00:00Trevor Rodgers going for the Orioles tonight, and he has been a first five cash cow for me this year,
00:07Scotty, because he is a guy that limits the runs, limits the contact early in games, gives his team just
00:14enough, you know, just enough of a cushion to eventually, yeah, lose because the bullpen's been a hot mess over
00:22there.
00:22If they can figure out if Pete Alonzo's balls are fair or foul when he hits a home run, they
00:29might have an actual shot here, but if it ain't broke, I'm not fixing it.
00:33I don't like what I've seen from Tampa offensively. Look at this last series against Toronto, and I think a
00:39quality lefty like Rodgers, yeah, I'm expecting fewer runs early in this game, not more runs.
00:46Yeah, and I'll say this also about Tampa Bay before I mention the game itself, right? So they lose three
00:51out of four to Baltimore, then they lose two out of three to Toronto, as you mentioned, all at home,
00:57Joe, and then you look at the rest of their schedule, they got the Phillies, they got the Yankees four
01:02-game series, they got the Red Sox, they got the Astros, they got the Atlanta Braves, they got the San
01:08Diego Padres playing better,
01:10They got actually the Mets, which normally would be great, but the Mets are actually playing really good baseball. Their
01:15schedule the rest of the way is really, I mean, there's not, except for one series against the A's, everybody
01:22else and the Mets who are hot are either battling for a playoff spot or playing good baseball right now.
01:28So they do have collapse, you know, not to the point of not making a playoffs, but they do have
01:33collapse, you know, kind of written all over them as far as, you know, they're just not playing, you know,
01:38well the rest of the way and then maybe having the Yankees or Red Sox, you know, win that division.
01:42So, but I'm with you with Baltimore. I would take a flight, if I was going to do it, you
01:46know, the way that Tampa Bay somehow or another has been able to win these games, I would do maybe
01:50Orioles team total, you know, three and a half or four and a half, depending on where you do your
01:54shopping.
01:55I think they get the Peralta, you know, he lost to them last time out. He's given up 12 runs
02:02in 14 and a third innings with Tampa Bay and his three starts.
02:05So it's, it's been the kind of same old, same old story. So I would go Orioles team total, uh,
02:11rather than the Orioles, uh, well, the game.
02:14Yep. I like it. I think the O's are early and often in this one there. And then it's a
02:19matter of whether the O's bullpen, uh, can hold up in that matchup there.
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