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00:00 Mark Zito joins us for a second consecutive segment and we stay in Atlanta, but we change sports from the NFL and the Falcons
00:07 To MLB and the Braves Atlanta has won the first two games of this midweek set against the Cubbies
00:13 They are back at home today Charlie Morton on the bump - 168 as a home money line favorite
00:20 Javier Assad has been very very good though for Chicago total is 9 will it be three straight victories?
00:27 for the Braves against the Cubs
00:30 Well, I mean you have to ask yourself the question here can the Cubs get shut out for a third day in a row
00:35 What do they have eight hits in the entire series?
00:37 They just can't find a way to score off of Atlanta pitching, but I'll do you one better here guys
00:43 It's an interesting angle for this game
00:45 If I asked you to name the three highest scoring teams and the three best lineups in baseball
00:50 Would you include the Braves in that mix?
00:52 Not over the past that was not a first horrible question gotcha
00:58 Oh, it's first part of the month. I would say yeah
01:00 That's a couple weeks now. I've been great on offense past couple weeks. Yeah, I
01:04 Need to let Ben know when I'm actually asking a question
01:06 I'll just do this the Braves are 19 1 and 1 to the under in their last 21 games
01:11 Yeah, the Braves the Atlanta Braves are 19 1 and 1 to the under in the last 21 games
01:17 So they're not hitting and they're not scoring at the rate that we're accustomed to seeing them do so
01:21 Which is interesting here when you mentioned Assad on the mound and the low total in this game
01:26 I would look at the Cubs here in this spot for a variety of reasons one
01:31 You know as John Stilling would say, you know Susan that's just baseball that you know
01:35 That baseball will tell you that they're not gonna get shut out three games in a row that they should be able to bust out
01:40 The whooping sticks and score some runs here
01:42 So the Cubs team total over three and a half, but Charlie Morton is a very feast or famine pitcher
01:46 He's gonna go six innings give up one run or he's gonna go five innings and give up five runs
01:50 If you look at his starts over the last couple of years and this may be the start where he gets tattooed a little bit
01:56 Early and often and I would tell you I would only take the first five under in this game
02:00 Especially given the fact you get an eight-and-a-half here because I don't get want to give the Braves at bats
02:05 You know a full eight nine at bats to try to stay under this thing
02:09 So a lot of different ways to play this game, but I definitely mean Cubs here in the under
02:12 Yeah
02:23 He was making a very good point on that one
02:25 But I do agree there like the Braves offense first couple weeks of the season tremendous now is taking a backdrop
02:30 But also that pitching staff has done really good things a little bit better weather conditions down Atlanta today
02:34 75 degrees the first pitch eight mile an hour winds blowing out which is something we haven't seen for the past couple days
02:38 Let's head over to Philadelphia Citizens Bank Park tonight
02:41 Lucchesi's on the mound lefty versus Suarez another lefty here and Rangers Suarez been flat-out
02:47 Inable this season the Phillies a - 196 live favorite at the fan blue sportsbook at a total of seven and a half
02:54 Two straight wins for the Phillies this series continues in Philadelphia today. What if the looks here for you mark from Phillies Mets? I
03:00 mean
03:02 The Phillies right now when Rangers Suarez starts, so they haven't lost the game yet
03:06 So it's tough to step in front of that train here
03:09 When these in these scenarios
03:12 I think you just take the best bet in baseball you can get is take the one and a half on the
03:16 Runline and a mod at a moderate price. I mean right now Fandel has it at - 128
03:20 And just you know
03:22 Hope that the Mets can get an early lead and hang on here because if they get a one or two nothing lead
03:27 you know that means the Mets pitching is on and
03:30 Apparently, you know Suarez is gonna do his job for the rest of the way and you keep the game low scoring
03:37 I mean
03:37 That's the only other way to really attack
03:38 This is is if you're not gonna take the one and a half you have to look at the under and hope that Suarez
03:42 If he's as good as he really is can do that for you know, seven innings plus
03:46 And you know most of the scoring of if all the scoring is done by Philly
03:51 So mark when you look at Philly and Atlanta the Phil's the best team in baseball right now the first of 30 wins
03:58 30 and 13 Atlanta backed by four wins in that win column with only
04:03 26 a two-game difference in the standings and yet the Braves are - 280 to win the National League East
04:12 Who do you think ends up winning this division when all is said and done? I
04:15 Still think the Braves will I mean you have to
04:19 Really take a look at what the Braves have been in the beginning of the season
04:23 Sean Murphy the power hitting catcher got hurt in the first game of the season hasn't been back since
04:27 Austin Riley their third baseman power hitter is banged up, you know, Ozzie Albee spent some time on the IL
04:32 I mean, this is not a team that is is a hundred percent hole at this point in time
04:37 They've had plenty of injuries in the starting rotation
04:39 That's been you know held together basically by Chris sale for the most part going through his max
04:44 Trouble for the first month of the year. I mean, this is still the best team in the NL East
04:49 It's way too early to call this thing here. So there's a reason why the Braves are still that started favorite. They're the better team and
04:55 Listen Atlanta has won the division six consecutive seasons and booked appropriately as the favorite right now
05:02 Despite the 30 wins out of Philadelphia marks, you know, as always we appreciate the time here on the early line
05:10 Thanks for feeding our three starts after the break