Tarik Skubal's Season Dominance: Faces Mariners Tonight

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00:00The best pitcher, though, in Major League Baseball,

00:02certainly in the American League right now, that's Tarek Skubal.

00:05His last two outings, DRS, seven innings of work in both.

00:09He has allowed a total of four hits in those two starts.

00:13Not a single earned run with a total of 23 Ks.

00:17He is 10-2.

00:19The Tigers have won 12 of his last 13 starts.

00:22In Detroit, a minus 240 favorite tonight in Motown

00:26against the Seattle Mariners,

00:28who swept the Pirates over the weekend at home

00:30and then were swept during the midweek by the Yankees in the Bronx.

00:34What do you like tonight in Detroit?

00:37You do not want to face aces in the final series before the All-Star break.

00:42And I say, well, wow, you don't want to face them anytime.

00:44Yeah, understandably.

00:45But let's talk about like a Detroit mindset right now

00:47because Tarek Skubal is the best pitcher, let's just say, in Major League Baseball.

00:51And you're saying today that he has 98 pitches in the seventh inning

00:54and is doing well.

00:55And they go up, got to bring him out five days.

00:56He said, no, he doesn't.

00:57No, he doesn't.

00:58You go, these three games, you have an entire week off.

01:01He's going to get extended rest.

01:03Now, that doesn't mean it's a license to abuse Tarek Skubal

01:06and say he can go buck 40 tonight and do a complete game

01:08regardless of the circumstances.

01:10But if we're looking at an extra 10 pitches to get you through an inning

01:13or an extra half inning, this might be the game to do it

01:16because you look at Seattle.

01:18Yeah, we like them.

01:19They're a good team.

01:19Skubal's on a different level.

01:20You think he's going to shut it down.

01:21By the way, Luis Castillo on the other side,

01:23he's got pretty good numbers over the past 60 days.

01:25But he does get hit by lefty.

01:27So if you're looking for RBI props, Cole Keith is in there.

01:29Wenzel Perez, Riley Green, Zach McKinstry.

01:32You get the point on those.

01:33But I look at that total, Ben, and I just want to keep it simple.

01:36Do I think Detroit wins?

01:38Yes.

01:38Do I want to pay that price $2.25?

01:40No, I don't.

01:41But understand this.

01:42Getting to eight runs, which means both of these pitchers

01:44giving up probably three runs over six innings,

01:47I don't think that's happening here.

01:49This game screams, once again, four to three or less.

01:52And I'll take my chances, we don't get to eight runs

01:55with a couple of left-handed RBI out of the Detroit Tigers.

01:59DRS, that total of seven feels like a May number,

02:02not the middle of July.

02:03But I think it speaks to the strength, of course,

02:06of tonight's pitching matchup in Motown.

02:09Our second game of a four-game set to end out the first half

02:12before the All-Star break between divisional foes.

02:15Red Sox and Rays tonight in Boston in Fenway.

02:19Line is flipped.

02:19The Sox now an ever-so-slight favorite at home.

02:22They rallied last night to win 4-3 against Tampa.

02:25Total is nine.

02:26We can hit on it more, DRS, on the other side of the break.

02:29But what is your early look for this second game in Beantown?

02:32Maybe we wake up on offense because the runners in scoring position

02:35certainly weren't helping out yesterday.

02:37But you take a look at 76 degrees now,

02:39up about 10 degrees of what we saw last night.

02:42When that ballpark gets warm, you used to get hits.

02:44And also, quickly on Hunter Dobbins, really good numbers,

02:47but he also walks too many guys and doesn't strike guys out.

02:51That'll get you in trouble.

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