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00:04 We begin in Detroit as the Cubs are a road favorite here.
00:09 Of course, a huge series when you think about the NL wildcard implications.
00:14 The total is a nine as Fiedo has the ball for Detroit.
00:18 What do you see in this matchup?
00:21 >> Yeah, we actually have a decent pitching matchup overall.
00:23 If we start on the opposite side here with the Chicago Cubs and
00:25 Asado on the mound, he actually has some pretty good numbers, Kevin.
00:28 92 batters he's faced over the past 30 days in Major League Baseball.
00:31 Take a look at this, a 107 ISO power number and
00:34 a weighted on base percentage of 236.
00:37 Obviously, the guys that you typically see me look at in the lineup for
00:40 the Tigers, maybe a Riley Green or a Spencer Torkelson,
00:43 mixing with little Kerry Carpenter.
00:44 But the focus, obviously, is gonna be on the Chicago Cubs to see
00:48 if they can hold down that final wildcard spot.
00:50 And if you're going up against Fiedo, he's actually been decent, Kevin.
00:53 ISO of 176 and a weighted on base percentage of 245 over his last 30 days
00:58 pitching to about 59 batters.
01:00 But when you take a look at the Chicago lineup,
01:02 what's the one thing they're doing well for the past month or so?
01:05 That's hitting right-handed pitching.
01:06 If we're looking at this lineup, Jan Gomes is a 307 weighted on base percentage.
01:11 If you take a look at Christopher Morel, a 310, everybody else, Kevin,
01:15 358, 435, 414, 478, 394, 462, and 377.
01:22 So basically what you're doing is saying, I trust the Chicago bats more than I do
01:25 Detroit in this spot, and I can't blame them.
01:27 Also, 80 degrees tonight, and also a wind blowing slightly out there to left field.
01:33 We'll see if that makes a difference tonight, but
01:34 it's hard to sort of knock down those Chicago bats.
01:37 That's the way you'd have to lean tonight for me.
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01:41 (bells chiming)
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