00:00I'm opening day in Philadelphia the Texas Rangers come to town opening day is going to see Sanchez
00:04taking on Eovaldi and the Phillies as a favorite at minus 148 plus 126 split here as the underdog
00:10for the Rangers two talented lineups high expectations on both sides and if we just
00:15look at the estimated starting pitchers for this weekend which will be Thursday Saturday and Sunday
00:19it's Eovaldi versus Sanchez DeGrom versus Nola Gore versus Luzardo a fantastic series setting up
00:25in Philadelphia and the Phillies not favorites to win their own division here maybe they can get
00:30back you take a look at the Texas Rangers one of those teams that we were very high on last
00:34year
00:34but when your pitching staff breaks down and your lineup breaks down the expectations drop
00:38I'm expecting for big changes in that wind department this year for the Rangers Tom
00:44I love this series this is maybe the best series of opening weekend we have six good pitch six good
00:50to great pitchers right like we're maybe not sure about Mackenzie Gore you know I think he still has
00:54some upside but we have six solid pitchers across the board which is not something that
00:58every other matchup can say obviously the expectations for the Phillies are super high
01:02uh I'm personally invested in in the Rangers this season I have them to make the playoffs at plus 120
01:07I don't think they'll win the the AL West I think that goes to the Mariners not a surprise there
01:12but
01:12I do think they'll be in firm contention for the wild card along the Royals and the Orioles so I
01:18love the Rangers this year I'm going to back them I think they're going to mean for a bounce back
01:21year we had to remember Donnie they won a World Series just a couple years ago yeah and then the
01:24Phillies we know what the expectations are for them you know the top of the rotation is great
01:28when we're getting back uh Zach Wheeler into that rotation of course plenty of uh power in that
01:33lineup uh signing Kyle re-signing Kyle Schwarber in the offseason this is just a fantastic series
01:38from top to bottom yeah keep an eye on Crawford there in the outfit how he's going to mature in
01:42his de facto rookie season Andrew Painter is going to be in the rotation he made the uh starting
01:47lineup here we should say for the starting roster if you open the season but that's a great series here
01:51here
01:51you
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