Phillies Seek Revenge on Mets at Citi Field on Tuesday

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00:00Yesterday, I told you on the show, I did like the New York Mets in the game yesterday.

00:03Looked like they were going to walk to an easy victory.

00:06Didn't turn out that way because of that ninth inning, which then also blew the under in that

00:09game. I do think the Philadelphia Phillies are in for a bounce back spot tonight because

00:12Christopher Sanchez has been really good this season. Last year was spectacular through 776

00:17batters faced. This year, we're at the 100 marker here, which is great. So as we start to get some

00:22of these pitching statistics built up over April and May, you get a better feel for the rest of

00:26the season. But looking at those 101 batter Sanchez has faced, a K rate of 31%. That's great.

00:32You take a little walk rate under 6%. That's fantastic. A total ISO of 161, which is right

00:37about average, but a 308 weighted on base percentage, which is below average. You like to see that.

00:42Also on the season, out of the 30 pitchers today on the card, I have Christopher Sanchez with his

00:47XFIP number, Ben, at number two overall through 24 and a third innings pitch in ERA of 2.96 and an

00:53XFIP of 2.55. That is spectacular. Now on the other side, you're still going to get a pretty

00:58good pitching performance out of Griffin Canning. Last year, not so good. This year, a little bit

01:02better, but he has struggled with right-handed batters, which would mean Trey Turner lineup,

01:06Nick Castellanos, maybe JT Romuto or an Alec Boehm, who has struggled to start this season.

01:10But Canning hasn't been too bad either, Ben. 21 innings pitch this season, a 3.43 ERA and a 3.64

01:17XFIP number. So a slightly better pitching performance than I'm expected for the Phillies

01:21in a bounce-back effort. I liked the Mets last night. I liked the Phillies tonight

01:25with Sanchez as the favorite on the mound.