Weekend Fantasy Preview: Cubs, Phillies & Nationals in Action

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00:00Mike Burroughs, he faces off against the 2019 version of Matthew Boyd, who's pitching for the

00:08Cubs today. And then on Sunday, it is Mitch Keller. He's been a tough luck loser this season

00:13also. I think his record is like 1-10 or something crazy like that. And speaking of 2019 version,

00:20if I'm not mistaken, Colin Ray was pitching back in 2016. So it is throwback weekend in Chicago.

00:28I don't know how the Cubs are doing this with these guys.

00:31Boyd looks pretty good, by the way. He's still on your way. You should be going to grab him.

00:35He should have been gone long ago here. Listen, we know Pirates can't score. Cubs can't score.

00:39Blah, blah, blah. So you're taking your Cubbies here. You're right about Mitch Keller, right?

00:44He has really pitched up. All the Pirates pitched in bad luck. You all know his stats from Paul

00:49Skeen's been brought up all week. They just don't score any runs for this guy. If he doesn't know

00:53a shutout, he doesn't win. It's really just that simple here. And by the way, you can make

00:56it hard, but in a non-keeper, non-dynacy, you should trade Paul Skeen's. He's not helping

01:01you in wins anyway. He might be the pitcher that gets you something really good with someone

01:04who wants to believe that he gets you wins in the second half.

01:10We've got the Marlins and Nationals this weekend. And today, it looks like Kate Gibson

01:16is going to start. So that's an opener for Miami. Beloso, who sometimes makes spot starts

01:23for them pitch last night. So I don't know how they're going to bulk this thing today.

01:27But Trevor Williams, he has not been good for the Nationals. He starts on Saturday in

01:32an early game. And then Sunday, Yuri Perez made his first start of the season this past

01:36week. It wasn't great. Mackenzie Gore, Washington will be a huge favorite on Sunday, I think,

01:43with Gore pitching there. But we could be in for some runs. Hot weather, based on how many

01:49runs last night? Like 19 runs, George? Maybe offense is on tap this weekend.

01:54The funny thing, we don't have hot weather here. We have rainy weather in Northeast,

01:57right? They still scored a million runs yesterday. I mean, listen, I'm not allowed to make any

02:03more Washington Nationals jokes. I've been threatened here on the network. So Washington Nationals

02:07are a great team. They are fantastic. James Woods, next MVP. Listen, I'd like to match it tomorrow.

02:14I am interested to see if Perez can pitch better in his second start than he did his first start.

02:17Gore likely to be an MVP candidate. That's not me being nice, by the way. I'm sorry,

02:22an all-star game candidate for the Washington Nationals. So I'd like tomorrow's game more

02:27than today's game. So I'm interested in Perez, Craig. I want to see him. Can he be that guy

02:31that, you know, at one point last year, I really thought he might be. He's a guy I believe in.

02:35So I'm definitely much more interested in tomorrow's game than today's.

02:39The Phillies are huge favorites today. Christopher Sanchez pitches for them against

02:43Bowdoin Francis. And then Sunday, should be a good pitching matchup. Jose Barrios

02:48against Zach Wheeler.

02:52You know, Blue Jays have been playing very well lately, right? Very well. Got themselves back

02:56in contention in the American League East. Yeah, I don't like today's chances for them either. I

03:00think Francis is going to get crushed here. And then tomorrow, I mean, Barrios has pitched

03:04better of late here. Then you go against Zach Wheeler. They missed him in Toronto because he was

03:07on the paternity list. He's back here. Boy, Toronto could be in a little dead danger of getting

03:12swept here. I lost 8-0 last night. Gossman got wrecked. So it may not be a very good weekend

03:17in Philadelphia for the Toronto Blue Jays.