Dodgers vs. Guardians: Pitching Matchup & Weather Impact

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00:00The Dodgers on the road in Cleveland.

00:02Pretty good pitching matchup here where the Dodgers are a road favorite.

00:05Dustin May on the bump for L.A.

00:07Minus $130, that updated money line price.

00:09Tanner Bybee on the other side for Cleveland.

00:12Total, eight and a half.

00:13What can we expect today in Cleveland?

00:15On the season, if you take a look at Bybee's statistics, don't look very good.

00:18214 batters that he's faced here.

00:19I've got an ISO power number against of 233 and a weighted on base percentage of 346.

00:24Now, if you take a look at the 99 batters he's faced on the season from the left-hand side,

00:28keep in mind Bybee is a right-handed pitcher, a 278 ISO and a weighted on base percentage of 354

00:33and not a great K number.

00:34Now, here's the interesting part.

00:36Over the past month of the season, he's faced 102 batters.

00:38You turn that 233 ISO power number now into 163.

00:42You turn that 346 weighted on base percentage into a 307,

00:45but still not striking out a lot of batters, which includes left-handed batters, only at 10%.

00:50That's always going to get you in trouble in Major League Baseball.

00:52If you take a look at the weather conditions today, 65 degrees, which isn't bad,

00:56but a wind blowing out double digits to left field, as we just talked about that Detroit wind,

01:00which is warmer temperatures but blowing in at this point.

01:02You look at the Dodgers' lineup, and over the past 30 days against right-handed pitching,

01:06it's just a smorgasbord out here, Ben, if I can use that.

01:09A 500 ISO for Itani, a 383 for Mookie Betts, 480 for Freeman.

01:14Hernandez, 435.

01:15Muncie, 405.

01:16Paz, 383.

01:18Rushing, who only has eight at-bats but still a 467, weighted on base percentage,

01:21and Tommy Edmond in the nine-hole at a 407.

01:24This team should be able to hit Tanner Bybee, which, again, brings me to my point,

01:27saying, okay, what's going to happen on the opposite side with Dustin May on the mound?

01:31Not a great pitcher, and over the past 30 days, his 44 batters that he's faced from the right side,

01:35a 263 ISO and a 430 weighted on base percentage,

01:38but he's been really clean against left-handed batters.

01:40Why is that important?

01:41Kwan's a lefty.

01:42Naylor's a lefty.

01:43Ramirez will be batting lefty.

01:44Manzarda's a lefty.

01:45Santana's a lefty.

01:46Schneeman's a lefty.

01:47And also Angel Martinez batting out of the nine-hole here as a lefty.

01:50So you're looking at possibly seven left-handed batters, which, again,

01:53you can't, you know, knock the formula because you want as many left-handed batters

01:57typically against righty pitching as you can get.

01:59But that's where Dustin May actually excels against left-handed batters as opposed to righties.

02:02So maybe a little bit detrimental for me, probably going to be the Dodgers here.

02:05They should be able to hit.

02:06I'm not trusting that lineup for the Guardians to be able to hit.

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