Originally Posted by Sanlmar
Cubs (Cade Horton) F5 -105 vs ATL (Strider).
Strider recently not as awful as he’s been post surgery. He’s not the same guy
Cubs offensively challenged. Just need one run of Cubs offense. Horton only allowed like 4 runs in 42 innings.
I like the price
I expect CLV by first pitch.
winner, winner, ty.
Meant to bet that Cade Horton one, but forgot. I'd be a hypocrite if I turned it down, after all the pumping of Horton I did.
Horton -130 on DK to be ROY
Honestly my best prop pick of all time. I'm no Daly, so when I find one of these I'm proud, and it wasn't just a shot in the dark either.
Too bad I'm probably going 0-2 today in MLB unless either the Cards or Dbacks can come back from down 5-3 late.
Drift’s other boy pitching for Phillies tonight against KC
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...phillies-debut
“ Walker Buehler can't wait to return to the major leagues Friday, when he'll take the ball for the Philadelphia Phillies for the first game of a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals.”
I have to think if the Tigers played the first 5 Inn 100 times tonight they would win 70+ of them with Skubal on the bump.
Cant figure the -180 price.
i'm at -200.
That’s a insta bet on a mistake line
Rec books had F5 at -230 which is 70%.
Oct 7th NHL seems like a lifetime away without wagering
How bad are the Padres?
They are still in second place in the NL West
Dodgers are 28-32 since July 1
2024 Dodgers bullpen: No closer, low budget, constantly throwing up zeroes
2025 Dodgers bullpen: Expensive disaster with multiple closers who all suck
Mookie, I’m sorry.
I said some hurtful things about you at short. Maybe I was just mad that you are bailing out Friedman’s continuing shortstop disaster from a front office perspective. Your boss had absolutely no solution but to take a guy who never played short and plug him in.
I could make an argument you are the Dodgers MVP and mean it. The real ones know. We’ll agree not to embarrass Shohei and the marketing department.
We will learn the truth next month won’t we?
While you’re in an apologetic mood, how about saying you’re sorry to Yamamoto, too?
Guess who’s a half game behind the Mets for wildcard #3?
Guess who will see the Dodgers in round 1 if they finish in the #3 WC spot?
Dodgers now 6 back of Phillies, will have to sweep all 3 heads-up this week to have any shot at #2 seed. Phillies end with Marlins and Twins at home.
Even with multiple starters (Turner, Bohm, Wheeler) on IR they are still winning. Harrison Bader and Jhoan Duran make the Phillies the easy deadline winner at this point.
But their history the last 3 postseasons with bars going cold is always a concern .
Phillies pitching lineup against Dodgers, their Big 3 with Wheeler out and Nola not himself in 25.
Ranger Suarez 12 - 6 W-L, 2.77 ERA, 140 SO, 1.15 WHIP
Christopher Sanchez 13 - 5 W-L, 2.57 ERA, 192 SO, 1.11 WHIP
Jesus Luzardo 14 - 6 W-L, 4.03 ERA, 200 SO, 1.26 WHIP
Note Suarez is a Free Agent this offseason and should get a big deal from someone, maybe LA. Phillies aren’t expected to be a player to retain him with their high payroll already plus the need to try and resign Schwarber & Realmuto. Top 10 prospect in baseball Andrew Painter is his expected replacement.
Painter has been a "top prospect" forever, since he blew out his arm. I'm skeptical. He's by no means a can't-miss guy like Paul Skenes was.
But yes, this is a good rotation to face the Dodgers, and you're going to miss Yamamoto, who has been super dominant lately.
Monday is undecided, Tuesday is Sheehan, Wednesday is Snell.
Speaking of free agency, I wonder if Schwarber will leave. Probably will, as I imagine a lot of teams will break open the piggy bank for him, even though he's only a DH and usually doesn't hit for average. His age will hold back any really long term contract though.
Painter is absolutely no Skenes, but honestly who is?
As for Schwarber I believe he will be back in Philly. At his age and realizing he’s only a DH (horrible in LF) he’s limited in options. He appears to love Philly and all reports are they want to keep him. I expect him to test the market and they match the top offer. With a raise from the $20m annual he played the past 4 with Philly on.
But if Philly loses quickly again in the playoffs it will be interesting, Nick Castellanos won’t be back but they will have to eat a decent portion of the $20m he’s owed for next year to trade him. Justin Crawford (Carl’s son) seems ready to come up after another decent ML season.
Jose Alvarado probably won’t get his $9m option picked up after the suspension and injury with Duran under team control for 2 more seasons. A few other salaries like Romano (flop) come off the books.
Dodgers (240m) vs Phillies(186m) 2026 top obligations. Both have a few regrets on there.
Phillies still stuck with the horrible Walker contract at $18m and who knows what kind of pitcher Wheeler will be after the blood clot issues. Bader will test the market.
Dodgers stuck with Glasgow and Shell along with a couple others.
Dombrowski > Friedman
Dombrowski has a longer more accomplished career having rebuilt several teams. His sometimes reckless spending is similar to Friedman.
I do have a soft spot for Dumbo’s Boston Championship. He was given a single mission by ownership to get another Championship. He wrote checks and he got the ring. Then he was sacked
Neither is going to be knighted for service to the crown
*******
Yamamoto has been leaps and bounds better last 5 games. Most often for naught. His failure against Brewers is an important black mark. Foreshadowing?
After last night, Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the first pitcher in the modern era (since 1901) to be winless over a 3-start span despite having 30+ strikeouts and fewer than 10 baserunners allowed (H, BB, HBP) over those outings.
Brutal.
Yamamoto has overall been excellent this year.
His one recent black mark was the bad game against Anaheim on August 11, but sometimes pitchers just don't have it. Even Skenes had a poor start last month.
The sad thing is that the Dodgers' bedshitting allowed the Phillies to get way past them, so their requirement to play the wildcard round as division champion (for the first time since that round was invented) is now reality.
Even worse, there's a good chance it will be against the Giants, who are both hot recently and obviously detest the Dodgers and will be playing with motivation.
I hope they end up facing the listless Mets or can't-get-much-over-.500 Reds, but I'm guessing it will be the Giants.
A Giants NL championship future wouldn't be a bad bet right now, if the odds are long enough.
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