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00:00But this week in the land, one of the hottest teams in baseball, the Diamondbacks have won 10 of their last 12 games.
00:06It's a virtual pick-em once again, as it was yesterday in Cleveland.
00:11The Guardians now a slight home favorite.
00:14Will they even out this set, at least through its first two games against Arizona today?
00:19Let me tell you a little tale.
00:20You take a look at Ben Lively.
00:21He's actually been a decent pitcher here for the Cleveland Guardians on the season,
00:24but that's not even where I want to go at this point.
00:27His ISO power numbers are 229 as total for the last 30 days against 114 batters.
00:32But if we isolate that to just left-handed batters, it's a 259 and a weighted-on-base percentage of 331.
00:38So you say to yourself, okay, maybe Lively does well against right-handed batters, which he's doing,
00:42but how does he do against the lefties?
00:43I just told you.
00:44Look at the first four batters in the lineup today.
00:47Two lefties, two switch hitters, which means, Ben, they'll all be left-handed batters.
00:51Corbin Carroll, 69 at-bats against right-handed pitching over the past 30 days.
00:55A 414 ISO and a weighted-on-base percentage of 442.
00:59That's off the charts.
01:00Quito Marte will be a switch hitter today.
01:02His last 56 at-bats against right-handed pitching, a 458 ISO and a 470 weighted-on-base position.
01:08Take a look at Jock Peterson here.
01:1049 at-bats against right-handed pitching as a left-handed batter.
01:13A 410 ISO power number, weighted-on-base percentage, 453.
01:16Josh Bell, 68 at-bats against right-handed pitching as a lefty.
01:20300 ISO, 396 weighted-on-base percentage.
01:23That is insane to start the game.
01:25So, forget about the side itself.
01:27Look at one of those first four batters here.
01:29You want props just to, say, hit a home run?
01:31They all check out.
01:32You want RBI props?
01:33They all check out.
01:34You want total bases?
01:35They all check out at this point.
01:37Here's the only issue.
01:38Wind blowing in from right field, 13 miles an hour, and a rainy forecast in the low 70s.
01:43I hope this game plays, and if it does, those lefties on the Diamondbacks should be doing damage once again today.