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MLB Picks & Best Betting Odds Friday July 15

 

TC Martin:

And welcome aboard on this fabulous Friday edition of the MLB show here on BetUS . I am TC Martin, flanked by my fellow handicappers, Scott Spreitzer, and the Basewinner, Mark Borchard. A little tongue tied here today, guys, probably because I’m a little bit excited. It’s a Friday, it’s the weekend, and of course having you guys on the show is always a joy. So welcome and happy Friday to both you guys. Take action and bet on MLB now!

Mark Borchard:

Hey TC, I’d give you a pass if he was wearing a striped shirt, but he didn’t even have a stripe shirt on. So I don’t even see where the Freudian slip came in.

TC Martin:

Oh, there it is. Okay. I thought you were talking… I thought you were-

Mark Borchard:

No, you said Scott Striper and I thought, well maybe he’s wearing a striped shirt, you know?

TC Martin:

That’s where he’s going. Okay. I thought you were calling me a referee there for a minute.

Mark Borchard:

No, no, no, no, no. That’s fine. Well, maybe that was in the back of your mind. Maybe you got a bad call yesterday. You’re thinking NBA, because you’re doing a live remote today.

TC Martin:

This is true. NBA summer league, always a fun time. And no I’m actually smiling today Mark, because I went 2 and 0 yesterday. So I don’t have any bad beats to get mad at. I didn’t throw anything in my television last night. So that was-

Mark Borchard:

Yeah. That’s awesome. So what’s the story with Altuve. Do you have any inside information on… He got a fall off his knee? Is he okay? What’s going to happen with that?

TC Martin:

So here’s the deal, opening pitch, okay? It’s a slider from Detmers. It hits him in the shin, Altuve goes down. He feels that he is good enough to get to first base. His precautionary reasons after they loaded the bases, and luckily he didn’t really have to do much running, went station to station from second to third and then he came in on the hit. But when they came in, they said we don’t want to take any chances here. So it’s a contusion. I think it’s more of a day to day thing is what I’m hearing. But it’ll be interesting since they’re going back home now and they’re playing the A’s. I think he’s going to be fine. Maybe takes the day off tonight, but I don’t think it’s anything serious.

But Scott, I’m watching this game last night and I see the first pitch. And of course you get all the fans that are booing when Altuve comes to the plate and you think, “Okay, is anyone ever going to get over this? This was five years ago.” And then what happened when he gets hit by the first pitch? Standing ovation from the Angels fans yesterday and-

Mark Borchard:

That’s poor.

TC Martin:

Oh, it’s poor. In this whole series, there’s some guy, he must be a season ticket holder because he comes through loud and clear on the Angels broadcast. It doesn’t matter who gets up, Jake Meyers gets up, “Cheater! Cheater!” Somebody slap this [Hammaker 00:02:44] across the face and say, “Jake Meyer wasn’t even baseball in 2017.” So we get that and they get it at every park. But some fans, they kind of crack me up, but yeah. Kind of low grade there, but.

Scott Spreitzer:

It’s going to last for another five years, I bet. And it’s going to be a rookie, in five years from now he’s going to come in and get yelled at. It’s jealousy. Remember, we were talking off the air other day and I was saying to you, I go, “Remember it wasn’t that long ago when Houston was known as the Lastros because they were always dead last in the division.” And then they had a management group come in and just go crazy building this team up to a perennial contender. And so when Dusty got there, this team was loaded and they were already a World Series contender and he’s just continued that run. But so that’s why there’s that jealousy there at every park they go to, but they just get harassed. I get it with Altuve. I mean, come on, you’re a fan of the Angels, you got nothing much to cheer for. You got two guys every game that you’re cheering for. Everybody else, you’re like, time to go to the hot dog stand when they come up to the plate.

And so they’ve got to have something to get involved with. So I guess that’s why they’re doing it. But I think it’ll last for a while. If Houston wins the World Series this year, distinct possibility, they’re just going to hear it more again next year. People are going to be even more frustrated, baseball fans in other towns that have weak teams. I was with you and had a little bit of an additional last night because I had under first five, and I ended up pushing it, it was four. And I was really worried because basically Houston gifted the Angels two runs in those first four innings, as you saw last night. And so I’m going to the fifth going, “Ah, crap. I got to sweat this inning and not give up a run.” Houston, they could score seven in one inning against this team. And fortunately, I got to push out of it.

I was like feeling like I won the game when I got a push to the first five on the under. But we were talking the night before about, “Hey, Houston lost two nights ago,” but you got Framber going the next day, so good chance if you back on him again and the Angel bats just don’t get it done, man. So there was a great play made in the short right field by the second baseman last night, that probably saved the bacon for Houston batters. Tremendous play made late in the game and that’s what they do. They make plays that win games, teams like the Angels do not.

TC Martin:

Yep. Yeah. I know Basewinner was probably feeling pretty good in the first inning when the Astros loaded the base guy. I know you had the over in that game, right Mark?

Mark Borchard:

Yeah. And I can see where Scott’s going, playing the under there though because these Angels hitters have been awful. I just think that from a long term stand, my long term ratings, they can’t be this… I mean, they can’t be this bad. Their recent form can’t be this bad. Maybe they are. But I’m with Scott, go get a hot dog, because you’re not going to miss anything after Otani bats. But longer term I think that they should perform a little bit better. I mean, it’s not hard to do. You said on the show last week, I think you said they were like at 37 weighted runs created plus last 30 days. I mean that’s pretty darn low, Scott.

Scott Spreitzer:

Well also, you know what? I think it’s a situation, guys, where this team started… What? 24, 13, 27 and 17? They were hitting the crap out of the ball. Pitching was pretty good. Even the bullpen wasn’t bad during those first 40, 45 games. I think that built on this frustration. I really do. I think the fact that guys like Trout, who doesn’t exactly visit the playoffs often, Otani who in the off season said, “Billed to be a winner or I’m gone as soon as I can,” which is 2024. So it’s a situation where I think they were really feeling good and players like Madden for the most part. So you get up to this great start and all of a sudden you collapse, you lose whatever it was 14 or 15 in a row. You can’t do anything right. I think that just adds to the frustration of this team. And then you got Phil Nevin auditioning. Come on! This guy’s not management material yet.

Mark Borchard:

Yeah. Where do these guys go from here? I mean, what do they do? Trout seemed, he’s hurt again. He seems to be hurt more than he is healthy. It’s frustrating. And because I’ve been so bullish on the Angels the last few years, what am I going to learn? They look good on paper. They look like Tarzan on paper, but they play like Jane in the field. So I mean, geez, I don’t know. But I can see why you played the under there, but I can see why I played the over as well. Yeah.

Scott Spreitzer:

And that was the first five innings, guys, and you’re over. There’s no way I’m playing Angel games full game under the total because of that bullpen. So I did like what you said, that’s the way I would’ve gone full game is the over, it just didn’t get there. And first five under, like I said, fortunately, they were able to shut each team down in the fifth inning and at least get a push out of that.

TC Martin:

The two most profitable go against teams have been this year, the Angels and the Nationals. You go against them, you’re making a lot of money. Those are the top two, and the Cubs are right behind them. So there you go.

Mark Borchard:

Well, I’m playing the Nationals today, so.

Scott Spreitzer:

Go on.

TC Martin:

All right. Let’s get to it guys. Before we handicap today’s game, we’ll go to the updated leader board there or the tote board or whatever you want to call it there. Or record sheet, whatever. As our great crew in the back is a keeping track of the tallies there. So there you have it. Overall, pretty good. All right, let’s go to four games today as we get ready on a Friday, everybody in action. And we start with the Red Sox-Yankees, just like last weekend guys, we had a four game set last week in Finway Park. This time, these two combatants go at it at Yankee Stadium. I just love this rivalry. I love that you got national TV games, regardless if you have the package or you don’t have the major league baseball extras package, everyone gets to see Red Sox and the Yankees.

No matter where they’re at in the standings, it’s always good to see these guys go at it. Yankees, a $1.57 favorite today. If you like the Bo Sox, plus $1.42. The total in this one is eight slightly shaded towards the over, minus 115 to the oversight in this one. Nathan Eovaldi coming off the IL, hasn’t pitched in over a month is on the hill today for the Red Sox. And then you have Jordan Montgomery going for the Yankees today. Mentioned last weekend, the series there, this is a game on Saturday, I think I know I was involved with, I think you might have been involved in it too Scott. Where Montgomery left in the sixth inning to a lead and then here come the trouble started. And then here comes that Yankee bullpen and then Boston ends up winning the game 6-5. The Red Sox score three runs in the bottom of the 10th. Well, Eovaldi is returning today from the IL, lower back injury and a hip. And for me, this is a go against, against any guy that’s coming off the IL, especially when you’re talking about lower back and hip injuries.

He did a couple rehab starts, and neither one was very, very good. So I’m not thinking he’s going to be very good here today. And I’m still waiting for the Yankees to still kind of snap out of this funk. They lost again to the Reds yesterday, two out of three games. And really guys, it’s not for a lack of runs. I mean the Yankees are scoring runs, they’ve scored four runs, a minimum of four runs in their last eight games. And as we know, in a couple of those, we’ve seen a 16 spot, a six and a seven spot here. On the other hand, Boston, they’re not playing good baseball. They’re three and eight in their last 11. So for me, I’m taking a shot with the Yankees today. And I just think this is a little payback, even though a lot of people might not think that doesn’t exist in baseball. But just the way the Yankees played last week on Saturday and Sunday, I think they’ll get off to a good start here on Friday. Scott?

Scott Spreitzer:

Yeah, I think the way they lost those games, they had a chance, a real good chance to sweep or at least win three out of four. And couple of mistakes by LeMahieu kept the Red Sox around and then the Red Sox, give them credit, took advantage. But I think the Yankees are probably feeling, man, we could have taken four in a row. We could have taken all four at Finway if we would’ve just stayed within ourselves and played our game. It’s like, I almost threw out a best bet today of team total over for the Yankees, because of all the things you just mentioned. How well they hit, Eovaldi coming out off the injured list and having the lower body problem. Sorry, I’m talking NHL now, lower body, upper body degrees. And listen, you look at, this is such a different day and age in baseball compared to, not just our father’s major league baseball, but our major league baseball. You’re getting a good line at a $1.57.

I mean, you look at major league baseball and the point I’m making here today, and I think there’s two games out of the entire slate where you can lay less than a $1.60 or a $1.55 or whatever it happens to be. It’s almost like you lay the runs line or you lay a $1.80 every game. I mean, it’s been crazy the way these games are lined every day with the way baseball’s gone. The reason I didn’t back the Yankees, and I’m certainly not saying that I don’t agree with you right now, but the reason I’m not backing the Yankees is because of the fact that they just played back to back 10 inning games. And if you look, the pin gave up six runs in the 8th and 10th innings combined last night. Six pitchers came out of the pen two nights ago in that win over the Reds. Those are the things that are keeping me off the Yankees a little bit. Listen, I know you get ribbed once in a while because your best MLB bets are the Yankees or the Astros, but take a look at the record.

And I think there’s one of those keep it simple thoughts, and so I’m not going to give you a rough time at all. Especially when you get the Yankees nowadays at home, lay less than two bucks. But the only thing that kept me off again, the Yankees is those back to back 10 inning games where the pin got worn a little bit, go all the way back to June 25th. When I got to sit down with you guys for the first time on here. And I said, “We’re about to find out what the Red Sox really are made of because the schedule gets tougher,” and they had that real nice run against a lot of soft opposition. Well, they’ve only won seven of the last 20 games since then. And they’ve lost, what, four in a row. They just got beat up in a series. So it’s the Yankees or nothing, but I would at least put the thought in folks’ heads out there and see if they can find a good price. Maybe the Yankees team total over isn’t a bad way to go too. I’m certainly not bucking the Yankees here, I just decided to pass the game.

TC Martin:

Yep. Basewinner.

Mark Borchard:

Yeah, you guys all made really good points on that. I think I’m going to go against some of what you said, but TC, I do agree. The layoff to me is something that whether it’s good, bad or indifferent, I think it’s something that you should just stay away from, because there’s too many unknowns on how, what the guy’s health is all about. So having said that I really like Eovaldi. I’ve got him at a 61, which is 39% better than an average pitcher. I like Montgomery too, I have him 20% better than an average pitcher. But if you look at Eovaldi’s Basewinner ERA, it’s really good, it’s 2.94. So I’m not that upset by my rating. I know it’s controversial to some baseball hipsters, but if you look at Eovaldi’s stuff plus, it’s in the 86th percentile as well.

So I think if I played it, I’d price it for the five innings and I’d take the dog, I’d go with Boston plus 130. I’ve got them in a pick ’em from a pricing standpoint in the first five innings. But I think that’s such a relevant idea about the guy coming back from injury. And it’s like when you have 2,400 baseball games on the card over the course of a season, is this one that you really need to play? So for that reason, I’m not going to play it and that way I can reach you on TC.

TC Martin:

Okay. I appreciate that.

Mark Borchard:

And it’s the Yankees, it’s TCS play. Okay. That sounds that’s right.

TC Martin:

Yeah. Let me add this as well, too. As far as rehab starts, again, I really do look at the minor league starts of what these guys did. Because as I mentioned the other day with Sale, even though I don’t know if it came into play or not, I mean, he was good, he wasn’t great. But he got kind of lit up a little bit and Eovaldi hasn’t been good in these starts. If these guys come in there and they throw three or four innings in a triple a start and their velocity is where it’s supposed to be at 94/95 and the guy has quick innings and he’s got a pitch count that’s low, and if he’s shutting people down. But if he’s getting banged around and he’s walking minor leaguers, then it’s a concern for me and I see a little bit of that with Eovaldi and again, because of the injury. So I take a look at that.

And then the other part is, he’s on a pitch count today. They said, he’s going to go 70/75 max, which means we’re going to get into that Boston bullpen. So it could be about all the bullpens today as well guys. So I just wanted to add a couple factors in my handicapping with that as well too. And like Scott said, Yankees 157, sign me up. Kind of the revenge motive that I got in my mind a little bit that we talk a lot about in football and maybe even basketball, but I’m going to go with it here. So put me down for the yanks at 157 today, thinking they kind of get off the snide a little bit and they make a statement here. So I’ll take-

Mark Borchard:

TC, Could I jump in real quick and say great points about his rehab stints. Because you look at, of all these numbers, they weren’t bad on the road at all. And Mark just talked about-

TC Martin:

Mark [inaudible 00:16:16].

Scott Spreitzer:

What’s that?

TC Martin:

I’m sorry. I was just going to say Mark is right, he is a good pitcher overall. Yeah.

Scott Spreitzer:

And he was pitching well on the road earlier the season, then has the injury but sometimes when guys come back from injury, they’re not the same. And I know they like to mess around and try things sometimes when they’re on a rehab stint, but still he didn’t look good. I think both of you guys make great points. I like what you said though, TC, about his couple of rehab appearances. They did not look good.

TC Martin:

All right, I’ll go with the Yankees and root them on here today. Next game up is Atlanta and Washington. Ian Anderson going for the Braves today and then Corbin for the Nats. We got Braves’ line of 155 in this game. The total is nine and a half, 115 towards under, in this game. Like we mentioned Anderson and Corbin today, the Nats guys have lost seven in a row and if you date back to before they went on their last road trip, they lost a couple at home. So they’ve lost eight straight at home. Basewinner, what do you think? Braves and Nats?

Mark Borchard:

Well, I put out the Nationals last night at plus one and a half, and the money line for the Braves was -200 and it went all the way down to -165, so the value went down on the run line as well. So I’m going to pass on playing any kind of side here, but what I’m going to do is I’m going to play the Nationals team total over three and a half. I just think that this offense from an analytics standpoint, from a plate discipline standpoint, they’re fourth in baseball walks divided by strikeouts. They’re third over the last 30 days and I think that’s going to bear out… This team total is a little bit low, it’s three and a half priced at -125. And it’s not like we’re going against a great pitcher. I have Anderson a little bit better than average.

However, his stuff plus is a 7th percentile. And I don’t think that he’s just this overwhelming pitcher. So one of the things that’s interesting about the Nationals is, although their plate discipline has been tremendous in the top five in baseball, their isolated power this year has been terrible and it’s down towards the bottom of baseball. But I talked about this, I do a podcast, Basewinner crunch podcast every night. And I went into depth about the Nationals’ power, I guess, outage this year in their isolated power. And basically every guy on the lineup is worse than they were last year in isolated power and I just think that’s more of an anomaly rather than a talent thing. I tell you one thing, and I hate to handicap the analytics departments… Well, I don’t hate to handicap the analytics department. So I think it’s a good idea.

Menowitz, he’s the director of research and strategy in Washington. He’s got his PhD in applied math and statistics, so these guys, they’re on the ball. I just think that this isolated power is going to regress to where it has been from a long term… From a statistical sample that is longer. I just don’t think that you see this very often where everybody on the team has worse power than they did last year. So I think that isolated power, get better, they’ve got great plate discipline and they’re going against a pitcher that’s not that good. The one thing that does concern me, the Braves bullpen is really good. So hopefully we can get to Anderson early. I’ll probably play a little bit of Jethro Tull before the show to get the vibe going. And we’ll see what happens. To you, TC.

TC Martin:

Let me throw this in before we go to Scott here, because I have to comment on that. So back when Dusty was in Washington, I got a chance to meet a lot of the analytical guys back there because that was the knock when he got the job. It was like, “Oh, he’s an old school guy and this and that.” And it’s funny because when he got the job and he interviewed, he goes, “I was doing analytics before they called it analytics.” So I went back in this room and you see nothing but these 20 something, these millennial kids and they’re crunchy numbers or whatever, I don’t recall the director, but I’m just wondering Mark, does he look a lot like Jonah Hill? That’s what I’m just trying to-

Mark Borchard:

No, he doesn’t. He’s actually a younger guy, a good looking guy and-

TC Martin:

Okay. Maybe then I didn’t see this guy, but I saw a room full of guys and they would just come in the clubhouse and I’d be in Dusty’s office and they’d go, “Here’s the stats here,” and just paperwork after paperwork and crunching these things. And you’re right, these guys do really work hard for that, but they don’t look like baseball guys.

Mark Borchard:

If you look at this Menowitz’s LinkedIn, you’re just like, “Wow, this guy’s really…” I mean, obviously he’s super smart. So I’ve got to go with that, right? If I’m an analytics guy, I got to respect it. What they’re doing is going to pay off and so then I look at some kind of a stat that’s anomalous, like that iso power. All the guys are lower on their iso power and I just think, “Well, okay, they got good plate discipline. This is going to come around.” And it’d be interesting, TC, and I don’t want to digress too much on this because it’s really fascinating to me, what kind of biometric data they have. Like Nelson Cruz, is his swing speed decreased? And I know they have that. I know that they’re tracking these guys from a metric standpoint that we don’t get. And Nelson Cruz is super interesting because he’s the guy that’s probably the culprit for their power outage, because he’s way down from where he was last year.

TC Martin:

Scott?

Scott Spreitzer:

I like your Moneyball reference by the way.

TC Martin:

Thank you.

Scott Spreitzer:

Talking about Jonah Hill. And the casual sports fan, if you haven’t seen Moneyball, check it out. It’s an enjoyable movie to watch. I actually got my wife to go to that when it was in the theaters, but that was because Brad Pitt was in it. But anyway, having said all of that, Mark is one of those guys who obviously… And I love it. He bets numbers and value more than he does bet teams and they can’t always do that in baseball, but you can in this game. And again, I was looking at his play last night and I said, all right, I could see this at that price plus one and a half. And then the line for the Braves, the money line goes all the way, like he said, from -200, it drops 35, 40, 45 cents.

And then you say, okay, well there’s no longer value in taking a shot with Washington. So I do like the team total thing. Here’s another thing I’ll throw at you Mark, that I’m glad to hear that you like the team total over. I haven’t done this yet, but I’ve been thinking about running the first inning. Yes, on a run being scored in the first inning in this game, I’ve actually thought about that. And I don’t play those too often. Those kind of things, yes or nos on the first innings. But you got Patrick Corbin, obviously, who’s been a mess more often than not and his only decent starts of late came against the Marlins and the Pirates. Well, and the Reds, you could throw them in there also. But three weak teams before the Reds caught a little bit of fire of late at the plate.

His hard hit and barrel rates aren’t good and he has been better at home though. So you do have to throw that into the mix a bit. I think he’s got about a 415 or so ERA on his home bump and obviously that’s not great, but it’s certainly not bad, like he is on the road. And then having said that, Atlanta’s been crushing it on the road against Southpaws all season long. Long term since day one, current form, all that good stuff. Throw in Ian Anderson in the mix and I do believe we got a potential for some runs to be scored. So I like your team total on Washington. Again, I don’t know if I’m going to, but it’s an opinion at least, and I might get involved with the run being scored in the first date into this game.

Mark Borchard:

Yeah, because I like it. I think it’s a good thought.

TC Martin:

Yeah, actually makes some sense with these two teams and the pitchers that are going here. I think for me with Atlanta, I’d like maybe a team that’s a little bit more disciplined because there are a lot swing and miss type. But I love patient lead off hitters, number two hitters that know what to do. They have experience as well too. And then that’s a great play, Scott. That could be a very good play as well too. So we’ll lock Basewinner in for this one. Remember, team total he’s going in this game, Washington over three and a half runs. And you would think the Nationals would bang Ian Anderson a little bit here and that heart of the order will wake up. Because we talked about yesterday, Mark, the Nats definitely got the bats, especially in the heart of the order there.

Mark Borchard:

TC, one quick question and then we can move on. When were you over there? What year?

TC Martin:

That was when he was there, 17 through 19.

Mark Borchard:

Oh, wow. Okay.

TC Martin:

No, I’m sorry. 16 through 18. His three years there. 2016 through 2018.

Mark Borchard:

Okay. Okay. Good, good. I’ll definitely look that up and see if he was over there. And so you participated in meetings with the team?

TC Martin:

No, no, no. I didn’t participate. So I would be in his office pre-game, and while he would be going, doing his lineup and this and that, I’d be kicking back on the couch and that sort of thing. And then I was there on doing my media stuff as well, doing interviews. At that time, Bryce Harper… Scott might remember this, I would have Bryce Harper on my show, interview him because he’s a Las Vegas guy. So I would go ahead and do interviews and that sort of thing and just hang out and that sort of thing, three hours before the game. When the analytics department, their office was right next outside of the clubhouse, next to the manager’s office. So I got a chance to see a lot of that stuff up close and personal.

Mark Borchard:

That’s cool. So would you say they’re working hard over there, TC?

TC Martin:

Oh, they’re working hard, but they’re… It’s funny because it’s this long table and there’s computers and there’s just booklets and they’re actually printing off all these sheets and they’re stapling them together and putting them in these binders and then they just deliver them to Dusty. Now, especially at the beginning of a series. So say you got a three game series like today, you got Oakland-Houston, just using as example. They come in, they get all these binders and he’s got to get there extra early. Now this game today, probably because they know each other so well, but especially I remember when they were playing the Giants one time and it was the first time they had seen the Giants because they don’t come… We don’t have a lot east coast/west coast a lot. And the Giants were very young and it was like, man, I got to learn all these guys.

And looking at trends because every manager has this stuff now in their dugout, especially guys for pitch hitters that are coming off the bench and doing these double switches. Like, okay, I got to see what this guy does against this guy. Where’s the history? Left hand or right hand and all that stuff. So yeah, they rely big time… I mean, you’re our analytical guy Mark.

Mark Borchard:

But what I gleaned in that is Dusty gets a bad rap for not being analytical, but he definitely dives into the numbers.

TC Martin:

Oh, big time.

Mark Borchard:

And they talk about Dusty like he’s this zen thing or some magic. “Okay, my magic vibration tells me to pull this guy out,” but he’s looking at the numbers too.

TC Martin:

He is. And again, he gets a bad rap for that because people say, “Oh, he’s old.” The guy is in his seventies and Tony La Russa gets a rap like that too. They just think, “I don’t need to look at those numbers and this and that,” but hey, Dusty’s modern. You got to remember, Darren, his kid in his early twenties and this and that. So he was a father to Darren at a very old age and he learned like, okay, I got to get hip to this. And just speaking of this, not to get too much off, but managers really need to adapt.

And I was surprised when I first met Dusty, how fluent he is in Spanish. And he goes, “Well, I have to be because I got to go out to the mound or I got to communicate with my hitters because a lot of these guys come in from the Dominican and all these other places and they don’t speak English.” And so he doesn’t need an interpreter because he taught himself that. And of course, I’m sure he probably learned that as a player back in the day as well too, but just little things that I think are pretty cool and intriguing.

Mark Borchard:

No, that’s super interesting because sometimes he gets portrayed as this dumb jock guy, but I mean, it takes some intelligence to learn Spanish. I’ve been trying to learn Spanish for 10 years and I’m terrible at it.

TC Martin:

I quit in high school.

Mark Borchard:

So I mean, it just goes to show you that sometimes the narrative isn’t reality, so good for Dusty. That was interesting, TC, thanks for sharing that.

Scott Spreitzer:

And that’s why Dusty finds success because he goes the extra mile, I swear. You know what I mean? You talked about the fact that he takes a lot of rap for being an older manager. My gosh, I’ll take him over Tony La Russa at a heartbeat. You can’t even compare the two as far as I’m concerned at this point of their careers. I’ll take Dusty. You can tell he is a smart dude, and also like you just said, I had heard that. Maybe it was you that mentioned it on your show before, maybe that’s where I heard it, TC. I might have been doing a radio show with you about the fact that he said he took it upon himself to learn Spanish. That’s what gets him to the next level. So everywhere he goes, they end up going deep into the playoffs, at least once. He goes to World Series with his teams, he just hasn’t got that managerial World Series ring yet.

Might get it this year. I don’t want to go on and on and on about this. But I think you made some great points of the fact that he goes the extra distance. And I would love to hear Dusty and some of these old school guys who are still finding success, there’s not a bunch of them, and talk about, would you rather do things… Even though he’s adapted and he’s done well, would you rather do things the way you did it in 78 or would you rather do things the way they’re done now? And I’d just love to pick his brain and again, maybe that’s another show we do. We don’t want to keep going on and on about this today. And so people are going, “Give us some winners, darn it!”

Mark Borchard:

Where’s my next play, yeah.

Scott Spreitzer:

But it’s interesting stuff. Let’s go,

TC Martin:

All right guys, Baltimore and Tampa Bay. I want to talk about this game a little bit because you get two teams that are streaking here. Kind of like a street game. Baltimore sending Tyler Wells to the mound, Luis Patiño going for Tampa Bay today and the Rays are a $1.27 favorite. Total on this one is seven and a half, 115 towards the under. As we know guys, Baltimore has won 10 in a row, Tampa Bay has won four in a row. And I really was thinking about getting involved in this game and I thought long and hard about this. And that’s why I put it on here to talk about. And plus it’s interesting because a lot of people want to talk about the Orioles right now as well too, as well as the Mariners who have won 10 in a row. Then Tampa Bay quietly is won four in a row.

So I think it’s an interesting game and I really wanted to play Baltimore for the following reasons. One is Patiño is going, and here’s another guy that’s coming off of an injury. Now, granted, he’s really not a starter. You look at his starts, he’s gone one inning, two innings, he’s been in relief. It’s the typical Kevin Cash, the Tampa Bay thing, which I personally don’t like, but he’s coming off in a bleak injury and that’s an injury. I’m thinking, okay, how effective is he going to be? And again, as you guys know, I do like picking on pitchers that are coming off the IL in this situation. But as you mentioned many times, Mark, Tampa Bay does this probably better than anybody with their openers and that sort of thing. And I said, I want to pull the trigger on Baltimore here. And I start looking at Tyler Wells, and Wells really has not been overwhelming.

And this guy only goes four, five or six innings. He doesn’t go one or two, doesn’t go seven or eight. I mean you go look at every start, it’s like four or five or six, and nothing more. Statistically, Baltimore’s still at the bottom third of major league baseball and it’s hard for me to get behind them. So when I start looking at this streak, I’m going, wait a minute. This streak has come at the expense of the Cubs, the Angels and the Rangers. And so I kind of talked myself off of this and I might be slapping myself when Baltimore continues this streak because I love the momentum they have. I think it’s a great story here, but I want to get your guys’ opinion on this as well too. Just Baltimore in general, because a lot of people are thinking, “Hey, they’re going to be in the post season here,” but I couldn’t pull a trigger. I still don’t trust them. Am I right or wrong for this? Scott?

Scott Spreitzer:

I don’t know. We’re going to have to ask the people is the little camera in the vent above our office desks in your office and I’m watching, or in my office and you’re watching. Because when I was handicapping this game last night and I saw you added it to the list, and of course we haven’t talked until we started the show. I started looking for reasons to play Baltimore. And then I jumped into Texas, the Angels, the Cubs, these are the teams that they beaten during this winning streak. Now the good thing for Baltimore, to give them credit, is that they were one of those teams, Texas, the Angels, and the Cubs. So at least they’ve taken care of business and they had a good month of June. I forget what the number was, but it was like their first winning month of June in however many years. And so I give him credit there. I also give credit to Tyler Wells where it’s due because his season numbers this year over last year are much better. His hard hit barrel rates are way down from last year.

His XERA, down, it’s solid. It’s not that far off from last year, but it’s solid. He doesn’t walk hitters on the road. He’s got seven walks in 47 innings and that’s something I’m always looking at. How often is he pitching high stress innings? Because he walked a couple of guys in an inning, and he doesn’t. So the thing is, despite the 10 game winning streak and the reason I decided not to jump in on Baltimore is, not only for the teams that they just played: Angels, Cubs and Rangers. But they’re at the bottom half in baseball for the season and in current form when it comes to the situation they happen to be in tonight. Which you’re talking about the kind of pitcher they’re playing, you’re talking about a right or a lefty. I know Patiño is only going to be in there for a real short time, but their main metrics against these kind of pitchers on the road have not been good even during this run since that started back in early June.

As far as their overall run in the 10 game winning streak, for the most part, they do have the advantage on the mound. I’m with you. I’m not into these guys who pitching inning or two, and then you go through your next pitcher, your long reliever, whatever you want to call it and all that kind of stuff. It’s not my kind of baseball. But the bottom line is both bullpens are solid. The O’s are on this big winning streak. Guess what? The racer played well too, all of a sudden again, and I thought I’m going to pass. Now, the interesting thing is you could have got them at +100 about six hours ago, and now all of a sudden they’re plus $1.15 to $1.20 in that range. So the money’s come in on Tampa Bay and I just decided, you know what? I’m going to hold off. Mark, for me, it’s a lean on Baltimore just because of wherever that number sits. But Tampa looked pretty darn good in this last series that they just took care of business and swept.

Mark Borchard:

Yeah. I think if you play this game, you play Tampa Bay. You guys, what do you have against bullpen days? Come on man. They’re maximizing strategy there.

TC Martin:

I just don’t like getting into the… The whole idea in major league baseball, you’re supposed to stay away from the bullpen because those are your bottom tier guys. And then we got the closer, but those middle relief guys, when you’re telling me you’re going to basically start the game with your worst pitchers, your middle relief guys who don’t go innings, to me that’s an X. But again, this is the way the major league baseball is today. Think Scott and I are just old school guys. We’re used to the Juan Marichals, the Sandy Koufax, the Fergie Jenkins. Hey, you’re going to go until your arm falls off, you know?

Mark Borchard:

Blow their arms out. Yeah, just pitch until it falls off. That’s great, TC. As far as price-

TC Martin:

It never happened though, did it, Scott? Do we hear about Tommy John’s surgeries back in those days with those guys? We never heard about that, did we? I think it was-

Scott Spreitzer:

You would get guys throwing 30 complete games.

TC Martin:

Yes.

Scott Spreitzer:

You’d have 15 guys that were throwing 20 or more complete games that seemed like per season back in the day. I mean, look at Mark. You’re a good looking guy, you’re in shape and the whole thing. Look at TC and I, my forehead is a five head. TC’s got no hair at all. We’re old dudes, man. So give us a little bit of break here all right.

Mark Borchard:

Well, I’m old too. I mean, I’m not a young guy but I appreciate that, Scott. Thank you. I appreciate that, man. As far as-

TC Martin:

He just kept his hair, that’s all. I’m just jealous because he was able to keep his hair.

Mark Borchard:

So far, so good. So as far as the pricing of this game, I’ve got it at -136, and Tyler Wells is interesting. I have him in the model just a little bit below average, 101. But if you look at his Basewinner ERA, and this is kind of surprising, it’s at 4.74. So maybe I’m being a little bit too bullish on the guy. If you look at his stuff plus, he’s a 62nd percentile, so pretty good stuff plus. His location plus is really good, 95th percentile. And so his pitching plus, this is the athletic number, is a 94 percentile. So that all bears out well for Wells, no pun intended, but as far as from a lucky standpoint, he’s in the 96th percentile from a luck standpoint. So that kind of goes against playing against Wells and, TC, you made a good point about, “Hey, is Baltimore a playoff team?” And I don’t see it. I’ve got their offense rated 28th in baseball and just kind of breaking it down.

And I know since they added Adley Rutschman, I think they’re, I don’t know, 19 and 10 or something, 29 and 10 or something since they added Adley Rutschman, and he’s a good hitter. I’ve got him 15% better than average, but the only other two guys I’ve got better than average are Mullins and Mancini. I don’t like Santander. Although he did make a surge, I have to make this comment. When he changed his name from Santander to Santander, he made a surge. So I’ve always thought, well, if I get in a real slump, I’m going to change the pronunciation of my name. And Mountcastle, I’m not really that high on Mountcastle, Austin Hayes, Odor, Urias, Jorge Mateo. I’m just not really that bullish on this lineup. But if you throw it all in the mixer for this game, I’ve got it priced -136. So I think if you play it, you go Tampa Bay. And the other thing about Baltimore is, they got to battle it out in that AL Beast division. I don’t see them making the playoffs, TC.

TC Martin:

All right. If you sweep the board today, from now on, we’ll refer to you as Borchard.

Mark Borchard:

There you go. There’s got to be some kind of like Spanish entertainer-

TC Martin:

Basewinnair.

Mark Borchard:

There you go. Basewinnyer.

Scott Spreitzer:

Yeah. We’re going to spell base-

TC Martin:

Just not Basewiener. We don’t want that.

Mark Borchard:

Basewiner.

Scott Spreitzer:

Go wrong, we’re going the other way there.

Mark Borchard:

You could go Basewiener, you could go Basewiner.

Scott Spreitzer:

We’ll spell base, B E I S. So there you go.

Mark Borchard:

I like that. That’s good. Yeah.

TC Martin:

Very nice. All next game guys, Milwaukee and San Francisco. I know you guys both have plays on this. I’ll let you guys hammer it away. It’s Woodruff against Wood today. And Milwaukee won in extras last night, a three two game where they outhit the Giants, 14-4. Still went down to the wire though. Today, Milwaukee -130, Giants +120. Total in this game is seven -115 towards the over. Basewiener, what do you think? Milwaukee, San Francisco.

Mark Borchard:

Well, I’m going to go with the Brewers here and I liked it a lot, but this is another one that the lines kind of climb towards the Basewinner number. I’ve got it priced at -145. It’s in the market right now at -130 ish. It started off as a pick them and I like that a lot better, but I’m pretty high on Woodruff still. And if you look at how heat places in the model, I’ve got him seventh out of 150 pitchers. I like Wood too, but he’s 29th out of 150 pitchers. If you look at the stuff plus number of Woodruff, 84th percentile versus Wood, 54th percentile. And I want to get into because I haven’t done it today, I want to get into the triple X ERA. And if you look at Woodruff over his last five starts, he has triple X ERA, 3.58, 3.34, 1.21, 2.05 and 3.4. So some impressive numbers. And that’s just based on swinging strike percentage and balls divided by pitches and launch angle. Three really important metrics that I think the pitcher controls.

One of the things when you handicap the Brewers, and I’ll touch on this real quick, I think you need to really… Well on every bullpen, but for the Brewers probably is a really great example of having really good bullpen pitchers at the top part of the bullpen. Your close or your setup eight, your set up seven guys. And then not so good, the bottom part of the bullpen. And I think that we’re going to be able to get Boxberger here and Hader, so the setup seven and the closer. I think Williams is out. He’s pitched three days in a row, unless they want to make his arm fall off and take advice from you guys. But I don’t think we’ll get him, but you-

TC Martin:

He as good last night too.

Mark Borchard:

Yeah, yeah. He’s amazing. And so you can get the triumvirate of those relievers. That makes a big difference in the way you handicap this Brewers team. But I think that we get a little bit of an edge offensively, I think we get a pretty decent edge from a starting pitcher standpoint. I think we get an edge in the bullpen and you throw it all in the crunch model, and I’ve got -145. I think we’re still getting value at -130, TC and Scott.

TC Martin:

Do you notice the smile on Basewinner’s face every time he says triple X. I mean, he’s just beaming with that. I think he’s looking and hoping for a happy ending. So I’ll say this. Scott take it away.

Mark Borchard:

Wow, wow.

Scott Spreitzer:

I’m out of here.

TC Martin:

Happy ending, win. Right?

Scott Spreitzer:

Yes absolutely right. Yes.

TC Martin:

Get the W.

Scott Spreitzer:

I’m going to move on to the next thoughts on this game, but…

TC Martin:

It’s your game, go ahead.

Scott Spreitzer:

They are on every corner in Vegas, by the way. Winners I’m talking about, okay. Hey, come on, get your head out there.

Mark Borchard:

There you go. There you go. Good one Scott.

TC Martin:

The triple X rating, only from Basewinner. You got to love it.

Scott Spreitzer:

I’ve got a best bet on this game too. And Mark and I, both… Mark gets his plays done earlier than I do at night. And I saw 115s and 120s out there when I decided to make this a play. And as Mark mentioned, it’s up to a $1.30, but I still like the Brewers in this spot. Love the fact that this team just makes money on the road. Not huge units because a lot of times they’ve been favored, but they’re eight games above 500 on the road after last night’s win. Corbin Burnes looked really good again, for the most part. And Giants are down about five units at home this season. We haven’t decided edge on the mound. I’m not going to get into the metrics a whole lot because Mark just told you everything you need to hear including the triple X situation, but the guy’s got to-

TC Martin:

There’s a smile. I saw it. That’s great.

Mark Borchard:

I got to have a little bit of fun on it, man, you know.

Scott Spreitzer:

But the guy’s got a 286 FIP, talking about Woodruff. This deep into the season, that’s pretty darn strong. So it just backs everything that Mark’s been talking about. 225 ERA, 094 WHIP over his last six starts. His last six starts, he’s got 43, he’s punched out 43 batters. He’s got 43 strikeouts in 32 innings pitched. That is a strikeouts per nine innings pitched ratio of above 12, which is crazy, obviously. Four of those starts came on the road where his recent numbers have been better than his overall season numbers, those road outings, and just like Woodruff as he has shown improvement over his last half a dozen starts, the Brewers bats have really heated up on the road against Southpaw. They ranked third in baseball in this spot in OPS, wOBA, weighted runs created plus. San Francisco’s bats, they’ve been bottom third all season, including recent form at home against [inaudible 00:43:56] on the same metrics that I just mentioned.

So we got a nice edge at the plate to start this game when it comes to the Brewers. Then you got Alex Wood off two solid starts, both were on the road at home. This left-hander has a 301 batting average against, he’s got a $1.40 WHIP. So we’ve got a starter in better form, we’ve got a team that knows how to produce wins and win on the road, a better pin as Mark just alluded to, and the better offense. So I think we got a team that we play out on the road here tonight. I was actually going to play them at a $1.35 or less, and you could find a $1.30 or there about, so I think that’s fine. And they are still a best bet for me, the Milwaukee Brewers.

TC Martin:

There it is. All right. Let’s lock Basewinner and Scott both in with the Brew Crew for tonight on the road in San Francisco. -130, the number. Go Brew Crew. And I was watching this game last night, especially the end, because we had talked about in yesterday show with the matchup with Rodón and Burnes like, hey, this is a good old fashioned pitching matchup. And sure enough, I turned on the game late, it was two to two. And what I was more impressed with though, the Brewers with the old school uniform, Scott. I mean with the blue and the gold, still with the glove and the M shape there, which a lot of people can’t figure out, on the batting helmets and the hats. Yeah. That bright blue and gold looking good.

Scott Spreitzer:

I kept looking on the pitch for [inaudible 00:45:18]. I was like where’s [inaudible 00:45:19].

Mark Borchard:

I love the Milwaukee glove. Isn’t that cool?

TC Martin:

It is cool. Exactly.

Mark Borchard:

It is awesome. I know you spent time there TC. I like that.

TC Martin:

And I love it when they went and bust those out because the Brewers, like a lot of teams, have gone through various renditions. They’ve gone to a Navy, they’ve gone to the Royal, this and that, but in a couple different logos. So yeah, I like that. All right, guys. Go to the Q&A here, we’ll hit some questions real quick. If you want to ask us about any games that we not cover in the chat room, hit us on that. And let me remind you again, we’re here Monday through Friday with a handicapping baseball, jokes, other references, usually food, which we haven’t hit on today, but we’ll save you from that. And you never know what you’re going to get, especially when the three of us are on the show here together. But yes, we love it here. We want you to join us and click that bell so you get the notifications when we go live. Monday through Friday, 12 noon Eastern. The MLB show here on BetUS TV.

All right. If there aren’t any questions guys, then we’ll just kind of wrap things up as we get ready for a weekend here today. I guess we maybe we’re pretty thorough. Or of course-

Mark Borchard:

There we go. The questions coming right at the end.

TC Martin:

Boom. Exactly.

Mark Borchard:

The final hour.

TC Martin:

There it is. Okay. Thoughts on the Mets today, guys? Let’s start with you Basewinner.

Mark Borchard:

I’ve got a price. I don’t have a line on this game for whatever reason-

Scott Spreitzer:

Postponed guys. Postponed.

Mark Borchard:

Okay. Postponed. There we go. That makes it easy. Thank you, Scott.

TC Martin:

Okay.

Scott Spreitzer:

I’m not playing this one.

TC Martin:

ManZ checked in with that question or early postman in there with that one. Okay. Again, we’re getting the great names and again, I’m a big nickname guy. So I advocate anybody comes strong with the nicknames. We got some good nicknames that check in on a regular basis. Timmytooshoo, which I like. All right, Greinke and Manoah today, guys. And first let’s talk about last night. Let’s talk about the -450 favorite that the Toronto Blue Jays were last night, getting beat by the 10 less Kansas City Royals. The guys that we talked about yesterday, not vaccinated. What happens? Kansas City wins the game last night. Now you got old man Greinke, that crafty guy Greinke going today against Alex Manoah. Any quick thoughts on that guys?

Mark Borchard:

Crafty or crappy? Well, my first thought is even -450… And you just got to think of about this from a percentage standpoint, 450 is about 82%. So there’s still an 18% chance that other team’s going to win. So if you think about it from that perspective, it’s not that out there that the Blue Jays could lose that game. And I was thinking about this yesterday because it’s like, if you were offered $5 million to jump off a building, and I’m trying to think of how to phrase this correctly. Okay, so you had an 18% chance of dying from jumping off a building or an 82% chance of being saved and you get that $5 million if you’re saved. What would you do? Would you go for it with an 82% chance of getting $5 million or 18% chance of dying? What would you do?

TC Martin:

What kind of trampoline or net is below me and how many stories are we talking about? That would be my first question. I’m a risk taker. I don’t know, how about you Scott? I’m a risk taker.

Scott Spreitzer:

82% and 18%. I think I’ll pass and let somebody else have a shot at the 5 million. I like being a risk taker, but I prefer being above ground as opposed to six feet under. So yeah, I would have to think twice. As far as today’s game though, we’re talking again, it’s like -370 ish in that neighborhood, and you just mentioned Greinke can be crafty. I actually thought about in the first five in this game, I didn’t play it with those 10 missing players, but with all those missing players, I don’t want to get involved with them after they won a game.

TC Martin:

Can we share this with you? When we talked about this game yesterday. So yesterday I talked to our good friends, Scott, one of the premier sportsbook directors here in town, Chuck Esposito, yesterday on my show. And we talked about this game specifically. He goes, “They’re betting Toronto, the line went up.” He goes, “We can’t scare them off.” And I said, “It’s safe to say, you guys are going to be rooting for the Royals.” He goes, “Big time. Yeah, they kept betting and betting. This line moved like 30 or 40 cents afterwards.” It was insane. And the first score I saw was like 3-1 in the eighth of the night. I go, oh my goodness, can they hang on? And sure enough, they did. Crazy.

Mark Borchard:

Yeah. From a pricing standpoint, TC, I’ve got this priced at -247. So value would be playing the Royals.

TC Martin:

All let’s go to Darrell quickly. Darrell’s wants an opinion, the A’s under and possibly White Sox game over? You want to take that one Basewinner?

Mark Borchard:

I’ve got it at 7.8. So I think it’s at eight right now in the market. I think it’s where it needs to be, TC.

TC Martin:

Okay.

Scott Spreitzer:

TC, I actually was debating whether I was going to go with the White Sox-Twins game over in the first five innings or the Milwaukee Brewers for today’s best bet. So you know what I like there, you look at the starting pitchers in this White Sox-Twins game, and you got Michael Kopech and you got Devin Smeltzer and both have decent ERAs, but that’s just scratching the surface. They both have FIPS that are way above their ERAs. Kopech’s is 447, Smeltzer’s is like five and a half. His FIP, that tells the real story. Both starters are likely, I think, to get knocked around a little bit at this game. And the Sox own phenomenal numbers against lefthanders going back to last year. This team continues, even when they were struggling a bit more as far as wins and losses earlier this year, I still would not play against them if there was a lefty on the mound. They clobber them. Top of Major League Baseball, for the most part, in the hitting metrics I care about the most. Whether they’re on the road against Southpaws.

And I decided to jump on over the first five. It is a play for me. It just fell a little bit shy of Milwaukee for my best bet today.

TC Martin:

Okay. All right. Good stats there. Phillies-Marlins, Scott? Any thoughts?

Scott Spreitzer:

Yeah. First five under is where I leaned in this particular game. You got Gibson and Alcantara, and you got, what? $1.23 WHIP for Gibson, and he’s been pretty good ATS over a 17 game stretch. Great numbers in July. I’m looking at a couple of notes here I wrote down, if I could read my own writing. But yeah, great numbers in July. Zero earned runs, a 0.6 WHIP for Alcantara in the month of July thus far. I think you get a first five under in this, and it’s a short total over overall, it’s seven flat. But I don’t see either one of these teams doing a lot of damage on the plate today, especially in those first five with these two starters on the mound.

TC Martin:

Basewinner?

Mark Borchard:

Yeah. I would agree with Scott on that. I’ve got a price at 6.6 runs. I mean, it’s hard to get excited about this Marlin’s offense. It’s 24th in baseball and I don’t know, can anybody get excited about the Miami Marlin’s offense? You can get excited about Sandy. Sandy, he just doesn’t allow runs. So I think if you want to play this game, I think that you play the under here. I’m with Scott on that.

TC Martin:

Yeah. I looked at the Marlins just because of Alcantara but couldn’t pull the trigger on the offense. Same thing. Finally, thoughts on the Astros back at home against the A’s today? It is Odorizzi, that’s my main reason I am off the game. Cole Irvin going for the [inaudible 00:52:54] today. Of course you got to lay a big price on this one. And again, with the injuries, especially not knowing if without Altuve is going to play and you’re already missing Brantley and Alvarez. So that’s why I’m off the game, for those reasons. You guys want to chime in on that?

Mark Borchard:

Yeah. Well, I’m not a huge fan of Odorizzi so I would play against him if I could. But for me it was they’re switching around these. It was Urquidy was on what BetUS before the show. And I had Odorizzi in my model, which Guido does for me. Thanks Guido, shout out. Good job keeping things updated. So I don’t know who the starter is, but I would play against Odorizzi if he’s starting.

TC Martin:

Right.

Scott Spreitzer:

I saw Irvin last check, and again, it could have changed since we jumped on the show here, I let my line service right in front of me. It’s a big price, boy. When you’re talking about Odorizzi. And you mentioned Irvin, he might be going, that was the pitch that they listed last night. And that’s why it was such a big price, but I’m looking at this and I’m like, here’s the problem with going against Houston. We know, and I’m not going to get into it deep, this team just finds ways to win. They did it again last night. It’s a game the Angels could have easily won. They make a couple of big plays, they win the baseball game again. They find ways to win. They’re five and one against this team this year. And it’s not just winning games. They win by two and a half runs per game when they go up against Oakland on average. That’s big in Major League Baseball, over a six game sample size.

So great staff, top five offense clocks opponents. I can’t lay this big of a price, but I am not going to play the Oakland As no matter who’s on the mound, on the road against the Houston Astros.

TC Martin:

All right guys, let’s go to the best bets here as we wrap it up here on this Friday edition. And we go look at what we got tonight. We got Basewinner and Scott are both going with the Brew Crew, -130 at San Francisco tonight. Basewinner’s also going to go with the Washington Nationals team total scoring more than three and a half runs. He’s going to lay 125 for that. So root for runs there for the Nats. And then I’m on the Yankees tonight in the little bounce back game here, double bounce back after last night’s loss and then losing the last two games last weekend to the Red Sox. Think Montgomery will show up big and hopefully the Yankees bats explode against Eovaldi tonight. So those are our best bets. And again, we thank everyone for joining us here. Remember, join us, tell a friend, tell two if you got them. Monday through Friday, 12 noon Eastern time here on the MLB show on BetUS TV. Guys have yourself a great weekend. Appreciate it. Lot of fun, great information as well, as always. Parting words. Scott? Basewinner?

Mark Borchard:

Go Brewers.

TC Martin:

Go Brewers.

Scott Spreitzer:

I’m heading the beach guys. This is it for me until a week from Monday. So you guys have a great all star week. I am not going to be thinking about any numbers other than limiting myself when it comes to, “Garcon, another mai tai,” as I’m digging my toes into the sand. So you guys all have a great week. Everybody out there, man, let’s put them in the win column.

TC Martin:

There you go. Remember, another Pulp Fiction reference. Garcon means boy.

Scott Spreitzer:

That’s right.

TC Martin:

There you go. Enjoy Scott. Well deserved vacation for you, my friend. So enjoy. I’m going to catch up with you in a couple weeks, because I’ll be on vacation and then Scott will be hosting. So there you go.

Mark Borchard:

Well guys, enjoy your vacation. Well, you’re going to be here next week, TC, but Scott-

TC Martin:

Yeah, I’m just saying down the road.

Mark Borchard:

Enjoy your vacation. Love doing the show with you and I can hardly wait till you come back. We can do some more.

Scott Spreitzer:

Sounds good guys.

TC Martin:

Food pics. There you go.

Scott Spreitzer:

There you go.

TC Martin:

All right, for the Basewinner and for Scott Spreitzer, TC Martin saying so long, enjoy. We’ll be back at it again on Monday. A reminder, Monday we got a Special League show because we got no Major League Baseball games going, except we do have the Home Run Derby on Monday. So what we’re going to do on Monday is preview the Home Run Derby. So Basewinner start getting your annual-

Mark Borchard:

I’ve got it, I got some analytics for that ready to go, man.

TC Martin:

We want to handicap a Home Run Derby winner. That’ll be fun to do. And then also we are going to handicap the Allstar game, which will take place on Tuesday. No show Tuesday, Wednesday. We reconvene back Thursday, but join us on Monday at 12 noon Eastern for our Home Run Derby/Allstar game show. All right, have a good one guys. We’ll catch you later right here on BetUS TV.

 

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