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00:00The MLB map and now it's time to win with Zinn live right here on this Wednesday on the early line
00:06on sports grid. We've got some day baseball on this Wednesday slate around MLB as now we no longer
00:13recap but preview what we can anticipate on this Wednesday in the bigs. Inside the friendly
00:21confines of Wrigley Field we go first. The Cubs and the Brewers. Milwaukee victorious yesterday
00:27one nothing shutout over Chicago but the Cubbies with Justin Steele on the bumps you know the
00:33favorites today at minus 142 total of just seven and a half at Wrigley Field probably an indication
00:40of where that wind is blowing. What do you like today in Wrigley? I mean Justin Steele is sort of
00:47after being a tough luck pitcher for the first couple of months of this season not able to record
00:51a win until July 5th when he got his first win of the year in a complete game two hitter against
00:57the Angels then beat the Orioles and then you know in his spot where I expected him to shut down
01:02at home the Arizona Dimebacks he got banged around for five runs on nine hits in four and two-thirds
01:08so I do like Justin Steele at home the problem is that Milwaukee can hit lefties pretty well
01:13and I know that number takes a little bit of a dip when they go on the road but I lean Milwaukee
01:18here Justin Steele's been very good the fact that he got back-to-back wins and now takes another
01:25loss after that kind of indicates that maybe that high that he was pitching on might start to turn
01:29the corner here and we start to see him come back down to earth a little bit but it's hard to bet
01:34against Milwaukee and bet on the Cubs I mean the Cubs are a miserable team there's like three or
01:38four teams at Major League Baseball but absolutely miserable to bet on the Blue Jays the Cubs the
01:43Angels like these are you know Mariners these are just miserable teams to bet on that it never goes
01:48well for you so I would pass on the Cubs here lean Milwaukee. Even tougher to bet the Cubs now that
01:54that front office basically said hey we're open for business at the trade deadline so a lot of
01:58these players might be on the move as well bounce back effort tonight needed for the Kansas City
02:02Royals who dropped the game yesterday to the Diamondbacks going to be Waka versus Nelson
02:06slight favorite for Kansas City updated price point at a minus 126 here at the FanBull Sportsbook
02:11and a total that's listed at nine what are we seeing tonight in the cards here will it be the
02:15D-backs getting another victory or Kansas City coming ahead? I think runs we'll see that I mean
02:21Waka Waka has a hiya hiya ERA and so does by Nelson you know these are not to get a tough
02:29so I don't know if I trust either one of these guys to get a whole bunch of outs look you know
02:34when I see situations like this and I see a nine if you're going to give me over four and a half
02:38in the first five take it there because chances are what do I always say guys if they ain't
02:42scoring early they probably ain't scoring late so I would look to a first five over here to get
02:46that four and a half on a nine and they don't push you to five and and just hope that those
02:51bats will come alive like they did in game one of this series. The Guardians at home today snapping
02:57a three-game skid yesterday with a close 5-4 win over Detroit. Jay Ram, Jose Ramirez big for
03:04Cleveland yesterday the Guardians trying to hold on to that top spot in the American League Central
03:09not only snapping a three-game skid yesterday but enter dropping eight of their last 11. A home
03:15favorite today at minus 144 against Detroit the over under is seven in the land how do you break
03:22down this American League Central matchup between the Tigers and the Guardians? I kind of think we
03:28go over seven and a half here I mean it's kind of weird that the Guardians are a favorite against
03:34Jack Flaherty because he's been so good however Tanner Bybee the the Guardians are 15 and 5 when
03:39he's on the bump this year they're scoring nearly six runs a game for him and it's not like Flaherty
03:45good as Flaherty's been hell he gave up five runs to the Angels one night for crying out loud he
03:49gave up three bombs there. Bybee isn't exactly like mowing them down I mean his 3-5 ERA is
03:55respectable his 1.1 whip is is respectable he has given up 13 home runs this year so that feels like
04:02a low number to me given these two teams and you know I couldn't go under here I just I think that
04:10there's going to be enough runs scored here by either Cleveland or Detroit here to push this
04:15thing over. The first time that Bybee faced Detroit he gave up four runs in four innings
04:20on five hits I mean it's not like they don't have a track record against him last time against
04:26Detroit he gave up four runs in seven innings so Detroit can really score off of him I think the
04:30over is the play guys. The Tigers still playing good baseball 12 and 17 over their last 19 games
04:37but Cleveland etching out the victory yesterday five to four. Zeno quickly here 40 seconds left
04:42in this segment Garrett Cole on the bump tonight in the Bronx as the Yankees try to avoid the
04:47season sweep against the Mets will it happen? I'm playing first five under because Garrett Cole
04:55should get the Mets out and John Maneo who looks like a life-size cabbage patch to all of the girls
04:58should get the Mets out because the Yankees can't hit lefties period. Cabbage patches big in the 80s
05:06and 90s. That's a breakdown right there Mark Zeno as always we appreciate the time.
05:14What is what is happening? We'll get it back on the reels hour three comes away next.
05:19Less than a week away only six days left until the MLB trade deadline on this now upcoming Tuesday
05:27July 30th so that news and plenty more around MLB on this Wednesday morning on the early line
05:35on sports grid. Our MLB insider the host of Newswire starting at 11 a.m eastern time Craig
05:42Misch joins us live right here on this Wednesday on TEL. Craig we appreciate the time as always
05:48thank you for being here. Yeah good morning guys very little of the trade front right like
05:53you know baseball they love those deadlines for everything it's almost as if this is the
05:58only sport that can act on deadlines like nothing happens until you know that it has to happen and
06:04so we're definitely trending in that direction. Into the closing hour into those final minutes
06:10I all I want next Tuesday Daily Bases Craig on the horn trying to figure out where Mike Trout
06:17might be getting traded. We'll talk about Trout for another reason in just a moment
06:21but it's a Wednesday it's time to touch them all it's time for the Daily Bases.
06:27So Craig let's head to first it was supposed to be the first of many times we would see Mike Trout
06:34for the remainder of this summer yesterday in a triple A rehab game for the Halos but after just
06:41two innings Mike Trout was pulled due to knee soreness. What does this do for Trout's status
06:47the remainder of this season? It seems to me that at this point in time Mike Trout is
06:54It seems to me that at this point there's been such little buzz about a potential Trout trade
07:00that it looks like he's going to finish the season with the Angels. I still maintain it would be in
07:04the best interest of the Angels to move him whether it's now or at the end of the season
07:09in the winter so I anticipate that will happen. For now it does not look like a major setback
07:14for Trout but with the team being out of it Ben you know at this stage it just doesn't seem like
07:18there's any rush to bring him back so my guess is a couple of days off and then they'll try again on
07:23this rehab but I am a little surprised that his name has not come up at all anywhere as far as
07:28trade you know circles or rumors are concerned I haven't heard anything you know this is a player
07:33I think that needs a new home I hope he gets it in the offseason. Would be fun to see if he was on
07:38the move and healthy at that point but certainly this would be a setback with a week to go here
07:42before the trade deadline I tell you he's not having a setback right now that's Paul Skeens
07:46was tremendous yesterday even in a losing effort if we look at the Cy Young award-winning market
07:50here Zach Wheeler had a good performance yesterday he improved Chris Sale is going to pitch today
07:55looks like a three-man race here Sale Wheeler and Skeens how do you think this shapes up here for
08:00the Cy Young market here down the stretch? Very close could come down to the last week of the
08:05season Skeens has gained so much ground and starting in that all-star game although he
08:09doesn't get any votes for that that's not going to hurt him you could make the case that he had
08:13the best start since he was a big leaguer yesterday going very deep into the game throwing over 100
08:18pitches unfortunately gave up a couple of runs and lost but I think he's very much in the mix
08:23it's absolutely a three-player race at this point Skeens is going to get votes in order for him to
08:28win the Pirates have to be in it to the end or else you're not going to see him at the end of
08:32the season there's no question that the Pirates are going to protect him overall else they pulled
08:37him from a no-hitter I believe they'll pull him from a Cy Young award chance so I do think Sale
08:42and Wheeler accurately are favored there at the top in order for Skeens to win it I think he's
08:48got to be pitching in September Pirates have to stay in it the Buccos are in it as of right now
08:54just a game and a half back of the third and final NL wildcard spot a game above 500 but that's
09:00certainly what Pittsburgh's strategy is with Skeens should factor into your NL Cy Young
09:06handicap an emerging bright young star Paul Skeens in the National League on the bump same at the
09:11dish in the American League with Bobby Witt Jr. the 280 million dollar man has been worth every
09:19single cent here for KC this year especially in the month of July batting 492 with six home runs
09:2616 RBIs despite yesterday being a porous game on relative standards just one for four with an RBI
09:33double in the opening frame for KC a seven to one price to win American League MVP Aaron Judge
09:40still the hefty odds on favorite greater than a three dollar number but Craig as I alluded to
09:46an emerging star not just in the AL in Kansas City but in all of Major League Baseball what
09:52should the baseball public know about Bobby Witt Jr. well look he plays a premium position at
09:58shortstop and you can begin there and I think that Ben as you look at the success of teams
10:04that have gone to the World Series and even potentially won the World Series you almost
10:09have to have a great shortstop at that position we've seen it so many times in the past Trey Turner
10:14in Philadelphia Seager in Texas I mean just look at the World Series winner tell me who they had
10:18at shortstop and it's probably somebody who's a superstar Witt there's no question is a superstar
10:24we knew this from the time that he was a high school player all the way here his father pitched
10:28in the big leagues for the Texas Rangers many years ago I remember him pitching actually sadly
10:33to tell you that how old I am I remember Bobby Witt as a member of the Texas Rangers I went to
10:38the all-star game everybody was cheering for him in the home run derby and so look it's very hard
10:43to beat that New York writer bias for any award even with a year that Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has
10:49Aaron Judge is mentioned you know it's Otani's gonna win nah maybe it's Aaron Judge maybe it's
10:54Soto so it's hard to beat New York when you're Kansas City in terms of popularity but there's
11:00no doubt to me that Witt probably I would say fair to say Ben top three player in Major League
11:05Baseball right now a lot of times Craig we're talking about Tarek Scouble possibly being on
11:09the move before the deadline but another good pitcher that we've been talking about also is
11:13the Chicago White Sox Garrett Crochet 3.07 ERA on the season not a great performance yesterday
11:18four innings pitch only about 74 pitches overall the chances that he is on the move probably highly
11:23likely right I think so I mean the Scouble stuff to me I don't buy it at all we talked about this
11:30yesterday it makes no sense to me the White Sox are very far away they can't even get the number
11:35one overall pick in the draft with the lottery with the new CBA rules guys the White Sox are
11:38going to have the worst record in baseball and not eligible to get the number one pick so they're
11:43several years away and Crochet could get you several pieces back I think for a team that
11:48trades for him also has to understand I mean guys is a very young player who's never thrown 200
11:54innings what is he going to even be like in September in October you're kind of trading
11:58for now but also trading for the future it does make sense for the White Sox to do this because
12:02again two three years at the very least before they're back on the map again certainly a more
12:08of a possibility for me to see him traded than Scouble I don't understand that one at all.
12:13Crochet on the bump yesterday for Chicago two earned over four innings of work striking out
12:19seven in only four innings but did register the loss the White Sox lost they have lost nine
12:26straight they are 27 and 76 they're the only team without 30 wins in MLB the only one with less than
12:3336 it's bad Craig Mish is never bad he's great Greg we appreciate it we'll talk tomorrow more
12:40on the early line next. The subway series finale not only for this short two game set between the
12:47inner city rivals in the Big Apple this week in the Bronx but for all four meetings this year
12:53will the Amazons pull off the season sweep take it all four games against the pinstripes or will
12:58the Yankees finally get on the board tonight inside Yankee Stadium Garrett Cole is the starter
13:05for the Bombers minus 164 that updated number on the money line but the Mets have been an underdog
13:12and all four games against the Yanks they are once again plus 138 Shawn Mania gets the start
13:18for the Mets over under is eight and a half with a fight will the Yankees finally win a game
13:24against their city rivals in the Mets. That is going to be a close one here and here's the reason
13:29why we're posting this now is you look at Mania on the mound he's actually had a pretty good decent
13:34run here over the past 120 batters he's faced which is the last month on 112 iso power number
13:39weighted on base percentage of 276 but here's the issue sometimes we just look at the starting
13:43pitchers okay but it's really how the other team lines up and left-handed pitching has really
13:48gotten the best of the New York Yankees over the past month if we're looking at Jones Davis Volpe
13:53Torres Rodugo Narvaez and LeMahieu in that lineup look at these iso power numbers gets left-handed
13:59pitching over the past month 091 0 0 0 0 0 and 0 outside of Soto and Judge who again maybe the game
14:08planned from yesterday is going to come to fruition for many other teams here which includes the Mets
14:12and day number two of the subway series just don't pitch to those two guys everybody else has been
14:17terrible and you just take your chances that some person behind Judge is going to be able to come
14:22up big which they weren't able to do last night also if you take a look at Garrett Cole not the
14:26great pitcher that we saw last year still trying to work himself back in he's got some elevated
14:30numbers over his last 112 batters and quite frankly the Mets have done very well against
14:34right-handed pitching so for my money today the Yankees aren't the better team even with Garrett
14:39Cole on the mound pitch around Garrett excuse me pitch around Aaron Judge in the middle of that
14:43lineup go with the Mets today how about that the Mets have won the first three games of the four
14:50in this season against the Yankees so they've already taken the season series win they're
14:56looking for the season series sweep and of course to win these two games this week in the Bronx
15:02before this series got underway a tie a split of the two game series was the favorite number on the
15:08sports book at minus 102 the Yankees to win both in the Bronx plus 164 the Mets to pull the upset
15:15in both plus 440 like they did back at the end of June about a month ago in city field the Mets have
15:22had the Yankees number this year we'll see if it continues into the fourth and final game between
15:27these two sides this season in 2024 so far this week the Dodgers have had the number of their
15:33California rivals from up north that being San Francisco the Dodgers winning yesterday
15:38five to two over the Giants five straight wins for LA since returning from the all-star break
15:45and some more good news perhaps on this Wednesday evening Tyler Glass now gets the start for Los
15:51Angeles his first outing since July 5th in his last two starts prior to the all-star break and
15:57then going on that short-term IL he gave up 10 earned that's five earned runs in each of his last
16:04two but back today healthy ready to go the Dodgers a minus 188 favorite against San Francisco tonight
16:11at the ravine yeah two pitchers that quite frankly haven't done a lot of pitching over at least the
16:16past month Robbie Ray hasn't done very much pitching at all in Major League Baseball this
16:20year trying to get ready and coming back through the minor league system tough to go up against
16:24the Dodgers but he's a left-handed pitcher and those left-handed batters in the lineup today
16:28Shohei Otani and Freddie Freeman actually have elevated number against left-handed pitching
16:32no surprise they're two great hitters but the rest of that lineup leaves a lot to be desired
16:36outside of Will Smith and Tasker Hernandez has been sensational since coming back from the all-star
16:40break Pajes Vargas Taylor Lux and Hernandez not a lot of greatness here going up against left-handed
16:46pitching particularly over the past month if you take a look at Glass now you just sort of go with
16:50the pedigree like you expect them to be strong in this start it's a decent lineup for the Giants
16:54but you do see that total and say to yourself well it just seems like this game probably lends
16:59itself more to an under do I think the Dodgers win absolutely I do but the price point there
17:03of over two to one I don't know if I want to pay that so a minus 200 plus price or higher
17:08probably leave that alone I think this is better off going under the total if right can be average
17:12in this game where the Dodgers scrape out four maybe five runs I don't know how many runs the
17:16Giants are going to get so it seems like a similar plane to last night what we saw in that final
17:20score yeah the Dodgers won game one of this midweek set a four game set by the way so we'll
17:26continue tomorrow on a Thursday by a score of three to two last night five to two Shohei Otani
17:32had a couple of ribbies as well seven day baseball games in afternoon hours on this Wednesday
17:39including in the twin cities where the twins will host the fills in the rubber match of this
17:44midweek set third and final game Aranola gets the start for the fills their favorite on the road to
17:51win this series and the rubber match of course three nothing yesterday after a great outing
17:56from Zach Wheeler canola match today for the Philadelphia Phillies 76 degrees this afternoon
18:02in Minneapolis you take a look at a wind blowing in six miles per hour you also see the Phillies
18:07that struggled two nights before struggled last night at the against the plate you were hoping
18:10they'd be able to break out today but we'll see if that's the case the lineup looks strong or
18:14certainly probably will look strong this afternoon but the focus again is going to be on Aranola
18:18take a look at the last 60 days in Major League Baseball Aranola actually has some very good
18:22numbers a 76 x-fit minus and you see the era just over four for the past 60 days which isn't great
18:28but he lowers that with that analytical number 3.03 x-fit he should be fine against that Minnesota
18:33Twins lineup that I like a lot but having said that you're looking at Aranola on the mound going
18:37up against Oakhurst who's due to start this game there's much more firepower from Aranola to Oakhurst
18:43but I do look once again I hate to do this because I love to bet overs and RBI but I'm probably
18:47looking at much more of an under in this game because hey the Phillies could break out at the
18:51plate that's what they're waiting for yes but what have they told you over the past two nights that
18:55they're breaking out of anything at this point sure they won the game yesterday but three runs
18:58in the ninth inning which means they spent the first one through eighth innings they're doing
19:02nothing here give me the under in this game between the Phillies and the Twins both games so far this
19:07week have stayed under what would be this total of eight the Twins have played more of their games
19:12to an over this year than an under different story for Philadelphia 53.1 percent of the games
19:19for the fightings this year have remained under a total to the friendly confines of Wrigley Field
19:25we go next Chicago won the opening game of this set on Monday three to one yesterday Milwaukee
19:30responds one zip over the Cubbies today as we shared earlier with Mark Zito Justin Steele gets
19:36the nod for Chicago they're a home favorite near a dollar and a half who takes the rubber match
19:42if we're taking all the noise out of this matchup which means the Chicago Cubs talking about selling
19:48their team off by the deadline and we're open for business that's always tough to deal with but
19:52Justin Steele has been a very good pitcher this year in Major League Baseball look at him on the
19:55season Ben 370 batters he's faced a 121 ISO power number and a weighted on base percentage of 264
20:02if you limit that down to just the past 30 days he's faced 134 batters that 121 ISO lowers to an
20:08095 that 264 weighted on base percentage lowers to a 246 I do believe you have the better pitcher
20:14on the mound once again like I thought yesterday because there was no offense from the Chicago Cubs
20:18if the Chicago Cubs get offense today I'm willing to back them here even with all that outside noise
20:23of the deadline coming up a team that's not expected to do anything down the stretch I still
20:27do think Justin Steele is the better pitcher on the mound today and I think the Cubs can win this
20:30ballgame the Cubs five games below 500 right now 49 and 54 Milwaukee a five-game lead over St. Louis
20:39for that number one spot in the National League Central the Royals had won all four games since
20:45the all-star break sweeping the White Sox as you should over the weekend and Bobby Witt Jr.
20:49continuing that on Monday against Arizona the Diamondbacks snapped that four-game win streak
20:56for KC yesterday and also all four of those games Bobby Witt Jr. had had at least three base stops
21:02yesterday just one for four an opening double though in the bottom of the first four in RBI
21:08KC a favorite today at home minus 126 against Arizona what do you like at Kauffman I actually
21:15like Kansas City a bit here but if you're taking a look at Michael Walk on the mound last 60 days
21:19for him have been pretty productive an 86 x-fit minus number an ERA of 2.27 that's not bad but
21:25here's what you're going to have to go up against which is a problem the Arizona Diamondbacks
21:28offense been going up against right-handed pitchers of the past month it's been stellar
21:32outside of Perdomo who's due to bat night today with an 044 ISO power number every other player
21:38in that lineup anticipated today at least a 161 or higher with many guys including Carol Marte
21:43Peterson Walker sky-high numbers with Suarez and Thomas it's going to be a tough outing today for
21:48Kansas City but I think walk is up to the challenge and I think Kansas City can win this one
21:53how good is Bobby Witt been in July he's minus 175 to the 42 plus total bases for MLB breakdowns
22:01next an American League Central matchup tonight in Cleveland the Guardians yesterday a victory
22:06over the Tigers desperately needed they had dropped eight of their last 11 three straight
22:12they win five to four over Detroit who was on the opposite end of that equation the Tigers still with
22:18the loss yesterday in the land have won 11 of their last 15 trying to near 500 trying to stay
22:25at least somewhat competitive in the AL Central or American League wild card chase trying to hold
22:30on to Tarek scuba you would hope Detroit does that tonight it's Tanner Bybee getting the start for
22:36the Guardians Jack Flaherty who might also be an expendable trade piece here at the deadline for
22:40Detroit on the other side Cleveland minus 144 against the Tigers total at seven low number
22:47tonight in Cleveland and it should be and also I do get a kick out of like you usually win with
22:52starting pitching right and Flaherty's been a very good pitcher and same thing obviously
22:55with Tarek scuba yeah let's get rid of both of those and rebuild like what are you rebuilding
22:58into hopefully you can get a guy like Jack Flaherty hopefully you can get a guy like Tarek
23:01scuba which is you know another you know conversation for another day but if we're
23:05looking at this game itself Cleveland versus Detroit I have 25 pitchers that are ranked
23:10today Ben last 60 days minimum of 20 innings pitch how about this there's 25 on the card today
23:16number four and number five going toe-to-toe today Jack Flaherty here coming with a 74 XFIP
23:21minus an ERA of 2.04 over the past 60 days and a nice crispy XFIP number of 3.04 Bybee right
23:29behind them 76 XFIP minus 3.26 ERA but a 3.14 XFIP number so if we're looking at both of these
23:36teams here 75 degrees the first pitch we're not really helping out that much left foul pole to
23:40right foul pole probably leaning on more of an under today in this environment because I think
23:44both of these pitchers can get out and deal what about in the six where it's the Blue Jays and the
23:50Rays Tampa a victory yesterday in the opening game of their set against their divisional opponent
23:56the Blue Jays looking like they are going to sell ahead of the trade deadline things are bad right
24:01now in the six they're now 10 games below 500 the Rays though one game above 551 and 50 it was the
24:08low-low combination yesterday Josh Lowe an RBI to start Brandon Lau a two-run shot the Rays never
24:15looked back winning four to two so as we look at today's game Tampa a slight road favorite in
24:21Toronto minus 118 on that money line total has dropped by a hook it's now at eight what do you
24:27like in the six? Yeah last 60 days Zach Geflin with a 90 XFIP minus number which is very good
24:33again that 100 level is the average anything above not so good anything below it you're certainly
24:37doing your job as a major league baseball pitcher but also over the past 30 days Zach
24:41Geflin's faced 101 batters here an ISO power number of 112 and a weighted on base percentage
24:46of 294 that's certainly manageable and in the lineup today Springer Horwitz and Guerrero 448
24:52weighted on base percentage 362 and 423 those guys should be able to lead the way here for
24:57Toronto but let's flip it over to Tampa Bay the offense never looks good on the day-to-day basis
25:01like you're never saying like hey you know the reason why I like Tampa today is the fact that
25:04their bats are hot I do think they can do a little bit of damage here against Yurio Rodriguez
25:09not a lot of starts under his belt only 62 batters faced over the past 30 days but if you take a look
25:15at some of those raised ISO power numbers the right-handed batters he certainly gives that up
25:19to a 233 clip I just think the better team today is Tampa Bay and they are on the road as a slight
25:25favorite and I agree with them being the slight favorite and I'll take Tampa Bay today to knock
25:28off the Toronto Blue Jays the Rays in peculiar territory kind of because they're a game above
25:35551 and 50 if that was the case in the National League they'd be in that mass trying to contend
25:41for the final two and at wildcard spots a game above 500 in the AL right now four and a half
25:46games back of KC the Royals currently occupy that third in final American League wildcard spot and a
25:53couple of teams in front of Tampa even a get into American League wildcard contention now our final
26:00game to preview here it's Baltimore and Miami the O's lost yesterday in Miami to the fish the
26:08Marlins victorious six to three Baltimore has dropped two in a row but the Orioles favored
26:14today in South Florida to even out this midweek set minus 138 is the number Baltimore is the
26:20ah gotcha in the race I was doing a double take there because on one of my screens it has Corbin
26:26Burns as a starting pitcher so like is that should be 238 not 138 so now we have I believe it's
26:31McDermott in the lineup I don't have the numbers up on him but I'm assuming he's not a great
26:35pitcher because theoretically you're taking you know what hold on here real quick I got two
26:39different pictures of Cabrera now on the mound updated from Miami so I hate to do it this day
26:44and sort of make my way through it but the numbers I have completely different than the pictures that
26:48are up right now so we'll leave it there I'm not going to stray in the wrong direction oh great
26:52pitcher great pitcher there because the two pitchers I had up this winning handicap no longer
26:56the pitchers in this game so good luck to everybody out there Chase McDermott being called up from
27:02Triple A Norfolk today to get the start the O's seventh best prospect in the farm system and still
27:09a favorite over the worst team in the National League that's the Miami Marlins 36 and 65
27:16Colorado one more win than Miami same amount of losses at 37 and 65 and that goes to show how bad
27:23the White Sox are with only 27 wins the two bottom feeders in the NL have at least 36 wins Miami 36
27:31Colorado 37 and Chicago's only got 27 for the worst record in all of MLB the Red Sox back into
27:38the win column snapping a four-game skid after the all-star break by the way with a six-zip victory
27:43over the Rockies quickly here DRS let's take a look at what we're going to see tonight
27:48in Anaheim I guess it's actually some day baseball it's in Seattle between the Angels
27:52and the Mariners Luis Castillo gets to start minus 174 and in Oakland the A's at plus 138
28:00the A's and the Angels have taken both of the first two games against respectively the Astros
28:06and the Mariners so still just a one-game difference in the American League West Seattle
28:11still in front yeah does anybody want to win this division which is the same thing we've been saying
28:16since like back in May by the way for the top spot my respect yeah and then you see the Texas Rangers
28:23right below them on a couple game win streak and closing that gap fast at this point so it's
28:27something to keep minor because you would figure Houston playing Oakland hey pick up a couple games
28:31are no big deal Seattle playing Los Angeles pick up a couple games there no big deal and it hasn't
28:36been the case here so we are going to come down the stretch and certainly those numbers for the
28:39Texas Rangers are going to come lower and lower and lower at this point where they were like an 80
28:44to 1 to win the World Series and that number certainly is going to move down if they get
28:47closer with a legitimate chance now to actually win the division what a crazy AOS at this point
28:52but again everybody doing their part to not try to actually win the division is pretty impressive
28:59the third and final games of both of those midweek sets in Seattle and in Oakland part of the day
29:06baseball slate that we have out on the west coast DRS as always it's been a pleasure enjoy
29:12the money line on this Wednesday we'll see you tomorrow 8 a.m eastern time back here on the early line