Dodgers vs. Cardinals Game Preview: Expert Insights

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00:00Let's start with the Dodgers squaring off against the Cardinals, 31-27 at home.

00:07The Dodgers booked as your favorites here, minus 135 at the FanDuel Sports, minus 134.

00:14Yet to see who's starting for the Dodgers.

00:16Myles Nicholas will get out there on the hill for the Cardinals.

00:19Yeah, take a look at this game too.

00:22You always see those price points and you say to yourself, oh, I can get the Dodgers

00:25at a minus 150 price or less.

00:27Why don't I just load up?

00:28And it's not really a bad philosophy because on a day-to-day basis, they're usually the

00:31more talented team.

00:32But it looks like Robleski is going to get that start, a guy that doesn't have a lot

00:35of Major League Baseball experience, Dubs.

00:38You take a look at 82 batters he's faced on the season, his numbers aren't great over

00:42those 82 batters.

00:43An ISO power number of 233 against and a 334 weighted on base percentage.

00:47However, his last 39 batters, Dubs, he's faced over the past 30 days, it gets much better.

00:52An ISO power number of 057 and a weighted on base percentage of 238, very manageable

00:58here for him.

00:59And he's a left-handed pitcher.

01:00Typically, teams don't hit lefties as well as they do righties.

01:03However, the St. Louis Cardinals coming into this game, and by the way, 84 degree temperatures

01:07tonight in the stadium in St. Louis, slight wind blowing out the right field does help.

01:11The first five batters we anticipate, that's Wynn, Contreras, Pham, Aronado, and Goldschmidt,

01:16all high ISO power numbers and weighted on base percentages against left-handed pitching.

01:20But let's flip it over to the Dodgers perspective.

01:22Myles Michaelis needs to be better this year, hasn't been.

01:26555 batters, Dubs, he's faced a 195 ISO power number and a weighted on base percentage of

01:31343.

01:32His past 30 days, left-handed batters have gotten the best of him to the tune of a 225

01:36ISO and a weighted on base percentage of 344.

01:39If you look at the first five batters in that Dodgers lineup, Otani, Betts, Freeman, Hernandez,

01:43and Lux, they have all hammered right-handed pitching.

01:46So for me, I still get the lean towards the Los Angeles Dodgers, but if I'm betting for

01:50some plus money for some RBI opportunities, Otani, Freeman, and Lux would be the guys,

01:55Dubs, I look forward to today.

01:57Should be a good battle.

01:58I think the Dodgers win, but a better look at some of those Dodgers RBI props.