00:00Brandon Fox and Chris Sale, I think, should be a fascinating one.
00:04I saw this one opened up about eight.
00:06It was bet up to eight and a half there, Craig.
00:09And I'm going, where are the runs coming here, too?
00:13But I give Fox, he doesn't strike out as many guys as he did.
00:17But he's giving up weak contact.
00:19And he's pitching well.
00:21But Chris Sale in Atlanta, man, that's always a tough goal.
00:25But where are the runs coming from here in this one?
00:28Yeah, I don't think there'll be a lot.
00:31But look, I mean, Chris Sale is one of those guys that's battle-tested in August.
00:35And a rare pitcher that goes deep, goes 200 innings in a season.
00:40I'm not going to fade that.
00:41I think Arizona has a chance to win the next two games, as a matter of fact, in the series.
00:45But not tonight.
00:45I am not going to take the Diamondbacks in this one.
00:49I would take Atlanta.
00:50And again, Atlanta doesn't have a ton of lefty bats.
00:54Matt Olsen will be the one that Fott will have to be careful with tonight.
00:57But, you know, it could be 2-0.
01:00I mean, it could be 3-1.
01:01I would not fade Chris Sale.
01:05There's a lot of guys, including Zach Wheeler, including Paul Skeens, that is seemingly, you know, pulling back a little
01:11bit.
01:12Maybe getting tired, whatever.
01:13Sale's not one of those guys, Joe.
01:15Sale is surging right to the end.
01:16No.
01:17So, and he's fired up after what happened last game with all the arguing and stuff.
01:21I can't do it.
01:23I can't make a case on Arizona tonight.
01:26Got to take Atlanta.
01:2825 and two-thirds straight innings without allowing an earned run, Brendan Fott.
01:34So, and when I tell you he has come a long way for a guy to, he's not sale.
01:38He's not missing bats.
01:40But he's got eight straight starts of two runs or fewer since he came off that.
01:44You know, they sent him down to work a little something there at AAA.
01:48And then he comes back, and he's 6-0 there with a 1.32 ERA.
01:53And again, 25 and two-thirds.
01:55I love Atlanta's lot.
01:57But where are the runs coming from?
01:59I'm thinking, heck no.
02:01I didn't know that.
02:01We got an under.
02:02Yeah, he's been really, really good since he's returned here.
02:07And, I mean, listen, they're starting to get Riley hitting a little bit better now.
02:12Finally, Atlanta.
02:13I think they are gearing up for what is going to be another postseason run, which should shock
02:19none of us here.
02:20But they've got some interesting schedule also coming up over the next couple of weeks.
02:25But the bottom line is, Atlanta, to me, I don't think Philly's good.
02:29Yeah, I think Atlanta's locked.
02:30I think the Dodgers are locked.
02:32I think the Brewers are locked in.
02:35And then after that, it's okay, because some of these teams, I'm not a big believer on at
02:43all here.
02:44I do not.
02:45Certainly, the American League we talked about, right?
02:47I don't think anybody is buying.
02:50Yeah.
02:52Is Tampa Bay going to win a playoff series?
02:55They're in the playoffs.
02:57I don't know.
02:58That I can't say.
02:59I don't know.
02:59But they're in the playoffs.
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