00:00Looking for the sweep, Craig, in game number three.
00:03Those fighting Phillies, but Tywin Walker's on the mound today.
00:07And last time I saw Tywin Walker in 2026 was like what I saw in 2025 and 2024.
00:13Not all that good here, but the Phillies are a heavy favorite today, Craig,
00:16in Colorado.
00:17Overnight Lions, give or take, minus 150 to minus 155.
00:20Money coming in on the Phillies, Craig.
00:21I'm seeing some minus 175s in the marketplace for Tywin Walker.
00:25He's going up against Sagano today, and look at that total.
00:28Very Coors-like at 11.
00:30The Phillies looking to complete the sweep today with Tywin on the mound, Craig.
00:34Yeah, and they will.
00:35I mean, Sagano, who the Rockies signed in the offseason,
00:38had himself a really good start to begin the season.
00:41But this is going to go the other way.
00:44Donnie, I saw the Rockies in person.
00:45To me, they're far and away, unfortunately, the worst team in Major League Baseball.
00:50I know the Phillies have scored some runs this weekend,
00:52but this should be the game that they blow the door open, I would think.
00:56I give the Rockies a very slim, slim chance to win today.
01:01And look, when you're going through a rebuild like the Rockies are,
01:04new general manager, they name their interim manager the manager,
01:07but this is just a team that's playing a lot of 4A guys, Donnie.
01:11I hate to say it.
01:12There's a lot of guys on this roster who probably don't deserve to be in the big leagues,
01:15but hopefully for them, they can make the most of it.
01:18I don't see any way,
01:19and I don't see any path that Sagano gets out of this cleanly today.
01:22I just don't see it.
01:23I did like how bad Walker was in game number one that he pitched.
01:26He was like, hey, look, we're not going to burn our bullpen this early in the season.
01:29Just get out there.
01:30Gave up like 10 hits in that game, multiple runs.
01:32So him on the season, talking about Walker, 29 batters that he faced,
01:366.9K percentage, which will get you killed in Major League Baseball,
01:39specifically in elevation.
01:41But how about a weighted on-base percentage against?
01:42A 4-0-4.
01:43As Craig pointed out also,
01:45it's a lot to be desired in that lineup here for the Colorado Rockies.
01:48But if we do flip it over to the Philadelphia Phillies,
01:50Sugano struggled all year last year,
01:52and actually coming into this game against right-handed pitching,
01:55even if that's a slow start,
01:57Schwarber, Harper, Boehm, Garcia, Marsh, and Real Muto,
02:00all really good numbers against right-handed pitching.
02:03This could be one of those games where you look at and say,
02:05well, take the team total for the Phillies.
02:06But as we know, Craig, in elevation,
02:08you don't get 3.5, 4.5, or 5.5.
02:10Sometimes as high as 6.5,
02:12or when the Dodgers come to town, 7.5.
02:14But I'm with you.
02:15I do think the Phillies hit today,
02:16and regardless of what Walker does,
02:18they should be able to overcompensate for that.
02:20Yeah, Schwarber, five extra base hits to start the season,
02:23so that would be the guy that I would potentially pick today.
02:26But, you know, when you play at Coors
02:28and you're playing the betting markets,
02:29obviously, FanDuel, DraftKings, everywhere else,
02:31you're getting no favors at Coors,
02:32which is why I usually like to surf for some other players
02:35and some other games here.
02:37Are the Rockies going to lose 100 games?
02:40Yes.
02:40What would be the alarming part about this for me, Donnie,
02:44is that the Rockies did win in Toronto,
02:46if you remember, earlier in the week.
02:48But throughout the years,
02:51the reason why the Rockies haven't lost,
02:53like the White Sox, as an example,
02:55did a couple of years ago,
02:56is because they always seem to be okay at home.
02:58Have you noticed that?
02:58Even when they stink,
03:00they always seem to play okay at Coors.
03:03If they don't win any games at Coors,
03:06they could rival those White Sox seasons.
03:08I do think they'll win 50 games,
03:10but, man, I don't know how many more than that.
03:13I mean, it's a big market.
03:14It's a great ballpark to watch a game.
03:16It's in elevation.
03:17It's got a bad baseball team.
03:18And maybe you're just saying,
03:19you know what?
03:20Let's just wait and buy our time.
03:21Craig, I'm waiting until we get the technology
03:23to build a dome in Colorado
03:24that can sort of bring the air pressure in,
03:26that brings it down to sea level,
03:28and say, hey,
03:29pitchers might want to come here at this point of year.
03:31Remember back in Minnesota, Craig,
03:33they had the Metrodome,
03:35where they had,
03:35if you opened up a certain amount of doors,
03:37like the place would deflate at this point,
03:38they would get some of that in Colorado
03:39and sort of change the air degrees
03:41and temperatures in that market.
03:43But the Phillies should roll today.
03:44The question, though,
03:45do you want to pay that price on Taiwan Walker?
03:47We'll find out a little bit later.
Comments