Valdez Dominates the Mound as Lugo Struggles: Game Analysis
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00:00And now you turn to Frambois Valdez against Seth Lugo.
00:06Earlier in the year, actually, earlier in the year it was Seth Lugo who couldn't miss
00:10and Valdez was a little bit slow to start.
00:12Now it's Valdez who can't miss and keeps winning games and Lugo who is struggling.
00:18What gives tonight in H-Town?
00:19I'll tell you what gives here, Frambois Valdez on the mound and nothing really gives too
00:23much against him.
00:24You take a look at his last 30 days, absolutely filthy stellar.
00:27How about a strikeout rate of 34 percent?
00:31How about if you're a left-handed batter going up against him?
00:33That strikeout rate goes up to 41 percent.
00:36His ISO against 096, weighted on base percentage against 208 and you say, oh, he's having a
00:41good 30 days.
00:42Look at his season in totality, Ben, 574 batters that he's facing, ISO of 104 and a weighted
00:47on base percentage of 286.
00:49Those are the games that you get upset with for Kansas City.
00:52You should have won yesterday.
00:53Now you get the ace on the mound for the opposite team.
00:55That makes it harder.
00:57Seth Lugo coming into this game, struggling over the past 30 days with left-handed batters.
01:01Seth Lugo is much better to start the season than he is right now.
01:05But if you're looking for an RBI prop perspective, look no further than Alvarez there.
01:09A 381 ISO power number against right into pitching over the past 30 days with an weighted
01:13on base percentage close to 500.
01:16It's going to be a tough hill to climb tonight for Kansas City if they want to get a victory
01:20here.