Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates (8-23-24) MLB Game Predictions, Picks and Best Bets

[Music] 901 902 we've got Andrew Abbott my guy Andrew Abbot looks like Robin Y in my view I love Andrew Abbott and the Reds at plus 105 bayy falter and the Pirates at minus 115 total of eight and a half with some juice to the over at minus 115 Fez I went Red's double result Here Andrew abbit is one of those guys that gets out he's not going to go strike out 10 he's not going to throw a 100 he doesn't have nasty movement none of that but he just figures out a way to get out and this Red's lineup they might get started slow but when you put a mediocre righty out there against this Reds lineup where they're able they get Fredo back they get will Benson from the left side Ellie's much much better from the left side Ellie DEA Cruz by the way base runner the fifth player in major league history to have 20 home runs and 60 stolen bases in a season joining Eric Davis Joe Morgan Ricky Henderson and Ronald aunia quite the list for our boy Ellie Dela Cruz uh what do you think about this one feic division Rivals I'm taking my Reds am I going the wrong direction here so when I was growing up in Cincinnati we would always have a farmers night big in Cincinnati during the summertime and it appears my odds screen showing farmer is now pitching for Cincinnati is that just a did that just come up or is am I correct on that does that change anything Kyle oh that if it's not Andrew Abbot today did they change their pitcher because that would change things for me I still have you guys are both you guys are both correct I think they're going to use an opener according to my sources which is actually like that don't mind that job with this stuff by by the way guys Andrew Abbott's the the the uh they call it the primary some people call it the bulk guy so yeah you you can you can do what you want with that but so I think they they'll probably lead with farmer uh and one thing about Farmers like at least his last name is not Hunter uh because it would be Buck Hunter I think right no it's Kyle farmer there's a there's a buck farmer and a Kyle farmer Buck farmer Farmer had a good year a couple years ago he wasn't ter if his name was Buck Hunter like uh I don't I don't I don't think Peta would like that very much anyway you guys are both correct sorry to jump in but I I had to thank you very much yeah I you know I don't have anything on this game other than boy the Pirates they look like a dead team to me do they not were they were talking about them being you know a contender and now um when SK isn't pitching it's just four days of frowning right um so I I think that's a dead team yeah their offense is the offense is dead and the Reds offense is not they're still out there fighting they're young so again two pitchers who I'm not in love with uh bayy falter oh he is a lefty I think I think FAL is falter a lefty I can't remember he's a lefty so but I'll still I'm still back in the Reds here just mediocre better offense for the Reds I think it's pretty 50/50 I'll take the plus 175 on the Reds what does the base winner model say well it's an interesting thing because you know I have not liked this Andrew Abbott I hate that you know when you say oh all he does is just get out that means like he doesn't have any good stuff you know he his Advanced metrics suck but he's getting really lucky to me that's what it says but having said that I don't you know his metrics aren't so horrible I've got him like a League average pitcher and then falter uh he has falter he's actually a little bit better in my model right now it's 6% worse than average but throw it all together Kyle I the Reds actually have a little bit of value here I'm showing the Reds should be the favorite at minus 113 and my sources say that Pittsburgh is a favorite minus 112 is that is that correct Kyle yes yes that is that is correct I think I got that right I think you're on the right side but I want to get back to LA D the cruise because I'm so pissed off that the guy I'm so pissed off that the guy's not left-handed because then I could use the joke he wears a glove on his right hand like Michael Jackson does for no apparent reason and I just can't use that joke anymore because he's a crappy Fielder he's a crappy Fielder Cy he's a rangy Fielder with young hands he's still developing the touch he's a 22y old kid he's going to end up being probably the best defense once he gets it all together here with his speed and range and and arm ability he can throw guys out from anywhere on the diamond so I'm telling you just be patient with him he's got a little bit of stone hands right now I will when we're doing the show five years from now we'll we and know Kyle you were about to talk about how great he was going to be and as an Old School Big Red Machine I can tell you the underrated aspect of that great 70s team is Morgan and concepion were fantastic on the infield and Cesar gono roam the Outfield that was an outstanding defensive team at least you know up the middle sure yeah and Cesar gono there's a blast from the past I remember my first ever sports flicks card was uh concepion I used to love Dave concepion he was my I loved all the concepion I loved the name I loved the sports flick cards uh for purposes of this show I'm locking in the Red's double result here I'm gonna back my guy Andrew Abbott and I'm gonna take that at plus 175 in the chat box saying he does have a Canon he threw one from short to first like 111 miles hour beat something crazy beat up I mean he's he's like a typical young guy can't control his Cannon yet he can't control his Cannon yet you know sometimes it fires early or it fires wild you know what are you going to do uh but again Red's double result plus 175 let's [Music]