00:00Expectations versus maybe not so high expectations.
00:03That's what we're going to get early in this week coming up between the Mets and the Cardinals.
00:06Mets open up with a couple wins opening day.
00:09A lot of fun.
00:10Extra innings on a Saturday.
00:11And they're going to line up against the Cardinals who actually have a good, decent record as well
00:15after a few wins to open up their season.
00:17Expected pitching matchups here for us, Craig.
00:19Monday, Holmes versus Leahy.
00:21Senga versus Palante on Tuesday.
00:23And then Wednesday, it's Peralta back on the mound versus Libertor.
00:26You're looking for the Cardinals.
00:28One of those teams with not a lot of expectations.
00:30If you can rack up some wins early in the season, maybe it changes the outlook of the season.
00:34But the one thing we know about the Mets, they spent money.
00:36The expectations, once again, Craig, sky high here.
00:39Yeah, and the Cardinals will be dogs in all three games in this series.
00:44I can assure you of that.
00:48Kyle Leahy, relief pitcher, Donnie, more or less, for the Cardinals last year.
00:54You know, like, I don't know.
00:57An opener, almost, it seems like, to me, to start the season.
01:00I know that he started in the spring, made one start all of last year.
01:03I mean, he's okay.
01:06But Palante, too, not a high fastball guy.
01:09Libertor was their opening day starter.
01:10Maybe that's the best shot they have.
01:12It's early in the year so the Cardinals could sweep.
01:14You know what I'm saying?
01:14But they're going to be tested.
01:18The pitching is going to be tested by the Mets.
01:21The Mets, a very superior offensive lineup here.
01:24So I'm not even sure that it matters who's pitching for the Mets this week.
01:27Probably some overs, I would tend to guess, this week between the Mets and the Cardinals here.
01:32And you saw that, by the way, with the Cardinals playing their games.
01:34A lot of back-and-forth offense this weekend, too.
01:38The notion that the Cardinals always have pitching, because, Donnie, you know they've always had that with the Wainwrights and
01:45the Carlos Martinezes and the Chris Carpenters and the Michael Walkas.
01:50They do not have that in the rotation this season.
01:53So it's going to be a work in progress here, especially Monday and Tuesday.
01:58I would definitely look to some runs being scored.
02:01Yeah, we opened up the show also talking about Francisco Lindor.
02:04Slow start to the season.
02:05And Bichette, big-name free agent, a little bit of a slow start to the season.
02:08We'll see if some of those guys get rolling around.
02:09Also, Benj, who was a hero, basically, on opening day.
02:13And that betting average is right around 200 now.
02:15Maybe he gets going against some of those pitchers, and we'll find out.
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