Cubs Clash with Nationals: Analysis & Game Predictions
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00:00The Cubs are in D.C. at Nationals Park against the Nats tonight.
00:04Jake Irving goes for Washington.
00:07Imanaga for the Cubbies, who are minus 160, plus a buck 35 for the Nats, and an eight
00:14and a half.
00:15I was just, we were just talking about Imanaga during the break, Joe.
00:18He has given up a lot of homers recently.
00:20Now, I didn't go after him tonight just because the Nats really don't have a lot of guys you
00:24want to back in terms of the run market.
00:27But he's allowed eight homers in his last five starts.
00:29It's only over a 30-inning span.
00:31That's not good numbers, eight homers in 30 innings.
00:33So Imanaga's been giving up some long balls.
00:36He has.
00:37He's also been extremely good on the road this year, six and one, 2.94 ERA on the road
00:43for him this year.
00:44The guy he's facing, Irving, has been just a hot mess this month in August, 1,700 runs,
00:5028 innings.
00:51He's two and seven at home.
00:53The Cubs have been playing great, seven and three over the last 10 games.
00:57They're also crushing the ball right now, which is interesting.
01:02Imanaga is tough.
01:03I mean, it's tough to back this Nats lineup thinking they're going to get to Imanaga.
01:07I don't think they will.
01:08I'm probably looking on the Cubs' backs to stay hot.
01:12So I'm going to look at the Cubs' team total to go up and over in this matchup.
01:18The Padres take the long trip to Tampa.
01:21Actually, they were just in St. Louis, so they continue a long trip.
01:24Now to the East Coast, where they will have MartÃn Pérez going tonight against Taj Bradley.
01:30Raise your favorite tonight, Joe, minus 125, plus 105 for the Friars, and a 7.5 low total
01:36at the drop.
01:37Yeah, that's because they're looking at the pitching matchup and thinking there's an advantage
01:42there, but there's not.
01:43Taj Bradley has been an absolute mess over the last month here.
01:48He is not shutting anybody down at all here.
01:53And the Padres, coming off of that loss there to the Cardinals, splitting another series
01:58there, they are usually really, really good this year, bouncing back from a loss the following
02:05game, especially on the road in Tampa, I mean, at home here.
02:10So I like the Padres to get it done early.
02:16Far too good a price here for such a good-hitting team to take advantage of a pitcher who's
02:22missing his spots.
02:23I think Bradley will give up some runs, and I think they'll have the lead after five innings.