Reds vs. Mets: National League Clash at Citi Field Tonight

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00:00We go to Citi Field up next.

00:02The New York Mets, a half game behind those Philadelphia Phillies atop the NL East.

00:07Send Sean Minaya out to the bump.

00:09Minaya, who did pitch in the final week, entering the All-Star break in relief,

00:14now back as a starter as he worked his way back from injury.

00:17Minus 154, the price on the Amazons, DRS, against the Cincinnati Reds.

00:23My Reds!

00:24Let's get to 80 wins, boys.

00:26They have 50 here at the All-Star break.

00:30That total is now seven and a half.

00:33What do you like tonight in the city party on a Friday?

00:37Yeah, if we're just looking again at plus money numbers,

00:39I think it's pretty juicy here for the Cincinnati Reds.

00:42We don't really know what we're getting out of Sean Minaya.

00:44The expectations, it can be pretty good.

00:45I'll get back to that in a moment.

00:46But the focus here on Nick Lodolo, his last 60 days pitching, Ben,

00:50a 91 XFIT minus, which is very good, a comparable ERA at 3.33,

00:54and a very good XFIT number of 3.67.

00:56If we look at the last 30 days, which, again, does include a five-day break on the All-Star break,

01:01but still, most of the batters on the Mets, 25-plus at-bats against left-handed pitching over the past month.

01:06The only guy with a plus ISO and weighted on base percentage, that's Brandon Nimmo, who's a left-handed batter.

01:11The rest of the guys, very underwhelming, which brings me up to my next result, where you say,

01:15all right, well, we don't know what we're getting out of Sean Minaya.

01:18But the one thing we know about him, he is a left-handed pitcher.

01:22Look at the lineup here for the Cincinnati Reds over the past month.

01:25Outside of Espinal and Joe, the rest of that lineup,

01:28all really high weighted on base percentages against left-handed pitching.

01:31So if I have Lodolo in pretty good form, Minaya, we should have a little bit of guesses.

01:35Yes, the Mets are at home.

01:36Both teams want to get out of the break with a good start.

01:38But I just look at that plus 138 price point and say to myself,

01:41I think I might have the better hitting lineup against lefties on my side with the Reds,

01:45and I'm getting plus money.

01:46I'll take the flip of the coin and give me that plus money today on the Cincinnati Reds.