Twins Seek 9th Consecutive Win Against Orioles at Camden

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00:00Longest active win streak in the American League, that would be the Minnesota Twins.

00:05They have won eight consecutive games, hoping for nine in a row today,

00:09heading to Camden Yards in Baltimore against an Orioles team that, oh boy,

00:14just been wildly disappointing to start off this Major League Baseball season.

00:19Cade Povich on the bunk for Baltimore, and the O's remain a slight money line favorite inside Camden.

00:27Is it correct, DRS, to see the Twins hoping for nine straight wins,

00:32being a road dog against a disappointing Baltimore team to start?

00:37Yeah, probably so, but also understand this.

00:38We're on the East Coast.

00:39It's rainy conditions all day long.

00:4165 degrees, but rain in the forecast all the way through.

00:43Winds blowing in from right field at 14 miles an hour.

00:46It's not a great offensive day, but you see the total at nine.

00:48We're still expecting runs.

00:50Why?

00:50Simeon Richardson, excuse me, Simeon Woods Richardson, not a great pitcher.

00:53Neither is Cade Povich.

00:54You take a look at Woods Richardson on the season, 118 XFIP minus number.

00:58If you're just using that number to say, well, I don't understand.

01:00What's a 118 mean?

01:02100 is average.

01:03Anything above, that means the pitcher is not pitching up to his capabilities here.

01:06He's got a 4.01 ERA, which isn't too bad, but a 4.79 XFIP number.

01:12You should be able to hit him.

01:13And also understand this, looking at Jackson Holiday, Gunnar Henderson,

01:16and Ryan O'Hearn over the past 30 days against right-handed pitching,

01:19they've been stellar.

01:20So maybe some power shots here from the left, but also understand this, as I just told you,

01:23only 65 degrees, there's rain, and the wind is blowing directly in from right field.

01:27Now, granted, you do have the warehouses in the back, so it mitigates some of that wind,

01:31but not a great hitting environment.

01:32Cade Povich on the other side for Baltimore coming in at a 107 XFIP minus,

01:37which isn't bad, but a higher ERA of 5.55 and a 4.36 XFIP number overall.

01:42So you just saw, like, okay, who's the favorite going to be?

01:44I do believe it probably should be Baltimore, but it's not one of those runaway games,

01:49and that's why we're priced appropriately.

01:50A couple decent guys in the lineup, Byron Buxton with some power shots and Carlos Correa,

01:55but they haven't hit overall as a team, left-handed pitching all that well.

01:58I would give the slight favorite here overall to the Baltimore Orioles.

02:02Same thing as that price point at minus 126.