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00:02 Guardians and the Astros a little bit later on tonight, 8-11 Eastern.
00:06 First pitch, that's gonna be Williams on the mound for
00:08 the Guardians versus Valdez of the Houston Astros.
00:11 Heavy favorite for the Astros and probably rightfully so, at a minus 190 price.
00:15 A total that's listed at eight.
00:16 These are two teams we are also watching here at the deadline.
00:19 Do the Astros add on, get a frontline starting pitcher, get an extra bat?
00:23 But again, as we talked to Craig Mishier, there's not just a lot to go around.
00:27 It's not just you snap your fingers and you add two or three all-star bats to your
00:30 lineup at this point here.
00:32 And for the Guardians' sake, who else do they sell before the deadline begins?
00:36 Rightfully so for me, the Astros as that minus 190 favorite, I believe it here.
00:40 One team that's looking to make the playoffs and
00:42 challenge the Texas Rangers.
00:43 The other, one game out of the division going like, hey,
00:46 if you make us a nice deal, we might move another starter from our lineup today.
00:49 >> Yeah, well, they're gonna need, I mean, listen, regardless of what happens,
00:54 the Astros are gonna need to see some progress from Fran of Valdez here,
00:59 who is, shall we say, what, got lit up, I think, against the Rangers last time out.
01:04 Six runs, eight hits, a couple of walks, they lost 13 to 5.
01:09 He has struggled over the last, I think, go back four or five starts here.
01:14 He has just not been the same game.
01:16 Now, having said that, he is pretty good against Cleveland in his career.
01:21 So maybe this is exactly the spot that he can figure some things out and
01:26 get back on track.
01:27 Because if he doesn't get back on track with this rotation, yikes,
01:33 they're gonna have to score 12 runs every night, Donnie, in order to win games here.
01:37 You gotta understand why they're a $2 favorite, I get it.
01:41 But there's nothing about Valdez over the last month that makes me feel warm and
01:45 fuzzy about it.
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