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00:00Let's set the table for this next one here and have some fun.

00:029-11, 9-12 in the rotation, a 4-10 start in Arizona.

00:05That's Fought versus Gordon.

00:06It's the Colorado Rockies and the Arizona Diamondbacks.

00:09Look at this favor here.

00:10Like, Brandon Fought hasn't had a great season.

00:11Last 30 days, though, not too bad, Tom.

00:13Seven starts, 41 in the third, innings pitched, a 4-10 ERA, but a 379 X-5 number.

00:18He's a minus 260 favorite at some outlets right now in the marketplace

00:22going up against Colorado in a total of nine.

00:24Why?

00:25I don't care who's in that lineup for Arizona today, Tom.

00:28They are going to hit Gordon.

00:29They are going to hit that bullpen.

00:30It's what everybody does against the Colorado Rockies.

00:34It really is, and this is basically a spitting image of what I saw last night

00:39when I was on in-game live with Brady Cannon, where Eduardo Rodriguez,

00:43they were minus 220, whatever, 215, whatever it was, nine and a half total.

00:47I was like, listen, the Diamondbacks being a $2 favorite, I understand, right?

00:51Just because it's the Rockies, there's going to be so much public money moving in there.

00:54But when it's all said and done, the Diamondbacks aren't a good team.

00:57They traded away Suarez.

00:59They traded away Naylor.

01:00Their bullpen is terrible.

01:02So why would we be wanting to lay $2 or whatever it was?

01:05Yes, they won the game.

01:06But at the end of the day, the best bet to make is just simply the over.

01:09Root for runs on both sides.

01:11The pitching staffs are terrible.

01:12And we actually got some decent hitters from Colorado.

01:15And this is still a good hitters ballpark when it's all said and done.

01:19I'm telling the sneaky part about that, too, is most people look at the Colorado Rockies

01:22and just think they're a terrible team.

01:24But look at the batters in the lineup.

01:26I'm telling you right now, you won't be disappointed.

01:28Like, Brandon Fultz struggles with lefties.

01:29So immediately go look at the left-handed bats.

01:31Not a lot in the lineup.

01:32Mickey Moniak has been really good for them this year.

01:34But he's the only lefty outside of Almodor.

01:36But look at just the rest of the guys in the lineup against right-handed pitching over the past month.

01:41Ezekiel Tovar, 346, weighted on base percentage.

01:43Goodman, 431.

01:44Beck, 425.

01:45Moniak, 383.

01:47Bernabeu, 481.

01:48Doyle, 354.

01:49Carrows, 395.

01:51And Almodor there at 234, like, ISO power numbers are high.

01:54Weighted on base percentages are high.

01:55It's like the perfect storm for, I don't think Fultz is going to be a shutdown guy.

01:59Like, you just look at that totem, like, yeah, it seems kind of high.

02:01But it's there for a reason.

02:02Like, Arizona should be at least five-plus runs today.

02:04You're telling me that we can't get competition on the other side for the Colorado Rockies?

02:08So don't throw out the baby with the bathwater.

02:10There are some bad baseball teams.

02:12But that doesn't mean they're not going to step up to the plate and knock in some runs.

02:15Yeah, they might lose eight to five, but you score five runs, Tom, that's RBI, that's

02:19knocked in base runners, everything you can ask for.

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