That is what
- 20:57Speaker 3: we're going to do. The total is also low at 7.5.
- 21:01Speaker 3: Money coming in towards the over, though. It does seem
- 21:04Speaker 3: like more of an under game to me. I mean,
- 21:06Speaker 3: you're looking at two offenses that really are not really
- 21:09Speaker 3: lighting it up, and both pitchers have generally been good.
- 21:12Speaker 3: So the under probably makes more sense there than the over,
- 21:16Speaker 3: but Detroit is obviously my play there. All right. Baltimore
- 21:20Speaker 3: at the Mets. This one was a consideration for me.
- 21:23Speaker 3: I like Baltimore in this one. The Mets are returning
- 21:25Speaker 3: home from the road. They just had a big weekend
- 21:28Speaker 3: series against the Yankees they won one out of the
- 21:30Speaker 3: three games the other games were somewhat close they lost
- 21:33Speaker 3: the other two games by two runs each they did
- 21:36Speaker 3: get shut out yesterday but still that was a big
- 21:38Speaker 3: series for them against the Yankees you know a team
- 21:39Speaker 3: like the Mets they're not going anywhere they'll get up
- 21:42Speaker 3: for a game for a series against the Yankees they
- 21:45Speaker 3: may not get up so much for a game against
- 21:47Speaker 3: the Orioles you know what I mean plus it's a
- 21:49Speaker 3: return home spot so that's a negative spot for the
- 21:52Speaker 3: Mets having to return home it could be a distraction
- 21:54Speaker 3: here even though It isn't really a travel spot, though, obviously,
- 21:58Speaker 3: because they're already in New York. So that's the thing
- 22:00Speaker 3: that kind of that's one thing gives me a little
- 22:02Speaker 3: bit of pause here. That's not really a return home
- 22:04Speaker 3: spot because you could have you could argue the return
- 22:07Speaker 3: home spot was actually from that quick series against Miami
- 22:11Speaker 3: because they came back to New York after that. So,
- 22:13Speaker 3: you know, a series against the Yankees. It's not like
- 22:15Speaker 3: the Mets are going to stay in a hotel. Right.
- 22:17Speaker 3: Like these guys are probably just going home and they're
- 22:21Speaker 3: going to be at home during that series, you know.
- 22:23Speaker 3: So it's not really a return home spot, though. So
- 22:25Speaker 3: that's one thing that gives me a little bit of
- 22:28Speaker 3: pause as far as fading the Mets here. Baltimore might
- 22:32Speaker 3: show up for this, though. They're coming in from Toronto,
- 22:34Speaker 3: so their travel's a little bit worse. But they just
- 22:36Speaker 3: lost two games pretty badly to the Blue Jays, and
- 22:39Speaker 3: they're hanging by a thread here, Baltimore is. So they
- 22:44Speaker 3: have more reason to be motivated here, at least, because
- 22:46Speaker 3: they're trying to stay alive. And I think Baltimore does
- 22:49Speaker 3: have the starting pitching edge in this game as well.
- 22:51Speaker 3: They do not have the better bullpen. Baltimore doesn't, but
- 22:54Speaker 3: they only used two guys yesterday. The Mets used two
- 22:57Speaker 3: as well, though. So the Mets do have a bullpen edge.
- 23:00Speaker 3: The Mets are number seven in bullpen. Baltimore is, where
- 23:04Speaker 3: are they, number 11. I mean, neither bullpen is really
- 23:07Speaker 3: that bad, though. Baltimore is the better offense, although neither
- 23:11Speaker 3: offense is really very good. Baltimore, number 22. They kind
- 23:14Speaker 3: of sold off at the trade deadline as well. Of course,
- 23:17Speaker 3: we know Rutschman went to my Boston Red Sox. Toronto's
- 23:20Speaker 3: number 20, or excuse me, not Toronto, the Mets are
- 23:22Speaker 3: number 25 in offense. Brandon Young is getting the start
- 23:27Speaker 3: for Baltimore. I think he does have the upper hand
- 23:30Speaker 3: in this matchup. He's been okay this year, 3.71 ERA. 1.35
- 23:34Speaker 3: whip is not really that good, though, but he is
- 23:36Speaker 3: actually a little bit better on the road. 3.39 road ERA.
- 23:40Speaker 3: Last start was pretty ugly, though, at home against Cleveland.
- 23:43Speaker 3: That's not a great sign. Looks like he's falling out
- 23:46Speaker 3: of form a little bit here after he had a
- 23:48Speaker 3: few good starts in a row, including... Against the Red Sox.
- 23:51Speaker 3: Although the Red Sox wound up winning that game anyway.
- 23:53Speaker 3: But last time out. Bad start against Cleveland. They're not
- 23:56Speaker 3: a good offense. So that is not a good sign
- 23:58Speaker 3: for Young at least. Young his hit rate is a
- 24:01Speaker 3: little bit high here. His walk rate is not really
- 24:03Speaker 3: that good. His strikeout rate is pretty low. So those
- 24:05Speaker 3: numbers don't look good. 2.2 strikeout walk ratio is not
- 24:09Speaker 3: very good. 7.2 strikeouts per 9. Also not that good.
- 24:13Speaker 3: So advanced analytics will not like him.
- 24:16Speaker 2: However.
- 24:17Speaker 3: However. I believe he is decent against the Mets. Yeah,
- 24:20Speaker 3: he is. And 17 at-bats, not a huge sample, though.
- 24:23Speaker 3: They have seven hitters who have faced him. 235 average allowed,
- 24:29Speaker 3: 669 OPS, 5-2 strikeout walk ratio. I still think Young
- 24:32Speaker 3: is the way to look in this game, though. And
- 24:35Speaker 3: I think, you know, at the very least, the Mets
- 24:37Speaker 3: could be in a hangover spot after that huge series
- 24:39Speaker 3: against the Yankees. So I still think the spot favors
- 24:42Speaker 3: Baltimore here, and the starting pitching does as well. The
- 24:44Speaker 3: Mets are going with kind of a wild card here, though.
- 24:46Speaker 3: Jonah Tongue. He's a very young guy, and we still
- 24:50Speaker 3: don't exactly know how good he is. He has a 4.8
- 24:53Speaker 3: ERA this year, 1.33 whip, but he's only made like
- 24:56Speaker 3: four appearances, so we don't really know. He finally made
- 24:59Speaker 3: a five-inning appearance last time out. I think he was
- 25:01Speaker 3: in the minors for the majority of this year, and
- 25:03Speaker 3: then they brought him back up when September happened. Of course,
- 25:06Speaker 3: they called him up. September call-ups. He was somewhat okay
- 25:11Speaker 3: in that game against the Marlins. He gave up four runs,
- 25:13Speaker 3: but he got kind of unlucky because he gave up
- 25:15Speaker 3: four hits in five innings, one walk, seven strikeouts. That's
- 25:19Speaker 3: actually not a bad pitching line. So Tong might actually
- 25:22Speaker 3: be okay. We don't really know yet, but last year
- 25:25Speaker 3: he wasn't really that good, though. He made five starts
- 25:28Speaker 3: last year for the Mets, and this year he's only
- 25:30Speaker 3: made one start, which I believe was that September appearance.
- 25:34Speaker 3: His other appearances this year came out of the bullpen.
- 25:38Speaker 3: But yeah, last year, he was a bit walk heavy
- 25:41Speaker 3: last year. Also was actually too hittable as well. So
- 25:44Speaker 3: last year he wasn't really that good. But of course,
- 25:47Speaker 3: you never really know with a guy as young as
- 25:48Speaker 3: he is. He's 23 now. So sometimes these guys will
- 25:51Speaker 3: be shaky. Maybe if they get brought up to the
- 25:54Speaker 3: majors too early or whatever. But how much do we
- 25:56Speaker 3: want to trust him here? I don't really know. Baltimore
- 25:59Speaker 3: has never seen him before. So he does have an
- 26:01Speaker 3: unfamiliarity edge against Baltimore here. So it is possible that
- 26:04Speaker 3: he does pitch well here. against an offense that hasn't
- 26:07Speaker 3: seen him, that is not the greatest offense here. So
- 26:11Speaker 3: what do we do with this game? Well, I'm passing it,
- 26:13Speaker 3: but I think Baltimore first five is still the right
- 26:15Speaker 3: way to look at this, and the money seems to
- 26:17Speaker 3: agree with Baltimore generally. Although the Mets being favored gives
- 26:22Speaker 3: me a little bit of hesitation on that. The Mets
- 26:24Speaker 3: did drop from minus 135 to minus 120, but if
- 26:27Speaker 3: you think about what is the public going to think
- 26:29Speaker 3: about this, they're going to think, how am I getting
- 26:31Speaker 3: Baltimore as an underdog here, right? Don't you think that's
- 26:33Speaker 3: what they're going to think? Like, Baltimore's the team that's
- 26:36Speaker 3: still not dead in the playoff race here. They have
- 26:39Speaker 3: a better record than the Mets, so it's like, how
- 26:41Speaker 3: are they an underdog? It seems like that might be
- 26:43Speaker 3: the mentality. However, we have 51% of the tickets on
- 26:46Speaker 3: the Mets, 57% of the cash on Baltimore. And given
- 26:49Speaker 3: that I do think it's a hangover spot for the Mets,
- 26:52Speaker 3: given that I think Baltimore's pitcher is probably the better
- 26:55Speaker 3: one in their current state, even though he wasn't good
- 26:58Speaker 3: in his last outing, Yeah, I think Baltimore first five
- 27:02Speaker 3: is probably what I would do. I wouldn't go full
- 27:04Speaker 3: game because I think the Mets do have a bullpen
- 27:06Speaker 3: edge here. The money's also backing the over eight here.
- 27:08Speaker 3: It's a low total, though, and I don't know. To me,
- 27:11Speaker 3: this seems like more of an under than an over.
- 27:13Speaker 3: I think both pitchers actually might have an okay matchup here,
- 27:17Speaker 3: so I don't know. The under makes a little bit
- 27:19Speaker 3: more sense to me than the over in that one,
- 27:21Speaker 3: but that is not a game that I want to
- 27:23Speaker 3: really get involved in. Mr. Pinsey, what's up? Yeah, fuck
- 27:27Speaker 3: the Bears, obviously. I'm still going to be fading them when,
- 27:31Speaker 3: when the spot makes sense. I don't give a shit.
- 27:33Speaker 3: It probably makes sense to fade them in week two.
- 27:35Speaker 3: Although I don't think that's, that one's probably not going
- 27:38Speaker 3: to make the cut for me. I got to start
- 27:40Speaker 3: looking at week two. Although I do already have a
- 27:42Speaker 3: game that I think is going to be a play
- 27:44Speaker 3: for me in week two. So, um, you know, I,
- 27:48Speaker 3: I gauge overreactions to week one and people may very
- 27:52Speaker 3: well overreact to the bears. The bears are still not
- 27:54Speaker 3: a good team. So whatever, fuck them. Atlanta at Chicago.
- 27:58Speaker 3: This is, Show was already taking way too long for
- 28:01Speaker 3: a Monday slate of games here. Oh, my God. The Cubs,
- 28:07Speaker 3: they're staying at home. They did just lose to the
- 28:09Speaker 3: Pirates yesterday. That was another thing that I got correct yesterday.
- 28:12Speaker 3: I was also right about the under in the Red
- 28:14Speaker 3: Sox game, by the way. Peyton Tolley, immaculate first inning,
- 28:17Speaker 3: by the way. And he started laughing when he knew
- 28:20Speaker 3: that he had one more strike to get, and then
- 28:23Speaker 3: he did it anyway. I love that guy, man. And
- 28:26Speaker 3: then An inning later, he ran to cover first base
- 28:29Speaker 3: and didn't get the guy out, and he hugged the
- 28:31Speaker 3: umpire after the umpire made the safe call. I mean,
- 28:35Speaker 3: Toley was going to kind of run into him, so
- 28:37Speaker 3: he had to stop his momentum, but he hugged the umpire.
- 28:41Speaker 3: I'm like, man, yeah. Toley is like, I don't know, man.
- 28:44Speaker 3: Regardless of who you root for or whatever, the Yankees
- 28:48Speaker 3: fans are going to still find reasons to hate him,
- 28:51Speaker 3: but there's no reason to hate this guy. He's one
- 28:53Speaker 3: of the most likable guys out there. Totally, so I
- 28:56Speaker 3: don't know. I love that he's on my team, but whatever. Anyway,
- 29:00Speaker 3: I was right about the Pirates getting the win yesterday.
- 29:02Speaker 3: I think I said first five, though, so I don't
- 29:04Speaker 3: know if I was right about that. Let me see. No, actually,
- 29:08Speaker 3: I was not. The Pirates actually were losing. They were
- 29:11Speaker 3: winning 1-0 into the bottom of the fifth, and then
- 29:13Speaker 3: they gave up two runs, so the Pirates would have
- 29:15Speaker 3: lost the first five playing devastating fashion, and then they
- 29:18Speaker 3: scored immediately in the sixth inning and won. That's ridiculous. Anyway,
- 29:24Speaker 3: Cubs are staying at home here Braves are coming in
- 29:26Speaker 3: from playing the Phillies I believe Braves took a loss
- 29:30Speaker 3: yesterday now they're starting a road trip could be a
- 29:33Speaker 3: focus spot for the Braves starting a road trip I
- 29:36Speaker 3: feel like both these teams are going to show up
- 29:38Speaker 3: you know I mean although Chicago's virtually locked into a
- 29:41Speaker 3: wild card spot here but I think they still need
- 29:42Speaker 3: to try to land above Philly in the standings Atlanta
- 29:47Speaker 3: still has some reason to play as well I mean
- 29:49Speaker 3: they're still trying to stay ahead in their division and
- 29:51Speaker 3: whatever both teams probably have reason to just fight against
- 29:54Speaker 3: each other you know what I mean it's a big
- 29:56Speaker 3: series um survivor pick jacksonville was mine it was an
- 30:02Speaker 3: easy advance though and uh like a third of the
- 30:05Speaker 3: third of the pool got knocked out in week one
- 30:09Speaker 3: or 27 got knocked out by the chargers oh my
- 30:12Speaker 3: god um yes i was on jacksonville i don't want
- 30:17Speaker 3: to take the steelers man i mean i had some
- 30:19Speaker 3: concerns about that um No, I mean, that's not a
- 30:23Speaker 3: good enough reason. Like this team is bad. It's not
- 30:25Speaker 3: a good, not a good enough reason. I thought the
- 30:28Speaker 3: Falcons would cover the six and a half and they
- 30:30Speaker 3: almost did. The Falcons hate is, is way overstated, dude.
- 30:34Speaker 3: Like I said, and the fact that they're down, downgrading
- 30:38Speaker 3: their quarterback by going to Cooper rush. I'm not even
- 30:40Speaker 3: sure that that's a downgrade. I thought that that was
- 30:43Speaker 3: an overreaction in the market.
- 30:45Speaker 1: Yeah.
- 30:45Speaker 3: I'm, I would not have played the Steelers, although I
- 30:49Speaker 3: guess it was a decent play because their remaining schedule
- 30:52Speaker 3: is not really that easy. So it was a fine play. Jacksonville,
- 30:56Speaker 3: I think, was the way to go because really Jacksonville
- 30:57Speaker 3: has no other week where they're going to be really
- 31:00Speaker 3: survivor worthy except when they host Tennessee in week 12.
- 31:04Speaker 3: So I was like, no, let's just take Jacksonville here.
- 31:07Speaker 3: a really good chance to win and they're not really
- 31:10Speaker 3: that usable in the future. So, and I'm not high
- 31:12Speaker 3: on Jacksonville this year. So that was the play. I
- 31:15Speaker 3: was also worried about the Steelers in week one because
- 31:17Speaker 3: Rogers had not played in the preseason. It's like the
- 31:20Speaker 3: Steelers offense really was humming yesterday. So yeah, I thought
- 31:25Speaker 3: the Falcons would cover that number. Um, so I was,
- 31:29Speaker 3: that was not one that I was really interested in
- 31:31Speaker 3: and survivor very much at all. I think the Steelers
- 31:34Speaker 3: are probably overpicked and survivor actually, but, You won. I
- 31:38Speaker 3: probably should have taken the Raiders. The people that took
- 31:40Speaker 3: the Raiders, they made out the best in Survivor because
- 31:45Speaker 3: the Raiders wound up winning pretty easily, and they're not
- 31:48Speaker 3: going to be usable again. So that was actually the
- 31:50Speaker 3: best play, but it was so risky, man. But, you know,
- 31:55Speaker 3: I guess Ballsy, although I thought it was kind of
- 31:57Speaker 3: stupid to take the Raiders.
- 32:03Speaker 1: Whatever.
- 32:04Speaker 3: I mean.
- 32:05Speaker 3: No, I don't know. I mean, Atlanta, whatever, their pass rush, whatever.
- 32:10Speaker 3: I mean, I think you kind of escaped with that one.
- 32:13Speaker 3: It was definitely a valid survivor pick, I will say that.
- 32:16Speaker 3: But I did not think they were going to cover
- 32:18Speaker 3: the number. I did not think the Steelers were going
- 32:20Speaker 3: to cover that, and they barely did. Although they did
- 32:24Speaker 3: cover the earlier numbers a little bit easier, but yeah.
- 32:27Speaker 1: All right.
- 32:29Speaker 3: Atlanta and the Cubs, MLB Network, big series here. This
- 32:32Speaker 3: is not exactly a great pitching matchup here. And it's
- 32:35Speaker 3: a high total here that leads me to believe that
- 32:37Speaker 3: maybe the wind is kind of blowing out in Wrigley
- 32:40Speaker 3: here today as well. Although the pitching matchup is not great,
- 32:43Speaker 3: but I still think the total would be lower if
- 32:46Speaker 3: it wasn't for the wind. I already went over the
- 32:48Speaker 3: situation here. I think both teams are going to be
- 32:50Speaker 3: motivated here. Cubs used three relief pitchers yesterday. Atlanta is
- 32:54Speaker 3: the better bullpen. Atlanta used three as well. Ronaldo Lopez
- 32:58Speaker 3: will be pitching here for Atlanta. Oh, yeah, let me
- 33:01Speaker 3: get through the rankings here. Atlanta is the number two
- 33:03Speaker 3: ranked bullpen. However, yeah, I think they're number three or
- 33:06Speaker 3: four in reality. But yeah, they're definitely a good bullpen.
- 33:11Speaker 3: The Cubs are decent. They're number 13. So we have
- 33:14Speaker 3: two okay bullpens here. Well, one good one and one
- 33:17Speaker 3: decent one. The Cubs are number one in offense still.
- 33:20Speaker 3: Braves are number 13, tied with the Yankees and the
- 33:23Speaker 3: White Sox. So two pretty capable offenses here as well. Lopez,
- 33:28Speaker 3: like I said, pitching for Atlanta. He has not been
- 33:30Speaker 3: that good this year.
- 33:30Speaker 1: He was.
- 33:31Speaker 3: Really good a couple years ago, but I think he's
- 33:33Speaker 3: had some issues, man. Injuries and whatever else, age, something
- 33:38Speaker 3: going on here. He's definitely not that good right now. 4.13 ERA, 1.39
- 33:43Speaker 3: whip is not that good. He is a little bit
- 33:47Speaker 3: better on the road in some ways, 3.45 road ERA,
- 33:50Speaker 3: but his opponent batting average on the road is actually worse.
- 33:54Speaker 3: Did not pitch well at all last time out against
- 33:56Speaker 3: Tampa Bay. Gave up a lot of runs, a lot
- 33:59Speaker 3: of hits, a lot of walks. Did have good strikeout
- 34:01Speaker 3: numbers there, but everything else was pretty bad there. Three
- 34:04Speaker 3: of his last four starts have been really ugly. The
- 34:07Speaker 3: only good one was a five and two-third inning shutout
- 34:09Speaker 3: at Baltimore. So I'm not going to say he's in
- 34:11Speaker 3: good form right now because he is not. And the
- 34:14Speaker 3: Braves have lost four of his last five starts or
- 34:16Speaker 3: four of his last five outings. His hit rate's not
- 34:19Speaker 3: very good. His walk rate's not very good. His strikeout
- 34:22Speaker 3: rate is okay. He's got a 2.2 strikeout walk ratio,
- 34:26Speaker 3: though that's not very good. 8.4 strikeout per nine is
- 34:29Speaker 3: all right. Lopez against the Cubs. It's going to be
- 34:32Speaker 3: a difficult matchup, I think, for him here in this
- 34:35Speaker 3: type of stadium and this type of lineup. However, the
- 34:38Speaker 3: Cubs actually have not done that well against him. 41
- 34:41Speaker 3: at bats, 220 average. They've had a little bit of
- 34:44Speaker 3: power hitting off him to get their OPS up to 701,
- 34:47Speaker 3: but that's still not very high. 12 to nine strikeout
- 34:49Speaker 3: walk ratio, so maybe it is actually a decent matchup
- 34:52Speaker 3: for Lopez, but I don't really think I trust him here.
- 34:55Speaker 3: You know I don't trust David Peterson either. He's pitching
- 34:58Speaker 3: for the Cubs. He's got a 5.28 ERA, 1.58 whip.
- 35:03Speaker 3: Obviously bad stuff here. He's been a really bad home pitcher. 6.44
- 35:08Speaker 3: home ERA. A lot of that was with the Mets
- 35:10Speaker 3: though earlier this year, but he's not pitching well recently either.
- 35:14Speaker 3: He's had an 8.7 strikeout walk ratio this month so far.
- 35:18Speaker 3: And he's got a 7.88 ERA this month. Didn't make
- 35:22Speaker 3: it five innings in either start. However, both of them
- 35:24Speaker 3: were against Milwaukee. But it's not like Atlanta is that
- 35:27Speaker 3: much of a reprieve from Milwaukee. You know what I mean?
- 35:30Speaker 3: Milwaukee is probably the better of those two offenses, but
- 35:32Speaker 3: it's not by that much. So I still don't think
- 35:35Speaker 3: Peterson is going to have an easy time here exactly.
- 35:37Speaker 3: I don't think he's pitching well right now. His hit
- 35:39Speaker 3: rate is too high on the season. His walk rate
- 35:41Speaker 3: is too high on the season. His strikeout rate is
- 35:43Speaker 3: not really that good. If the wind is blowing out,
- 35:47Speaker 3: He might take advantage of that, or he's not going
- 35:49Speaker 3: to get hurt by the wind blowing out that much
- 35:51Speaker 3: because he gets a lot of ground balls, so he's
- 35:53Speaker 3: not really that much of a home run pitcher, but
- 35:57Speaker 3: he's still not a good pitcher, man. And Atlanta, I mean,
- 36:00Speaker 3: they've been okay against him at 140 at-bats, 250 average,
- 36:04Speaker 3: 723 OPS. They're definitely familiar with him because he was
- 36:07Speaker 3: on the Mets for a long time. 43 to 15
- 36:09Speaker 3: strikeout walk ratio. What do we do with this game?
- 36:15Speaker 3: I don't know, man. I mean, it seems like an
- 36:18Speaker 3: over to me. I don't think the money is agreeing
- 36:21Speaker 3: with that, though. Let me see. No, it actually is.
- 36:25Speaker 3: 54% of tickets, 94% of the cash on the over.
- 36:29Speaker 3: The total's 9.5, so like I said, it's a really
- 36:31Speaker 3: high total here, which I think means the wind is
- 36:33Speaker 3: blowing out, but I think you got, at best, questionable
- 36:36Speaker 3: pitching here. Even though they both have okay matchup numbers,
- 36:40Speaker 3: I'm not sure that that's enough, so It is a
- 36:42Speaker 3: high total, though. I don't really want to do it.
- 36:44Speaker 3: But I think if I was going to play this game,
- 36:45Speaker 3: I would play it over the total. 55% of the
- 36:48Speaker 3: tickets are on Chicago and 80% of the cash on Atlanta.
- 36:51Speaker 3: So the money is backing Atlanta here. I mean, you're
- 36:54Speaker 3: getting the Cubs are a favorite with Peterson on the mound.
- 36:58Speaker 3: So I probably do agree with Atlanta as well. The Cubs,
- 37:01Speaker 3: you know, minus 130 something here. I don't think Peterson
- 37:05Speaker 3: should really be a favorite like that against a capable team.
- 37:08Speaker 3: Lopez is actually probably the better of the two pitchers.
- 37:11Speaker 3: His matchup numbers are a little bit better as well,
- 37:13Speaker 3: and Atlanta's got the better bullpen as well, so Atlanta
- 37:16Speaker 3: is probably the side I would lean to there as well,
- 37:18Speaker 3: but I believe I prefer the over there. Yankees and Minnesota.
- 37:23Speaker 3: I looked at this pitching matchup, and this looked like
- 37:26Speaker 3: an over to me. Maybe it will be. I mean,
- 37:28Speaker 3: Minnesota tends to play high-scoring games at home, and their
- 37:31Speaker 3: pitching isn't very good, but I don't know, man. It's
- 37:35Speaker 3: not going to be one that's going to make the
- 37:36Speaker 3: cut for me because it's Both matchup numbers are going
- 37:38Speaker 3: to be, both pitchers have decent matchup numbers, I should say.
- 37:43Speaker 3: Minnesota's coming off a pretty big series against Cleveland, although
- 37:46Speaker 3: they did lose, and they're staying at home here. Minnesota's
- 37:49Speaker 3: going to be in total desperation mode here, whereas the
- 37:51Speaker 3: Yankees coming off a nice series where they beat the Mets.
- 37:54Speaker 3: They're having to travel. It is the start of a
- 37:57Speaker 3: road trip, so usually you are focused when you start
- 37:59Speaker 3: the road trip. I don't know what the hell this was.
- 38:01Speaker 3: Legionella bacteria found in Yankee Stadium cooling tower. Okay, whatever.
- 38:07Speaker 3: I don't think that's going to affect the team in
- 38:09Speaker 3: any way. I wouldn't imagine. Plus, they're leaving, so whatever.
- 38:13Speaker 3: Start of a road trip, usually a focused spot, but
- 38:16Speaker 3: Twins staying at home. Yankees coming off a pretty big
- 38:19Speaker 3: weekend series. It's always big when they play the Mets,
- 38:21Speaker 3: even if the Yankees are the better team, whatever. I
- 38:24Speaker 3: don't know if the Yankees are really going to have
- 38:25Speaker 3: that much focus on Minnesota here. Minnesota will be in
- 38:28Speaker 3: more desperation mode here, and the Yankees at least have
- 38:31Speaker 3: a vulnerable pitcher on the mound here, so I don't
- 38:35Speaker 3: think I'd really necessarily, I don't think I'd want to
- 38:36Speaker 3: play the Yankees here, at least, I'll tell you that.
- 38:39Speaker 3: Yankees do have the better bullpen, though, and it's not
- 38:41Speaker 3: even close. Yankees used three relief pitchers yesterday. Minnesota used
- 38:46Speaker 3: three as well. The Yankees are number three in bullpen,
- 38:48Speaker 3: but they're number two in ERA. So actually, they're really
- 38:52Speaker 3: number two in bullpen because their whip is the same
- 38:54Speaker 3: as Atlanta. So Yankees number two in bullpen right now.
- 38:58Speaker 3: They're one of the top bullpens. Minnesota's not close. They're
- 39:01Speaker 3: number 28, so a huge bullpen disparity here. Both offenses
- 39:05Speaker 3: are pretty good. Minnesota is number 10, tied with the A's.
- 39:10Speaker 3: Yankees are number 13, tied with the White Sox and
- 39:13Speaker 3: the Braves. So we do have some capable offenses here,
- 39:17Speaker 3: and we have some pitching that is not great with
- 39:19Speaker 3: Will Warren on the mound for the Yankees. 4.05 ERA, 1.36 whip,
- 39:24Speaker 3: although he's not exactly bad. He's just not as good
- 39:27Speaker 3: as the rest of the Yankee starters. He's not really that...
- 39:30Speaker 3: good on the road either, 4.3 road ERA. I tried
- 39:34Speaker 3: to fade him by way of the over in his
- 39:36Speaker 3: last game, and he actually pitched really well against Colorado,
- 39:39Speaker 3: so that sucked. The Yankees put up their runs in
- 39:43Speaker 3: that game. We could have gone over if Warren was
- 39:45Speaker 3: a little bit worse than that one, but it didn't happen.
- 39:48Speaker 3: Is Warren actually good? No, but two of his last
- 39:54Speaker 3: three appearances have been good, and the other one was
- 39:55Speaker 3: just cut short for whatever reason. So he actually is
- 39:58Speaker 3: in okay form right now. He does have a high
- 40:01Speaker 3: hit rate on the season, though his walk rate's nothing special.
- 40:04Speaker 3: His strikeout rate is decent. He's got a 2.9 strikeout
- 40:08Speaker 3: walk ratio. That's all right, 8.9. strikeout per nine is
- 40:11Speaker 3: all right so yeah i would say yeah just he's
- 40:14Speaker 3: a mediocre pitcher overall but he's been pretty good against
- 40:17Speaker 3: minnesota they have 18 at bats against him which is
- 40:19Speaker 3: not a lot seven hitters have faced him but they
- 40:21Speaker 3: only have a 167 average 500 ops against him five
- 40:25Speaker 3: strikeouts no walks and they have one extra base hit
- 40:28Speaker 3: which is a home run from larnock against him so
- 40:31Speaker 3: warren may actually still pitch well here he's in decent
- 40:36Speaker 3: form at least and he has a decent matchup here
- 40:38Speaker 3: at least a lot enough i would really fully trust
- 40:40Speaker 3: him i don't trust dean creamer who's pitching from minnesota
- 40:44Speaker 3: here 5.65 era 1.3 whip at least does indicate his
- 40:48Speaker 3: era should be lower than that and he is slightly
- 40:51Speaker 3: better at home 5.2 home era but he spent most
- 40:53Speaker 3: of the season with baltimore then he came over to
- 40:56Speaker 3: minnesota and he was good in his first two starts
- 40:59Speaker 3: but since then he hasn't really been any good Last
- 41:02Speaker 3: outing was okay against Detroit, so maybe he's slightly coming
- 41:06Speaker 3: back into form here, but I don't really trust him much.
- 41:10Speaker 3: His hit rate is just okay. His walk rate is okay.
- 41:12Speaker 3: His strikeout rate is okay. So yeah, he's a mediocre pitcher.
- 41:15Speaker 3: I think he is at least better than his ERA
- 41:17Speaker 3: makes him look. 2.8 strikeout walk ratio, 8.7K per nine.
- 41:23Speaker 3: Those are okay numbers. Creamer against the Yankees. is actually
- 41:28Speaker 3: not that bad, an 86 at-bats. They've seen a bunch
- 41:31Speaker 3: of him because he was on Baltimore, but he's actually
- 41:33Speaker 3: been okay against them. 233 average, 717 OPS, 20-5 strikeout
- 41:38Speaker 3: walk ratio. So, yeah, this game's not going to be
- 41:41Speaker 3: a play for me. I still think it feels like
- 41:43Speaker 3: an over, though. Like, it seems like you have pretty
- 41:46Speaker 3: questionable pitching throughout this game, except that the Yankees' bullpen
- 41:50Speaker 3: is good. 60% of tickets on the over 95% of
- 41:55Speaker 3: the cash on the over totals at 8 which is
- 41:58Speaker 3: a pretty low total for a home game in Minnesota
- 42:00Speaker 3: really but both pitchers have decent matchup numbers here so
- 42:04Speaker 3: I don't really want to do it maybe again I'm
- 42:06Speaker 3: too autistic where I don't have things all lining up
- 42:09Speaker 3: in my favor here Yankees have had the money come
- 42:12Speaker 3: in against them on the money line they have 82%
- 42:15Speaker 3: of the tickets on them 52% of the cash on
- 42:17Speaker 3: Minnesota Yankees are in the minus 130, minus 120-something range
- 42:22Speaker 3: after they open minus 141. It does look too easy
- 42:26Speaker 3: to play the Yankees, right? Like at minus 120, it's
- 42:28Speaker 3: like basically pick the winner. It does look way too
- 42:31Speaker 3: easy to play the Yankees. If you're going to take Minnesota,
- 42:34Speaker 3: I mean, I might slightly agree with that, but I
- 42:36Speaker 3: would say only take Minnesota in the first five. I
- 42:38Speaker 3: would not take them in the full game. Their bullpen
- 42:40Speaker 3: is way worse than the Yankees. So those are my
- 42:44Speaker 3: thoughts on that. I still lean over in that game
- 42:46Speaker 3: for the most part, though. I don't know, man. Week two,
- 42:49Speaker 3: I haven't really looked at it yet. Tampa Bay might
- 42:52Speaker 3: be a possibility in week two. They're at home against
- 42:56Speaker 3: somebody bad. I think Cleveland. Let's just take Cleveland's opponent
- 43:00Speaker 3: every week. I don't know. Tampa Bay is one of
- 43:03Speaker 3: the options this week, but I haven't really... I have
- 43:05Speaker 3: to do more research on it. You know what I mean?
- 43:07Speaker 3: I have to see what the... future schedule it's a
- 43:11Speaker 3: you know you got to see what the future value
- 43:13Speaker 3: is for each team like that matters you know what
- 43:15Speaker 3: i mean you want to take a team that does
- 43:16Speaker 3: not have that much future value you need to weigh
- 43:19Speaker 3: three things you need to weigh how heavily is this
- 43:22Speaker 3: team being picked by my opponents how likely are they
- 43:26Speaker 3: to win and how much future value is there you
- 43:29Speaker 3: have to find a balance between all three of those
- 43:31Speaker 3: you know what i mean unfortunately the jags were the
- 43:33Speaker 3: second most popular team in week one But the number
- 43:36Speaker 3: one most popular team lost, the Chargers. So that definitely
- 43:40Speaker 3: helped me out a bit in that one. It's like
- 43:43Speaker 3: a third of the pool got knocked out already. And
- 43:46Speaker 3: I'm in one of the big ones on Splash. So
- 43:50Speaker 3: I would like to win. The prizes are in the
- 43:54Speaker 3: millions in these games. So I'm not in the $ 21
- 43:57Speaker 3: million one. It was a grand buy-in, and Massachusetts doesn't
- 44:02Speaker 3: allow you to do it. Basically, Massachusetts has a $ 1, 000
- 44:07Speaker 3: deposit limit on Splash per month, and I'd already deposited
- 44:11Speaker 3: some money in the last month, so they didn't let
- 44:13Speaker 3: me do it. Total bullshit, man. Total fucking bullshit. So
- 44:17Speaker 3: I had to get into the 3 million survivor instead.
- 44:20Speaker 3: So that's what I'm in. But, of course, it's not
- 44:23Speaker 3: likely I'm going to win, right? Because literally the whole
- 44:26Speaker 3: prize pool just goes to the winner, or if everybody
- 44:29Speaker 3: that's still alive gets knocked out in the same week,
- 44:32Speaker 3: it gets split between those people. But still, I would
- 44:36Speaker 3: love to win that money, man. Yeah, Texans. I forget
- 44:42Speaker 3: who they're playing. The Texans are going to be in
- 44:46Speaker 3: a fade spot. They just had a huge opening game
- 44:48Speaker 3: against Buffalo, so I don't think I really want them. Situationally,
- 44:53Speaker 3: I think Tampa Bay is in a much better situational
- 44:56Speaker 3: spot coming off a loss where the... You know, they
- 45:01Speaker 3: didn't really play that well yesterday against Cincinnati.
- 45:04Speaker 1: All right.
- 45:05Speaker 3: And I was correct about the Cincinnati lean. What do
- 45:09Speaker 3: I want to do here? Not quite in an hour yet,
- 45:12Speaker 3: let me say. San Francisco, St. Louis, this is a
- 45:14Speaker 3: game neither team's going anywhere. So, like, what do we
- 45:17Speaker 3: do with this game?
- 45:18Speaker 1: St.
- 45:18Speaker 3: Louis just won against the White Sox, though. So they
- 45:22Speaker 3: kind of played spoiler against the White Sox a little
- 45:25Speaker 3: bit there. Are they really going to get up for
- 45:26Speaker 3: a game against the Giants? I don't know, man, but
- 45:28Speaker 3: the Giants played the night game, remember? That was a
- 45:30Speaker 3: big series for the Giants against San Diego, and they
- 45:33Speaker 3: were competitive in the series, and they got swept anyway.
- 45:38Speaker 3: They lost yesterday by two. Kind of brutal, man, because
- 45:41Speaker 3: I think San Francisco wanted to win those games in
- 45:44Speaker 3: that series, and they fell short, and now they have
- 45:46Speaker 3: to travel. It is the start of a road trip.
- 45:49Speaker 3: It usually is a focused spot, but I also... like
- 45:51Speaker 3: to fade the teams that played in the night game
- 45:53Speaker 3: because it's a big spotlight game. It was a big
- 45:56Speaker 3: game for the Giants against one of their division rivals.
- 45:59Speaker 3: They have a short turnaround time to have to travel here,
- 46:01Speaker 3: whereas St. Louis I think is just staying at home.
- 46:04Speaker 3: So I think the spot is a negative for the
- 46:07Speaker 3: Giants here, so I would probably be leaning towards fading
- 46:10Speaker 3: the Giants in this one. Let me see. Giants used
- 46:14Speaker 3: two relief pitches yesterday. I do not like either bullpen here. St.
- 46:19Speaker 3: Louis used to as well. I think the Giants are
- 46:20Speaker 3: actually the better bullpen here. St. Louis is number 22,
- 46:25Speaker 3: Giants number 24, but the Giants have the better ERA.
- 46:28Speaker 3: So I think the Giants are probably the better bullpen here.
- 46:31Speaker 3: Giants might be the better offense too, as bad as
- 46:34Speaker 3: I think they are. They're number 17, tied with the
- 46:36Speaker 3: Tigers and the Royals.
- 46:38Speaker 1: St.
- 46:38Speaker 3: Louis has been pretty weak offensively. They are number 26.
- 46:42Speaker 3: So I think the Giants actually have a couple of
- 46:44Speaker 3: edges here in this one. Do they have the starting
- 46:47Speaker 3: pitching edge, though? I'm not so sure about that. Landon
- 46:51Speaker 3: Raup is pitching for them. He's been mediocre. He's got
- 46:54Speaker 3: a 4 ERA, 1.28 whip. He's not as good on
- 46:57Speaker 3: the road. 4.28 road ERA. But the thing is, he's
- 47:00Speaker 3: not that easy to hit. He walks way too many guys, dude.
- 47:05Speaker 3: He's a guy that has a crazy curveball, and that's
- 47:08Speaker 3: how he gets most of his outs, his breaking stuff.
- 47:10Speaker 3: He's not really that hard of a thrower, but he's
- 47:13Speaker 3: way too wild. Although over his last few starts, he's
- 47:16Speaker 3: been decent. He hasn't allowed that many runs. And his
- 47:20Speaker 3: team has won his last three starts, and he shut
- 47:22Speaker 3: out St. Louis for six innings in his last start
- 47:25Speaker 3: at home. But that means St. Louis did just see him.
- 47:28Speaker 3: But I think they're already kind of familiar with him.
- 47:30Speaker 3: Raup has a low hit rate, but his walk rate
- 47:32Speaker 3: is too high, as I was alluding to, and his
- 47:34Speaker 3: strikeout rate's not really that good. So strikeout walk ratio
- 47:38Speaker 3: is actually really bad, 1.9. That's not good. He's got
- 47:42Speaker 3: to figure out this walk issue, man. 8.3 strikeout per
- 47:45Speaker 3: nine is not that bad. Raup, he will be in
- 47:49Speaker 3: a pitcher-friendly environment here at St. Louis, but St. Louis
- 47:52Speaker 3: has actually hit him fairly well. 28 at-bats, 286 average,
- 47:56Speaker 3: 751 OPS, three strikeouts, five walks, so I think they
- 48:00Speaker 3: might be able to hit Raup, even though he pitched
- 48:02Speaker 3: well last time against them. He's not as good on
- 48:05Speaker 3: the road, and he does not have good matchup numbers here.
- 48:08Speaker 3: Quinn Matthews is kind of a wild card. He's pitching
- 48:11Speaker 3: for St. Louis here. He's a young guy. I think
- 48:12Speaker 3: this is his rookie season. Yeah, it is. He's got
- 48:15Speaker 3: a 4.11 ERA, but his whip is not really good. 1.5.
- 48:18Speaker 3: He is good at home, though. 1.59 home ERA. Last
- 48:24Speaker 3: couple starts were pretty good, although his strikeout walk ratio
- 48:28Speaker 3: leaves something to be desired, though, in his last two starts.
- 48:31Speaker 3: His team lost both of them, but he only allowed
- 48:33Speaker 3: three total runs. Across those 11 innings. So he's not
- 48:36Speaker 3: exactly pitching bad. The last one was against San Francisco.
- 48:39Speaker 3: So that might be a little bit of an edge
- 48:42Speaker 3: to San Francisco's offense, though, because Matthews was a guy
- 48:45Speaker 3: that they had not faced before. You know what I mean?
- 48:47Speaker 3: So a lot of times that unfamiliarity is helpful to
- 48:50Speaker 3: that pitcher the first time. And now that San Francisco
- 48:52Speaker 3: literally just saw him. They're going to be more familiar
- 48:55Speaker 3: with what he throws now. Matthews has been a bit
- 48:57Speaker 3: too hit heavy. He's also allowed too many walks, but
- 49:01Speaker 3: his strikeout rate is okay. So I think he does
- 49:03Speaker 3: have some talent here, but he's putting way too many
- 49:06Speaker 3: guys on base. He's got a two strikeout walk ratio,
- 49:08Speaker 3: and again, his whip indicates his ERA should be higher
- 49:11Speaker 3: than it is. 8.2 strikeout per nine is not that bad.
- 49:15Speaker 3: His numbers against San Francisco were actually not really that good.
- 49:19Speaker 3: In 20 at-bats, 250 average, 918 OPS, even though overall
- 49:23Speaker 3: that last start looked okay against them. These numbers kind
- 49:27Speaker 3: of suggest otherwise. A 4-2 strikeout walk ratio. I think
- 49:31Speaker 3: maybe the over is actually a possible way to look
- 49:33Speaker 3: at this game. although it's a pitcher-friendly ballpark, but the
- 49:36Speaker 3: money seems like it agrees with that. The total is 7.5,
- 49:39Speaker 3: which is kind of ridiculous. It might be 8 at
- 49:43Speaker 3: some spots, but 7.5 is what you get in a
- 49:47Speaker 3: pitcher's duel type of matchup. Is that really what this is?
- 49:51Speaker 3: Raupe against Matthews, and you're putting up a total of 7.5
- 49:54Speaker 3: with some bullpens that aren't really that good? I think
- 49:58Speaker 3: the over is worth consideration here. 50-50 on the tickets,
- 50:01Speaker 3: 93% of the cash on the over. But again, the
- 50:05Speaker 3: odds makers are kind of telling you they think it's
- 50:06Speaker 3: going to be a low-scoring game. They're not throwing money
- 50:09Speaker 3: away by putting a 7.5 up there. I just think
- 50:13Speaker 3: that there's really not a lot of leeway there, and
- 50:16Speaker 3: given how questionable the pitching is, in my opinion, in
- 50:19Speaker 3: this matchup, I think it has a decent chance to
- 50:22Speaker 3: get over the total. It won't be easy, but I
- 50:24Speaker 3: think it might be able to get there. The money's
- 50:27Speaker 3: also back in San Francisco. I do not agree with that.
- 50:29Speaker 3: 64% of the tickets on St. Louis, 94% of the
- 50:32Speaker 3: cash on San Francisco. Raup is the more proven pitcher,
- 50:36Speaker 3: so I will agree with that, but I don't like
- 50:38Speaker 3: the spot for San Francisco, you know what I mean?
- 50:41Speaker 3: They might have the better bullpen, though, so maybe a St.
- 50:43Speaker 3: Louis first five play is worth consideration, but part of
- 50:46Speaker 3: it is because St. Louis is favored by a lot here. Like,
- 50:49Speaker 3: minus 140, does Matthews really deserve to be favored by
- 50:53Speaker 3: that much? Probably not, so maybe that's why the money's
- 50:57Speaker 3: coming in on the Giants here, but the Giants are
- 50:59Speaker 3: in a tough spot. As I mentioned, having to turn
- 51:01Speaker 3: around and travel after that huge series and playing the
- 51:04Speaker 3: night game last night. So, I don't really love the
- 51:08Speaker 3: game at all, but I don't know. I mean, I
- 51:10Speaker 3: think my best opinion there is still the over, but yeah.
- 51:13Speaker 3: You've got my best play of the day. I do
- 51:15Speaker 3: have one more opinion that maybe is a little bit
- 51:17Speaker 3: stronger than the others, but you got my one play
- 51:21Speaker 3: of the day as well. I do have a play
- 51:22Speaker 3: in the NFL game. I'm going to take a break.
- 51:24Speaker 3: I'll be right back. Yep. Inside, I want to kill myself.
- 51:33Speaker 3: We are on an 0-7 run over the last two days.
- 51:36Speaker 3: After tonight, it was just complete bullshit. So that's how
- 51:40Speaker 3: I'm going to start off this show. Horrible Sunday, 1-5.
- 51:43Speaker 3: I don't even know what to tell you about that.
- 51:46Speaker 3: I just don't want to do this anymore. I have
- 51:48Speaker 3: never seen anything like this, man. With the slump continuing,
- 51:53Speaker 3: two straight losses, not a good day at all, 0-4,
- 51:56Speaker 3: and Have not had a good season, man, with weekends. Slump,
- 52:03Speaker 3: then I'm on, and the slump continues. I've reached a
- 52:06Speaker 3: new peak, actually. I'm going to burn my Bruins hat, man.
- 52:11Speaker 3: I don't know what is going on with the Bruins.
- 52:13Speaker 3: March 8th, is that what it is? I don't even know.
- 52:16Speaker 3: It's March 9th, I think. Who even knows, man. I
- 52:20Speaker 3: don't know what day it is anymore. I don't even
- 52:22Speaker 3: know what day it is anymore, man. Back with you after...
- 52:26Speaker 3: The worst day that I could possibly have. Back with you,
- 52:29Speaker 3: as I always am. Until I die, at least. 0-2 yesterday.
- 52:34Speaker 3: And yesterday did not go well for me. 0-5. The
- 52:38Speaker 3: worst month that I've ever had in my 18 years
- 52:41Speaker 3: doing this. I don't know what to even tell you
- 52:43Speaker 3: about this anymore. The slump continues. Somebody fucking kill me, please.
- 52:53Speaker 3: Don't even know what I should do at this point
- 52:54Speaker 3: other than potentially end it all.
- 53:02Speaker 1: All right.
- 53:03Speaker 3: Speaking of that San Francisco-San Diego game, San Diego is
- 53:07Speaker 3: coming off that night game and having to travel into
- 53:09Speaker 3: elevation into Colorado. So it's a negative spot for San
- 53:13Speaker 3: Diego off of that night game. Coming off a pretty
- 53:15Speaker 3: big divisional sweep there. And San Diego... is I believe
- 53:19Speaker 3: like two games ahead of Arizona now or something in
- 53:22Speaker 3: the wildcard race. So San Diego, I believe, is hanging
- 53:25Speaker 3: on to the last wildcard spot right now. Could be
- 53:28Speaker 3: a letdown spot for them going into Colorado. The problem
- 53:30Speaker 3: is Colorado's returning home from a road trip. And, you know,
- 53:33Speaker 3: I think that's a negative. So they were in New
- 53:36Speaker 3: York and then Detroit. They lost every game on the
- 53:38Speaker 3: road trip. Returning home, I don't think is going to
- 53:41Speaker 3: help them. So, you know, like especially a bad team
- 53:44Speaker 3: like Colorado, I think the return home spot is a negative.
- 53:47Speaker 3: So I think both teams are in negative spots. What
- 53:49Speaker 3: the hell do we do about that? What do we
- 53:51Speaker 3: do with this game here? Well, it's not exactly an
- 53:54Speaker 3: elite pitching matchup here, I'll tell you that much. San
- 53:58Speaker 3: Diego will have the better bullpen here. That's not really
- 54:01Speaker 3: in question, although they did use five relief pitchers yesterday.
- 54:04Speaker 3: So their bullpen sees some usage here recently. Although I
- 54:08Speaker 3: think Miller at least had the day off yesterday after
- 54:10Speaker 3: he pitched the prior two days. So they had to
- 54:13Speaker 3: close out the game with some other guys. Colorado used
- 54:17Speaker 3: four guys yesterday out of the bullpen, though. They're a
- 54:19Speaker 3: bad bullpen. They're number 27. Padres are number six, however.
- 54:23Speaker 3: I think they're a top five bullpen, as I keep saying.
- 54:26Speaker 3: Colorado is the better offense. They're number five. San Diego's
- 54:30Speaker 3: number 23, but Maybe the offenses are going to show
- 54:33Speaker 3: up in this one. We're in Coors Field here. Casey
- 54:36Speaker 3: Mize is pitching for San Diego. He's had a good season,
- 54:39Speaker 3: but it was mostly with Detroit. 3.7 ERA, 1.11 whip.
- 54:44Speaker 3: He's not as good on the road. 4.25 road ERA. Mize, though,
- 54:49Speaker 3: he's not really been that good since joining San Diego.
- 54:52Speaker 3: Since joining San Diego, his ERA is in the 6s.
- 54:55Speaker 3: So yeah, that's not good. He's struggled, man. He's got
- 54:59Speaker 3: 22 strikeouts and 10 walks, I think is what his
- 55:02Speaker 3: ratio is here. That's not really that good. So he's
- 55:06Speaker 3: not really pitching that well. His last couple starts were
- 55:08Speaker 3: pretty mediocre. All those command numbers are okay over those
- 55:11Speaker 3: two starts, but I don't think he's really fully trustworthy
- 55:15Speaker 3: right now. His hit rate is all right. His walk
- 55:17Speaker 3: rate is good. He doesn't really walk many guys, and
- 55:19Speaker 3: his strikeout rate is all right. So his strikeout walk
- 55:21Speaker 3: ratio is pretty good at 3.7%. 8.1 strikeouts per nine.
- 55:26Speaker 3: So that's not bad, but his numbers have been worse,
- 55:29Speaker 3: like significantly worse since joining San Diego though. So I
- 55:32Speaker 3: don't know what the deal is, but yeah, not really
- 55:35Speaker 3: good with San Diego. And then the question is how
- 55:38Speaker 3: home run conducive is he? Well, he's a pretty extreme
- 55:40Speaker 3: fly ball pitcher. Hasn't really allowed that many home runs,
- 55:43Speaker 3: but he might not be that good in course field here.
- 55:46Speaker 3: His numbers against Colorado are, They're mediocre in 19 at-bats.
- 55:54Speaker 3: 263 average allowed isn't really that good. 684 OPS is
- 55:56Speaker 3: not really that high, though. So they actually haven't really
- 55:59Speaker 3: hit him for power. Five strikeouts, no walks. But Mai's
- 56:02Speaker 3: current form in Colorado, I don't think I really fully
- 56:06Speaker 3: trust him. And I don't trust Sugano on the other side.
- 56:09Speaker 3: Tomoyuki Sugano pitching for the Rockies. Advanced analytics guys are...
- 56:14Speaker 3: You know, they're partying because they got it right that
- 56:16Speaker 3: this guy was going to regress, and that has definitely happened. 5.3
- 56:20Speaker 3: ERA now, 1.34 whip, not really that good, although it
- 56:23Speaker 3: does kind of indicate maybe his ERA should be a
- 56:25Speaker 3: little bit lower than that. He's actually slightly better at
- 56:29Speaker 3: home somehow, 4.96 home ERA, but he's been pretty bad recently,
- 56:33Speaker 3: although he's going somewhat deep into some of these starts still,
- 56:36Speaker 3: but he's allowed five or more runs in all but
- 56:39Speaker 3: one start going all the way back into mid-August. So, yeah,
- 56:42Speaker 3: he's not in good form right now. He's got a
- 56:45Speaker 3: high hit rate. He allows a lot of home runs,
- 56:47Speaker 3: which part of that is because he pitches in course field,
- 56:50Speaker 3: but that's still not good. He's very fly ball heavy.
- 56:53Speaker 3: So both pitchers are fly ball heavy pitchers here. His
- 56:57Speaker 3: strikeout rate's very low. His walk rate's not really that
- 56:59Speaker 3: good either. Well, actually, I keep saying that, but his
- 57:02Speaker 3: walk rate actually isn't that bad. 2.5 strikeout walk ratio,
- 57:05Speaker 3: given how low his strikeout rate is, isn't that bad. 5.5
- 57:08Speaker 3: strikeout per nine. Yeah. Not good that he doesn't strike
- 57:13Speaker 3: guys out, although he doesn't really walk that many guys.
- 57:16Speaker 3: Sugano against San Diego. He's been good against them in
- 57:22Speaker 3: 33 at-bats, 212 average allowed, 576 OPS. That's not too bad,
- 57:26Speaker 3: but I still think the over might be the way
- 57:29Speaker 3: to look in this game. I think you're looking at
- 57:31Speaker 3: two struggling pitchers right now. I don't really, yeah, I
- 57:36Speaker 3: don't love the pitching that's going on here, and the
- 57:38Speaker 3: money seems to agree with this. 52% of tickets, 71%
- 57:42Speaker 3: of the cash on the over. I feel like I'm
- 57:43Speaker 3: saying over a lot in some of these games, but
- 57:46Speaker 3: that's the way that it is. If you can find
- 57:48Speaker 3: the 10 and a half, it's more preferable than the 11, obviously,
- 57:51Speaker 3: because the 11 is a key number. Every odd number
- 57:54Speaker 3: is key in baseball totals because some team has to win.
- 57:57Speaker 3: So you got to break the tie. But yeah, if
- 58:00Speaker 3: you can find it over 10 and a half, that's
- 58:02Speaker 3: probably the way that I lean there. Even at the 11,
- 58:05Speaker 3: probably I would still lean that way. I don't really
- 58:07Speaker 3: want to do it though, especially because the matchup numbers
- 58:09Speaker 3: for the starters are actually not that bad. So if
- 58:12Speaker 3: they were bad, I might actually be considering doing this,
- 58:15Speaker 3: but it's not a play for me. Money is also
- 58:18Speaker 3: back in Colorado. 86% of tickets on San Diego, 54%
- 58:22Speaker 3: of the cash on Colorado. It kind of makes sense
- 58:25Speaker 3: given that San Diego's in the quick turnaround spot of
- 58:28Speaker 3: the night game, but I don't want Colorado either in
- 58:31Speaker 3: the return home spot. You know what I mean? I
- 58:33Speaker 3: would just leave it alone. The return home spot makes
- 58:35Speaker 3: me worry about Colorado's offense, actually, a little bit, given
- 58:40Speaker 3: that sometimes when that happens, the offense can kind of
- 58:42Speaker 3: slow down a little bit, having to change time zones
- 58:46Speaker 3: and whatever's going on there. So I don't know about that.
- 58:49Speaker 3: If you're going to take Colorado, which I'm not recommending,
- 58:53Speaker 3: but if you're going to do that, the money does
- 58:55Speaker 3: agree with you. And I would say only do it
- 58:56Speaker 3: in the first five because their bullpen is obviously at
- 59:01Speaker 3: a huge disadvantage there. All right, Seattle and Anaheim. Anaheim's
- 59:06Speaker 3: returning home from a road trip, cross-country, going back to
- 59:09Speaker 3: the Pacific. time zone. You know I talk about how
- 59:11Speaker 3: difficult that is. They just got swept in Washington, but
- 59:16Speaker 3: I don't think they're going to bounce back at home,
- 59:17Speaker 3: even though the Mariners theoretically are a team they would
- 59:20Speaker 3: get up for because the Mariners are kind of still alive.
- 59:23Speaker 3: I think the Mariners' only shot would be probably winning
- 59:25Speaker 3: the division at this point, but Yeah, even though the
- 59:29Speaker 3: Angels might be able to play spoiler here, very, very
- 59:33Speaker 3: difficult spot. Having to return home from the road can
- 59:36Speaker 3: be a distraction, plus having to go east to west
- 59:38Speaker 3: and readjust to the Pacific time zone. You know I
- 59:40Speaker 3: talk about how difficult that is. And they're going to
- 59:42Speaker 3: have to adjust to playing a game. It's going to
- 59:46Speaker 3: end at midnight East Coast time, so that's kind of
- 59:50Speaker 3: a problem. So I do not like the spot for
- 59:52Speaker 3: Anaheim here. Seattle's in the much better situational spot. They're
- 59:55Speaker 3: staying in California. They were up in Sacramento, so yeah,
- 59:58Speaker 3: they've got to travel down south, but they're staying in
- 1:00:01Speaker 3: the same time zone. They just lost to the A's,
- 1:00:03Speaker 3: which is totally embarrassing. We had the over in that
- 1:00:06Speaker 3: game right on the show yesterday. We also had the
- 1:00:08Speaker 3: over right in the Angels game yesterday. Angels also had
- 1:00:12Speaker 3: a close game in that game yesterday against Washington. But Seattle,
- 1:00:16Speaker 3: they've got to be embarrassed, man, losing two series to
- 1:00:18Speaker 3: the A's over their last three series. I mean, what
- 1:00:22Speaker 3: are you doing, man? Like, Those are supposed to be
- 1:00:25Speaker 3: the series where Seattle is supposed to catch up because
- 1:00:27Speaker 3: they get to win some games against the A's. Not
- 1:00:30Speaker 3: so much. So you've got to think Seattle is going
- 1:00:33Speaker 3: to be in a more motivated spot here. I mean,
- 1:00:34Speaker 3: you cannot let that stand. Problem with it is the
- 1:00:37Speaker 3: more established pitcher is on Anaheim's side here. Anaheim has
- 1:00:41Speaker 3: their best pitcher pitching in this game here, and I
- 1:00:43Speaker 3: don't really want to fade him. Anaheim used three relief
- 1:00:46Speaker 3: pitchers yesterday. Seattle used four. Both bullpens have not been good, though.
- 1:00:53Speaker 3: Seattle is number 20. Anaheim is number 23. Seattle is
- 1:00:58Speaker 3: the worst ERA. I'm not sure that Seattle is actually
- 1:01:01Speaker 3: the worst bullpen here, but neither bullpen has been good,
- 1:01:03Speaker 3: so they're both pretty unbackable here. Offensively, neither team has
- 1:01:08Speaker 3: been good, though. So if you're thinking the under, I mean,
- 1:01:10Speaker 3: you might still be able to get a full game
- 1:01:12Speaker 3: under here because these offenses are putrid. Seattle number 28,
- 1:01:15Speaker 3: Anaheim number 30. So two of the worst offenses in baseball.
- 1:01:22Speaker 3: Cade Anderson is getting the start for Seattle. He's been okay.
- 1:01:26Speaker 3: I mean, he's a rookie, so he's really young. He's 22,
- 1:01:28Speaker 3: so you've got to give him a little bit of
- 1:01:30Speaker 3: leeway here. He was dominating in AA, but like I say,
- 1:01:34Speaker 3: Seattle skips AAA because it's a high-elevation place, which I
- 1:01:39Speaker 3: don't think they should do. I think they should battle
- 1:01:40Speaker 3: test their pitchers there. They did not do that, but
- 1:01:43Speaker 3: he's getting battle-tested in the majors. He's got a 4.29 ERA, 1.38 whip.
- 1:01:48Speaker 3: Not horrible, but not good either. 4.15 road ERA, though.
- 1:01:52Speaker 3: He's actually been a little bit better on the road.
- 1:01:54Speaker 3: His opponent batting average on the road is good, 188
- 1:01:57Speaker 3: or something, but he actually had a really good start
- 1:01:59Speaker 3: at home last time against Texas, so maybe he's kind
- 1:02:02Speaker 3: of coming into form here a little bit. He's pitching
- 1:02:05Speaker 3: a little bit longer into his outings here. That last
- 1:02:07Speaker 3: start was good, so maybe... He's coming around a little
- 1:02:10Speaker 3: bit here, possibly, and Anaheim is going to be a
- 1:02:12Speaker 3: weak offense he gets to face here, and Anaheim has
- 1:02:15Speaker 3: never seen him before, so he might pitch well here
- 1:02:18Speaker 3: in this game. He might have the extra advantage of
- 1:02:22Speaker 3: not having been seen before by Anaheim's offense. The thing is,
- 1:02:26Speaker 3: Reid Detmers has started for the Angels. He's good. He's
- 1:02:30Speaker 3: their best pitcher, and I think he just continues to
- 1:02:32Speaker 3: just go unheralded because he's on such a bad team.
- 1:02:35Speaker 3: He's got a 3.32 ERA, 1.04 whip. He's been better
- 1:02:40Speaker 3: at home, 3.21 home ERA. He's coming off a six-inning
- 1:02:44Speaker 3: one-hit shutout of the Red Sox last time out on
- 1:02:46Speaker 3: the road with nine strikeouts and one walk. He's in
- 1:02:49Speaker 3: excellent form right now. He's only allowed three runs total
- 1:02:54Speaker 3: over his last six starts. Is that good? He's allowing
- 1:02:57Speaker 3: half a run per start, and he's gone at least
- 1:03:00Speaker 3: six innings in every one of them. Yeah, I would
- 1:03:03Speaker 3: say that's good. His ERA over the last two months
- 1:03:05Speaker 3: is like, close to one uh this guy is dominating
- 1:03:09Speaker 3: right now man and nobody seems to really be talking
- 1:03:11Speaker 3: about it because he gets no run support and anaheim
- 1:03:14Speaker 3: keeps losing the games and their bullpen is bad denver's
- 1:03:17Speaker 3: has a low hit rate his walk rate's all right
- 1:03:19Speaker 3: his strikeout rate is pretty high so those numbers are
- 1:03:22Speaker 3: all pretty good 4.2 strikeout walk ratio that's that's up
- 1:03:27Speaker 3: there man that's a really good number 10.2 strikeout per
- 1:03:30Speaker 3: nine is also pretty good. Detmers against Seattle. Not good, though, surprisingly.
- 1:03:37Speaker 3: 79 at-bats. Seattle's actually been able to get to him.
- 1:03:40Speaker 3: They have a 291 average, 792 OPS, 19-7 strikeout walk ratio.
- 1:03:45Speaker 3: So I guess if you are going to try to
- 1:03:47Speaker 3: fade Detmers, this might actually be the spot to do it.
- 1:03:51Speaker 3: The money is coming in on Anaheim, and I don't
- 1:03:54Speaker 3: really agree with that. It does seem way too easy
- 1:03:57Speaker 3: to play Seattle, though. That's the thing. The public is
- 1:03:59Speaker 3: actually going to be on Seattle, and this one is
- 1:04:01Speaker 3: bad as it played recently. Anaheim has one of the
- 1:04:04Speaker 3: worst records in baseball, so the public is never going
- 1:04:07Speaker 3: to want Anaheim. You know what I mean? 61% of
- 1:04:10Speaker 3: tickets on Seattle, 69% of the cash on Anaheim. I
- 1:04:13Speaker 3: think what the professional money is doing is saying, well,
- 1:04:16Speaker 3: Detmers is really good, so we're going to back him
- 1:04:19Speaker 3: as an underdog here. You know what I mean? But
- 1:04:20Speaker 3: I'm looking at the situation, and I'm saying, well, denver's
- 1:04:23Speaker 3: actually has bad matchup numbers and anaheim's return home spot
- 1:04:26Speaker 3: really doesn't look good for them here my worry is
- 1:04:29Speaker 3: that yes it looks way too easy to play seattle
- 1:04:31Speaker 3: here the team with a better record at like a
- 1:04:34Speaker 3: pick'em price here the market's saying to to not do
- 1:04:37Speaker 3: it so i will not do it but i do
- 1:04:39Speaker 3: actually slightly lean to seattle in that one the money's
- 1:04:42Speaker 3: also coming in strongly on the over and i don't
- 1:04:44Speaker 3: agree with that either um Totals, it's 7.5. It's low
- 1:04:48Speaker 3: for a reason, but like I said, you're dealing with
- 1:04:50Speaker 3: bad offenses here. I think the pitchers should actually be
- 1:04:53Speaker 3: able to do well enough. I'm going to lean under
- 1:04:55Speaker 3: in this game. You're getting at least the key number, 7.5 there.
- 1:05:00Speaker 3: Maybe you could leave the bullpens in and hope these
- 1:05:02Speaker 3: bullpens are at least okay in this one against these
- 1:05:05Speaker 3: bad offenses, although, of course, first five is also an
- 1:05:08Speaker 3: option if you want to do the first five under,
- 1:05:10Speaker 3: but you're going to be looking at 3.5 probably, which,
- 1:05:13Speaker 3: you know, I don't really love that much, so Do
- 1:05:16Speaker 3: what you want with all that info, but I don't
- 1:05:18Speaker 3: agree with the market read on that game in any way, really.
- 1:05:21Speaker 3: And then we have Miami and Arizona. I think I
- 1:05:23Speaker 3: do agree with the market in this one. Arizona lost
- 1:05:26Speaker 3: two in a row to the Rangers, and they're staying
- 1:05:28Speaker 3: at home here. And you know Arizona, they got to
- 1:05:31Speaker 3: try to get this win, man. They're right there in
- 1:05:33Speaker 3: the wild card race. They're two and a half back
- 1:05:35Speaker 3: of San Diego now, which is, I think, for the
- 1:05:37Speaker 3: last wild card spot right now. The NL is good, man.
- 1:05:41Speaker 3: The last team in the playoffs right now is San
- 1:05:44Speaker 3: Diego at 81-68. Yeah, we're looking at a good National
- 1:05:48Speaker 3: League here this year. It's tough to make the playoffs
- 1:05:50Speaker 3: in the NL this year. Arizona's got to step it up, man.
- 1:05:54Speaker 3: We'll see if they can do it here. They're staying
- 1:05:56Speaker 3: at home. Kind of ugly losses to Texas there. Arizona's
- 1:06:01Speaker 3: good at home. They're 42-33 at home. Marlins are awful
- 1:06:05Speaker 3: on the road. They're 29-43 on the road, so the
- 1:06:07Speaker 3: home road splits definitely favor Arizona. in this series. Now,
- 1:06:11Speaker 3: the Marlins are starting a road trip, but they're coming
- 1:06:13Speaker 3: from the East Coast, so you know that adjustment to
- 1:06:16Speaker 3: the late-night time isn't really that good. They're playing 940
- 1:06:19Speaker 3: Eastern time here, even though I think Arizona's in their
- 1:06:23Speaker 3: own time zone or something. I don't know what it is.
- 1:06:25Speaker 3: But still, Miami having to play a late-night game with
- 1:06:28Speaker 3: their biological clock is not going to be that easy.
- 1:06:30Speaker 3: Miami also just beat the Dodgers twice, so this could
- 1:06:33Speaker 3: be a letdown spot for Miami off of that. Even
- 1:06:36Speaker 3: though Miami is technically still trying to make the playoffs,
- 1:06:38Speaker 3: it's not going to happen. They're way too far behind.
- 1:06:42Speaker 3: So those were big games for them against the Dodgers,
- 1:06:44Speaker 3: at least those wins. I think the spot does favor
- 1:06:46Speaker 3: Arizona here, although everybody kind of knows Arizona needs to
- 1:06:50Speaker 3: win this game, and the public will probably be siding
- 1:06:52Speaker 3: with them because they also have the better record. Arizona
- 1:06:55Speaker 3: used three relief pitchers yesterday. Their bullpen is pretty well-rested
- 1:06:58Speaker 3: right now. I think they might actually have the bullpen
- 1:07:00Speaker 3: edge here. Miami used a bunch of guys. Miami's bullpen
- 1:07:04Speaker 3: is a lot less rested. They used four guys yesterday.
- 1:07:07Speaker 3: A lot of usage over the last couple days. Miami's
- 1:07:09Speaker 3: number nine in bullpen, but their ERA is above four.
- 1:07:12Speaker 3: Arizona's number five, and at least their ERA is below
- 1:07:15Speaker 3: four now. So I do think Arizona has the bullpen
- 1:07:18Speaker 3: edge here. Miami probably has the offensive edge. Miami's number
- 1:07:22Speaker 3: eight in offense. Arizona number 21. This will be a
- 1:07:26Speaker 3: more hitter-friendly park here, but we do have two pretty
- 1:07:28Speaker 3: good pitchers on the mound here. Sandy Alcantara is pitching
- 1:07:31Speaker 3: from Miami. Good season for him. Kind of a nice
- 1:07:35Speaker 3: bounce back for him this year. 3.78 ERA, 1.22 whip.
- 1:07:40Speaker 3: He's not as good on the road, though. He is
- 1:07:42Speaker 3: beatable on the road, at least. 4.32 road ERA. So
- 1:07:46Speaker 3: he might be a play against in this game. And
- 1:07:48Speaker 3: he's not been good over his last three starts. He's
- 1:07:50Speaker 3: allowed four runs or more in each of his last
- 1:07:53Speaker 3: three starts, and in fact, Miami's lost his last six starts,
- 1:07:57Speaker 3: even though some of that wasn't his fault, but the
- 1:07:59Speaker 3: last three, not good. In the last two games, he
- 1:08:02Speaker 3: faced Kansas City and the Mets. The Mets beat him
- 1:08:05Speaker 3: up in his last start. That's not a good sign.
- 1:08:07Speaker 3: Alcantara's not in good form right now, although he does
- 1:08:10Speaker 3: have a pretty good hit rate here. His walk rate
- 1:08:11Speaker 3: is not too bad. His strikeout rate is really low, though.
- 1:08:16Speaker 3: So 2.6 strikeout walk ratio because his strikeout rate is
- 1:08:21Speaker 3: just so low. 6.4 strikeout per nine. He's not fooling guys,
- 1:08:27Speaker 3: which kind of surprises me because it makes it look
- 1:08:28Speaker 3: like his velocity is completely gone, which would make sense
- 1:08:32Speaker 3: because he's had Tommy John surgery and whatever. But he
- 1:08:34Speaker 3: actually is throwing like upper 90s if you watch him pitch.
- 1:08:37Speaker 3: So I don't know exactly what the deal is there.
- 1:08:40Speaker 3: Alcantara against Arizona. is actually pretty good, though. He has
- 1:08:44Speaker 3: 82 at-bats against them, a 207 average, 591 OPS, 20
- 1:08:49Speaker 3: to 6 strikeout walk ratio. So what the heck is that? Disney,
- 1:08:54Speaker 3: giving me a pop-up here from ESPN, I guess, the
- 1:08:56Speaker 3: Children's Online Privacy Policy. Yeah, great. okay thank you thanks
- 1:09:02Speaker 3: ESPN and Disney thank you for letting me know I
- 1:09:06Speaker 3: like how that just pops up for no reason while
- 1:09:08Speaker 3: you're on ESPN thank you okay I'm not a child
- 1:09:12Speaker 3: by the way I know I act like it sometimes.
- 1:09:16Speaker 3: I don't know if that was the confusion. Corbin Burns
- 1:09:19Speaker 3: is pitching for Arizona here. He's got a zero ERA
- 1:09:23Speaker 3: so far and 1.33 whip, but you remember I backed
- 1:09:25Speaker 3: him in his last game, which I forget, what was
- 1:09:30Speaker 3: my play in that game? It was Arizona first five maybe,
- 1:09:32Speaker 3: and I think it was a push, and then they
- 1:09:34Speaker 3: won the game in extra innings anyway. Burns only went
- 1:09:36Speaker 3: three innings in that one, but they're easing him back
- 1:09:39Speaker 3: in because Burns has been injured since last year, but
- 1:09:42Speaker 3: He was a pretty much elite-level pitcher for a lot
- 1:09:46Speaker 3: of his career. So Burns is a very good pitcher,
- 1:09:48Speaker 3: although he's a little bit older now. He's trying to
- 1:09:50Speaker 3: come back from injury. But his last start at a
- 1:09:54Speaker 3: pretty hitter-friendly environment at Kansas City, so that was a
- 1:09:57Speaker 3: decent sign. He pitched fairly well in that start. So
- 1:09:59Speaker 3: I think he's just going to continue to improve a
- 1:10:02Speaker 3: little bit from there. Burns against the Marlins, they only
- 1:10:06Speaker 3: have 10 at-bats against them. They only have three hitters
- 1:10:09Speaker 3: who have faced them before, 200 average, 400 OPS average.
- 1:10:12Speaker 3: No extra base hits, two strikeouts, no walks. So I
- 1:10:15Speaker 3: think Burns should do well here, and the Marlins might
- 1:10:17Speaker 3: struggle because they're unfamiliar with him too. I like Arizona
- 1:10:21Speaker 3: in this game. It's not going to make the cut
- 1:10:22Speaker 3: for me, but Alcantara really in bad form right now.
- 1:10:26Speaker 3: Also not as good on the road, and the home
- 1:10:27Speaker 3: road splits for the teams definitely favor Arizona here. 62%
- 1:10:32Speaker 3: of the tickets and 89% of the cash on Arizona.
- 1:10:35Speaker 3: They're in the minus 130s here. Yeah, I think The
- 1:10:39Speaker 3: move is to just play Arizona on the money line
- 1:10:41Speaker 3: in this game, in my opinion. I think the under
- 1:10:44Speaker 3: is actually probably the way to look at the total
- 1:10:47Speaker 3: in this one. Both pitchers seem like they actually have
- 1:10:49Speaker 3: decent matchups here, at least. Money's slightly leaning towards the over, 8.5,
- 1:10:54Speaker 3: but I think the under makes more sense there. But
- 1:10:56Speaker 3: I like Arizona in that one. And the money's starting
- 1:10:59Speaker 3: to disagree with my play, by the way, on the
- 1:11:01Speaker 3: Detroit side. But we will see what happens, man. I mean,
- 1:11:04Speaker 3: the other good thing about Detroit, by the way, if
- 1:11:07Speaker 3: you look at the... MLB standings here. You look at
- 1:11:12Speaker 3: the run differential here. Detroit is plus 70, man. Detroit's
- 1:11:17Speaker 3: third in the American League. The only teams in the
- 1:11:19Speaker 3: American League with a better run differential are the Yankees
- 1:11:21Speaker 3: and the Red Sox. Detroit's run differential is a run
- 1:11:25Speaker 3: better than Tampa Bay. Although I know some of that
- 1:11:27Speaker 3: was with Scooble still there, but even so, that is
- 1:11:30Speaker 3: telling you that Detroit is not as bad as their
- 1:11:33Speaker 3: record looks. You know what I mean? And Toronto's run
- 1:11:35Speaker 3: differential is negative 31. So Detroit is actually the better
- 1:11:40Speaker 3: team if you look at it that way. So that's
- 1:11:41Speaker 3: another thing I forgot to point out there.
- 1:11:44Speaker 1: All right.
- 1:11:45Speaker 3: Doesn't mean you should just blindly back Detroit, though, of course. Okay.
- 1:11:49Speaker 3: But that's what I like here.
- 1:11:51Speaker 1: All right.
- 1:11:51Speaker 3: We have the NFL game here as well, which I
- 1:11:54Speaker 3: already gave out a play on it. So you guys
- 1:11:56Speaker 3: that are following me already know what it is. But
- 1:11:58Speaker 3: you can still get the number on it right now.
- 1:12:00Speaker 3: We're taking the Chiefs in this game. Hang on. we're
- 1:12:10Speaker 3: going to lay the two and a half with the
- 1:12:11Speaker 3: Kansas City Chiefs here, man. To me, it looks like
- 1:12:15Speaker 3: Denver is definitely shaping up to be a public underdog here.
- 1:12:18Speaker 3: So that's part of the reason I start there. We
- 1:12:21Speaker 3: have 60% of the tickets on Denver, but 54% of
- 1:12:23Speaker 3: the cash on Kansas City. The public is only going
- 1:12:26Speaker 3: to be on Denver here, man. You could also play
- 1:12:28Speaker 3: the money line on Kansas City if you want to
- 1:12:30Speaker 3: do it that way and not worry about the points.
- 1:12:33Speaker 3: But below a field goal, hopefully, is fine here. Now,
- 1:12:37Speaker 3: The public only wants Denver, right? Because of what they
- 1:12:39Speaker 3: saw last year. Oh, well, Kansas City only won six
- 1:12:42Speaker 3: games last year. They didn't make the playoffs. And Denver
- 1:12:44Speaker 3: beat them twice. Yeah, that's true. But Mahomes only played
- 1:12:48Speaker 3: in one of the two games. It was the one
- 1:12:49Speaker 3: at Denver. And as I pointed out in my NFL show,
- 1:12:53Speaker 3: Mahomes is 7-0 at home against Denver. So Mahomes has
- 1:12:57Speaker 3: never lost to Denver in Arrowhead. And I know Mahomes, oh,
- 1:13:01Speaker 3: he's no longer what he once was. But still, Denver.
- 1:13:04Speaker 3: How much are we going to downgrade Kansas City for
- 1:13:06Speaker 3: one really bad season after they made the Super Bowl
- 1:13:09Speaker 3: the year before that? You know what I mean? You
- 1:13:11Speaker 3: know about the Super Bowl hangover. When a team loses
- 1:13:14Speaker 3: the Super Bowl for whatever reason, it's like they're cursed
- 1:13:17Speaker 3: in the next season. I think this should be a
- 1:13:19Speaker 3: bounce-back season for Kansas City. We're still talking about a
- 1:13:23Speaker 3: team that has a pretty good roster here. They finally
- 1:13:26Speaker 3: got a really good running back in Kenneth Walker. Mahomes
- 1:13:30Speaker 3: should be coming into this game healthy. Yeah, there are
- 1:13:33Speaker 3: some issues still. I mean, their defense might be a
- 1:13:35Speaker 3: little bit on the downswing, even though I think it's
- 1:13:37Speaker 3: still decent. They still have a really good coach. I
- 1:13:40Speaker 3: think Andy Reid is notoriously pretty good in primetime, if
- 1:13:43Speaker 3: I'm not mistaken, as well. It's a really tough environment
- 1:13:47Speaker 3: to have to go into Arrowhead at night. Very, very
- 1:13:50Speaker 3: difficult environment. Kansas City, big home field advantage for Arrowhead here.
- 1:13:55Speaker 3: So the oddsmakers are actually telling you, Denver, I think
- 1:13:59Speaker 3: they're telling you Denver's the slightly better team by giving
- 1:14:02Speaker 3: Kansas City only a two and a half here or
- 1:14:04Speaker 3: having them lay only two and a half here. I
- 1:14:06Speaker 3: think they actually maybe should be laying above a field
- 1:14:08Speaker 3: goal here, to be honest. I actually think Kansas City
- 1:14:10Speaker 3: might actually be the slightly better team. And in a
- 1:14:13Speaker 3: Monday night game like this at home, I think you
- 1:14:15Speaker 3: got to give them like three for home advantage. You
- 1:14:17Speaker 3: know what I mean? So this line is actually a
- 1:14:19Speaker 3: little bit short. based on what we saw last year.
- 1:14:22Speaker 3: Denver overperformed last year, in my opinion. Yeah, they're good. Yeah,
- 1:14:26Speaker 3: they have a really good defense. I'm not totally sold
- 1:14:28Speaker 3: on their offense, even though they did add Waddle and whatever.
- 1:14:31Speaker 3: And Nix is good. I don't think he's as good
- 1:14:34Speaker 3: as people think that he is, but he is good.
- 1:14:37Speaker 3: And he doesn't make a ton of mistakes, really, so
- 1:14:39Speaker 3: that's good. But Nix is also coming back from injury,
- 1:14:42Speaker 3: as I mentioned. Everybody's talking about, oh, how is Mahomes
- 1:14:44Speaker 3: going to look coming back from injury? Well, Nix is
- 1:14:47Speaker 3: coming back from injury, too. It's just people forget because
- 1:14:49Speaker 3: he got injured in the playoffs there, and he only
- 1:14:51Speaker 3: missed one game, but still, both quarterbacks have to do that,
- 1:14:56Speaker 3: and Mahomes is at least kind of more used to
- 1:14:59Speaker 3: doing that, because he's a more experienced QB, so the
- 1:15:02Speaker 3: experience definitely goes to Kansas City here, man, even though
- 1:15:05Speaker 3: we have two good coaches here, whatever, I think the
- 1:15:08Speaker 3: experience quarterbacking might wind up being the difference here as well,
- 1:15:11Speaker 3: and by the way, Mahomes, not only 7-0 at home
- 1:15:14Speaker 3: against Denver in his career, but I think he's also,
- 1:15:16Speaker 3: I think I said it was like It's 13-4, I
- 1:15:19Speaker 3: think is what his overall record is against Denver. So
- 1:15:22Speaker 3: he's been a winning quarterback against Denver. I think that
- 1:15:26Speaker 3: the public's perception is skewed based on what they saw
- 1:15:29Speaker 3: last year. Denver won in Kansas City, but Mahomes didn't
- 1:15:32Speaker 3: play that game. That was after Mahomes was injured. That
- 1:15:34Speaker 3: was late in the season. So that game, I think
- 1:15:37Speaker 3: you can kind of throw that game out a little bit.
- 1:15:40Speaker 1: And.
- 1:15:41Speaker 3: Kansas City's going to want this game more, in my opinion,
- 1:15:43Speaker 3: because Kansas City had won this division how many years
- 1:15:46Speaker 3: in a row? Kansas City, at least a few years
- 1:15:49Speaker 3: in a row, Kansas City won this division. Now, all
- 1:15:50Speaker 3: of a sudden, Denver won the division last year. You
- 1:15:53Speaker 3: don't think Kansas City's going to want to have a
- 1:15:56Speaker 3: say in that? I think this is a revenge spot
- 1:15:58Speaker 3: for Kansas City. It's divisional revenge because they lost the
- 1:16:01Speaker 3: division last year to Denver, and Kansas City lost both
- 1:16:04Speaker 3: games to them, so it's double revenge as well, including
- 1:16:08Speaker 3: losing at home last year without Mahomes, though, so I
- 1:16:11Speaker 3: think things line up nicely for a play on Kansas
- 1:16:14Speaker 3: City here. That's what we're going to do. And the
- 1:16:18Speaker 3: total's low, 43.5. It's gone up a little bit. The
- 1:16:21Speaker 3: money's actually coming in on the over, but I kind
- 1:16:23Speaker 3: of think this is more of an under game. I
- 1:16:26Speaker 3: think you're looking at two teams that are still better
- 1:16:28Speaker 3: on defense than offense. That would be my opinion here.
- 1:16:30Speaker 3: And it has the makings of a game. It's going
- 1:16:33Speaker 3: to be this slugfest, you know what I mean? Which
- 1:16:36Speaker 3: I know it's not great for laying points, but I
- 1:16:38Speaker 3: do think the under... makes more sense in the over
- 1:16:41Speaker 3: in this one, but my preference is obviously the Kansas
- 1:16:43Speaker 3: City side, but I think it will be kind of
- 1:16:45Speaker 3: a defensive battle, and a lot of times the divisional
- 1:16:47Speaker 3: opponents face each other, you know, they kind of know
- 1:16:50Speaker 3: each other, so they know how these offenses are going
- 1:16:52Speaker 3: to try to attack them, so the defenses are usually
- 1:16:55Speaker 3: better off in these divisional matchups, because they're very familiar
- 1:16:59Speaker 3: with each other, you know what I mean, so that
- 1:17:02Speaker 3: tends to lend itself towards more unders as well, and
- 1:17:04Speaker 3: plus it's just a big game, which usually means more
- 1:17:07Speaker 3: intense defense, so I think the under does make some
- 1:17:10Speaker 3: sense there as well. But I like Kansas City. That's
- 1:17:13Speaker 3: the play. That's going to do it, man. The two
- 1:17:16Speaker 3: plays today are the Detroit Tigers, Moneyline, Kansas City minus 2.5.
- 1:17:20Speaker 3: Or if you can find a Moneyline that's a good price,
- 1:17:22Speaker 3: you can do that as well. For the NFL play,
- 1:17:26Speaker 3: let's have a winning week in the NFL, man. Let's
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- 1:17:53Speaker 3: know we did not do a live show or whatever.
- 1:17:56Speaker 3: It would have been fun to do a live show
- 1:17:58Speaker 3: during that one though. Nice win for the Giants last night.
- 1:18:00Speaker 3: My lean was correct on that one. Unfortunately, it was
- 1:18:02Speaker 3: not on my card, but Giants look good, man. First
- 1:18:05Speaker 3: game under Harbaugh. Jackson Dart made a few mistakes. He
- 1:18:09Speaker 3: made one mistake on that final drive where they were
- 1:18:13Speaker 3: icing the game, but he made up for it by
- 1:18:14Speaker 3: making two really clutch third down throws to ice the game, both,
- 1:18:18Speaker 3: I think, to likely. But he had one throw where
- 1:18:21Speaker 3: he made a really bad throw where neighbors had a
- 1:18:23Speaker 3: lot of space to make the catch, and Dart underthrew him.
- 1:18:26Speaker 3: But Dart made up for it, man, with a couple
- 1:18:28Speaker 3: of big third down throws there. sealing the game. Um, yeah,
- 1:18:33Speaker 3: good game for the giants last night, man. Uh, this, uh,
- 1:18:36Speaker 3: Dallas defense is, uh, still not exactly good. And I
- 1:18:39Speaker 3: think I won in my fantasy league because, uh, Williams
- 1:18:42Speaker 3: did a lot for me in that game last night. Uh,
- 1:18:44Speaker 3: the only way that I lose and let's not jinx it,
- 1:18:46Speaker 3: but my opponent is Kenneth Walker and my team is
- 1:18:49Speaker 3: done for the week and I'm up by about 40
- 1:18:51Speaker 3: points so I have to dodge a monster game from
- 1:18:55Speaker 3: Walker but hopefully it's going to be a low scoring
- 1:18:57Speaker 3: game like I said and the defenses will show up
- 1:18:59Speaker 3: although I need Kansas City to win so hopefully they
- 1:19:03Speaker 3: can do that with Walker not scoring a murderous amount
- 1:19:06Speaker 3: of points here let's get it done that's going to
- 1:19:09Speaker 3: do it I appreciate it. Zach, what's up, man? Thanks
- 1:19:12Speaker 3: for hanging out.
- 1:19:13Speaker 2: Mr.
- 1:19:13Speaker 3: Pinsey, thanks, everybody. Peace.
- 1:19:20Speaker 1: If the dark starts talking, hand me the phone. Let
- 1:19:25Speaker 1: somebody answer. Let somebody know you do not have to
- 1:19:32Speaker 1: lose this round alone. Hold on. Hold on, not tonight,
- 1:19:43Speaker 1: not now Hold on, hold.
- 1:19:50Speaker 3: On Let me.
- 1:19:50Speaker 1: Pull you out That bad luck fights hard But it
- 1:19:59Speaker 1: don't get the crown Hold on, hold on Stay with
- 1:20:07Speaker 1: me now Hold on, hold on. You're still here now.