Guardians vs. Rangers Preview: Odds and Pitcher Insights

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00:00Williams and Kelly today, a slight favor for Texas at minus 126.

00:03Texas seems like the walking wounded as well.

00:06Did they get a victory today in a game that's seemingly meaningless

00:09unless you're saying, hey, Texas, you can get it together?

00:11I don't know.

00:14I got to be honest.

00:15This is one of those games where I don't –

00:18and I said this last week about the Rangers.

00:20I think they just hit a fork in them.

00:22They're dead at this point.

00:23So, you know, I do like a team to win this game,

00:25and it's not Texas.

00:27Spoiler for our dog saying it a little bit later.

00:29But, you know, Davin Williams, Donnie, I want to know what you think, man,

00:33because he's been pretty good.

00:35He's been pretty good.

00:36And I'm not saying Merrill Kelly isn't a good pitcher,

00:38but if I'm betting on the combination of the pitcher and the lineup,

00:42it's slightly in favor of the Guardians.

00:43Again, it's not a great lineup overall,

00:45but the injuries that Texas have dealt with,

00:47I think I'm out on them just completely.

00:50And here's what you like too,

00:51because if you look at Merrill Kelly on the – let's just go 60 days back,

00:54it's not great statistics, but actually his analytical number is higher

00:57than his, you know, let's just say surface numbers with ERA.

01:01But as Tom and I always point out, the Guardians are a Swiss Army knife.

01:04Now, sometimes that Swiss Army knife is dull as hell and doesn't work.

01:07Oh, instead of pulling out the knife, I pulled out like the can opener.

01:10Oh, I'm going to get beat up in this fight.

01:11That's what the Guardians feel like.

01:13But when you can line up again, Tom,

01:15Quan, lefty, Schneeman, lefty, Ramirez, lefty, Manzorda, lefty,

01:18Santana, lefty, Cephas, lefty, Naylor, lefty, Rokio, lefty.

01:21Donnie, why are you talking about lefties?

01:22Well, Merrill Kelly over the past month, Tom, 62 batters,

01:25he's got an ISO of 351 against him to lefties here.

01:28And you're going to have eight lefties, Tom, in that lineup today.

01:31Yeah, I mean, we say this every Sunday about the Guardians.

01:35It's like they can have a minimum of seven, if not eight lefties in there.

01:38Most of them are switch hitters.

01:40If you can't get a minimum of three runs across the board,

01:43I always say, if not now, when for the Guardians?

01:46When would you score?

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