Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays Face Off in Crucial Series
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00:02 The Rangers now vault past the Blue Jays.
00:04 They have the second wild card spot of three in the American League.
00:09 The Jays and the Mariners tied for that third and final spot.
00:13 Texas goes with Jordan Montgomery.
00:16 Today on the bump again, one of those newly acquired pieces at the deadline.
00:20 But it's Yusei Kikuchi and Toronto booked as the home favorites at -126.
00:26 TRS, this is the third of the four games in this series.
00:30 This series wildly important for both teams each and every night.
00:35 Wildly significant for both teams as well.
00:37 >> Yeah, by the way, money coming in here on Toronto and rightfully so, and
00:41 I agree with that here.
00:42 I just told you Christopher Sanchez is on the mound for the Philadelphia Phillies
00:45 with the number one XFIP number over the past six and a half weeks,
00:48 based on 22 eligible pitchers today with a minimum of 20 innings.
00:52 You know who's number two?
00:52 Yusei Kikuchi here.
00:54 How about that?
00:54 A 3.18.
00:55 And if we break down those non-analytical numbers, we say, okay,
00:58 left-handed pitcher, how's he doing against right-handed batters?
01:01 A 145 iso power number, which is above average for a pitcher.
01:05 Lefty on lefty, forget about it, 029.
01:07 So if we flip it over to the non-analytical numbers here,
01:10 as we try to match up Jordan Montgomery, he's actually been really good, Ben.
01:13 Left-handed pitcher also, takes a look at, let me see here, iso power, yeah,
01:17 it's a zero, no wonder why I couldn't find it here.
01:20 To right, he's at 131.
01:21 Maybe a lower scoring till here, but again, I give the benefit of the doubt.
01:25 I want to take the analytical approach.
01:26 I'll take Yusei Kikuchi tonight, and a slight favor here for
01:29 Toronto to bounce back against the Rangers.
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