Astros Sweep Dodgers, Look to Keep Rolling vs. Guardians

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00:00Maybe the hottest team in baseball today outside of the Blue Jays in terms of the last month

00:05and a half, that being the Houston Astros, who swept the Dodgers in Los Angeles this

00:10weekend.

00:10And since the beginning of June, 24-8, the best record in the bigs for the Stros.

00:17Today, they are a home favorite at minus 136 against a Cleveland team, again, that has

00:22dropped 10 consecutive games.

00:24Total seven and a half.

00:26What's the play in H-Town?

00:27Yeah, I tell you, like back in the day, you've watched the Chappelle show, right?

00:30Dave Chappelle showed up at the players' ball and go, you look bombed out and depleted.

00:35That's the lineup here for the Guardians.

00:36This is supposed to be a much better Cleveland Guardians team that we saw in the beginning.

00:40Hey, you know what?

00:41They got a lot of switch hitters in this lineup, some power here.

00:44They should always challenge for this division.

00:46This team flat out stinks.

00:47And like, whoever thought Stephen Kwan would be a terrible hitter?

00:50Like, the guy used to be always plug and play.

00:52You need a base hit?

00:53Just take Kwan.

00:54If he gets five plate appearances, it's automatically at least one base hit, if not two or three.

00:59He can't hit left-handed pitching.

01:01The only guy in the lineup that can hit left-handed pitching, it's Carlos Santana.

01:05Everybody else, terrible ISO power numbers, terrible weighted on base percentages.

01:10And it's Colton Gordon I'm showing on the mound here, who's not even a great pitcher.

01:1484-degree temperatures.

01:15You like to see that light wind blowing out.

01:18Now, here's the issue.

01:19It's Houston.

01:20Like, you saw the soccer game last night.

01:22I mean, come on now.

01:22We don't have the roof open.

01:24We just let the smoke from the pyrotechnics be there the entire game.

01:27Open the roof in Houston.

01:29We're only in the mid-80s tonight.

01:31The reason I say that is Tanner Bybee has been a good pitcher this year.

01:34Not great, but his last 30 days have been better than the opening parts of the season.

01:38But this lineup is just starting to come around for the Houston Astros in this spot.

01:42If you're just asking me, pitcher versus pitcher.

01:45Yes, Bybee is a better pitcher.

01:46But that lineup is dead in the water for the Guardians and a hot Houston team.

01:51Do I love the minus 160, let's just call it here, as a favorite for them?

01:55Not necessarily.

01:56But if they do win this ballgame, they're going to have to put up some runs on Bybee.

01:59Maybe a team two to look like.

02:01Because Paredes, Myers, Atuve, Smith, Walker, all really high.

02:05Weighted on base percentages against right-handed pitching.

02:08Sometimes just ride the streak.

02:09I don't trust Cleveland.

02:10I don't care what type of pitching situation they're going up against.

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