Diamondbacks’ Winning Streak Faces Guardians’ Pitching

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00:00But this week in the land, one of the hottest teams in baseball, the Diamondbacks have won 10 of their last 12 games.

00:06It's a virtual pick-em once again, as it was yesterday in Cleveland.

00:11The Guardians now a slight home favorite.

00:14Will they even out this set, at least through its first two games against Arizona today?

00:19Let me tell you a little tale.

00:20You take a look at Ben Lively.

00:21He's actually been a decent pitcher here for the Cleveland Guardians on the season,

00:24but that's not even where I want to go at this point.

00:27His ISO power numbers are 229 as total for the last 30 days against 114 batters.

00:32But if we isolate that to just left-handed batters, it's a 259 and a weighted-on-base percentage of 331.

00:38So you say to yourself, okay, maybe Lively does well against right-handed batters, which he's doing,

00:42but how does he do against the lefties?

00:43I just told you.

00:44Look at the first four batters in the lineup today.

00:47Two lefties, two switch hitters, which means, Ben, they'll all be left-handed batters.

00:51Corbin Carroll, 69 at-bats against right-handed pitching over the past 30 days.

00:55A 414 ISO and a weighted-on-base percentage of 442.

00:59That's off the charts.

01:00Quito Marte will be a switch hitter today.

01:02His last 56 at-bats against right-handed pitching, a 458 ISO and a 470 weighted-on-base position.

01:08Take a look at Jock Peterson here.

01:1049 at-bats against right-handed pitching as a left-handed batter.

01:13A 410 ISO power number, weighted-on-base percentage, 453.

01:16Josh Bell, 68 at-bats against right-handed pitching as a lefty.

01:20300 ISO, 396 weighted-on-base percentage.

01:23That is insane to start the game.

01:25So, forget about the side itself.

01:27Look at one of those first four batters here.

01:29You want props just to, say, hit a home run?

01:31They all check out.

01:32You want RBI props?

01:33They all check out.

01:34You want total bases?

01:35They all check out at this point.

01:37Here's the only issue.

01:38Wind blowing in from right field, 13 miles an hour, and a rainy forecast in the low 70s.

01:43I hope this game plays, and if it does, those lefties on the Diamondbacks should be doing damage once again today.