Yankees vs. Cubs: Which Club Heads to the Break with Momemtum?

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00:00we start in new york the yankees a sweep of the seattle mariners this week they desperately needed

00:06to turn things around they have now won four straight after dropping six in a row playing a

00:12lot better baseball carlos rodon on the bump tonight is that chris flexing still throwing

00:18flexing on an mlb for the chicago cubs minus 188 to price the rs in favor of the pinstripes the

00:27over under stands at nine the cubbies avoid the sweep yesterday in minneapolis they now travel

00:32to the bronx pete crowe armstrong sensational for the cubbies yesterday aaron judge the walk-off rbi

00:39sack fly winner in the 10th inning what do you like today to start this weekend set a marquee matchup

00:46in the bronx oh you got that tough analytical like edge that you say yeah i don't know if i want to

00:51walk over because i just might fall off for today because chris flexing is on the mound you say to

00:55yourself okay last 60 days not a ton of batters that he's faced but his era ben here as i look at

01:00it is 0.98 you like to see that now let's go over his sub some other statistical numbers for him

01:07last 58 batters ben what if i told you his iso against his 109 whoo like that wait on base percentage

01:12231 against oh man this might be the guy you need here's where he gets in trouble his strikeout

01:18percentage on the season 13 you go into the bronx you play baseball with 80 degree temperatures you

01:24don't strike guys out those balls tend to end up in the seats here jason dominguez aaron judge

01:29jian carlos stanton jazz chisholm austin wells really nice numbers here with iso power against

01:34right-handed pitching that'll be a struggle for him to get guys out with chris flexing but again

01:39the struggle that i say is hey his numbers look good but his analytics say the ball is going to be

01:44in play that's usually not a good sign now check out chicago usually take a look at chicago's lineup

01:48and say let me just focus on the first three to four batters in that lineup and whatever i get

01:52from the bottom guys is going to be a plus carlos rodon's a left-handed pitcher i look at his

01:57statistics over the past 60 days they're decent are they burning it up not necessarily but how about

02:03this you look at him as a lefty pitcher he gets lefties out left and right fantastic right-handed

02:08batters are different stories last 90 batters ben take a look at a low k percentage of only 16 percent

02:13a walk rate of 11 percent in iso against of 269 a weighted on base percentage against of 392

02:20but as i said how about the first couple guys in that lineup you know the ian haps the kyle tuckers

02:24and the seo suzuki's who've all been very good they're not good against lefties but how about this

02:29starting with p crow armstrong 229 iso against stanzie swanson 276 carson kelly 250 nico horner 292

02:37justin turner 400 so if you get anything out of the first three guys which is usually the guys that you

02:42lean on and then start with p crow armstrong maybe you get something sneaky here i look at that plus

02:47150 price and say you know what i like that price point because it's the cubs at a good number and if

02:53you can get flexing just to say hey buddy give me four innings one or two earned runs and you're in it

02:59at a plus 150 number why not operate that well obviously rodon's a much better pitcher don't get me

03:04wrong but flexing's numbers say can he just be slippery for one more game ben pca yesterday drs

03:12two home runs three rbis for the cubbies he's got 25 long balls 27 stolen bases 70 rbis the only player

03:21in mlb history and crow armstrong is only 23 to have 25 homers 25 stolen bases and 70 rbis

03:29ahead of the all-star break and he's got three games to add on

03:34you