Merrill Kelly Set to Dominate as Diamondbacks Face Mariners

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00:00with merrill kelly on the bump the snakes a hefty home favorite tonight in phoenix minus 168 that

00:05number total is nine another critical midweek set for both of these clubs how does it start

00:11yeah disappointed yesterday by the diamondbacks but also understand this you're as good as your

00:16pitcher your momentum is as good as your pitcher is the next day on the hill and they got merrill

00:19kelly so merrill kelly's an average pitcher not so fast best pitcher on the card today by a wide

00:24margin how about his last 32 innings pitched over the past month a 2.53 era and the best

00:29xfip on the card at a 2.32 you look at him over the past 30 days 123 batters that he's faced

00:35how about a k rate of 31 how about a walk rate of 5 or less how about an iso power number against 095

00:41and a weighted on base percentage of 233 and a ground ball percentage of over 51 he's been great

00:48and also looking at the mariners lineup cooling off just a little bit against right-handed pitching

00:52cal raleigh always matches up really well jp crawford as well but the rest of that lineup

00:57outside of rodney telez not that good let's flip it over here to the arizona diamondbacks you look

01:01at their last 30 days against right-handed pitching it's been absolutely stellar let down a little bit

01:06yesterday i thought they would be able to hit a right-handed pitcher didn't do it all that well

01:09but understand this emerson hancock's on the mound today against lefties the last 64 lefties he's faced

01:15that's a 286 iso power number and a weighted on base percentage of 386 you look at the lineup today

01:21just to start out carol lefty marty lefty perdomo lefty nailer lefty and includes in the bottom of

01:27the lineup paven smith alec thomas and jose herrera all lefties here looks like we have two right-handed

01:32batters in the lineup seven lefties against something that hancock can't do all that well

01:36bounce back in order today for the diamondbacks they win this game and they hit in this game

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