Why You Should Fade Kyle Hendricks in Cubs vs. Angels

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00:009.29, 9.30 on the rotation, a 4.07 start, nine and a half across the board,

00:05favorite to the Cubs, right around a minus 150 price,

00:07which is up from minus 135 overnight.

00:10When I look at Kyle Hendricks for the last 60 days, everything is high.

00:14Analytically, ERA, it's crazy.

00:16But he is a veteran pitcher going up against a team that he used to play for,

00:19and the Cubs line up not doing that well.

00:21I don't care.

00:23I look at bad pitchers in hitting environments and say,

00:25that bad pitcher should get faded today, and you should be fading Kyle Hendricks.

00:30You really should.

00:32Kyle Tucker is back for the Cubs, and after a couple days off,

00:36after news coming out about a fractured hand or wrist, whatever he had since June,

00:40he's hitting home runs.

00:42And they're playing well.

00:43They went 12-1 last night, 12-0, whatever it ended up being.

00:48There's no doubt that Kyle Hendricks is the worst of these two pitchers.

00:52I will say it is tough because Tyone has only had the one start since he's come back.

00:57He started last week on August 19th with six innings, and he was fine.

01:01He had only one earned run against Milwaukee, but that was his first start since the end of June.

01:05So there is a bit of unknown when it comes to Tyone.

01:09I will say the Angels do have some hitters in their lineup that can put some power across the board.

01:14Shanwell left last night's game early, but Nato, Ward, Mankata, Joe Adelik, they still have some power overall.

01:22At the end of the day, if I'm betting on one thing, as I say time and time again, I can't trust Tyone,

01:27but I can trust the Cubs lineup to hopefully put some runs and power us to a win.