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Seattle Mariners Face Houston Astros in Key Divisional Game
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5/24/2025
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all right Seattle Mariners on the road tonight in Houston against the Astros in AOS rivalry
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and a divisional duel the nightcap of our nine game slate on this Thursday DRS good news for
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Seattle welcome back George Kirby making his season debut another talented arm in that Mariners
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starting staff makes his season debut tonight in Seattle a road favorite tonight against the
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Astros Lance McCullers on the other side for Houston eight and a half is that total what do
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you like here take a look at Lance McCullers I don't like anything that I'm seeing out of him
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this is one of the young up-and-coming pitchers of the past couple years that we thought maybe
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would be on a trajectory to be a hall of fame type pitcher but injuries really have derailed his
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career and you take a look at only 45 batters that he's faced this season how about a 143 iso which
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isn't all that bad but a 397 weighted on base percentage and lefty batters getting the best
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to him to a 235 iso and a weighted on base percentage of 378 the reason why we bring up
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those lefty batters in the lineup JP Crawford's last month a 371 weighted on base percentage
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Jorge Polanco 436 weighted on base percentage Cal Raleigh 377 weighted on base percentage with a couple
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of those guys including Rowdy Tellez with high iso power numbers against to shame we don't have the
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roof open in Houston because 86 degree temperatures like a little wind blowing out the left field into
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those Crawford boxes would have been great we don't know technically what we're getting out of
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Kirby but I got a feeling what we're getting out of Lance McCullers and it isn't necessarily going to
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be very good by far give me the Mariners minus 130 price I'll take that and maybe a couple RBI shots
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here from Jorge Polanco and Cal Raleigh to mix in some plus money I just can't take Lance McCullers
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Ben I can't do it yeah DRS it is such a good point when the Astros were making their playoff runs he was
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kind of that up-and-coming guy that was sensational during the playoffs but to your point some injuries
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have kind of derailed his career at least at its peak to this stage the Seattle Mariners DRS in that
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top spot in the American League West 28 and 20 they won their midweek set taking two of three against
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the White Sox as everybody should Seattle playing pretty good baseball in the only team that is more
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than two games above 500 28 and 23 and a half games in front of Houston the Astros the second best
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record in the American League West 25 and 24 the Astros have been basically a 500 team the entirety
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of this season and they're opening 49 games they have never been better than three games above 500
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that was their peak by the way earlier this week before dropping the final two games of their
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midweek set on the road in Tampa against the Rays but the Strohs have also never been worse than two
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games below 500 important divisional rivalry starting this weekend with a four-game set in Houston DRS
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let's get to the series finale between the New York Yankees and another American League West team
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that would be the Texas Rangers this series coming to a close with some early day baseball
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I wonder if they get this one in up in the Bronx the Yankees greater than a dollar and a half
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favorite today at home against Texas total at seven weather is miserable here today in the greater New
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York City area minus 156 for what should be on paper a good pitching matchup Carlos Rodon for the
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pinstripes Nathan of all the on the other side for the Rangers low 50s rain double digit win blowing
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in from right field a lot of similarities been that we saw last night in the Bronx where I really like
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the under and I love the solo home run as they walk up by Dominguez because that was a four to
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three final in a seven and a half total game that goes to extras there's no way you're going to end
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up winning that game so that was a good one yesterday Nathan Evaldi just might be the best
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pitcher on the card take a look at his last 30 days by the way analytically 30 and two-thirds
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innings pitched how about an ERA of 0.59 and an XFIP number the best on the card of the past month
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starting today at 2.54 you look at his 114 batters that he's faced in 037 ISO and a weighted on base
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percentage of 190 Evaldi has been tremendous but also understand this the New York Yankees
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bats against right into pitching for the past month they have been sensational as well take
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away vivas and Paul Goldschmidt everybody high ISO power numbers high weighted on base percentage but
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in this type of atmosphere meaning low 50s rain and cooler conditions with the wind blowing in
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advantage Nathan Evaldi now on the opposite side Carlos Rodon why do we also like yesterday Ryan
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Yarbo's not a great pitcher but he's a left-handed pitcher and the one thing I told you yesterday is
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Texas doesn't hit left-handed pitching all that well same guys Langford and Jung positive numbers
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everybody else brutal this game screams another under in the Bronx if we even get it to play
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