Chicago Cubs Look for Revenge in Game 2 vs. Cardinals Tuesday

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00:00Tonight, DRS, game number two in the loom.

00:03Chicago, an ever-so-slight road favorite, minus 118.

00:06Now, that updated number on the FanDuel Sportsbook

00:08over-understands at nine.

00:10We got the double digits last night in St. Louis.

00:13Are we going to see more offense tonight under the arch?

00:17Yeah, 90-degree temperatures again at first pitch.

00:19And keep in mind, it's not even a day game.

00:20It's a night game, 745 Eastern start here.

00:2390-degree temperatures, light winds blowing out to left center field.

00:25You have to like that.

00:26You take a look at Michael McGreevy.

00:27Not a lot of information on him on this season.

00:30Only 65 total batters.

00:31But if you can sort of take a look at those numbers,

00:33he does do very well against right-handed batters,

00:36but doesn't do very well against left-handed batters.

00:39And that's a problem.

00:40If we look at McGreevy on the season, only 11, excuse me,

00:42the last 30 days, let's just go with that.

00:4311 innings pitch.

00:44He's got a 4.09 ERA, which isn't a total disaster,

00:48but a much better XFIP number of 3.27.

00:51But how about this?

00:51Like, if lefty is the angle you want to play tonight,

00:53maybe it's a team total for the Cubs that you might want to check into,

00:56but just RBI hunting, here's where your sense is going to come from.

00:59Ian Happ is a switch hitter.

01:01Of course, he's going to bat lefty tonight.

01:02His last 79 at-bats going up against right-handed pitching,

01:05a 3.13 ISO and a 3.94 weighted on base percentage.

01:09How about Kyle Tucker?

01:10His last 64 played appearances against right-handed pitchers,

01:13a 2.31 ISO and a 4.29 weighted on base percentage.

01:16He also will bat from the left-hand side.

01:18Our guy, Pete Crow Armstrong,

01:20his last 69 at-bats going up against right-handed pitching,

01:22a 2.97 ISO and a 3.93 weighted on base percentage.

01:25And then also another guy with a lot of power in that lineup,

01:28left-handed batter, Michael Bush.

01:29His last 69 appearances against right-handed pitching,

01:32a 3.44 ISO and a 4.84 weighted on base percentage.

01:36So from a Cubs perspective,

01:37do I think there's a legitimate chance they win tonight?

01:39Of course they do.

01:40But if I'm just looking from an RBI,

01:42I'm probably looking at saying,

01:43if you take those four left-handed batters,

01:46two of those guys at least probably going to get RBI looks tonight,

01:49and that's all you can ask for.

01:50If you go over to St. Louis,

01:51red hot last night at the plate,

01:52as Ben, you pointed out,

01:53four home runs yesterday.

01:55Maybe that continues today.

01:56Jamison Tyone, not a great pitcher this season,

01:58particularly over the past 30 days.

02:0030 innings pitched over those 30 days.

02:02He's got a decent ERA of 3.30,

02:04a slightly higher XFIP of 3.91.

02:06So I do like the Cubs' perspective from pitching and hitting,

02:09but I don't know if I would lay just the money line.

02:11I would look at the RBI props from the left-handed batters tonight

02:14for the Chicago Cubs.

02:15I think that's the best way to make some money.

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