Houston vs. Los Angeles: Gusto Faces Hendricks in Key Game

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00:00Houston Los Angeles game and just to start here it's Gusto versus Hendricks and I think correct

00:04me if I'm wrong Tom you must have a high XFIP number if you want to pitch for the Los Angeles

00:08Angels just feels like everybody in their lineup but hey but you know what I mean like Hendricks

00:12has been better as of late but everybody that takes the mound it feels like it's a smash button

00:16just to go against the Angels now Gusto's certainly not a great pitcher by any stretch

00:20and I told you that total to open up at nine and a half it's actually nines at most outlets today

00:24a favorite for Gusto or Gusto on the mound from yesterday at 136 that's nothing more of a pick

00:30them at this place right now so I call mucho Gusto it is Gusto going up against Hendricks but again

00:35those high XFIP Angel players here how do we factor in Houston and LA today well Hendricks got away with

00:42a good start last week against the Yankees when they're actually crumbling on offense but he's

00:47still coming in with a 476 XFIP he's never he's literally never been a big strikeout pitcher go

00:53back however many years you want when he's with the Cubs strikeout rate this year is at 16.3 percentage

00:58career strike rate raise that at 19.2 fly balls are an issue 1.40 home runs per nine when we look at

01:06the f of the athletics excuse me the Astros lineup I'm like we're we got juice here we got weather we

01:12got a bad picture we got some juice in this lineup Christian Walker had a great game last night

01:16Paredes we always can look to Altuve even throwing in Yannir Diaz all isos at 150 or higher

01:21specifically Walker Paredes and Altuve at 198 or higher this is where we're looking on the other

01:26side I think Gusto is a fine pitcher he's never someone I'm super afraid of and the Angels lineup

01:30has been scoring a ton they scored a ton versus the Yankees they scored a ton last night I'd like

01:34some of their hitters which we'll get to for a home run prop but I think the Astros come away

01:39with the win when we get the offense going from them yet again