Cubs Look to Maintain Early Dominance vs. Giants on Tuesday

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00:0022 and 14 the record for the cubbies so far this year the only team north of 500 in the nl central

00:06best record in that division and nearly a four dollar minus money favorite to win the divisional

00:11crown led by the best offense in baseball 217 runs scored this year for the cubs the only team

00:18north of 200 the only team with more than 190 runs scored so far this year including nine last night

00:26the rs in the series opener against san francisco ian happ a three rbi day to top that lineup for

00:32the cubbies more than a dollar and a half favorite here in game number two against yeah it's a really

00:36fun lineup that they have take a look at verlander for the giants coming in 37 innings pitch on the

00:40season a 4.38 era it's expected era at 4.38 was actually a 3.72 so getting a little bit unlucky

00:47here not a terrible xfif number but not a great one at 4.31 you take a look at colin ray on the mound

00:52he's 12th on the card today of about 30 pitchers he's at 24 and two-thirds innings pitch on the

00:57season how about an era of 1.46 but the expected era to that 1.46 is a 3.52 and his xfif is a 3.75

01:05so maybe we do get hits today but if we're taking a look at the lineup itself colin ray this year you

01:10take a look at his numbers not a high k rate guy but sort of dancing around and making some plays

01:14because his iso power number gets combined between lefties and righties and 085 that's microscopic that

01:19means if you're not getting extra base hits it takes three hits to get a run per inning and that's

01:24using that a great recipe for success love the giants lineup yestremski adamas chapman flores decent

01:30today but as always we focus on the chicago cubs it looks great on a day-to-day basis right-handed

01:35batters have gotten the best here of verlander to the tune of a 222 iso power number and a weighted

01:39on base percentage of 321 what do we always love about verlander in the past unbelievable strikeout

01:44numbers that's not that type of pitcher anymore only a 20 k right here which isn't great look at the

01:49middle of that lineup for the cubs today based on just going up against right-handed pitching this

01:52season if we're just using iso power numbers again if you're not familiar it's what damage

01:57you're doing at the plate doubles triples and home runs you want that number to be a 165 or

02:01higher as an average the reason i bring that up take a look at the two through six today 273

02:05300 283 487 and 295 and the guy we love talking about there pete crow armstrong at 295 iso power

02:13number through 103 bats against right-handed pitching it's got to be the cubbies for me today i think

02:17you have the better pitcher and the better lineup on the mountain