Arizona vs. Pittsburgh: Crucial MLB Wild Card Clash
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00:00And how about it?
00:04It is Paul Skeen's day here, Joe.
00:06You know what that means.
00:07People will be overvaluing the Pirates in every book known to mankind here as they try
00:14to back him.
00:15Minus 162, as you can see, seven and a half as a total taken on Nelson and Arizona.
00:22Arizona has been one of the best hitting teams over the last month.
00:25Them and the Yankees have been absolutely crushing it.
00:29I believe Arizona has just a two game lead over Pittsburgh for that final wildcard spot
00:34in the National League.
00:35So needless to say, this is a huge game.
00:38How are you leaning it with Paul Skeen's on the mound?
00:42Absolutely huge game and a lot of people are expecting Paul Skeen's to come out nice and
00:45strong like we've seen.
00:46But you start looking at his numbers, that fastball is dropping Joe over the last five
00:51starts for him.
00:53And I do think here, like you said, the Arizona Diamondbacks, this team offensively is so
00:59hot right now.
01:00I actually think they get to Paul Skeen's and stepping in front of Paul Skeen's is not
01:04an easy thing to do.
01:05But we've got to remember, this is a 22 year old rookie and he's going to face such an
01:10explosive offense today that I think those runs are coming.
01:14Because I fully don't want to step in front of Paul Skeen's, I'm going to look at this
01:17game to the over, the over eight coming in at minus 105.
01:21Ryan Nelson, I do think will have those runs to come by the Pittsburgh Pirates as well.
01:26I expect a back and forth battle in this one, but at the end of the day, both of these pitchers
01:31to give up those runs.
01:32So give me the over eight in this one, Joe.