Royals vs Phillies Showdown at Kauffman Stadium Preview

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00:00All right.

00:03Nine and a half the total tonight.

00:05Got to get ready for tomorrow, baby.

00:08Nine and a half the win total tonight inside Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City

00:12as the Royals get ready to host the Phillies for a weekend set.

00:16Minus 138, Kansas City a home favorite.

00:19Michael Walker will get the start.

00:20Tywane Walker back for the Philadelphia Phillies on the other side.

00:25Walker.

00:27Anyway, Tywane Walker gets the start tonight in Kansas City.

00:31What do you like in this Midwest matchup?

00:34Hopefully the Phillies do bounce back,

00:36but when you're just leaning on hope at this point,

00:38that's not the greatest handicapping technique

00:40because you take a look at that Kansas City Royals lineup.

00:42They're in full season swing.

00:44They don't strike out a lot here, and they dominate right-handed pitching.

00:47Over the past 30 days, they have done that.

00:49Tywane Walker has only faced 39 batters since coming off that IL stint.

00:52He's been bad.

00:53ISO power number is high.

00:54Doesn't strike out enough guys.

00:56Walking too many.

00:57That's not a recipe for success when you're looking for a win

00:59against a quality Kansas City Royals team on the road.

01:02But if we are focused on the Philadelphia Phillies on their side of things,

01:05Michael Walker hasn't been a great pitcher over the past 30 days.

01:08His last 60 or so batters he's faced, Ben.

01:10To the right, he's a 260 ISO and a weighted-on-base percentage of 388,

01:14but he has been very good against left-handed batters

01:16over his past 65 batters he's faced.

01:19Kyle Schwarber's got really nice numbers here

01:21against right-handed pitching over the past month.

01:23High ISO, high weighted-on-base percentage,

01:25and nobody else really can compare to him.

01:27You take a look at Castellanos.

01:28Average at best.

01:29Bryce Harper, 248 weighted-on-base percentage.

01:31Trey Turner, 221.

01:33Scott, 276.

01:34Marsh, 222.

01:35It's hard for me to say, and again,

01:37handicapping is supposed to be on a day-to-day basis,

01:40but it's not Aronola or Zach Wheeler on the mound.

01:42It's Tywane Walker.

01:43So if I don't expect greatness on the mound,

01:45can I really expect the Phillies to roll up into Kansas City?

01:48Hey, man, seven runs on the board, 7-5 victory.

01:51I don't expect it.

01:52So you look at that favorite here.

01:53It's Kansas City with Walker on the mound against the Phillies,

01:57and that's the way it should be.

01:58I think Kansas City beats the Phillies.

01:59Until they show me something at the plate,

02:01five hits and two runs, that's not getting it done tonight.

02:05Again, 12-19 since the All-Star break.

02:08The Phillies entered the series finale yesterday,

02:10and Atlanta, winners of five of their last seven,

02:13not the result they are looking for.

02:15Still a six-game advantage in the National League East.

02:18That not so much in peril,

02:20but losing ground in the National League in the overall standings,

02:23playoff positioning, that could be at stake this weekend in KC.

02:27The Royals have won six of their last seven.

02:30Kansas City and Minnesota DRS, both 71 and 56,

02:34now only trailing the Guardians atop the American League Central

02:37by two games.

02:39Both the Royals and the Twins then, again, same exact mark,

02:42three-and-a-half game lead for those final two AL wildcard spots

02:46over the Boston Red Sox.

02:48KC, minus 295 to be an American League playoff team.

02:51Minnesota, minus 1450 to see the postseason.

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