00:00Kyle, are the Cubs ever going to win again?
00:02I think we asked that question a few weeks ago.
00:04Are they ever going to lose again?
00:05But, man, they have come right all the way back to the pack here.
00:08In fact, now chasing and looking up at the National League Central standings.
00:12The Pirates are minus 126 tonight.
00:14They have Brandon Ashcraft pitching.
00:16He's done a great job for Pittsburgh.
00:18Total of eight and a half.
00:20Are you just going to ride this trend against the Cubs?
00:23Or does this losing streak end tonight?
00:27I think you got to ride the gravy train and betting against the Cubs here.
00:31You mentioned it, 10 wins in a row.
00:33Then they're 2-13 in the 15-game sense.
00:35It's a game of runs.
00:36We know that about baseball.
00:37That's why we love it.
00:38That's why we hated it sometimes, too.
00:40But to me, our cold team going against Braxton Ashcraft isn't really where you want to be.
00:45He's one of the more efficient pitchers in the sport right now.
00:48Just over 14 pitches per inning.
00:50And I don't know if you notice this, but the Cubs kind of just don't swing at pitches these days.
00:54Like, they fall behind counts.
00:55That's where Ashcraft's been rolling of late.
00:57Only the Phillies have really gotten to him over the last month or so.
01:00And that's just because he's getting ahead in these counts.
01:02And that's what the Cubs allow you to do by not swinging at the first few pitches.
01:06To me, this is an Ashcraft spot.
01:08Not a spot for the losing streak to end.
01:10I think it gets up to 10 in a row.
01:11And if you're looking at the prop markets right now, plus 100 to go under one and a half walks
01:16for Brandon Ashcraft.
01:17I think that's good.
01:18If he's just grooving it and they're not swinging, that's a good recipe for no walks.
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