Cubs vs. Dodgers Preview: Yoshinobu Yamamoto Takes the Mound

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00:00we get the Dodgers and the Cubs a part of a full slate Friday all 30 teams in action that means 15

00:06games across the docket late night in LA at the ravine the Dodgers will play host to those cubbies

00:13the Dodgers after a historic 8-0 start that included sweeping the Cubs in Tokyo in that early

00:20two-game set have dropped four of their last six Yoshi Yamamoto gets the start today Dodgers more

00:27than a two dollar favorite at home against Chicago DRS in the updated odds the Cubbies playing good

00:33ball a nine and six start to this season who wins game number one of this weekend set between two

00:38marquee clubs out in Los Angeles yeah well it looks like it's going to be the Dodgers based on the

00:42betting principles here right minus 196 is the opening number still sits at minus 198 is the

00:47actual live number which is interesting that creeps a little bit higher and also talking about the

00:51money line markets here everybody about eight out of every 10 tickets here coming in on the Dodgers

00:55still with that impressively high price point total this game opened up in New Jersey eight and a half

01:00that has dropped to eight and I actually agree with that if we're looking at the pitchers last year

01:03Matthew Boyd was a decent pitcher only saw 213 batters this year 45 batters that he's faced an 026

01:10ISO power number and a weighted on base percentage of 264 if we combine those now granted righties have

01:16gotten actually no righties he's been really good against a zero ISO this year and a 198 weighted on base

01:20percentage he's actually gotten to a little bit of trouble with weighted on base percentage

01:24against left-handed batters which was interesting which no better left-handed batter in the business

01:28than he's going to see in Shohei Ohtani today but if you look at that lineup it's decent for the

01:31Dodgers no doubt Ohtani Betts Edmund Hernandez and Will Smith but the bottom of that lineup

01:35Kike Hernandez Max Muncy Rojas and Pajes have not handled left-handed pitching all that well

01:41flip it over to the Chicago Cubs with Yamamoto on the mound facing them he was great last year

01:45434 batters he faced a 135 ISO and a weighted on base percentage of 272 and a high K rate

01:51take a look at this year Ben limited innings again only 44 batters he's faced a K rate combined

01:56of 34 percent to lefties 42 percent his weighted on base percentage against 304 now he struggled a bit

02:03with right-handed batters which is interesting say Suzuki in the middle of that lineup might be a guy

02:07that could have the capability to do damage and by the way Kyle Tucker ripping the cover off the

02:12baseball this year as well