Royals Aim for 7 Straight Wins Against Red Sox Today

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00:00And the Kansas City Royals have won six in a row in 15 of their last 17.

00:05Will it be seven straight today in KC Moe, a slight pick-em underdog at home in Kauffman

00:11now against the Boston Red Sox.

00:13Total stands at nine.

00:15Will it be seven straight for the Royals today, DRS?

00:18I think the Sox win this game, and here's how I'm going to lay this out.

00:21No statistics last year for Hunter Dobbins in Major League Baseball.

00:24This year, only 74 batters.

00:25However, of those 74 batters, left-handed batters have gotten the best of them,

00:29which includes a 312 ISO and a weighted-on-base percentage of 346.

00:33But he's been very good against right-handed batters.

00:36Now, here's the problem that you look at.

00:37I just told you.

00:38Dobbins struggles with lefties.

00:40Give me the good lefties in the lineup today for the Kansas City Royals.

00:42There really aren't any.

00:43We love Vinny P.

00:44He's got a 185 ISO, which is very good, but a lower weighted-on-base percentage as a lefty

00:48going up against righty pitchers.

00:51Excuse me.

00:51Michael Mast, a guy I bet a lot last year, really hasn't come into his own just yet.

00:55He's struggling mightily with right-handed pitching.

00:57And Kyle Isbell in the last spot in the lineup due to bat ninth.

01:00He's got a 292 weighted-on-base percentage.

01:02So, if you're looking for an optimum guy to hit, you'd love a lot of lefties.

01:06Like so many times, we talk about, let's just say, the Baltimore Orioles.

01:09If they would present themselves against a right-handed pitcher with a lot of really good

01:11lefties to start the lineup, we don't have that for Kansas City.

01:14Now, let's take a look at Michael Lorenzen.

01:16You're a run-of-the-mill pitcher.

01:17He doesn't have terrible statistics on the year.

01:19You're 18th out of 30 pitchers coming into today, Ben, with a 4.39 XFIP number.

01:24It's not bad.

01:25However, take a look at what he's done in the past so far.

01:28168 batters he's faced.

01:30A combined ISO power number of 222 and a weighted-on-base percentage of 350.

01:35Elevated.

01:36If you look at lefty batters, they're elevated.

01:37Righty batters alike, elevated as well.

01:39Look at the first five batters in that lineup tonight for the Boston Red Sox.

01:43It's right into pitching in 2025.

01:45Every one of those guys, high ISO.

01:48Every one of those guys, high-weighted-on-base percentage.

01:50Durant, Devers, Bregman, Campbell, and Abreu.

01:52I do think the Red Sox win this game in Kauffman tonight.

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