Padres vs. Tigers Preview: Analyzing the Pitching Matchup

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00:00tigers a favorite today though at home to take the opener against san diego what do you like today

00:06in the motor city yeah carter montero by the way the lowest xfip on the card now granted only has

00:11five innings pitch but get this is he as xfip is 2.45 is he already been nine so some of those

00:16analytics versus era at this early in the season sort of get discombobulated again when you take

00:20a look at so limited innings here but also having said that you take a look at the lineup today for

00:25the padres hasn't hit right into pitching all that well outside of tatis machado sheets and

00:29bogarts the rest of that lineup five six seven eight and nine he's got to do a little bit more

00:32damage in what they've been doing but how about this here's another interesting one with randy

00:36vasquez he actually has 20 and two-thirds innings pitched on the season ben a 1.74 era his xfip

00:43the worst on the card 6.31 so you figure he's just getting absolutely lucky not enough strikeouts too

00:50many fly balls too many walks sooner than later it's going to catch up and there's some pretty

00:54good batters in the lineup for detroit that may be able to mount a spot here so when most people say

00:59wait a second san diego is so good on the road keep in mind also that sunday night baseball game

01:03on the road where you got to travel on the road you're playing in cooler temperatures here when

01:07san diego is used to playing in warmer temperatures it makes sense for detroit i don't know if i trust

01:11their pitcher but i'm gonna say like vasquez with that high xfip detroit maybe a team total should be

01:16in the works for you today or at least some batting props from their perspective

01:19you