MLB NL West Update: Overall Team Dynamics & Playoff Odds

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00:00You take a look at Shohei Lutani, obviously going to be that lightning bolt, the leadoff hitter here,

00:03starting to throw bullpen sessions right now. When is he going to return to the mound?

00:07You got Teoscar Hernandez back in that lineup now after injury.

00:10It is a deep and talented one through nine, but it seems like the thing that creeps up every year, Tom,

00:15is that starting pitching staff going to be healthy when it matters most here.

00:18As they sit in first place, just ahead of the San Francisco Giants, the San Diego Padres,

00:22and the Arizona Diamondbacks, all four of those teams lumped up.

00:25And then there's those Colorado Rockies who are actually picking up some wins as of late here.

00:31If you are trying to get to that, I should say the century mark, might as well be the century mark to score it,

00:36to get 10, excuse me, wins in a single Major League Baseball season before we hit the month of June.

00:41But talk about the Giants, the Padres, and the Diamondbacks here,

00:44and their chances to chase down the Los Angeles Dodgers.

00:48Chase down and matching wins or be close to them, sure, but the odds will never reflect that,

00:53which we can certainly get to later.

00:55It's been an interesting week, week and a half in the NL West where the Diamondbacks are on a bit of a losing streak.

01:01The Padres got swept last weekend by the Mariners.

01:04Then they got swept by the Blue Jays when they were on the road.

01:06So we take this big step back from the Padres.

01:08A couple weeks ago, the Giants were struggling.

01:10Now they've kind of found their level.

01:11Now they're back to it.

01:12So we have these teams, again, juggling four position, two losses here,

01:16drops you down from second to fourth, a couple wins will jump you right back up.

01:20So I love this division.

01:21I think it is super, super fun outside of the Dodgers and outside of the Rockies.

01:25Like these three other teams are great.

01:27We have good hitters.

01:28We have good pitching.

01:29You have the pieces that you want from a real-life baseball perspective.

01:32And then betting.

01:33We have great hitters on all teams that we go to day in and day out.

01:36We have great hitters.