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00:00a full major league baseball slate on this tuesday 15 games all 30 teams in action on the diamond in
00:08the final series already this season in the regular season between the cubbies and the dodgers
00:13begins today inside the friendly confines a familiar matchup of course they started the
00:19year with a short two game set in tokyo they met up in dodger stadium for a three game series and
00:25now drs starting today a short two game set in the midweek between the cubs and the dodgers
00:31shoda iminaga makes his second start of the season against la dustin may on the other side for the
00:37dodgers despite being in wrigley los angeles of course a favorite minus 126 on that money line
00:44total eight and a half how does this third and final series between the cubs and the dodgers start
00:51today yeah it should be a fun one here and i love these you know the morning handicaps here we don't
00:55really know what the actual roster is going to look like tonight but at this point but obviously
00:58we know the starting pitchers are going to be and in the afternoon you get into some more of those
01:02intricate matchups like lefty righty splits with xfip numbers but if we're just looking at the game
01:06and handicapping it dustin may has been really good to start ben 65 total batters he's faced how
01:10about an 034 iso against and a weighted on base percentage of 171 that is spectacular if you look
01:15on a card today 30 total pitchers that i have rated in this and if we're taking a look at may he
01:20actually comes in fifth ben in xfip 1.06 is a era but a 330 xfip number translates very well
01:2668 degrees 67 degrees in chicago with the wind blowing out the center field lightly at five to
01:32six miles an hour that should help now let's go to the opposite side and take a look at show to
01:35imanaga he sets up and looks decent against this dodgers lineup who again shohei otani mookie bets
01:41teoscar hernandez timey edmund and will smith all have high iso power numbers against left-handed
01:45pitching now take a look at this once again yesterday we had vasquez as i bring up for the
01:49padres had a low era but a really high xfip number sooner than later is going to get hit case in point
01:55yesterday a detroit tigers winning six runs that they posted in that game if you look at imanaga's
02:0028 and a third innings pitch ben his era really good at 2.22 xfip though double that at 4.86 so for
02:08my money today i do look at the dodgers as that short price favorite saying well maybe the era doesn't match
02:14up with what imanaga's actually doing the dodgers get to him the dodgers get a victory and anytime you
02:19see the dodgers at that minus 120 price like hey sale on everybody's for sale today get on the dodgers
02:24i'll take them 23 games this year drs the dodgers now 16 and 7 they have won five of their last six
02:34after losing that weekend set inside dodger stadium to these very cubs again show to imanaga who faced the
02:41dodgers in the debut this year back on tuesday march 18th in tokyo four innings of work shutout
02:48baseball did not allow a single hit but only four innings against la again the dodgers were struggling
02:55by relative standards after that weekend set against the cubs they swept the rockies they won two of three
03:01this weekend against the rangers this ends out the season set between the cubbies and the dodgers this
03:08week in wrinkley yesterday francisco linda lindor a pair of home runs for the new york mets who led
03:15five nothing into the ninth the phillies scored four unable to get that game tying run at the dish
03:22and when diaz just shoring up enough the mets win the opener against their divisional foe hey oh uh oh
03:29yeah that's matt i like it better hold on hey put that back up here let's take a look though let's
03:35take a look like put that back get square up on the seat well i like the blue like i like the blue
03:39like sit up what's wrong with that a nice little blue background like we're on a news studio at this
03:44right then then then six abc news and ben stevens from the desk right there i like the way you look
03:51yeah all right talk about the match now what all right let's talk about the mets and the phillies
03:56here today yesterday i told you on the show i did like the new york mets in the game yesterday
04:00look they were going to walk to an easy victory didn't turn out that way because of that ninth
04:04inning which then also blew the under in that game i do think the philadelphia phillies are in for a
04:08bounce back spot tonight because christopher sanchez has been really good this season last year was
04:13spectacular through 776 batters faced this year we're at the 100 marker here which is great so as we start
04:18to get some of these pitching statistics built up over april and may you get a better feel for the
04:23rest of the season but looking at those 101 batter sanchez has faced a k rate of 31 that's great you
04:29take a little walk rate under 6 that's fantastic a total iso of 161 which is right about average but
04:35a 308 weighted on base percentage which is below average you like to see that also on the season out
04:39of the 30 pitchers today on the card i have christopher sanchez with his exit number ben at number two
04:45overall through 24 and a third innings pitch in era of 2.96 and an xfip of 2.55 that is spectacular
04:53now on the other side you're still going to get a pretty good pitching performance out of griffin
04:57canning last year not so good this year a little bit better but he has struggled with right-handed
05:01batters which would mean trey turn it up nick castellanos maybe jt romuto or an alec bohm who has
05:06struggled to start this season but canning hasn't been too bad either ben 21 innings pitched this season
05:11a 3.43 era and a 3.64 xfip number so a slightly better pitching performance and i'm expected for
05:18the phillies in a bounce back effort i like the mets last night i like the phillies tonight with
05:22sanchez as the favorite on the mound so the mets looking for six consecutive victories they've been
05:28playing great baseball the mets now 16 and 7 we talked about the dodgers 16 and 7 the padres losing
05:34the opener in the motor city yesterday against detroit san diego with some road woes has fallen to 16 and
05:40seven three best records in the national league three best records in all of the major leagues
05:46as well let's go to another really good team though out in california that would be the san
05:51francisco giants beating the brewers yesterday in the opener of their midweek set five to two a
05:56slight favorite at home tonight to take the opening two games against milwaukee drs what's the play out
06:02in sf yeah we might want to load up some lefties today against jordan hicks but first let's start on the
06:06opposite side and say all right well pitching matchup here jose quintana still pitching around
06:10major league baseball which is incredible and he take a look at quintana today 12th on the car with
06:14xfip through 12 and two-thirds innings pitch he's got an era under one it's actually 0.71 his exit though
06:20is higher 3.83 which isn't bad but a lineup here for the giants that has done very well loading up
06:25right-handed batters against left-handed pitching if we go to the other side and say okay jordan hicks on
06:30the mound today he's been struggling mightily with left-handed bats to the tune of a 171 iso which is
06:35elevated but a weighted on base percentage ben of 405 which means a low k rate and a high walk rate
06:41a lot of left-handed batters are reaching here tarang yelich fralick and mitchell should be in
06:46your lineup today and just looking at jordan hicks's number on the season let's see what he
06:50where he's coming in here okay 20th on the card but a 6 era but a lower xfip of 4.38 probably would
06:56give the advantage here to be honest to milwaukee in this game because i think those left-handed bats
07:00for some props might be able to get some damage done today yeah the rs i think it's a really
07:05good look as well early on in the midweek around mlb plenty more games to preview on this full
07:11tuesday slate in the bigs much more the mind of donny right side up next we continue to preview a
07:19full slate on a tuesday around major league baseball peek behind the curtain conversation in the final
07:25minute of that commercial break was the headline of this next graphic to preview a game today in
07:31detroit between the tigers and the padres the tigers taking game number one yesterday behind a big day
07:37at the dish for zach mckinstry and glaber torres each recording three base knocks aces in place for
07:45detroit in san diego now jack flaherty is a great pitcher very much not the ace in detroit that is
07:51tarix scoobel of course the reigning american league cy young winner nick pavetta been darn good
07:57as a padre this year three and one record the era i believe is sub well one five seven but at least
08:04sub two he is in his four starts not allowed a single earned run twice but he's not the ace in san
08:12diego either aces in place donnie make sense of it please yeah let's see like we can extend the
08:19boundaries of what an ace actually is because if there's 30 pitchers on the cart you actually have
08:23two top 10 exfit pitchers on the mound today so you could say top 10 pitchers in major league baseball
08:29maybe they could be aces today that is out there there you go look man san diego's got pitching
08:34pavetta out there don't ever disrespect that guy because he came from the philadelphia phillies
08:38lineage here he's actually had 23 innings pitches here ben how about a 1.57 era and a 3.11 x fit number
08:44you take a look at the lineup today for detroit which i liked immensely yesterday there are some guys with
08:49high weighted on base percentages here but not enough power in my mind i think pavetta is going to be
08:53just fine on the mound today by the way temperatures in detroit 64 degrees light winds
08:57blowing in from right field so not really insignificant you'll take that in detroit at
09:01this time of the year jack flarity's on the mound who you take a look at last year was sensational
09:05this year's through 21 and a third innings pitch band the 2.53 era and a 3.59 you look at the
09:11roster today for the padres which we usually like this looks like a shell of its form itself like
09:15yes you have to teach machado and bogarts but other than that it's gavin sheets
09:19ornelis gonzalez iglesias wade and diaz doesn't seem like too much offense is coming today in the
09:26motor city give me the under in this game as opposed to a side i think both of these pitchers will do
09:31very well today listen are the padres in danger of being called a home ballpark merchant 12 and one
09:38in san diego but now four and six on the road they lost the weekend in houston but avoided a sweep
09:46against the scrows they dropped the opening game of this series against the tigers let's go to
09:51cleveland rematch of the alcs from last postseason continues the guardians taking game one yesterday
09:57six to four the yanks caught some life late but that was really it a big day for jose ramirez three
10:03run shot in the third followed by the very next pitch by kyle manzardo who hit a solo shot as well
10:10guardians won the opener six to four today in cleveland we've got a matchup between the guards
10:16and the yanks where the yankees despite having will warren on the bump are a slight favorite even
10:21though cleveland sends out tanner bybee the rs total eight and a half now is the right side favored in
10:28the land i look i'm telling you right now usually just look at the pitcher's names the guy's just
10:32going to ride out cleveland they're better at home at this point maybe the yankees will struggle but
10:35tanner bybee just by the name it's like oh that's a solid pitcher not this year he's not 88 batters
10:40he's faced an iso against of 333 combined and it waited on base percentage of 394 not a lot of k's
10:45and a lot of walks you take a look at him on the card today ben out of 30 pitchers with xfip he's
10:4929th on the card at a 5.36 and an era by the way that's 5.85 so it's not like whoa low era high xfip
10:56or you know vice versa at that point where he's getting a little bit unlucky he's not take a look
11:00at ben rice who wasn't in the lineup yesterday if he's inserted back in he's got high power numbers
11:04as well as aaron judge and jazz chisholm god love him goes up to the plate strike out four times
11:08every once in a while he runs into a home run like he did yesterday you flip it to the other side and
11:12say all right will warren's on the mound terrible last year not that great this year and on the card
11:17he's 15th out of 30 he's got an era of 5.17 but a lower xfip of 4.01 i don't think you can ever go
11:24wrong with including in your prop every single night steven kwan left-handed pitching right-handed
11:28pitching for the lefty it doesn't matter against righties this year 62 plate appearances a 226 iso
11:34weighted on base percentage of 433 a k rate under 10 and a walk rate above 10 he's been everything
11:39they've asked for here so i look at this and say you know what well warren should be okay in this
11:45game and the yankees should be able to hit byby why not go with the yanks in a bounce back tonight
11:49tanner byby is the de facto ace right now for the guardians as they await the return of shane bieber
11:56was supposed to be the opening day starter had a couple of stomach problems tell me believe me tanner
12:01i can't relate against divisional foes and really just one team the royals he has been sensational
12:07this year has not allowed a single earned run in his two outings against casey against everybody else
12:13allowed seven against baltimore allowed six against the angels the yankees do not play in the american
12:19league central so maybe we do see some offense today in the land