Tigers Favored in Windy Chicago Clash: Flaherty vs. Cannon

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00:00So with the Tigers sending out Jack Flaherty on the bump on the south side of Chicago,

00:05Detroit is a road favorite of greater than two bills. Minus 205, that updated number now

00:11in favor of the Tigers. How do you see that game playing out tonight in Chicago?

00:16It should be a Tigers win and also understand that we're playing in Chicago. It is windy,

00:20it's blowing in nine miles per hour, but how about this 80 degrees at first pitch,

00:23something that you certainly like to see. The one thing we look at Jonathan Cannon,

00:27the last four starts have all been on the road and the last two haven't been very good.

00:31Gave up, went five innings, gave up four runs, three of those earned,

00:34followed by five and a two-third innings pitched here, giving up five earned runs in that game.

00:37But this is a home game and maybe a chance to bounce back. But here's the issue,

00:41like left-handed bats, which we love for Detroit, might be a little bit tougher hitting the home run,

00:45but Kerry Carpenter, Colt Keith, Riley Green, you know, Wensiel Perez,

00:48who's a switcher to bat from the left-hand side tonight, all really good numbers.

00:52Like if you look at the first seven batters anticipating the lineup tonight,

00:54at all exciting, weighted on base percentages against right-handed pitching over the past 30 days,

00:59that certainly bodes well. But then as you take a look at the Chicago White Sox,

01:02the issue is not really like they can't be competitive, they're just not good enough.

01:06You know, you have Talkman and Vargas in the middle of that lineup putting up decent statistics here.

01:10Sosa and Palacios, decent weighted on base percentages here.

01:13I would actually love to take an over, but just with that wind blowing in,

01:16it makes it a little bit tougher.

01:18Flaherty, however, has given up the majority of his damage from the left-hand side.

01:22You look at the lefties in the lineup tonight, really only Mike Talkman shines.

01:26So, once again, Detroit is the better team.

01:28Detroit's going to have the better pitcher on the mound,

01:30and that's the way outside, even with that high price point in Chicago today.