Thursday's MLB: Cubs vs. Braves Game Preview & Betting Odds

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00:00 Here DRS, let's transition back to Major League Baseball to go

00:04 through our eight game Thursday slate. We've got a couple more

00:08 to preview including the rubber match in Wrigley between the

00:11 Cubs and the Braves. Chicago won game number one. Atlanta of

00:16 course with a nine run performance yesterday winning

00:19 nine to two. The Braves have been favored in each of the

00:22 first two games inside Wrigley. Same story today, minus 118 on

00:27 the money line for Atlanta.

00:28 I think we might get runs in this game again because if we're

00:31 taking a look at the 78 degrees, which is nice in Chicago, wind's

00:34 not really going to help you all that much blowing more from right

00:36 foul pole over the left foul pole. But if we take a look at

00:38 the pictures and here's always the some times where I like to

00:41 break down a game and say I don't have enough information.

00:44 Darius Vines only faced 41 batters here in Major League

00:47 Baseball this season, none of the past 30 days. He's got some

00:50 pretty brutal numbers and 184 ISO power number and a weighted

00:53 on base percentage of 358. So let's go back to see what he was

00:56 actually doing in AAA. His last start been in AAA, which came

01:00 against St. Louis's affiliate four and two thirds innings

01:03 pitched over 25 batters faced eight hits, six earned runs, two

01:08 home runs and three walks giving up with only four strikeouts. So

01:12 if there's a chance for the Chicago Cubs to bounce back

01:14 today, it's going to come from the first four guys in that

01:16 lineup. It's Talkman, Suzuki, Bellinger, Bellinger, excuse me,

01:20 and Morrell. Those guys all elevated ISO and weighted on

01:23 base percentages against a pitcher that might not

01:26 technically be a major league pitcher today. So maybe I'll

01:29 lean on that aspect here. I think the Braves might go down

01:31 today. But more than that, I like the total in this game to

01:34 go to the over