Atlanta vs. Philadelphia Preview: In-Depth MLB Matchup Preview

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00:00Tuesday evening at the bank in the city of brotherly love ranger suarez gets the nod

00:04for philadelphia spencer strider on the other side and start number two after his return once

00:10again from the il for atlanta it is basically a pick-em right now drs minus 112 in favor of the

00:17fills on that money line price minus 104 the updated numbers on the braves on the other side

00:23over understands at eight and a half you talked about how critical this series is really for both

00:28sides philadelphia 34 and 19 best record in the division best record in the national league the

00:34atlanta braves after an 0 and 7 start still two games sub 500 25 and 27 it's early it's barely the

00:42end of may but still a lot of ground to be made up for atlanta both in playoff consideration and

00:47certainly in this division what do you expect in this critical series starting with game number one

00:52that's a key question right because you're taking a look here at spencer strider statistics and your

00:56news you want to lean on and say oh he's a great pitcher there's a lot you know innings wise here

01:00we don't have that so far only 40 batters total faced on the season and it hasn't been all that

01:04impressive particularly from right-handed batters but we're talking about 16 total in the season

01:08one thing they like about the philadelphia phillies they've really woken up at the plate you take a

01:12look at above average weighted on base percentages coming into tonight it's trey turner it's price

01:16harper it's kyle schwarber it's jt ramuto alec bohm and also brandon marsh and also they are at home

01:2168 degree temperatures wind blowing out close to double digits from center field so

01:25a pretty good hitting night in philadelphia however then you go up again which ranger suarez

01:29on the season 72 total batters he's faced because he came off the il as well take a look at this

01:34an 075 iso against and a weighted on base percentage of 267 a high k rate and a super low walk rate that

01:41really works in the phillies direction then you take a look at that lineup here for the atlanta braves

01:45over the past 30 days marcelo zuna matt olson and sean murphy above average iso slash weighted on base

01:51percentages but the rest of the lineup has really struggled so far i still give the advantage towards

01:56the philadelphia phillies pedigree pitching wise you expect strider to have a good night and yes the

02:00braves absolutely need this but it really doesn't check out all that much i lean towards the philadelphia

02:04phillies tonight but it's a tough one suarez we know has come back pretty decent strider coming back

02:09we're not so sure about i'll give the edge to the philadelphia phillies tonight at home