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0:03All right, welcome in. It is Monday. It
0:05is time for another episode of Total
0:08Bases. We have reached uh playoff mode.
0:10So, these shows are going to get a
0:12little shorter as the week goes on uh
0:14when there's only two games. Uh but we
0:16are here to hit uh whatever the Major
0:18League Baseball is going to give us on a
0:19given day. And today, it's going to be
0:22game two in both of the ALD DS series.
0:25So, excited to to start hitting these
0:27games with you. First, let's recap the
0:30weekend. Brian, how uh was your weekend?
0:33>> I uh went six and five on Saturday, one
0:38and two on Sunday. So, that's seven and
0:39seven overall. Had my first losing
0:42football weekend of the I went 1 and two
0:44in the NFL and three and four in
0:46college. But, uh hockey nine and two in
0:49hockey and uh I believe I split my
0:51baseball over the weekend. Oh, yeah. Not
0:54not the greatest weekend, but hey, if
0:56that's going to be my worst weekend of
0:57the season so far, I'll take it.
1:00>> I was going to go next, but the dogs
1:02decided they wanted to chime in. So,
1:04Tokyo Brandon, how was your weekend?
1:07Um yeah, I was on a I was on a 23 and2
1:10run uh including a 16-0 run in there and
1:14then uh yesterday
1:171-1 in MLB and then two and three in
1:21Asian baseball this morning. So yeah, my
1:24streak is a little bit snapped. I do
1:26have a 5% play in today's Major League
1:29Baseball games. One 5% play, which I
1:32like a lot. So, uh, yeah, I'm going to
1:35go with that and, uh, start a new
1:37winning streak.
1:39>> Why don't we just start the show? Why
1:40don't we just start the show right now
1:42by you just telling us what the 5% is
1:43and then we all go home. [laughter]
1:45>> Yeah.
1:47>> Yeah. I can promise management won't
1:49won't appreciate that. Uh, but uh, yeah,
1:52get a random 5% play. I have So,
1:55regardless of what happens Monday Night
1:56Football tonight, I too will have my
1:58first losing football weekend of the
2:00year. Probably going to happen at some
2:02point. Uh but I am in action in the
2:04Monday night football game. Uh 0 and2
2:06for me yesterday. What really though I
2:09had a pretty good week. Like I kind of
2:11just gave back uh some of the good I did
2:13all week with the 0 and2 yesterday. Uh
2:16what's gone really good for me is Major
2:18League Baseball playoffs. I'm 4-0 plus
2:2015 units in the MLB playoffs. So uh
2:23>> yeah, the the it's it was a good time
2:26for that to happen uh to offset a couple
2:29of football uh losses. Um, but yeah, I
2:32don't know if I'll play either of these
2:33games today. I can promise you I will
2:36have a a Major League Baseball play
2:37tomorrow as part of $5 Tuesday. Uh, just
2:41uh the way it worked out. I'm more
2:42interested I I I feel stronger about
2:45tomorrow's matchups, but that could
2:47change because we're going to deep dive
2:49these two games today. Brian, I'm going
2:51to let you kick this off 5:00 p. p.m.
2:53Eastern. Uh, this is going to be game
2:55two, Guardians, White Socks.
2:59I wasn't really surprised with the game
3:01one result. I know a lot of people might
3:02have been surprised with that. I really
3:04wasn't. It kind of went as I thought it
3:06might go if the White Socks were in
3:08position uh to win the game. That's
3:11what's going to be the tricky part of
3:13handicapping this series is I really do
3:16think the White Socks are taking this
3:17inning by inning and then the plan is
3:19going to change based on where they're
3:21at in the game which makes it difficult
3:24to handicap. What you know if you're the
3:25Guardians is you're getting Gavin
3:27Williams, you're getting a home game,
3:28and you also know that this is kind of a
3:30must-win. If you lose this one and you
3:32lose with Messi and you lose with
3:33Williams, I think they're in big trouble
3:35heading back to to the Southside for two
3:37games. So, a must-win game for your
3:39Guardians, Brian, do they get it done?
3:42>> First of all, hats off to you from
3:44breaking down the pitching situation in
3:46the White Sox game the other day. I had
3:48the over. I ran that I rode that 21 and0
3:52streak and I went down and uh I'm always
3:56going to run a streak like that as long
3:58as I'm getting a decent price. Um not
4:00big on streaks, but that one made a lot
4:02of sense to me. And that was the White
4:04Socks games go over after uh they've had
4:07a day off and they had the previous day
4:08off. It wasn't the White Socks that
4:10ruined it. It was Cleveland as Cleveland
4:12didn't hit very at all. But you called
4:14that White Socks pitching
4:16great. And as I watched the game, I go,
4:18"Yeah, that's what he said." Yeah. So,
4:20that was impressive. Um, regardless of
4:23who what he had in the game, good
4:25handicap. Uh, anyway, we got K going.
4:27He's the lefty against Gavin Williams.
4:29And Williams is about a one right now,
4:32about a 150 favorite, six and a half uh
4:34the total. And K's the lefty, meaning
4:38Cleveland, they're trying to go against
4:40Cleveland's weakness. other than hitting
4:42overall because Cleveland is not a very
4:44good hitting team. They are worse
4:46against lefties. They have a 91 on on
4:48the season. WRC plus against lefties, 99
4:51I think against righties. But I like the
4:54way this sets up for Chicago a little
4:56bit because having the day off, those
4:59other guys will probably I don't know if
5:02they'll they'll pitch them today or but
5:05they will be should be available I would
5:06think. Um, okay. Lefty going against
5:10Cleveland. And if you take a look at who
5:12is expected to go, I think it's Sean
5:14Burke is probably going to be the the
5:16length here. He's going to be the the
5:18follower, I would assume. And he has
5:21owned Cleveland this season. You take a
5:24look at his last start, five innings, no
5:27earned runs. Previous start at against
5:30Cleveland, also in Cleveland by the way,
5:33six innings, one earned run. and he
5:36played against him in Chicago earlier
5:37and he went six and a third innings give
5:39up one earn run. So even though the line
5:42here is based on the starting pitcher,
5:47uh we'll probably get two, we may get
5:49two, three innings out of K and then we
5:50get Burke and they won't need the other
5:53guys, both other guys. So only one of
5:54them may have to pitch. But that's a
5:56pretty good uh lineup here uh situation
6:00when you're getting plus 130 to 135
6:02back. Uh yeah, Clay Cleveland's been a
6:04team that's had been a they've been able
6:06to win the games that uh they needed to
6:08win going down the stretch. They've done
6:09that two years in a row. Uh Gavin
6:12Williams is a work workhorse and he's a
6:15guy that's uh going to be very good out
6:17there. But if I'm playing this game, I
6:20think uh the line's too high. So just we
6:23say that all the time, if it's in a
6:24must-win situation, you must not be that
6:26good. Well, it's a fiveame series. It's
6:28not must-win, but it's you better you
6:31better get it done. and and Cleveland's
6:33been decently on decent on the road. I
6:34think they won in Chicago before. So,
6:36it's it's not a killer if they don't win
6:39this game, but they're the pressure is
6:41all on them where Chicago was been
6:43playing with free money pretty much all
6:45season long because they weren't
6:46expected to do well other than that one
6:48stretch during the regular season or end
6:50of the regular season where they started
6:52losing. That was the only choke job they
6:54did all season. So, I kind of like
6:55Chicago in this one.
6:57>> Tokyo Brandon Guardians White Socks. Uh
7:00what can you tell us about this game?
7:02Yeah. Um Gavin Williams, K. Yeah, don't
7:07expect Kay to go very long. Agree that
7:10Burke will probably get the majority uh
7:13of the innings here for the White Socks.
7:16They do have some arms that they can
7:18bring in uh hold things down. You know,
7:22I kind of like both lineups for these
7:24teams, but I especially like the White
7:26Sox lineup. I agree. I think the line is
7:28a little too high. Uh runs might be
7:31tough to come by for the Guardians, but
7:34I'm seeing team totals for the White
7:36Socks at two and a half. I think that's
7:38kind of ridiculous. Um don't know why
7:40the White Sox are two and a half. Uh
7:43yeah, Williams is a good pitcher, but I
7:46think the White Sox are swinging pretty
7:48good bats here. So I think a White Sox
7:50team total over might be a way to go
7:52here. Perhaps
7:54>> you can get that about minus 130 out
7:56there. So, I agree that I think that's
7:58uh that's another good way to look at
7:59this game.
8:00>> Yeah, if we're doing parlay legs,
8:02that'll probably be mine. I do see it at
8:04three and a half at a couple of books,
8:07but the majority of them have it two and
8:08a half. So, I think I I think a good uh
8:12over two and a half would be a good
8:14play. And Oscar Schneider, I love your
8:17uh avatar, Jean Simmons.
8:20>> Yeah, no parlay with two games, but if
8:22feel free to give give thoughts out. I
8:24mean, if you know, I don't Here here's
8:26the thing with the White Socks. Like on
8:28one hand, they've seen Williams a good
8:30amount. On the other hand, not great
8:32numbers against Gavin Williams for the
8:34White Sox. I think hitting him probably
8:35like two 210 maybe as a team. I'm going
8:38off memory here. Uh against Williams.
8:40But I'm willing to sort of throw some of
8:43that out right now because they are
8:44swinging the bat awesome uh so far in
8:47the playoffs. I don't think there's a
8:48another team I mean they it's not like
8:51quantity of runs obviously you you had
8:53some higher scores in that uh wild card
8:55round but like they came out in both of
8:58those games against the Astros got the
8:59big hit early come out against the
9:01Guardians get the big hit early. Um that
9:04is huge for the White Sox because it
9:06lets them sort of decide what they want
9:07to do. So here's here's what I think
9:10you're going to see with the pitching
9:11here. I think Will Venal, and he's not
9:14gonna say this, but I think he's
9:15starting to treat the Hagen Smith, Grant
9:18Taylor game as a as like a start,
9:21meaning he's gonna try to use those two
9:24together when he thinks he has a good
9:26chance to win the game. I don't think
9:28you see either of those guys here. I
9:30think you get the win in game one. Um
9:32Grant Taylor's not pitching today. He
9:34went four innings uh two days ago. That
9:36that was one of the the highest pitch
9:38counts he's had all year. He's not going
9:40to pitch today. So you can pretty much
9:41So that's one sort of notch. You know,
9:44you you know, you're not getting Grant
9:45Taylor in this game. That would be a
9:47worse decision than putting Chris Sale
9:49in in a 4R run lead. That would just
9:51that's not not going to happen. I don't
9:53think they're going to go to Hagen Smith
9:56either, unless this was a scenario where
9:59Smith said he was okay. He felt like he
10:01had a good left- on left matchup and the
10:03White Socks got to the end of the game
10:05and like they were in the lead. And then
10:07it's like, well, would you burn Smith
10:09for a win? Yeah, probably. I think he'd
10:11probably do that. What I think you're
10:13going to see here is Anthony Kay go
10:16maybe seven to nine batters. I talked
10:19about this on Saturday. Anthony K really
10:22good first time through the order.
10:24Numbers drop off considerably when he
10:26goes through the order the second time.
10:28He's also been good first time through
10:30the order as a starter for whatever
10:32reason. Uh they tried to put an opener
10:34in front of him at one point. It didn't
10:36work as well as just letting him start
10:38the game um go the first second inning.
10:41If you look at his starts the second
10:43half, almost every one where he gets in
10:45trouble is like the fourth or fifth
10:47inning when he's the traditional
10:50starter. Um he pitched in Saturday's
10:52game, so he threw an inning in a third.
10:54Um was solid. I think you'll see him no
10:58more than nine batters. So whether that
11:00he can be super economical and get two
11:02innings out of that, three innings
11:05maybe, whatever, but like I don't think
11:07you're going to see him for more than
11:08nine batters. I think the plan here for
11:10the White Socks is going to be to cut
11:13this game up uh between their starters
11:15that they don't really trust throwing
11:17full games. So that means you're
11:19probably going to get a K Burke Fetty
11:23like nine inning mashup if the White
11:26Socks are winning. If the White Socks
11:28are losing and that's where the handicap
11:30gets really tricky. Let's say the the
11:32Guardians go out and get early runs.
11:34Well, now suddenly the pitching uh is
11:38going to change drastically because I
11:40think what Venible will do is they'll
11:42hold off one of those middle inning guys
11:44for game three. What that means is could
11:47you see like a Tyler Davis I think it is
11:50or maybe a Richards in like some bulk
11:53duty here just to eat up innings. Yeah,
11:56I could see that because the White Sox
11:57already got the win in Cleveland that
12:00they feel like they need. So, it makes
12:02the White Sock side a little less
12:03appealing, but it certainly like if if
12:06that happens, Brian, you may have been a
12:09game early on the over because if the
12:10White Sox start to use some of those
12:12depth guys, like let's say Gavin's got a
12:14two nothing lead, fifth, sixth inning,
12:16and now the White Socks use some of
12:18those depth guys,
12:20>> you could see this one getting over six
12:21and a half. Uh, but I but if it
12:24pricewise, I still think the White Socks
12:26are a better team. So, I'm on White
12:28Socks or it's White Socks or pass for me
12:30here. I just don't like it as much as I
12:32like game one. Uh because I don't think
12:34you're going to see Grant Taylor or
12:35Hagen Smith. So, that that's my uh it's
12:38my assessment on this game. I don't know
12:39if it helps you bet it, but at least I
12:41feel like you should know what you're
12:43looking for there.
12:44>> Yeah.
12:46>> All right, let's go to the next game.
12:49Game number two for today. Game two down
12:52in the trap. Brian, I'll let you start
12:54this one off as well. The Rays fans
12:57showed up in game one. I didn't know the
12:59Rays had that many fans. I don't know if
13:01they bust them in. I maybe they gave out
13:03free tickets. I don't know where they
13:04found them [laughter] all.
13:06>> But the Rays Well, you have to take
13:07pretty much take a bus or or even a
13:09short flight from Tampa to St.
13:11Petersburg. That's another issue. A lot
13:13of Tampa fans have a a hard time getting
13:15out there. It is a pain. Uh when I was
13:18in
13:19>> the when I went to the Trop, I had to go
13:21from Tampa uh to St. Pete. Kind of a
13:23pain. Um, probably another reason they
13:25struggle in attendance, but not in game
13:27one. The Rays fans were great. The trop
13:30looked full and the Rays held on for a
13:32one- nothing win. The Yankees have their
13:34guy on the mound here and Cam Schlitler
13:36feels like a spot that now the Yankees
13:38need to win. So, Yankees raised Brian,
13:40kick us off. How do you see this one?
13:42>> Yeah, last time uh Slintler pitched
13:44against Tampa Bay was just two weeks
13:46ago. So, they're very fresh in their
13:48minds that they've seen him before. Uh,
13:51Sliter's about a 130 favorite. We have
13:53my 28 favorite with a total of six and a
13:56half slightly to the over. Uh Schletler
13:59has like a 1.16 RA on the road this
14:02year. He's pitched like 110 innings. Uh
14:05he has been fantastic all season long.
14:07This I think this is the fourth time
14:08he's played Tampa Bay. Tampa's hit him
14:10pretty well. Um considering what he's
14:13done against everybody else. Not not
14:15well enough to expect him to score more
14:18than three runs in this game, but they
14:21uh they've been pretty competitive
14:22against him. so far this season. Um,
14:27that was that was a if if you're an old
14:29school type of uh baseball fan, that was
14:32the game that you love. That was that
14:34was clearly a Tampa Bay perfecto is they
14:40want to beat you by pitching, defense,
14:42and speed. And that's what they did in
14:45game one against the Yankees. And
14:46they've been very good against the
14:47Yankees all season long. Uh, the Yankees
14:51have a have a problem facing Tampa Bay.
14:53There's certain teams that everybody out
14:55there has problems with. I mentioned it
14:57the other day with San Diego's played
14:59Milwaukee pretty well and um it's uh
15:02it's been another series that could have
15:04gone either way. So, yeah, it's a it's a
15:07situation where Schlitler's done very
15:09well against him and I expect him to
15:10pitch pretty well again today. Freddy
15:12Peralta is a guy who is completely
15:16different pitcher than what he was
15:17earlier this year in Milwaukee. Down the
15:19stretch, he's been terrific. Um, but the
15:23problem is I think the line's right
15:25here. I This is about what I would have
15:27made it. Um, if you got two equal
15:29pitchers, you're probably going to give
15:31Tampa Bay about a 125 homem advantage.
15:34You got the situational spot here where
15:37the Yankees are the team that needs to
15:38win and you also have them with a better
15:41pitcher on the mound. Um, Yankees
15:44probably get the win, but I I can't uh I
15:46can't lay that 130 out there right now
15:48in uh 1251 130. So, I'll be sitting this
15:52one out most likely unless I can find
15:54another way to get involved with her
15:56team total, something to that effect.
15:59>> TB, get in here. Yankees Rays, what do
16:01you got for game two?
16:04Yeah, remember I do have a 5% play today
16:06in Major League Baseball, one of these
16:08two games. Uh, and in this one, I agree
16:12with Brian. Praa has been great. I must
16:14be like some magic pitching dust they
16:16have in Tampa, but all their pitchers
16:18are really good. Uh, really good
16:21coaching, well put together team. Uh, I
16:25see Yankees with every advantage here
16:27except the bullpen. Um, but I don't see
16:30either team hitting really that well. I
16:33got, you know, both of them mediocre or
16:36worse. And with two really good pitchers
16:38on the mound, I think the under is the
16:40play here. Uh, if the Yankees bullpen
16:44can hold it together, I think Schlitler
16:46will go six innings. Um, possibly go
16:49into the seventh, but I don't think
16:50they'll put him that long in this early
16:53of a series, but it is kind of a
16:54must-win for the Yankees. There is no
16:56must win like you said at this point,
16:58but uh yeah uh if they could grab one in
17:01Tampa that'd be great, but you you
17:03should not you you should not be like a
17:06minus what are they minus 130 on on the
17:09road. Tampa is a great home team. Um so
17:13I wouldn't lay the price, but yeah, I
17:14agree with Brian. The Yankees probably
17:16win. I think the under probably the play
17:17in this one. I like both pitchers and I
17:20not really enamored with either lineup
17:22as as as they've been producing here in
17:24the playoffs.
17:26>> Yeah, I I guess like you know Schlitler
17:29is obviously he's going to probably win
17:30the Sai Young in the American League.
17:32He's one of the best pitchers in the
17:33league. He was fantastic uh last round
17:35against the Red Sox, but he's owned the
17:37Red Sox over the years. We kind over the
17:40year not, you know, he's only been in
17:41the league since really for a little bit
17:43over a year now. It's kind of crazy. It
17:45feels like he's been around longer than
17:47that. But, uh, you know, the Red Sox, he
17:49just, you could just tell like he gets
17:51up for those start starts. He's got tons
17:53of confidence pitching against that Red
17:55Sox lineup. I'm not saying he's not
17:56going to be up for a playoff start in
17:58game two, but, you know, this this
18:01raise, the way that they go about
18:03hitting, their approach, I think is a
18:06little bit tougher on Schlitler. He's
18:08not going to get as much swing and miss.
18:10they they will, you know, he he likes to
18:12throw that fast ball and he can kind of
18:14blow it by some guys, but the Rays are
18:16not the team that you're going to be
18:17able to do that with. Like they they're
18:19really just trying to put the ball in
18:20play, put pressure on opposing defenses.
18:23We we've seen the Yankees, you know,
18:25have have defensive blunders at times.
18:27Um, again, like I just more more I watch
18:31that game one and then the just the way
18:34in which the Rays won that game where
18:36it's a one- nothing game. The Yankees
18:38make the base running mistake, right,
18:41which is something that they've done
18:42over the years and and and like
18:46it it's starting to make it's starting
18:48to turn my opinion on like how this
18:51series might go. I came into the series
18:53saying, you know what, I think the
18:54Yankees are the better of these two
18:56teams. But after that game one game
18:58where the Yankees get one hit. Tokyo
19:00Brandon, you mentioned, you know, the
19:01Yanke Yankees lineup, they only get one
19:04hit. Go back to the Red Sox series, like
19:06they had their out offensive outbursts
19:08in those games, but they were later in
19:11the game in both games. So like they
19:13kind of broke through late in the game.
19:15I don't know if they're going to do that
19:16on the road here. Trop Pitchers Park.
19:20Um,
19:21everyone rested really in the Rays
19:23bullpen other than I think their closer
19:25came in for one inning. Uh, and now
19:27they've had a day off. So, again, it's
19:30just
19:31Yeah, I I don't I you know, I want I I
19:34want to stick to my guns and be like,
19:36"No, like you said, the whole year the
19:38Yankees are the better team. They've got
19:39the AL Sai Young on the mound here. You
19:42should be backing them." But Brian, I
19:43agree with you with the price. Minus 125
19:46seems about right. minus 130 and the
19:49Rays man I said this at the trade
19:50deadline they will Freddy Peralta will
19:54be starting a big game in the postseason
19:55for them and that like they know what
19:58they're doing he came out was terrible
20:01with the Mets this year was terrible in
20:02his first couple starts with the Rays
20:04he's been incredible like the last month
20:06plus and um yeah I wouldn't be that
20:09surprised if he pitched well either the
20:11one thing I will say is I prefer this
20:13Yankee lineup against right-handed
20:15pitching so you are getting a with
20:17Peralta here. I don't know if this is
20:19going to be enough to get me to the
20:20window. Very should be a great game.
20:22>> They did they did add a couple of
20:24injured guys to the to the uh playoffs.
20:28Um and they're both power hitters. So
20:31that's the problem. The the Yankees are
20:33going to win by power and Tampa Bay is
20:35going to win by everything else. Um,
20:37that's the one drawback in the playoffs
20:40is just swing for the fences and once in
20:42a while you're going to get lucky and
20:43you're going to maybe if there's a guy
20:44on base, there's two runs there and as
20:47opposed to the regular season, two runs
20:48in the playoffs, you know, you got a
20:50chance to win because the totals were
20:52only, you know, six, six and a half or
20:54whatever and they don't they don't play
20:56with those stupid uh extra inning rules
20:59as they do in the regular season.
21:01>> Yeah. And to your point, um, the
21:03Yankees, when you're a power team like
21:05that, when you rely on on power like
21:08that, it can come at times where you
21:10don't need it. A lot of people were
21:11saying last year in the playoffs, Aaron
21:13Judge hit 500. He hit 500, but most of
21:16those hits were in times where they
21:18were, they didn't need the hits.
21:20Actually, you need you need you need to
21:22look at how they hit with runners in
21:24scoring position when the pressure is on
21:26and when you need a hit. Um, and those
21:28power teams, they can they can hit home
21:30runs, but if they're down 8-2 and they
21:32hit a home run to make it 85, doesn't
21:33really matter. Um, so that's my view on
21:36the Yankees. I don't think they're
21:38clutch enough in my opinion. But I I
21:41think they they might win this game, but
21:43like you said, Adam, uh, the Rays are
21:46that kind of team that really get into a
21:48pitcher's head and annoy pitchers, like
21:51kind of like death by paper cuts kind of
21:53thing. So, I don't I think Schlitler is
21:56good enough to hold them down, but I
21:58think the way that the Rays operate will
22:00knock him out of the game fairly early.
22:02I think he he'll he'll get into the
22:04sixth inning. I'm not sure if he'll
22:05finish it or not.
22:07>> Yeah, this that's the that's how the
22:09Rays built this team. Uh very, you know,
22:11sort of anti kind of the the the thought
22:15around Major League Baseball what the
22:17past decade was got to get got to get
22:19guys that can slug, got to hit for
22:21power. um will will take extra base hits
22:24and home runs over average. But the a
22:27raise, a small market team, listen, guys
22:29that hit 40 home runs are expensive,
22:32right? Like they can't you you you have
22:34a guy that comes out hits 30, suddenly
22:36they're getting paid. You can get guys
22:38uh that slap the ball and are fast and
22:41get on base much cheaper. So the Rays
22:42are just playing to, you know, they're
22:45they're they're playing the hand they're
22:46dealt, but I think it's like they've
22:47done a phenomenal job of it. And yeah,
22:49like it they have a ton of team speed.
22:52The these guys get on base. That's tough
22:55tougher for Schlitler in my opinion than
22:57a than a team like the you know, let's
22:59say like the Red Sox who's got a couple
23:01of like big bats in it and yeah, they
23:03can you know when they're firing they
23:05can hit the long ball and stuff like
23:06that. This is like a much in my opinion
23:08a much tougher matchup for Schlitler
23:10than than the Red Sox were. They get on
23:12base potentially bunt. They they hit you
23:16know just just playing baseball. Um, and
23:18I think it's, you know, that probably if
23:21if there's one thing that keeps me off
23:22the Yankees here, it's probably that.
23:25So, yeah, that's
23:26>> and that's the problem the Yankees are
23:28going to have if they advance because if
23:31if they play Cleveland, it's very
23:33similar. And if they play uh Milwaukee
23:35is very similar. Now, the Yankees and
23:37the Dodgers are two teams very similar
23:39in that regard. I think the Dodgers are
23:41a little bit more athletic than the
23:43Yankees, but uh yeah, this is not a good
23:45matchup for the Yankees.
23:47Let's hope they bunt better than Tommy
23:49Edmond did.
23:51>> That cost him the game yesterday.
23:55>> Yeah. In the in the interest of trying
23:57to give, you know, and again, personally
23:59um per personally, I I I like the NL
24:04games tomorrow better. I'm I'm going to
24:05have much stronger takes uh on
24:08tomorrow's show. But Tokyo Brandon, you
24:10kind of touched on a uh total in the
24:12first game. What What was that again?
24:15White side. Well, we'll just kind of go
24:16around and give like a a actionable
24:19thought from these two games. So, I'll
24:20let you go.
24:21>> I think I think the White Socks bats are
24:23a little too hot to be two and a half
24:25team total. I I don't care who they're
24:27facing. I don't care if they're facing
24:29Christopher Sanchez. I think two and a
24:30half is too low for the White Socks. Uh
24:33so, I like that. Uh pretty much an over
24:36there, but I like an under in this
24:39Yankees game. So, I think the full the
24:41full game under is probably where I
24:42would go in the second game. Haven't
24:44done it yet, though.
24:46>> All right, Brian. Any anything that kind
24:48of is is better than something else for
24:51you on this slate today?
24:52>> Yeah, I I I was looking at the uh
24:55overunder for the Yankees at three and a
24:56half. I think that could go under. Uh
24:59but once again, you never know what's
25:01going to happen with a home run hitting
25:03team. Also, I did I thought Chicago had
25:06some value and I agree with TB. Uh
25:08Chicago over the two and a half and the
25:10team total is something I'm interested
25:12in as well.
25:14So, I think I again I don't know if I'll
25:18play the Yankees tonight. Haven't
25:19decided yet. I think what I would be o
25:23open to playing is maybe jumping in with
25:25a Yankees future right now. Um
25:29obviously, you know, just if if they can
25:32win this game, I think they're in a
25:34pretty good spot in this series. Um, so
25:36I think if you were gonna like take
25:37positions on the Yankees
25:40either in this series to win the
25:42American League, to win the World
25:43Series, like you're getting probably the
25:46best price. Like this is probably in my
25:48opinion the last chance to do it. Um,
25:51reason I say that is if they win the
25:54price gets considerably
25:57worse. Like you're you're losing the
25:59value of having lost game one. if they
26:02lose. I just don't know that you want to
26:04do that at 20 when they would have to
26:07then beat the Rays three times in a row.
26:09So, I think right now if you were
26:11looking for like a longer term position
26:13in the playoffs, and I haven't done this
26:15yet, but I'm just kind of thinking it
26:16over on the fly. Uh because I do I do
26:19think the Yankees like going into the
26:20the playoffs, they were my pick to make
26:22it to the World Series. Um I think if
26:24you were going to try to jump in with
26:26some Yankees futures, today is the day
26:28to do it. Uh because again, you're
26:30getting the discount from being down 01
26:32in the series. Uh but if they do win
26:34this game with Cam Schliter on the
26:35mound, then they're going back to the
26:37Bronx. And I just think they kind of put
26:40themselves a little bit in the driver's
26:41seat in this series, which is obviously
26:43what you'd want if you are a Yankee
26:45backer. So yeah, again, that's that's
26:47the best I can do here. Uh, but I guess
26:50I if I was going to play this game
26:52tonight, I'd be maybe seeing if I could
26:54convince myself uh to just ride with the
26:57AL Sai Young Cam Schlitler and the
26:59Yankees to even this up. Uh, so those
27:01are my thoughts.
27:03All right, we know Tokyo Brandon's got a
27:045% play. Brian, what do you have going
27:06on the site for today?
27:07>> I've got nothing up as of yet. Uh, I
27:10will be doing the hockey show in an hour
27:12and a half, nine and two to start the
27:14hockey season. Uh, we got some great
27:16deals out there for you. Um, I I I
27:20probably will have something in baseball
27:23today. It probably won't be a a larger
27:25play. I'm not going just because it's
27:28two games on there. I'm not going to
27:29force anything. So, uh, you've heard my
27:31opinions in baseball. It's going to be
27:33something out of what we talked about
27:34already. Um, and, uh, Monday Night
27:37Football at this point looks like I may
27:39be passing. So, uh, if you're a hockey
27:42fan, and you should be if you're like
27:44money, a 9-2 start to the season. and uh
27:47check out all the packages we've got up
27:48on the site.
27:50>> Yeah, I I mean I'm having a really good
27:52NFL season even with So I lost with the
27:54Bengals yesterday. Um that was
27:56>> I joined you.
27:57>> Uh yeah,
27:58>> it is what it is. Like I'm I I went into
28:00yesterday. Let's put it this way. I went
28:01into yesterday 10 and three on the NFL
28:03season. I only had two week four plays
28:05in the NFL. Uh one was the Bengals and
28:07one is tonight. So I'm I'm going to be
28:10going for a one in one NFL week. it. Win
28:13or lose, it's going to be my first
28:15losing week in the NFL because it's not
28:17a 5enter. Bengals was a 5enter for me.
28:19Uh but that is my action up on the site
28:22for today. Uh is Monday Night Football.
28:24So, um if I do play the baseball, I'll
28:27likely just give it out. Um I I haven't
28:30really decided yet. We'll see how late
28:31how close it gets to game time, but um
28:34yeah, just just keep an eye on on my
28:36Twitter or my free picks page. Uh, I'll
28:38put at least I'll put baseball thoughts
28:40in there as the day goes out. I don't
28:43know if I will get to the window with
28:45either of these two games.
28:47Tomorrow is $5 Tuesday and we'll be back
28:50to talk about the NL. Uh, they've broken
28:53this up to give Major League Baseball
28:55more of a give everyone more of a chance
28:58at like prime time standalone games. Uh,
29:00so tomorrow there's two games and we'll
29:02be back to talk about them both. Uh, if
29:04you are looking for a big baseball play,
29:06go grab Tokyo Brand. 5% play that goes
29:09tonight in Major League Baseball. And
29:12the three of us will see you in the
29:13morning for another another total basis.
29:15See you guys then.