Cubs vs. Yankees: Imanaga Faces Warren in MLB Clash

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00:00Bronx Bombers here. The AL East versus the NL Central. That's 923, 924, a 135 start. The Chicago

00:07Cubs are starting Shota Imanaga, the left-handed pitcher, going up against Will Warren. This line

00:12again opened up overnight right around that pick-em, minus 120 to minus 125s. We're now

00:16seeing it a little bit higher in the favor of the Yankees here, Tom, at a 130 price, a total that's

00:21listed at nine. Up in the Bronx, a 5-2 finish yesterday. Good performance by the Cubbies.

00:26Can they back it up today again? They certainly can, and this is the type of pitcher

00:31with Imanaga that can certainly, you know, stifle the Yankees' bats who have been hot as of late,

00:35despite the fact that they weren't winning games. They're on a streak of score, or they were on a

00:39streak prior to yesterday, of scoring five-plus runs in 10 straight games, I believe it was. So

00:43they were scoring even though they weren't winning every game. You know, when it comes to Will Warren,

00:47like a 28% strikeout rate is absolutely unbelievable, but when you couple that with a

00:5210.4% walk rate, that drives up his pitch count, and he won't always be in a spot to kind of flex

00:57that strikeout rate, especially going up against a powerful lineup such as the Cubs. So when we look

01:02at things overall, I think Imanaga, if he can get back to some of the form that he was last season,

01:07keeping the ball down, even though the strikeouts won't be super high, he can duel Will Warren

01:12and actually expect the under to come during this game, and I don't mind taking a shot on the Cubs

01:15simply because they're plus money. I would take a shot on the Cubs pregame and then look to back

01:20the Yankees in-game at a number that's closer to even money.