Braves vs. Diamondbacks Preview: Who Takes the Opener?

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00:00Typically, you'd say to yourself, like, ooh, two aces on the mound.

00:03Not really the case this season.

00:04Zach Gallin threw 27 and a third innings pitch, an ERA of 5.60.

00:09Now, his XFIP number is a little bit lower at 4.42.

00:12But then you sort of slide up and say, well, what's going on with Chris Sale?

00:1523 and a third innings pitch for him, a 6.17 ERA, but a 3.28 XFIP.

00:21So he's getting a little bit unlucky at this point.

00:23But two guys that normally lock it down, not looking so great.

00:26Look at the sides, a minus 126 favorite for the road team here.

00:30Atlanta has grown slightly to minus 134.

00:33You take a look across the board, minus 135s out there as well.

00:36A total of eight and a half.

00:37Two ace pitchers not necessarily dealing this year like aces, Joe.

00:43Yeah, it's interesting, too, because we all know how bad Atlanta started this season, right?

00:48Well, Arizona wasn't exactly great either.

00:51But both teams seem to have settled down a great homestand for Atlanta.

00:57I think they doubled their wins, right?

00:59They went five and one at home against the Twins and against the Cardinals.

01:03But now we got to go on the road.

01:05And Zach Gallin has always been a guy that has been better at home than he has been on the road.

01:10But he is just not.

01:12He's not missing a lot of bats so far this year, Donnie, which has gotten him into trouble here.

01:18But Corbin Carroll is an absolute monster.

01:23I believe he's leading the National League in home runs right now at nine.

01:27And he has just been on a tear.

01:30So although you have both number ones on the mound, I feel like I got to give the advantage

01:35to the home dog here in Arizona.

01:39I think both have questionable bullpens for right now.

01:43But I like the way Arizona at home is swinging the bat right now.