Shota Imanaga Leads Cubs as Favorites Against Brewers

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00:00 the show.

00:01 [Music]

00:02 >> Today, show today, Shota Iminaga gets the start for Chicago.

00:07 He has made nine starts this year for the Cubs.

00:09 They are 8-1 individually.

00:12 Shota Iminaga is 5-0 with a 0.84 ERA and the Cubs a -136 road money line favorite.

00:20 Now earlier in the show, Mark Zinno said he's fading Iminaga because of the classic narrative.

00:26 They can't win them all when Shota gets the start.

00:28 Are you doing the same DRS?

00:30 >> I don't know if I am, but also when you take a look at Bryce Wilson on the mound

00:33 here, he does have an X-fit minus of a 112, which is okay, that's above average.

00:37 How's he doing for the season?

00:38 How about a 2.86 ERA, which is phenomenal.

00:41 But then again, you're going up against Iminaga who's got an 80 X-fit minus, which is incredible,

00:46 and a 0.84 ERA as Ben pointed out.

00:49 So if we're just looking at a pitch-up matchup alone, it is fairly good, which leads me to

00:53 probably another under.

00:54 But if I'm giving the nod, it's going to be to the Cubs due to how good Iminaga has

00:58 actually been.

00:59 If we're looking from a batting perspective, right, Iminaga, just look at the non-analytics

01:03 here.

01:04 Iso power number 055, 221, weighted on base percentage.

01:07 The only guys that are plus against left-handed pitching in the past 30 days for Milwaukee

01:11 are Adamus and Sanchez.

01:13 That's it.

01:14 The rest of the lineup, he should fairly get through easily.

01:15 Flip it over to the other side with Wilson, as we talked about, a little bit more leaky

01:19 against lefties than righties.

01:21 He's going to get, look, Tuchman, Bellinger, Happ, and Bush as lefties.

01:25 So you're going to have more righties in the lineup than lefties.

01:27 That's really where Wilson excels.

01:29 So instead of picking a side, which I do think the right side would be the Chicago Cubs,

01:33 again, probably just more confident in this game going under.

01:35 And if you're saying to yourself, I'm tired of getting burned late innings with multiple

01:39 runs and home runs scored, maybe the first five innings under here might be your play

01:42 for that one.

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