Pitching Showdown: Flaherty & Pivetta Take Mound in Detroit

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00:00Aces in place for Detroit in San Diego.

00:04Now, Jack Flaherty is a great pitcher.

00:06Very much not the ace in Detroit.

00:08That is Tarek Skubal.

00:09Of course, the reigning American League Cy Young winner.

00:12Nick Pavetta been darn good as a Padre this year.

00:16Three and one record.

00:17The ERA, I believe, is sub, well, 157, but at least sub two.

00:22He is, in his four starts, not allowed a single earned run twice.

00:26But he's not the ace in San Diego either.

00:30Aces in place?

00:32Donnie, make sense of it, please.

00:34Yeah, let's see.

00:35We can extend the boundaries of what an ace actually is.

00:38Because if there's 30 pitchers on the court today,

00:40you actually have two top 10 ex-fit pitchers on the mound today.

00:44So you could say top 10 pitchers in Major League Baseball.

00:47Maybe they could be aces today.

00:48Pitching Pavetta's out there.

00:50There you go.

00:50Look, man.

00:51San Diego's got pitching Pavetta out there.

00:52Don't ever disrespect that guy because he came from the Philadelphia Phillies lineage here.

00:56He's actually had 23 innings pitch this year, Ben.

00:58How about a 1.57 ERA and a 3.11 ex-fit number?

01:02You take it to the lineup today for Detroit, which I liked immensely yesterday.

01:05There are some guys with high weighted on-base percentages here,

01:07but not enough power in my mind.

01:09I think Pavetta is going to be just fine on the mound today.

01:11By the way, temperatures in Detroit, 64 degrees, light winds blowing in from right field.

01:15So not really insignificant.

01:17You'll take that in Detroit at this time of the year.

01:19Jack Flaherty's on the mound, who you take a look at last year, was sensational.

01:22This year's through 21 and a third innings pitch, Ben.

01:24A 2.53 ERA and a 3.59.

01:27You look at the roster today for the Padres, which we usually like.

01:30This looks like a shell of its former self.

01:32Like, yes, you have Tatis, Machado, and Bogarts.

01:34But other than that, it's Gavin Sheets, Ornelas, Gonzalez, Iglesias, Wade, and Diaz.

01:40Doesn't seem like too much offense is coming today in the Motor City.

01:44Give me the under in this game as opposed to a side.

01:47I think both of these pitchers will do very well today.