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Feb 20, 2026
A Numbers Game | February 20, 2026 | Hour 3
A Numbers Game | February 20, 2026 | Hour 3
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[upbeat rock music] The numbers told the story, they always do. He's one of those idiots who believe in analytics. This is a Numbers Game with Gil Alexander on VSiN.
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A Numbers Game here on VSiN, the sports betting network. Matt Brown in for Gil. One more hour, Gil back in here on Monday.
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Kelly Bidlin, our wonderful crew behind the glass, appreciate you guys making the last two weeks- Yeah... unbelievably fun and awesome here on the, uh, on the program. Appreciate all the hard- Danny Higgins...
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work, all of the stuff that you guys do. Really, really do appreciate all of that. As we look up and, uh, see what we, we're, we're t- our team, we're Team Finland, however, we, our lead got cut into here. We're 2-1 now.
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2-1 over in the Olympics- And the reason we're doing this-... on the ice... is because we're Team USA, so we're, that's why we're Team Finland.
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We're Team USA because we're Team Finland because we think that we would have an easier path through Finland than we would Canada. That's why we're Team Finland here on the desk. [smacks lips] Yes.
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2-1 Finland, live money line, Canada still favored, minus 145. Second period, five minutes to go. Uh, five and a half your live total, which also feels steep, uh, under minus 125. Can lay a goal and a half with Canada.
1:12
No, lay a goal in half now with Finland at plus 325. I will say, uh, Canada, as I look on the screen there and get the s- get the stats, they have, they have doubled up Finland on shots.
1:26
So they have twice as many shots as Finland does. So Finland running pretty pure 'cause they are, they've scored on 20% of their shots. They're two for 10. They only have 10 shots. Okay. They've got two goals. All right.
1:36
I think 20% shooting would be, like, awesome in hockey. It, it sounds good. Yeah. I don't really know, but it sounds good. It sounds like that would be amazing in hockey.
1:44
If you shoot 20% in hockey, I'm pretty sure you'd win every game.
1:47
I mean, the, uh, the other one I'm, uh, looking at, y- you know what, you know those things that we, we, we do with betting that you convince yourself, you just can't... Like, y- y- you convince...
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Some- something happens once, twice, and you just convince yourself it's always gonna happen. Once, twice. Three times. Three times a lady. Uh- You know that song? Yeah.
2:04
The, uh, you know, we got a tweet, what was it, on Thursday morning or Wednesday night about Aldrick Potgieter? Yeah.
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I, I swear, if you, if you are ever thinking about betting a golfer a- and you know I'm gonna say, "No, I don't like him," just tweet at me a- and I'll say, "No, I don't like him," and you're almost guaranteed to be up there on the leaderboard.
2:22
It's, I, I feel so bad how often people tweet me asking me about golfers, and I'm like, "Yeah, I just don't really like him this week." Yeah. And then they're like top five every time. He- here's the thing, though.
2:31
His... A- and it might not because variance is variance is variance, but his putter will eventually fail him. Is he, uh, putting lights out? I didn't even look at that. Yes.
2:41
He, he is putting very well, and he is a horrific putter. So his putter will eventually fail him. Yeah, fourth in the field in putting right now. Yeah. His putter will eventually fail him.
2:50
Aaron Rai, your, uh, putting leader [laughs]. That's what I'm saying. [laughs] Like, this leaderboard is a, it, it, it- Yeah... you cannot take what has happened away from these guys so far. Right.
3:00
Like, he is sitting six under, and Potgieter is sitting four under, and like, yes, you could bogey four holes and you're still even par, but- Oh my gosh, man... but we are getting some outlier performances right now.
3:12
There's a lot of bad putters, actually, that I'm looking at- That's what I'm saying... if, you know, money- We are getting outlier performances right now. Yeah. For sure. So just keep that in mind.
3:21
This leaderboard I think is gonna look a lot different come Sunday. H- Hideki Matsuyama, two under par and dead last in the field in strokes gained around the green. That doesn't sound right for Hideki. This is...
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I lo- I love, I love what a bad weather round could do to stats, just first round stats, right? 'Cause that's just not what Hideki does. Oh, Xander bogeyed
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on 18 to fall back to three, but that's, he finishes three under on his- Oh... on his open- Oh, boy. X gonna give it to you- The dreaded-... X gonna take it away sometimes...
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the dreaded three, three, the dreaded three putt. He had a 59-foot putt, still left it 12 feet away from the hole, and then missed the 12-footer. Who you got? Xander, Fleetwood, and... And Adam Scott.
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Adam Scott, that's right. Who I don't think is doing anything. Yeah, I need- Oh, no, he's, he's one under. Okay. And he hadn't started his second round. There you go.
4:09
I need- He might- I need a big round out of Hideki here. Need him to get in the mix. A homa top 20 would be nice. He's sitting T-25. And then a Morikawa top 10, and he's sitting T9. Yeah, you're looking better than me.
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That's for sure. We repeatedly, we repeatedly say that's how we like, that's how we keep the, the bank account. Oh, for sure.
4:30
Yeah, see, w- That's how you, that's how y- that's how you keep your, your bankroll in check here is the head-to-heads and the placements and the things and stuff like that.
4:37
Because I know we don't have to remind most people that watch this program, but some people refuse to, uh, want to completely soak in that only one person wins a golf tournament [laughs]. Yeah. Yeah.
4:48
G- g- outright odds- Even if it's only one out of 72. Yeah, outright odds are what they are for a reason. Usually it's one out of f- it's usually one out of 126 or one out of 144, so like, you know- Mm-hmm... one guy.
4:56
And that's just this year. Yeah. Yeah, u- but usually it was one out of 156. Yeah, it's just a, one of those things for me where I just, you know, I, I...
5:07
This golf season is going to be an interesting test for my, for my typical handicapping and handicapping performances because the gap between, the gap between all these players has shrunk so much- Mm-hmm... where
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all of these guys are so good- Mm-hmm...
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that I don't know that the edge we used to get on a week-to-week basis is going to be as pronounced as it has been in years past, because I think the gap between the very best player in the world and Scottie is definitely a gap, you know, then to Rory, and then Rory to a gap to whoever.
5:43
But then, like, your five to 35- Yeah... is almost like put them in a hat and, like, pull them. I mean, they're almost all the same dude.
5:52
Yeah, I can't speak for you, but I, I think my betting results over the past five years would kind of, uh, speak to that, too.
5:57
It's, yeah, we, like you said, me and you, especially when we first started doing this and leaning into it, had a couple really great years. We have leveled out a little bit more last year for me.
6:05
Yeah, well, the, your middle-of-the-pack guys, there were clear, there were clear better middle-of-the-pack guys than there were the lower level of the middle-of-the-pack guys, and now that's just not the case, right?
6:14
And Scheffler wasn't dominate. You know- Yeah... what, you couldn't give him six wins, seven wins a year, uh, you know.
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I mean, a, a hearkening back to three years ago, which again, the, the greatest golf betting season that'll ever happen will never happen again. Remember when everyone had nine outrights, right?
6:26
Remember when I hit, I hit Wyndham- Mm-hmm... twice at 70 plus. Yeah. Right? That was sick. But it was like he was priced at 70, but his, his game was so much better than the other guys priced at 70.
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Like, like, it, it, there was so much value on him- Yep... at those numbers, whatever. We don't get that anymore. Like, the guys at 30, they're all the same guy. Yeah, they're all around. Yeah.
6:48
You know, like they're all the same player. The guys in the 40s are basically all the same dude. There's no, there's no big separation in the tiers like there used to be.
6:57
Yeah, it's like the, uh, I mean, e- even just even these player profiles, right? It's the- Mm-hmm... "Hey, what's the difference between Xander Schauffele and a Collin Morikawa?" Like, not much. Yeah.
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Or Tommy Fleetwood and a Collin Morikawa. Not much, right? Like, they're not long off the tee. Yeah. Xander is better, I mean, I meant Fleetwood. Yes, yes. Fleetwood or Morikawa.
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It's like, yeah, you're not long off the tee, but okay, great on long approach, long approaches. Sure. Struggle with the putter sometimes. Fleetwood's better with it. Yeah, just kinda is what it is.
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But again, we'll keep, we'll keep going. Like I said, maybe I'm just l- gonna lean way, way, way, way, way heavier into placement markets than I have in years past. You know, maybe that's just the adjustment I make.
7:29
I started do- I started doing that more last year. Hmm. But then it's, you know, you need multiple years of data to kinda go off of to, to, for your betting, right? Like, like it, it's...
7:37
I actually love this conversation, man. 'Cause that was, I've dialed back outright bets significantly last year and was doing that more. Mm-hmm.
7:45
And you know, the one thing that we, we talk about often, okay, those top 20s and match-ups and everything, they help carry your bankroll.
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But like, you know what also is nice, is a huge spike in your bankroll with an outright win. Mm-hmm.
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So it's like when you're dialing back how much you're b- how much you're b- how many outright bets you're making, then it's har- You obviously decrease your chances of hitting them. Right, exactly. Yeah.
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And it's harder to factor at the end of the year- Mm-hmm... how much of your outrights, you know, are you doing that right? Are you do- or is it doing that wrong? Mm-hmm.
8:09
So I'm kinda doing the same thing again this year, and I'm like you, I'm kinda interested to see how this pans out. The AL West is a division where the Mariners are gonna be your favorite at plus 110.
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They come back with a pretty good lineup and an awesome rotation, and that's really the differentiator here in this division between them and everybody else, which is this Mariners squad is just absolutely loaded from a pitching standpoint.
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And that is why you're gonna find them as low as they are, and that, th- the, the, the batters are nothing to sneeze at, don't get me wrong.
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But when you're gonna roll out a rotation of Bryan Wu, Logan Gilbert, Luis Castillo, George Kirby, and Bryce Miller, I mean, that is the best 1 to 5 there is in all of baseball, and it's probably not even all of that, all that close.
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You got Andrés Muñóz as your closer, who is a lockdown closer as well. I mean, this is just as good as you're gonna get from a pitching staff, which is why this, this lineup won't have to score
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near as many runs as, as some of these other ones, because I think this pitching staff's gonna be so incredibly good. And because of that, I do have a bet on Muñóz to lead the majors in saves. Ooh, okay.
9:13
'Cause I do think that this team is going... You can see their win total's 89 and a half. Yeah. They're gonna win a lot of games, but I don't think that this lineup is one that's just gonna blow people out all the time.
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So I think Muñóz is gonna get a lot of opportunities to close games out, and so I took, that's the bet that I love the most, actually, in this division, is Muñóz- Oh, really?...
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is Muñóz to win, uh, to have the most saves in, in all of baseball, you know? Okay. I like that. I, it's not even, i- I don't wanna say it's a substitute for playing- Yeah...
9:38
like an over a win total, but it, you're obviously thinking that way if you're playing- Yeah... a guy to lead it, yeah, for saves, and then, yeah, the lineup, uh, factors in too.
9:46
Yeah, so I think that that one's super, super interesting to me. I am a little bit out on the Astros, as I said.
9:53
I'm a little bit out on the Rangers, as I said, as well, which is kind of like a de factos to the Mariners here for me in this division. Right, okay.
10:01
Uh, I, I don't really love any of these teams, like holistically, outside of the pitching rotation for the, for the Mariners. But boy, you just look at the, you look at what you're gonna get.
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If you, if you look at this Rangers team and you're like, you got a hit on deGrom again. Like deGrom stayed healthy last year for the first time in like a decade. Mm-hmm.
10:18
You know, you got a hit on him staying healthy again in his age 38 season. Not likely, right? Nate Eovaldi is entering his age 36 season. You need him to stay healthy with all of that.
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Jack Leiter came up in your huge prospect, but then he got injured, 'cause he's a guy that throws 98 miles an hour and people's arms can't take it, and you know, and he got hurt, and so you need him.
10:40
There's just a lot that has to go right, in my opinion, for the Rangers. So that's why I can't get there on them either. A, certainly have a ton of upside, a million just young players. Right.
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And so you basically just have to have, you gotta run pure, right? Yeah, that's fair.
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Like, just 'cause so many young players just struggle at the beginning, and then they figure it out, but like major, the difference between Triple A and Major League Baseball is just so incredible, you know?
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And so, but you gotta have a lo- a lot of young guys to, to really step up for the A's. But I d- I think, I think 76 wins, sitting at that 75 and a half wins, I think 76 wins is certainly within the realm of possibility.
11:08
Y- you know what the number actually on this whole, this whole division that jumped out to me the most? Angels all the way up at 70 and a half wins. I hate the Angels. Okay, yeah.
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So I'm not the person to ask about the Angels. [laughs] Like, I absolutely hate the Angels. I was gonna say, that feels high from what I've heard from, from, from the baseball guys here over the past few weeks.
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I absolutely hate the, I absolutely hate the Angels. Okay. Like top to bottom, I hate this team. So yeah, I am the wrong person to ask about, about the Angels. Not a bet for you though, on their under? It's about right.
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Okay. You know, it's about right. That's still a pretty terrible- Mm. That's still a pretty terrible season. But yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm not getting there. Let's talk about some NFC South bets when we come back.
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Numbers game here on VSiN, the e-sports betting network. Rich people getting richer. Kirk Cinelli agreeing to a new deal with Indiana. Oh, good for you, Sig. Annual salary, 13.2 million. Woo.
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13.2 million at Indiana for football. Man. Who'd have thunk it? Good for him. Good for him is right. Ain't nobody, ain't nobody stealing him away, 'cause that buyout gonna be big. Yeah, yeah. That buyout's gonna be big.
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Man, like finalizing the deal's gotta be fun. But just even like the month leading up to it when you're like, "Man, I'm gonna, I'm gonna get paid so much money," that's gotta be a great feeling. [laughs] Yeah?
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When you... Yeah. You can literally start spending money you don't have. Oh, yeah. You know it's coming. Yeah.
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And here's the, here's, here's the problem with a guy like him is he's probably not going to do what somebody like me and you would do.
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[laughs] Like, he's probably just already driving the car that he would drive and like went- Yeah, yeah... around and stuff like that. And like, you'd be like, "Why is Matt pulling up in a Bugatti?
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Like, what is, what is... What is... That's weird." Oh my God, why am I blanking on his- Is he driving a million dollar car? And he'd be like, "Nah, just, you know, it's just, I, I liked it. I saw...
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It's used, it's used. It had like, it had 150 miles on it." I'm trying... Uh- You know? I'm blanking on, uh... Alfred Morris, Alfred Morris. The- Oh, yeah. Yeah, yeah... remember, remember his story?
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Dude, dude, I was still at, I was in Florida. We, we covered him at FAU, and the car became a story then. And it was... And you were like, "Well, good for this guy, 'cause he's not making the pros."
14:04
Like, he was still there with Schnellenberger was coaching. And like Schnellenberger couldn't figure out whether he was gonna put him like at fullback or running back.
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And it was like the whole time I'm covering him like, "This guy ain't making it to the pros. Like, there's no way." And then he like bursts out of the pros, has a great season, and is still just driving that car.
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And it was, that was awesome to see. There was... So there was a time, a little, a little, a little personal story, uh, from, from knowing behind-the-scenes stuff.
14:28
So, uh, even in the height, even in the heyday of, uh, of the UFC- Yeah... when Forrest Griffin was one of the like- Biggest names, yeah... most popular names. He had won.
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He had become champion at that point and all stuff like that. So for winning the original Ultimate Fighter, one of the, uh, one of the gifts, 'cause the show was sponsored by... I'm not remember what, what car company.
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But it made the- It's okay. [laughs] I had to look it up. It was a Mazda that Alfred Morris used to drive. It made, it made those little... It was just those little boxes. Like, it was like, it was like the- The Scions?
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It... Scion. Yeah. So Scion- Those little wheels. Yeah I never understand how they worked. So Scion sponsored like whatever.
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So, so him a- a- and, and all the winners for like the first three years, I think, of the deal, like won a little Scion.
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And so like this guy's literally the champion of the UFC or whatever, and like Forrest Griffin would roll up to the gym in this like- [laughs]... Scion, in this like seven-year-old Scion.
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[laughs] You know, that he got for free. And you're just going, "Bro, you are the champ... Like, I know for a fact that..." Yeah. I mean, it's not the money they're making.
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They'd be like, "I know for a fact you've made a lot of money," and whatever. And like he'd just ro- he'd just roll up in his Scion. Those are, uh, those are maybe the...
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Of like, you know, cars that became like a fad or like- Yeah... had a moment, right? Yeah. That was definitely the top of the list of like for me of I don't get it. Like, I don't get it.
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Like, you're driving around a box. Why are the wheels so small? Yeah. The wheels are like so small on them. Yeah. I rode o- one time, we like went for a... And it was so loud.
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[laughs] And like, it was just like you're like, like you're driving like, "Bl- bl- bl- bl- bl," and you're trying to talk. You're like, "I can't hear you." Like, "What are, what are you saying?"
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Like you're just driving, "Bl- bl- bl- bl- bl- bl- bl- bl" in that car. It's just like, oh my God, dude. [laughs] Like, why are you- I love it... you're a professional athlete driving... Like, this is not safe.
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Like, I, I am positive- Right... a motorcycle hit you and this thing's gonna roll over. Oh, I would be scared. Yeah. I would be scared. So, anyhow. This, this next segment, not brought to you by Scion.
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[laughs] I don't think they make them anymore, so that's why I was okay saying it. I don't think they do, yeah. Like, I, I don't think... I was burning a sponsor 'cause I think Scion's done.
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Someone had to have owned that company though, right? I don't know. Who knows? No, apparently not. Okay. While you're looking it up, we can let everybody know that our Major League Baseball guide is out now- Yes...
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So vsin.com/guide right now for the baseball betting guide. Okay, the NFC South, and, uh, you know, this is, uh, I know that they're one team [laughs] that you have a, a, a, a, a passionate take on. Me too as well.
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And what, you know, if you weren't with us for the entire show, then this will be new to you. And if not, then you'll really see how we feel about the Falcons and the Panthers. I like the over on the Falcons.
17:25
You like the under on the Panthers. They're both set at six and a half wins in a division that for some reason they are below the Saints.
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Which don't get me wrong, the Saints I think should be, should be better, but from a talent level- You know-... the Saints are far less talented than the Falcons. You know what? From...
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I think the 150 threw, threw me off on this, Matt. But y- as I was going through this, I went through it like team by team. Mm-hmm. I didn't really do like division by division. Mm-hmm.
17:52
So I didn't even put this together yesterday. You're... How the hell do they have a higher win total? Yeah. It, it's, it's just, it's in- it's insanity to me. Because you look, they...
18:01
This Falcons team gets to play each one of these teams twice. They are going to... They're gonna win at least one against all three of those teams, and they might sweep a couple of them.
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Like, I mean, they, they're, for, again, from a talent level, just player for player for player, they are more talented than the Saints or the Panthers.
18:17
And then you could like get into a real argument, discussion on the Bucs. Obviously, the quarterback position is we don't really know what Penix is. But outside of that, there's a lot of good players on, on the Falcons.
18:27
Like, they're- Yeah, you, you take away... If we were to take away quarterback, the Falcons have the best roster in the division- Yeah... to me. Yes. I'm with you. Yeah.
18:33
And it's probably, just looking at that graphic, like eight... Yeah, I, I wanna see other... It wouldn't, wouldn't make my r- initial list. Mm-hmm.
18:39
But like, like I told you, they were the first team I was writing about, kind of notes to myself.
18:44
Falcons will probably be over, over win total play, and if this is what the division prices are really gonna be, it's definitely gonna be a piece of them to win the division. It, it's gonna...
18:51
So that's the thing is- Close to four to one, what? It's a, it's a never Bucs bet. Right. I mean, at plus- Not at this number, yeah...
18:56
at plus 120 with, again, like Baker got nicked up last year, and we'll see what ends up happening in the off-season. I'm sure we're gonna hear about him having a couple of surgeries and things and whatever. Mm-hmm.
19:07
Because his play dropped off a cliff. Yeah. Oh, he was playing through, like, three injuries- Yeah... by the end of the year.
19:11
Yeah, his play dropped off a cliff, and so, like, something needs to get fixed, whatever it was that was ailing him. Yeah, like, you can't tell me the Baker Mayfield that we saw at the beginning of the season- Right...
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which I thought was may- maybe the MVP- Yeah... of football with, with how good he was playing, and what you saw at the end of the year, you cannot tell me he was- Yeah...
19:27
convince me he wasn't playing through multiple injuries. Yeah. That's what I'm saying. Like, I, I'm... My guess is we're gonna hear about him having a surgery or two here in the off-season or something.
19:34
Whenever they get to camp, they're like, "Yeah. Oh, I had this cleaned up, and I had this cleaned up," and- Yeah... you know, whatever. Uh, we're gonna hear about all that. But they are not,
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they are not that much bigger of a favorite over the Saints, the Falcons. And you could even throw the Panthers in there. I mean, like, listen. Sure. If you're gonna- Sure.
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If you're looking at 425 for the Panthers, I mean, like, it is a bet on any one of those other three teams other than the Bucs. Completely agree. Yeah. I, I mean, this is, this is pretty... I mean, geez.
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I'm even surprised you're seeing that big of a swing in the division prices considering the win totals aren't- Yeah... that far off from each other. But yeah, I'm with you.
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For just division price, a, a bet on anybody else. And if you really wanna bet the Bucs, you think the Bucs are the best team in this division, just wait and see. Right? Wait and see- Yeah... on the Baker news, right?
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Like, the pr- plus 120- Is not gonna get worse... is not gonna r- is not gonna get worse. It's probably gonna get better. Maybe it get, maybe it gets worse from where it drifts to- Mm...
20:24
once you really find out what's going on with Baker, uh, Mike Evans, that, those type of guys. But yeah, it would be weight on them.
20:30
And, and- I mean, you, you have Tristan Wirfs, which by the way has been battling a ton of injuries- Mm... as we know with all of that. But, like, the interior offensive line for the Bucs is terrible. Mm-hmm.
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And so, like, that's what you saw, a huge drop-off from Bucky Irving this year. He couldn't get anything going on the ground. Like, they can't run with this interior offensive line.
20:46
So then you've gotta go, and you've gotta... So you have to address that. Well, Mike Evans is still gonna wanna get paid even though he's old, you know? And so, and you as a franchise probably want him back
20:57
to give it kinda one last go here. You know your window. With the, with the age of this team, you know your window is not incredibly large. Yeah, not at all. You know?
21:05
And so you probably are gonna overpay to keep Evans in town. Yep. And so does that mean you can't get two offensive linemen, you can only get one?
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If you look, like, their defensive line, pretty big holes on that as well that need to be fixed. So I,
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it's a, it's a team that has multiple question marks for me, which is why I just can't believe that they are that big of a favorite over Saints, Falcons, and Panthers, and specifically the fact that you are nearly [laughs] that you're l- I mean, granted, do I think the Panthers run back what they did last year?
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Like, I mean, like, maybe not, but four times? Four times the odds- Yeah... of the Bucs? Like, there's no way. No, I can't get there either. And I, I li- I like the Panthers under on the win total.
21:46
I'll probably get a bet that as well. Mm-hmm. I, I, I think that the Saints I probably have the most question marks about, I guess, in this division still. Right.
21:52
We have a sample size of a quarterback that was basically playing with- 16, 17 games, right... with nothing to lose. Yeah.
21:59
Because they weren't gonna make the playoffs, it was whatever, and he just was able to kinda go out there and play freely. What does he look like when it's his team, his gig, whatever, and all of that, you know?
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I'd even extend that to the coach, too, right? Mm-hmm. Like, he... You're, you're playing with house money a little bit in- Yeah... the last year with stuff you're calling, right? Mm-hmm.
22:16
For, uh, I, I think that applies to the coaching staff, too. Things tighten up this year when there's a little bit more pressure on you. Panthers, man, I... I mean, I've been saying it for, what, three years now.
22:24
I, Matt, I still don't know how good or bad Bryce Young is. Mm. Like, I, I don't know. Uh, yes, I think you found a great wide receiver, but how much does that really elevate your team?
22:33
I s- there are major question marks still on this def- the defensive side of the ball. I think with Bryce Young just being, being as small as he is, man, the offensive line has always gotta be a focus.
22:43
I'm interested to see what this team does in the off-season, but I, I still think... I think they're probably pulling up the rear in this division. I think I'll end up on an under, another under win total bet on them.
22:53
Yeah, I mean, and again, with the Falcons, like, really good offensive line. You've got London. You got Robinson. You're probably franchise tag Pitts, so you don't even have to look at the offensive side of the ball.
23:02
Right. You just go in. You need corners. You need pass rushers. Quarterback and defense. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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Like, you need, you need corners, and you need pass rushers, but at least you know exactly what you gotta get going right there with that team.
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So again, I just, over the win total there and, and a sprinkle on them to get it done in the division. Let's talk some baseball when we come back.
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is coming through, not our Steve Cohen, that other Steve Cohen. [laughs] Ye- ye- yes. We can... Who- Was the highest paid hedge fund manager in 2025, earn- earning $3.4 billion. Oh, you confused me again.
23:52
You're talking about even another Steve Cohen. Yes. 'Cause we have another Steve Cohen who likes to tweet into the show- Oh, no... too, so yeah... the, uh, the, the, the Mets owner Steve Cohen.
23:58
Yeah, that Steve Cohen, yes. So, so again, when he said, "The Dodgers like to spend money, I, I, I can, too," he, he made $3.4 billion last year. He can, but will he? Yeah, so. Well, well, he, he has the means.
24:14
[laughs] He has the means. He has the means, yes. Will he invest it in the team? We don't know, but he has the means. Eh. They are there. Confirmed. Yes, they exist. So we're, uh, we're there on that one.
24:24
I mean, I just look, I just... These dudes. No wonder you buy a sports team, 'cause- Oh, it's gotta be so fun... you have so much money. It's gotta be so fun.
24:31
You have so much money that, like, you can buy anything on the face of the planet. But, like, there are only 30 baseball teams. Oh, yeah. It's the- So you are one of, you are one of 30.
24:40
What a, it's- It's the prize jewel on the shelf. Like, there are 100 yachts or 1,000 yachts, or however many there are, and a million mansions, and all this other... There are 30 baseball teams.
24:49
There are 32 football teams. That's it. This is a Billions quote. I'm pretty sure it's a Billions quote I'm about to say.
24:56
I was trying to find it, but the, no, the, the equivalent of owning an NFL team, that is, that is American royalty. Yeah. That is the, that is the royal family of America- Yeah... if you own an, a NFL football team.
25:08
Yeah. It's just, it's like, I, I, I get it though. It's just kind of- I get it too... 'cause what else are you gonna do with the money? It's amazing. I don't, like, I don't, we all love playing fantasy football.
25:16
What if you owned a team? Yeah, yeah. I know. You get to do it for real. It's like, well, what, what are you, what else are you gonna do with the money?
25:20
And that's what I don't- Man, I would own, I don't- Like, when people- I would be dangerous. Oh, yeah, yeah. I be, I mean, I've been saying this for, like, 15, 20 years. I'd be buying ping pong teams.
25:27
I'd be buy- I'd start that curling league. I'd just own my own. Like- Like, I would just be out there and be like, "Oh, you want a curling league? That's fine. Here's the money. Let's go. Let's do it."
25:34
I st- I still always, like, yeah, I'd do things differently. But whenever anybody wants to trash Jerry Jones, I'm like, dude, I, I can't say I wouldn't make wildly same decisions if I owned a football team.
25:45
I would think I know better than all you guys too. Like, I would do whatever the hell I wanted, and you can say whatever you wanna say. Yeah. Talk trash about me all you want to. I have a football team. Mm-hmm.
25:54
Or I have a baseball team. Yeah. Like, I don't, I don't really care which one, so. Yeah, it'd be fun. Yeah, doesn't care. Uh, okay, so we, we talked about pitchers a couple days ago here on the- Yeah...
26:02
uh, on the program. You guys are going to be doing your fantasy baseball drafts here pretty soon. Talked about some guys I like, some guys I'm gonna fade. Same deal here with some hitters.
26:09
I think there are some guys that you can get later on in the draft. We're talking, like, way deep in, you know, rounds 15 to 25 type deal, that could provide some pretty decent upside for you.
26:19
First and foremost, a guy like Addison Barger, uh, for the Blue Jays.
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He, he, he is a b- big beneficiary basically of them not resigning Bo Bichette because he, it, think it opens up, I think it opens up everyday playing time for him because he's also multi-position eligible for you, if people understand that, if you play a bunch of fantasy baseball.
26:37
So you can play him in the outfield or play him, uh, in the infield as well. How many, how many key guys do we have like that this year would you say? There are, you know, there are a handful, but every league...
26:48
So here's the deal though. It's also league dependent. Right.
26:50
Because it's like, how many starts does your league make it to where a guy has to play X to be eligible for X, and Y to play, be eligible for Y, and all of that. Mm-hmm.
27:00
Like, some leagues it's he only has to make five starts at third base and then he's third base eligible. But some leagues it's 25 starts, you know, whatever. Right, okay. 20 starts or something.
27:08
So it depends on how serious your league is to try to either limit or produce multi-position eligibility, but he's a guy that's gonna enter for sure because he played the requisite amount in the outfield and third base, uh, last year no matter what.
27:20
I think he's gonna hit fairly, in a fairly good spot in that Jays lineup as well.
27:25
And so if you kinda look at his, and this is why you read the baseball guide, and if you look at, like, the stat cast bat, batted ball profile for him, like, he hits the ball pretty hard.
27:34
And, like, I think that there is a chance with everyday at-bats in that lineup, playing in that ballpark and all of that, that we could, we could have a dude that, again, late round was where you're getting him anyway.
27:43
You're getting him kind of those middle to late rounds that could, that could really outperform where you're, where you're getting him. Have you even heard of Daylen Lyle? Absolutely not.
27:50
[laughs] Did you- Absolutely not. Did you know he was, did you know he was a real person? No, no, no, not, not, not at all. So he's a rookie last year. Are, are you kidding me?
27:58
I just learned so much about Addison Barger. Yeah, yeah. Like, like, I knew about him, but like- Uh, yeah... no, I just learned about him. So, so plays for the Nationals. Uh, Lyle plays for the Nationals.
28:06
Rookie last year, came up, had a, you know, about 90 games in the majors. Nearly hit 300.
28:12
Nearly had a 350 OBP for that, and, uh, honestly, the thing that I like about him, and especially where you're getting him, which is, like, in the 200s range, is I think that there is real power speed upside here- Okay...
28:25
with this dude. He stole, in those 90 games where he was up last year, he hit nine homers and stole eight bases.
28:30
Well, I mean, again, we know, do the math real quick, if you almost double that to what a Major League season is or something, you're probably getting close to a 20 homer guy and close to a 20 stolen base guy that's gonna hit, you, you know, 30, 40 doubles, something like that, and a handful of triples as well- Mm-hmm...
28:45
uh, with the, with that speed that he has.
28:47
And again, if you're getting him way down there and you kinda get that type of upside, the 15 to 20 home run, the 20 to 25 stolen bases and all stuff, that's a very productive dude getting him at that position in a, in a, in a draft.
29:00
What I, I do wanna jump in here. Mm-hmm. Danny wrote down a great question I think, 'cause this applies to every fantasy- Mm-hmm... every fantasy league that you're gonna play in in any sport.
29:08
Put just the w- positions that are most shallow this year, that people need to address o- off the top. Third base to me- Okay... seems pretty shallow.
29:17
Like, third base is just not a good p- in my opinion, I just don't think third base is a very good opinion. I would be looking to kinda fill that a little bit quicker- Gotcha, okay...
29:25
than, than I would almost any of the other positions out there. It's just, there's not a lot of guys that are, and, and honestly, it's getting even more shallow.
29:32
Like- And, and is it the answer of you, you fill it early or you're just, you're waiting way later? Or you're just, or you're gonna throw... You either fill it early with a good guy- Right...
29:41
or then you just throw three darts basically- Yeah, okay... at the end, you know? And, like, hope that one of them hits. Like, it's got even more shallow.
29:46
Jordan Westburg is now dealing with an oblique injury for the Orioles, and so, like, he's a dude that, like, was fairly up there that people were kinda looking forward to drafting this year.
29:54
I don't like oblique injuries with hitters. Mm. Like, those stick around, like, for, for a while, inclu- a- as does another injury we'll talk about when we get to the fades here in just a second.
30:04
Jack Haglion is a guy that came up. Last year was just absolutely, I mean, just absolutely on fire in the minors. He only played in 28 games in the minors before getting called up.
30:17
He hit 11 homers in those 28 games down in the minors, and he came up and, and now look- Everybody and their mother had a Rookie of the Year bet on him. I was gonna say, and everyone...
30:24
And look, a, a lot of these dudes struggle making the jump to the majors. These pitchers are just that much better than they are everywhere else, right? Mm-hmm.
30:32
And so, like, but now knowing that he's gonna be in the lineup, knowing where he's gonna hit, middle of that lineup for this Royals team.
30:38
Oh, by the way, this is something that should've mentioned, um, in all of these previews and stuff that we're doing. Kansas City moving their fences in this year. So it is alwa- it has been a, a pitcher's park- Right...
30:49
like, primarily.
30:51
But, um, center field's staying the same, but they're moving in the, the alleys and the corners because the, basically the way the, they explained it, they ran the analytics, and with this current lineup that they have, which has some pretty good guys, I mean- We me- we mentioned Pasquantino, Witt, uh, Cag Leone.
31:05
Like, they've got some dudes that can actually hit for power now. They actually think it's worth two wins to them. It's like moving in these fences is actually like they...
31:13
Literally th- running through the analytics, they think it's worth two wins to them. Is there a... I don't wanna slow your, th- your roll here, but the, the... Why, why don't teams... Teams can just do this?
31:23
Why wouldn't you do this every year then to fit whatever your lineup is? Well, yeah, I don't... I mean, I'm, I'm, I imagine it's very expensive. Who cares? To, to mo- We just went $3.1 billion...
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to, yeah, to, to move, to move walls. Make, ma- I'm assu- assuming it's pretty expensive... make, make weaker walls then- [laughs]... that are easier to move.
31:37
Why don't, I would be doing this every year to, uh, to cr- uh, create around my lineup. [laughs] For sure. That makes a lot of sense. Yeah.
31:44
So again, another, another, uh, another guy that I think is going a little bit too late that could have a pretty good ups- upside season, Caleb Durbin is a guy that the Red Sox traded for.
31:52
He's going way late in the 200s. I've seen him go as late as three, like in the three, early 300s.
31:57
But I think that we're looking at a guy, especially in this range, if you have a guy whose upside could be, like, 15 homers, but, like, 25, 30 stolen bases- Right...
32:06
and also score you 70 runs and get you 70 RBI and all the different stuff like that, I mean, like, this is a kind of a late round dude that I think is just way, way, way undervalued. So like him a lot there as well.
32:19
Now, on the flip side of dudes that I'm fading, this has nothing to do with these guys' skillsets and everything to do with something that is lingering about them. Okay. One, Cal Riley is just going very high in drafts.
32:32
I mean, like, as early as, like, very, very early second round to, like, mid to late second round. And the... It's just kinda like we said, he went from 34 to 60 home runs. Like, the...
32:41
I'm not saying he's going all the way back to 34. Mm. But now, but if he goes back to 40, 45, then the- He-... price is just too high because he kills you in so many other aspects.
32:50
I mean, like, he, uh, hits for low average, you know, he, whatever. Like, unless you're in an OBP league, then that's, that's gonna kill you. Like, he just doesn't get on base a ton.
32:58
Jackson Holiday has this hamate injury that, like, we have seen multiple cases, by the way, Yordan Alvarez very recently. This, this hamate injuries tend to just linger.
33:08
Like, this, it's a, it's a, it's this bone on, on your hand, right? Yeah, it makes sense. Like, right at the bottom. Yeah. Yeah, like when we roll... They just tend to linger.
33:14
I'm not willing- You're gonna feel that every time you hit a ball, yeah... I'm not willing to roll the dice, like, on, on Jackson Holiday, and I like the talent, but again, just the injury standpoint.
33:21
And then Mookie Betts is just going too high for me. He's gonna be a- he's 33. He hit for less power last year. He's running less.
33:29
Like, I think that there is just, we're starting to kinda see just the decline of Mookie, the natural decline of dudes that start to get into their mid-30s, right? Yeah. And he's- He's playing great golf, though.
33:39
I did see that the other month, yeah. Yes. He's just going too, he's just going too high in drafts for me. He's going, like, in the 40s, you know? Okay.
33:44
And I think that that's just a little bit too high for what we're probably gonna get out of him as he just continues to age.
33:48
I, I guess biggest surprise for me was just the, what those average, like, the ADP for Cag Leone and Durbin were- Mm-hmm... were that, still that low. Yeah. You think there's some value there. Yeah. Okay.
33:57
Might could be some steam coming on him, though, so we won't tie to that. We gotta get to your NBA thoughts here on this slate, and then we'll- Yeah... get to all the bets that we added as well.
34:05
Putting a bow on this one when we come back here on a Friday.
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It is a Numbers Game here on VSiN, the sports betting network, and oh boy, we are dialed in to non-USA Olympic hockey. Uh, did you just see the, what happened last? Oh, no. Yeah. Tie? Tie game. Oh, boy.
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Did that happen right as we were coming on? Yeah, oh yeah, right as we were coming on, yeah. That's why I was like, I didn't know if that score was- No, because here, here's the thing.
35:00
That light prevents me from seeing anything on it. Like, there's nothing. Yeah, yeah. That TV doesn't exist. Yeah, you're toast. You're toast if you look up there. Oh, boy. So two to two then. Two-two.
35:10
Well, we know what that means. That means we should be unloading on Canada right now. Yeah, we didn't, we didn't do that the other day. Yeah. But- But they're gonna be, like, minus 200. Hold on. Yeah.
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Let me pull up the line real fast. It's gonna be, it's gonna be too bad. It's gonna be too big. Minus 230. Yeah, yeah. Go Finland. Let's go. Uh, yeah, come on Finland. Finish them.
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We were guessing y'all weren't gonna shoot 20% [laughs] for the game. They're not shooting 20% for the game. Yeah, [laughs] they're not. Not shooting 20% of the game. But two to two, we're still in it. We're still in it.
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Still alive.
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We just- Actually, I mean, these, these hockey games- Apparently we gotta avoid this, apparently we gotta avoid this whole three on three hockey, like, overtime thing, though, with the underdogs because it's like the favorites win in, like,
35:47
45 seconds. It's also, like, uh... I know we're not the hockey people, and Stormy is- Yeah... the hockey... Five on five, it's, it's great. I love the three on three overtime.
35:57
I, I, we've seen some exciting skillful goals. I'm all about it, man. I've, I've floated this in the past. I've been shot down by hockey purists. They should even play half ice somehow.
36:07
[laughs] Overtime, overtime, if you wanna play full teams five, five on five, the goals get six inches wider and six inches taller. Okay. All right. What do you think about that? I, I don't hate it. Right?
36:19
I don't hate it. Because how many hit the post and don't go in? Now those are going in, boom, [claps hands] more exciting game. I've got other ideas. There it is. But I probably shouldn't say them. Like, I don't...
36:28
Like, I kinda want, like, a, like, put, like, let's put a bucket above, like a two-pointer or something, you know? Flip it up, flip, flip the puck in.
36:33
No, because then you'd get, like, someone who was, like, a Steph Curry of doing that. Yeah. And he's only on the team because he can flick the puck up in the- Yeah, it's only [laughs]... yeah, yeah. You're right.
36:41
He's like, he's just- You're right. You're right. Yeah. All right. Yeah. He's not even a real player. He looks like me and you out there. Just a- We just get out there and, like- Just a jumping jack...
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we don't even have skates on. Like, we're just wearing, like, cleats. Just like a- 'Cause all we're trying to do is flick it in the thing. Just like, uh, with the knuckle puck. Yeah.
36:53
Yeah, with Keenan and the knuckle puck. So very quick, very quick- Yeah... uh, golf update here. Aaron Rai out on the course. He's through six in his second round. He is one under.
37:04
He is sitting atop the leaderboard with Matt Fitzpatrick, who is four under through six in his second round He is six under. Yet to tee off, Jacob Bridgeman, Rory McIlroy, Marco Pingue.
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They are all sitting five under, so just one stroke off the leading, and they have not started. So a six-stroke, uh, six-hole, uh, headstart for Rai and Fit- Fitzpatrick there.
37:24
In that one, Potgeter's making the turn at one under. In his second round, Grazerman is through seven at one under. He's sitting four under, tied sixth with Potgeter, as is Sep Straka, who is three under through...
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Oh, we s- we have an eagle alert. Oh, yes. Yes. Straka. Three under through, uh, three under through two [sniffs] for Olsep Straka. Yeah, Matt, this is a... AB Sanders, the guy, like, I, I don't, this is...
37:49
I'm trying to figure out why I feel like I should be jumping in live somewhere right now. I think these are, this is a very scorable golf course right now. What about our boy, what about our boy Pierson?
37:58
[laughs] Took me a second. [laughs] Um, yeah, I mean, my, my, my model would say do that. I stayed away from him this week for some reason, though.
38:08
The Cootie did not, uh, rank very high for me because, again, I put in a bunch of course history stuff. Right, right, and that was part of it. And so that just, that just- Yeah...
38:16
that just pushed him way down the model, but I mean, obviously I've bet him five times already this year. So Fitz w- like, Fitz was somebody. I, I love the, the, the, it's great we do a podcast. It ages so- Mm...
38:25
terribly sometimes, right? And it was like the, I went the Scheffler route. The other route I was gonna go was, like, Decky, Fitzpatrick, and Fleetwood. Mm-hmm. So that would've been nice right now.
38:34
Fitz I really liked, though, so he's someone I keep my eye on, but I- Oh. I mean- Opening eagle for Xander. Five under, T3. Ke- keep, keep thinking about it, Kelly. You're not betting it.
38:46
[laughs] Just work it out for you. Opening eagle- What's the next name I should say?... for Xander. Tweet, uh, tweet, tweet it. What, uh, who, who do you need to eagle hole number one?
38:53
[laughs] If I just say it, it will happen, apparently. [sniffs] Phew, these conditions. Tom Kim's two under on his round in the tournament. So there we go.
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I mean, this is- You, you know what probably, something with Rio, man. Like, what's the, Rio's been awesome the whole season. There's nothing to say he's letting up anytime soon.
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Like, he's two under for the tournament right now through five holes. Like, he could, he could have a big round. Certainly wanna see one guy get cut, though. Yeah, it's, it's hilarious. I just wanna see one guy get cut.
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It's, the projected cut's still four, so, uh, Russell Henley and Keegan Bradley. Ah, got it. All right, let's get to the NBA. Yeah. Get the bets in the account here.
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Uh, real quick conversation but, that we didn't think we were gonna have, but, so Utah and Memphis are playing.
39:32
Memphis is a one-and-a-half point favorite over Utah, who has told everybody exactly what their plans are and what they are trying to do, yet Memphis is only a one-and-a-half point favorite, at home I might add, against Utah.
39:46
Yeah, this, I don't know what you're... Like, Memphis is just as bad. Like, it's, it's- Uh, it, it is, but it's kinda like, can't Utah out-suck them? You would think, but okay, Larry Markinen, questionable.
39:57
[laughs] This is kind of funny. They already ruled out Keyonte George. This is, this a ridiculous injury report. Adam Silver looked at this, like, last night, and he was like, "I'm issuing this whole thing right now."
40:05
[laughs] Uh, Markinen, questionable. You have Nurkic out already, Keyonte George out, Jaren Jackson Jr. obviously out for the season for them. Over on the Grizzlies side, you know, who did just trade Jaren Jackson Jr.
40:16
away, uh, no Scottie Pippen Jr. tonight, no Ty Jerome tonight, no KC Pu they shut down for the year, no Cedric Coward tonight. Like, and he's be the one guy that I would be like, "Cool." Mm.
40:26
Cedric Coward's gonna get some playing time down the stretch. I don't know. Both these teams are punting on the season.
40:31
I will not be betting any Jazz-Grizzlies game, and I will not be betting a Pacers-Wizards game that is tonight as well. So what ga- what do you have in the account?
40:39
Oh, let's go down the board, then, if you're going in rotation order. The next one down would be the Cavaliers at the Hornets. I did jump in on the Cavs- All right... last night. Uh, I laid four and a half on the open.
40:48
This got out to, like, six and a half. It's coming back in. I think if you are interested in the Cavs, could probably wait a little bit longer and get something under six.
40:56
I do think there should be a little bit of Hornets respect, and that showed up in the market this morning. Look, this is, both these teams on back-to-back. We saw, talked about it at the beginning of the show. Mm-hmm.
41:05
Cavaliers play, rolled through the Nets last night, didn't have to play their guys' heavy minutes. Meanwhile, the Hornets were locked in a battle with Houston.
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Uh, that's m- the main handicap for me in how look, how good this Cavs team has looked with, uh, Harden at their, uh, playing guard ar- alongside Donovan Mitchell now for the Cavs. Like them tonight.
41:22
I think you could consider at six, six and a half r- playing this team in a money line parlay as well. Just throw out a couple others that I think you could consider for those.
41:30
Timberwolves tonight, they're hosting the Mavericks. Cooper Flagg benched already for that game, will not play. Lakers host the Clippers.
41:37
Clippers on the second end of a back-to-back, uh, just having played the Nuggets last night. I would wait on that one, though, to see if we do get a Kawhi Leonard showing or not, which I think we do.
41:46
I think we end up getting there. But just a couple money lines to throw out there. The other one that I'm looking at betting tonight, kinda missed the move on the number. Nuggets, Blazers over. This was 239 and a half.
41:57
I should've pulled the trigger this morning. It's up to 241 and a half.
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I will wait now at this point, uh, see fully what injury reports end up being, uh, and then maybe pull some tr- uh, pull the trigger closer to game time. I will put that on vsin.com, though, if I do play it.
42:10
Yeah, I played over 20 and a half points in rebounds for Evan Mobley.
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Yes, he's not asked to score as much now that Harden is there, but I think that that actually just equals more opportunity for him to rebound and for st- to get down there and get this done.
42:21
This is like a, this is a prop that I have played a lot because it's just, they, they always line him just kinda, like, a little bit below where I think he should be.
42:31
And so, like, I, I'm gonna play the over 20 and a half points in rebounds, not the assists. Yeah. Just leave that off of there, but just, just points and rebounds on Mobley.
42:39
Listen, his scoring is probably gonna go down for the, for, for this team with Harden in town, but, um, I think that there is a decent chance, though, that we're, uh- I-... that we're getting more rebound opportunities.
42:48
I don't know. I don't know about- Mm... his scoring going down. I mean, yes- Mm... like, the points gotta be divided up more, sure- Yeah...
42:53
from that standpoint, but Harden makes these bigs better, man, like, from a scoring standpoint. You know- We've seen it with Jared Allen already...
42:58
well, so it, it, this is, it's kind of a two-way bet, right, which is one of, it's either Harden's gonna assist him a lot, so the scoring will just be fine, or Harden's shooting and missing- Right...
43:06
and whatever, and then, and then there's more- Then he gets rebounds... rebound opportunities for, for, for Mobley. But I like it. So it's kind of a two, it's kind of a two-way bet.
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So- Only concern I guess would be Mobley still coming back, uh, coming off- Yeah... the, the injury a little bit. Minutes might be restricted a little bit.
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But the, the fact that they didn't have to press anybody last night- Yeah... is- Big... kinda played into this as well. Yep, very big. Kinda played into this, into this handicap as well.
43:22
Uh, I put in Cade Cunningham to win MVP. I put in Victor Wembanyama to win MVP. This comes off of the news that SGA will be reevaluated in a week, so we'll see what goes on with him there.
43:32
And then, uh, Andres Munoz to lead Major League Baseball in saves Look at Danny nailing it with the accentes back there. Yeah. I don't know how he did that. All right.
43:40
Loved it Uh, Cavs, uh, laying the four and a half for me in the night in the NBA. That's it for me. Chris Felica on the show today. Man City to win the Premier League at plus 150, and Nick Kurtz to hit 50 plus home runs.
43:52
Six to one you're getting on that. Jonathan Davis did have a couple bets, uh, for the USA-Slovakia game. Uh, everything over at vsen.com. [laughs] Yeah, you're like- Over 40 and a half shots on goal. I will do this.
44:04
Over 40 and a half shots on goal. Slovakia over 22 and a half shots on goal. Ca- uh, Canada money line, yeah, that's not, that one's not gonna work. No. Uh, a bunch of anytime goal scorers I will not attempt to say.
44:14
Oh, whoa, I thought you said you were gonna do it. You're, you're us. Oh, yeah. Slavkovsky. [laughs] This will take the rest of the show if I try this. Yeah, just, yeah, we just gotta move on. They're at vsen.com.
44:22
Yeah, vsen.com. Yeah. And then we had Matt Grissom college baseball bets today. I know he liked an LSU Florida State money line parlay. That makes Matt Brown and Kelly Bidlin happy. Yes.
44:31
Kelly, Florida State's up one-nothing already. Too bad on that one. Kansas State money line even money. Baylor money line plus 154, and Virginia Tech money line minus 160 against Rutgers.
44:41
Look at that, and just like that we'll be following of course this golf as well. Any plays that I had, I'll be here on the weekend and Kelly will put on the Twitter machine over there.
44:48
Yeah, no- nothing for second round for me. It w- I usually wait until the weekend anyways. That'll do it for me, guys. Appreciate you putting up with me for the last two weeks. Gil will be back in here on Monday.
44:57
Stick around, Prop Points with Jeff Erickson, Nick Whelan, then we were gonna get Money Moves with Stormy and JBT followed by Follow the Money. Good luck on all your bets.
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