Royals vs. Padres: Dylan Cease's Elite Pitching Clash at Kaufman
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00:00 We go to Coffman Stadium for the Royals and the Padres. San Diego with Dylan Cease on the bump. A-road favorite at -142.
00:11 The Royals drop 3 of 4 against divisional foe Minnesota up in Minneapolis. How will they respond coming back home to KC?
00:18 Yeah, look at that 8 and that's probably the way I would want to go in this game and stick to the under.
00:23 The reason being you set up with Cease here. You take a look at 122 batters he's faced over the past 30 days.
00:27 Take a look at this a 142 iso and a weighted on base percentage of 284.
00:32 How about this then? 122 batters his K percentage. In Major League Baseball you definitely want to have over 20%.
00:38 When you approach 25% that's the elite level. Dylan Cease 34%. So good luck even getting the ball in play.
00:46 Now we love Bobby Witt. He's done very well against lefty and righty batters.
00:49 Excuse me, lefty and righty pitchers over the past 30 days.
00:52 Nelson Velasquez a little bit elevated but everybody else in that lineup.
00:55 Salvador Perez you might be able to include in there. So let's just say 6 batters that have been struggling.
00:59 Dylan Cease has been a very, very good pitcher over the past 30 days.
01:02 Flip it over to Michael Wacca who does do well against right-handed batters to the tune of an 033 iso and a 196 weighted on base percentage.
01:10 But lefty batters a completely different story. A 234 iso and a 388 weighted on base percentage.
01:16 But looking at the lineup today only 1 batter is above a 165 iso against right-handed pitching over the past 30 days.
01:24 And that comes in as Jake Cronenworth. That's a struggling lineup right now.
01:28 So for me maybe more of a lean towards the under in this game.
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