00:00Let's go out there and take a look at a Western matchup here in the American
00:03League.
00:03It's Houston and it's Seattle.
00:04This game is going to be in Seattle.
00:054-10 start Eastern for this one.
00:07Bolton's going the right-handed pitcher for Houston going up against Logan
00:10Gilbert, the right-handed pitcher for the Seattle Mariners.
00:13If you look at the opening numbers overnight, Craig,
00:15let's call it minus 155.
00:16They're not there anymore.
00:17I'm seeing as high as a minus 175 currently at FanDuel and a low total as
00:22we typically see in Seattle listed at seven and a half, Craig, at most outlets.
00:27Okay.
00:27So, you know, Friday night, Sam will remember this.
00:29I was on with Kevin and Gabe and like their biggest concern was Seattle.
00:35And I was like laughing.
00:37I was like, well, you know, why?
00:38Like Seattle's really good.
00:39Like this is a really long season.
00:41Their biggest concern, Donnie, should have been Houston.
00:44Like I think Houston could be in some trouble.
00:47I mean, am I, the guy who they just signed can't pitch right now.
00:50I guess he's got a dead arm.
00:51Their lineup is on the older side.
00:53They've got a couple of nice pieces.
00:55Donnie, this is not the Houston Astros of Springer and Altuve and Correa and Tucker and
01:01a great Jordan Alvarez.
01:03I don't like the Astros.
01:05I don't think that they're a great team anymore like they used to be.
01:09They weren't a great team last year and they really didn't do a lot to make themselves all
01:13that better.
01:14I could see some changes coming there.
01:16I'm still bullish on Seattle.
01:17I mean, come on with that pitching, Donnie, you can't give up on them that quick.
01:21No, they'll be fine all summer long.
01:22They're going to have a better pitch than you nine times out of 10.
01:24It feels like every game they match up.
01:26But also the way these two teams have started their season, we thought maybe we were saying,
01:30you know what?
01:30Looks like Houston can do some damage with this lineup.
01:32Craig, they've lost six games in a row.
01:34Now, both of these teams technically in last place in the West with the six and nine Mariners
01:39and the six and nine Astros.
01:40Now, the one thing that's interesting, too, is Jordan Alvarez, who barely played at all
01:44last year, so many injuries.
01:45He's been really good.
01:46Altuve's good, good numbers, and Cam Smith does as well.
01:48But the rest of the lineup, not doing a lot of damage and Logan Gilbert's on the mound.
01:52The one thing I like about Logan Gilbert, always going to have that high K rate and low
01:56walk percentage.
01:56So you're going to have to earn it going up against him today.
01:59You take a look at Bolton on the mound last year, only 10 batters faced.
02:02This year, only 30.
02:03So limited production, but also Seattle, Randy Rosarana, Luke Rowley, as well as Brandon Donovan.
02:08Really good statistics, Craig.
02:10Against right-handed pitching today.
02:11Probably going to be the Mariners, and that's why that line's on the move higher and higher
02:14every time I check.
02:15It probably should be the case.
02:17And again, every team's going to lose three, four games in a row over the course of the
02:21season.
02:22Six games in a row, the Astros have already lost.
02:25That usually is not a team that makes the postseason.
02:28They got to get it going.
02:29Could it be seven today?
02:30I guess we'll see.
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