00:00The next couple, I think, are pretty cut and dry for me.
00:03I just have not seen the Blue Jays play well, and I'm just not going to buy them.
00:07A lot of times they say it's like that hangover from getting to the World Series.
00:11The loser usually doesn't do well, like the Super Bowl loser as well.
00:14It's played out here, Tom.
00:16The Blue Jays have not looked good all season.
00:18They have never had a run.
00:20They have never been strong.
00:22I mean, there's nothing to bet here, but it's not like I would not take the plus money here.
00:26It would be a pass.
00:27No, they're not going to make the playoffs.
00:29The pitching hasn't been good enough.
00:31Scherzer, Bieber hasn't been there.
00:33Savage started off the season slow or not on time.
00:36Vlade hasn't been there.
00:37Kirk missed time.
00:38Varsha missed time.
00:39There's just too many things wrong at this point.
00:41Even though the AL is weak, they just can't do it.
00:44Cubs are minus 300 to make the playoffs unless you believe in a collapse,
00:49which did happen, by the way, a couple of years ago.
00:51I do not.
00:52I think the Cubs are in it to win it.
00:53I don't know how far they're going to go,
00:55but I'm not willing to take either of these sides.
00:57Right.
00:58The NL wild card is super tight,
01:00but I believe that they're the better of some of those teams,
01:02and they will be aggressive.
01:04Right or wrong, I don't think they'll go deep either,
01:06but I do think they will make it.
01:08It's that simple.
01:09This is an interesting one for me.
01:11Is it time for us to pivot and maybe take the Cardinals here?
01:14I mean, this is – I actually want to do – Sam, show me Arizona next
01:21because I want to do that.
01:22But the Cardinals are plus 225 to make the playoffs here.
01:27I guess the assumption is shoe's going to drop, shoe's going to drop.
01:32The second we do, they roll off a win streak like they are here
01:35at the end of the break.
01:37Yeah, I think both you and I, like, you know, hand up.
01:39We were both kind of wrong about the Cardinals,
01:41and we were both still low on them or have been low.
01:44However you want to phrase it, they've had a great season.
01:46I'll say that I was wrong about them.
01:48I expect them to finish either fourth or fifth in the NL Central.
01:52That's just where it was.
01:52And this just may be a time for me to make amends.
01:55Bet on the Cardinals to make the playoffs,
01:56and if they continue to do so, credit to them.
01:59I can win a bet.
02:00And if they don't, you know, they still had a good season
02:02and overperformed.
02:03If they're winning at the end and they don't end up making it,
02:05I still think it was a solid season for them,
02:07and they did overperform.
02:08Sure.
02:09Of course, I'm rooting for Miami.
02:10But if Miami, for some reason, doesn't get it,
02:13I kind of like this one, Tom,
02:16because I know how the Diamondbacks act every trade deadline,
02:19and they usually add stuff.
02:22And remember a couple of years ago,
02:23they were in this exact same spot,
02:25and they just rolled off a million wins at the end of the year.
02:28They get in the playoffs, and they end up going to the World Series.
02:32Look, you made a good point about the pitching and Zach Gallin,
02:35and look, they definitely have some issues here.
02:37But if they get aggressive, like they usually do,
02:41I think they're better than San Diego.
02:43What do you think?
02:43Plus 350 here.
02:45Yeah, they're better than San Diego.
02:46Where they sit in the NL wildcard right now
02:48means they would have to leap the Pirates and the Cardinals.
02:51That's kind of plausible.
02:52Like, both things are mutually exclusive.
02:55Like, I think the Diamondbacks can make the playoffs,
02:56and the Cardinals, the odds are good enough as well.
02:59But it's an interesting spot for the D-backs.
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