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00:00 it moving now. Currently at the Fandu Sportsbook, we don't have odds for this game between the
00:03 Guardians and the Astros. But the reason why I wanted to look at this game is it looks like we
00:07 do have the two starting pitchers that should be taking the mound today. That's going to be Blanco
00:11 here for the Astros and then Bibi here for the Guardians. And also let's keep in mind,
00:16 the Guardians were sellers at the deadline. They're still in it to win it here technically
00:20 there in the AL Central. We take a look at the Astros, going to be fighting tooth and nail down
00:24 the stretch to try to keep off from those Texas Rangers. But if we take a look at Blanco on the
00:29 mound, not a very good pitcher here, Joe. 199 batters that he's faced here in 2023. Take a look
00:34 at these stats. 227 ISO power number, 357 weighted on base percentage. He really struggles with
00:39 getting left-handed batters out. You're probably going to get one, two, three, four, five, as many
00:44 as six to seven left-handed batters in the lineup today for those Guardians. If we flip it over here
00:49 to Houston, we know how good these bats are. But by the way, Bibi has been very good on the season,
00:54 particularly against left-handed batters. But if you take a look at his 346 batters he's faced,
01:00 Joe, take a look at this. An ISO of 109, a weighted on base percentage of 285. Now we know
01:04 the Guardians probably aren't going to be favorites today, but could they be a live dog down at
01:08 Houston? They absolutely are, right? I am sure the celebration between the Verlander news and the no,
01:16 no, right, Donnie? There's probably a couple of libations there flowing last night with this team.
01:24 And in the meantime, you got the Guardians probably a little ticked off here in a winnable
01:28 division that, you know, they had to say goodbye to, you know, some important parts of their team,
01:33 some friends and guys. And most of this team, the comments that I read were they are, they just were
01:39 not happy and they were embarrassed. And teams usually are when they get no hit like that. And
01:45 it wasn't like the Astros won 12, nothing. They won two, nothing. So Bibi's never faced them.
01:51 They've never faced him. And you got to think that this game is probably going to be a little
01:56 bit lower scoring, but it gives the Guardians an opportunity to bounce back in a spot where
02:02 the Astros are probably still in celebration mode in an early afternoon game. Yeah,
02:07 I'm with the Guardians on this one.