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Summich happy day like saving time to all of you out there hopefully have something special planned today maybe a late evening you know late evening grill out or something like that with that extra daylight that you're going to get unbelievable day best day of the year absolutely. Mike it is 70 to 57 but they're still 422 70 to 58 now UNC Wilmington trying to chip away trying to come back at one point down 33 to 13 in the second half have made this thing at least 12 now or 22 left trying to fight. Yeah they're trying to fight if it's going to be a big fight for them big up time upfield battle here as they are down 14 with four minutes left in the game so we'll see if they're able to pull it off congratulations to Northern Iowa who punches their ticket to the dance they win the Missouri Valley conference tournament 84 to 69 the final there against University of Illinois Chicago so you and you know Northern Iowa headed to the NCAA tournament right now high high point up 69 58 over

Winthrop at the under eight in the second half the other game that is going to punch a ticket to the dance here well we are on air Colgate and Lehigh 72 to 69 Lehigh currently leading that's the semi final the Patriot League there two teams that are both 11 and 7 in conference. When I woke up on this most joyous of days and this you know basically what should be a holiday Mike Sommage you know what I thought I was like you know I'm going to really enjoy that extra hour of daylight and I'm also going to have me a nice Winthrop high point sweat this morning that's exactly what I thought when I woke up and I climbed out of bed this morning and here I am you're living 11 when you're putting Winthrop high point ten and a half Winthrop ticket now it's sitting at 11 at seven and a half I mean this is this is I'm definitely losing this by the hook at on the last second shot right. I think you're losing it by the hook because they foul down 10 with like I don't know we'll call it one of the most unnecessary foul ever. Yeah exactly and then they miss a shot and then they then they let them dribble it out instead of letting them dribble out when they were up 10. Yeah yeah yeah yeah I mean that checks out I mean you know

it's I mean yesterday it's losing to the hook with the honest yeah I'm gonna lose the hook again today with us. They're trying to find the worst possible way if you do it to get the all day the Celtics. Oh my gosh. They're not going to take the L. They're a 48 to 33 in the second quarter here. It's just another Celtics performance, Tatum, South, there and some hoops got 14 in the first half already. Yeah that is again I mean this is Zach was it was all over the calves in this one really like the rest advantage here and it's just like man it's Celtics just are on absolute fire here early but long time to play long time to play this one so we can see if this thing does end up getting home so to pay off the okay I will say this Matt the calves two for 19 from three so now you start making a couple of those and we're going to see a very different version of this this game. So we said that these markets were going to start hitting. We've been talking about the number one overall pick market for as soon as

it's been out now with the release of Gina Smith. Fernando Mendoza is now minus 20,000 to kind of want to roll a mere 20,000 for two and a hundred dollars so you know go do it you will with all of that he is definitely going to go number one overall we've had the number two pick market for a little bit in which we have discussed our Val Reese is your favorite minus one 95 David Bailey at plus 190 then we go all the way out to 13 to one at sunny styles 15 to one at Rubin Bane and then everybody else 40 to one or longer well they did add Mike the number three overall pick and I said who his favorite might surprise you now caveat it's a tease right I want you to come back it's a co-favorite it's a co-favorite but a favorite nonetheless the number three overall pick is currently occupied by the Arizona Cardinals and Jeremiah love at plus 370 is the co-favorite to go number three overall with David

Bailey and our Val Reese who are all sitting there at 370 as well and you know Mike this just kind of let you know where you and I say the draft is such an incredible betting vehicle if you can get in on these things or they know there's a lot of people out there going why are you guys talking about this because of because of this very market if if if we think that the Arizona Cardinals and despite the fact and you set off air and you'll I know you'll say to get here which is yes bad organization not run very well however after watching what happened with the Raiders after watching the season after watching the way that everybody reacted to that and the negative sentiment about the Rangers about the Raiders spending a extremely high pick on a running back when you had so many other holes so many other holes it is the exact same scenario with the Cardinals and so the fact that we were betting Jeremiah love to go third overall is wild to me yeah I I don't get this at all I we were talking about Jeremiah love being like nine and a half ten and a half this is over under for being selected and

yet here we are obviously not going to be that number considering that he's plus 370 here now to be the third overall pick it's probably going to be somewhere in the six and a half seven half range which I mean that's hard to bet that one from me either the overall or the under there I thought he made more sense as you know under nine and a half but at six and a half seven and a half I'll have no interest I think this is fascinating look we've seen our Valries become the heavier favorite to be too overall I still disagree with it but let's make the assumption that our Valries gets picked number two Matt because if he doesn't get picked number two I think he makes the most sense here at three I would run to the to the podium and take Rubin Bain I've said that at the number two pick as well now obviously that doesn't look like it's going to happen based on the markets I still like Rubin Bain still would sprinkle a little bit here but if you are rebuilding let's say that the Cardinals keep this pick for this conversation I think Francis Maluga makes a ton of cents here four to one he I don't think that the upside for David Bailey is there from an edge who is not as quick off it it doesn't have the same moves it doesn't have the same bend as someone

like Rubin Bain Jeremiah Love makes absolutely no sense for this organization you look at the guys like sunny styles you look at guys like Caleb Downs playing less premium positions to me you're probably going offensive line here and Maluga is alignment I like more than for no out of Utah so I would go that direction if I was going to go anywhere I actually like him at plus 125 for first offensive lineman selected that market just popped up as well but to me like you're going for a premium position here if you're an intelligent franchise that means it's most likely David Bailey Maluga or Rubin Bain I like the two Miami guys so I'm just adding L's to guys last names that don't exist it's fine it's fine no no no no no no no no just adding L's to guys names that don't exist no so here's the thing if you're Arizona if you're playing the long game which you should be because you're not going to win next year and yes offensive offensive line because you're playing to get a draft to draft a quarterback next year so like go ahead get the offensive lineman and then draft the quarterback next year right and so you should be looking kind of two

years in advance here which is take the offensive lineman to protect your franchise quarterback which you are inevitably going to draft next year you're getting rid of Kyler Murray it is a deep quarterback class next year it makes all the sense in the world if they keep the pick but I mean it makes all the sense in the world that you go ahead and just get that you just get alignment. Yeah you have to bolster your defensive offensive line built inside out from this franchise and you do your needs for them in both places you could make an argument they actually are more set right now in the offensive line based on the picks they've made over the last couple years in the defensive line and that would point you toward David Bailey or Rubin Bain I would upgrade the offensive line I would fix this offense first you've already used draft capital of Marvin Harris and junior on the outside you feel like you've got a top tier tight end and tray McBride you're adding a quarterback next year solidify the offensive line and then fix the defense once you have the offense up to stuff you can also by the way fix the defense a lot easier through free agency then you can fix an offense through free agency specifically at the

o-line position so for me I'm going offensive lineman here if I'm taking the pick and I am the cardinals and then that would either be that would either be the Miami alignment four to one or you go for no there from Utah six to one I would again I think this should be o-line now what I will say is when they put up the number four overall pick market which will be up relative so what they're doing is they're gonna let this one settle and they're gonna see where this one lands over the next week you know next few day when they'll put up the number four market what I will say about that one I do think love is live to go for because I think the Titans look at this as we have our quarterback we've got a couple of decent offensive lineman as it is already we've got Simmons on the defensive line who's a wrecker I do think that there might be a world that exists where they look and go Calvin Ridley is not paying down I am manner we found out I am manner that's right we I

remember I am manner I am manner maybe he could be like a one B or something or whatever maybe you know Mike but I think there might be a world that exists that that love could go for because I think the Titans could think that he might be what they need to at least have a functioning offense Yeah I wouldn't look the Titans make a little sense the chiefs obviously make sense there the Saints make some sense there if you're talking about destinations for love I guess Washington the commanders make some sense as well even the Browns so there's a lot of running back needy teams here I don't think you're running back away if you're the Titans and I the to me running back as a luxury pick it is the I agree it is the bow on top of the present it is not the wrapping paper it is not the actual present you need to end your build with a running back and to me there's still way too many pieces for this Tennessee Titans team and yes it love I think is very good don't get me wrong you might be the best player in this draft yeah that being said he's a running back

like the the a franchise tag on a running back is $14 million this year he is not the contract that you build your team around okay you need to go out you need to get offensive tackles you need to get defensive edges you need to get wide receivers is it too early to take a wide out probably I you probably not taking Tater or Tyson there but I would much rather go after a high value position with a rookie contract versus going to a running back when it's not going to change your the trajectory of your franchise my guess is is he does not make it past eight though with love because the league is not going to let the chiefs get him at night so my like someone will trade someone will trade with the Saints or trade with the commanders that they don't want him or whatever I he will not get tonight is my is kind of my position I think it's commanders that's that would be my guess commanders is seven I think makes the most sense guys if you're not already a decent pro subscriber everything we do now tomorrow and now to May the first 2999 just head over to vc.com slash

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in the first half I could go to for 22 in an NBA game from three point land mainly because they would not guard me they like they would just like yeah just let him shoot and I would be able to hit at least three of those 22 three pointer we'll have to try that out one day when you're in town we'll like we'll get you out to the three point line see if you can go three for 22 from NBA distance I bet I could go six for 22 whoo we might have to make a bad offline and we'll we'll see it here but now joining us here on the program maybe he wants in on it you know him from vison.com you know him from the program him you might know him from our futures draft that we had here this week as well he is Adam Burke how you doing buddy good yeah I want some action on that let me know when that happens yeah I do too I don't know about six for 20 that would be a distance I don't know you you guys realize I played basketball about three hours a week right now right like I'm out there I'm putting shots up I'm I'm playing pickup again I can shoot well the pressure would be on here exactly there's no pressure if you just put in shots up yeah this is this is pressure there'll be no pressure when I go three for three on the

first three three more the next 19 I'll give you I'll be going three for three I'll give you oh it's on you going three for three yeah we're gonna get all kinds of action on that one what kind would I would want a number three in a row in some time in that 22 yeah we'll see versus the first three so yeah maybe do warm up a little Adam before we get to some of your thoughts here and the guide and all the different things that are out there we did do that futures draft this past week how did you feel once the draft got going did it did did your strategy and your path go kind of the way that you wanted did you have to adjust at some point in the draft how did things go go for you with that well I mean yes and no right I mean I got a lot of the things that I was kind of looking to get a lot of the things that you know I was hoping that I could you know pick up as the draft went along and also you know the strategy element of it right was I wanted to make sure that I hit the player awards first because there's only a handful of guys that can win those right I mean there's you know 60 win totals you can play whether you're playing an over and under and on team you know division futures there's a little bit more you know flexibility

there but in terms of the awards markets specifically MVP and say young there's only what maybe three or four guys in the American League three or four guys in the National League didn't even have a shot so you know that's why I wanted to go first and foremost and try to pick off a little bit of mid-range value there and then you know kind of stack where I could the rest of the way you know in terms of like skip shoe mucker for manager of the year from the Rangers and then also grabbing the Rangers over 83 and a half because for shoe mucker to win manager of the year they're gonna have to win more than 84 games so you're just kind of stacking in that way with something that I was looking to do is to draft one along as well well I'm gonna go right there then we're doing the the ALS preview today and we have are about to do the Rangers here in an upcoming segment you're obviously bullish on them tell us why you what the case is for the Rangers to be able to overachieve this year and are they live inside that division to be able to run down Seattle yeah I think they are live in that division I mean they're starting rotation has the chance to be really really special with Jacob DeGrom and Nate you for all the and look I mean obviously you know injuries are gonna

play a role those are not spring chickens those are guys that are definitely you know on the older side certainly trying to get to you know trying to overcome the aging curve a little bit for both of those guys along with trying to stay healthy but I think McKenzie goers are really really nice fit for this team you know great ballpark upgrade global I feel there's one of the top ball parks in baseball in terms of batting average on balls and play against nationals park was not so a guy like McKenzie Gore who will walk some guys will get out of jams with strikeouts but you will walk some guys so balls finding holes are definitely a big problem for a guy like him now he goes to a ballpark that should be a lot more favorable also a better defensive team overall they cut some of the dead weight too you know I don't think Marcus Semyon's very good player anymore I don't least Garcia obviously had fallen off the face of the earth offensively they've gotten better in the lineup by cutting some dead weight by replacing you know a guy like Garcia with Brandon Nemo who I think is a really really good guy at the top of this order and they fixed the middle relief you know we'll see how the high leverage guys are in the bullpen but they've got more middle relief options now they've got a lot

more depth in that spot when they had last year so by the way this is a team that for a Pythagorean win lost standpoint should have been 90 and 72 last year so I guess it's a team that was already going to be on the rise but I think the personnel got better too I really like the Rangers over 83 and a half and I do think if someone can run down the mariners in that division it is Texas for sure Adam let's just assume health here because I understand the the two teams behind the Mets are obviously incredible health concerns and aging Phillies team and then of course the whole Acunia thing and everything that goes on with the with the Braves but let's just assume health the current price plus 150 for the Mets 180 for the Phillies and 225 for the Braves do you feel they're all all the teams are that close or do you think this Mets team is a little bit further ahead of these other two yeah I think this Mets team is definitely further ahead you know I mean they could run a six-man rotation if they want to and it seems like they may do that at the outset here you know acquiring Freddie Peralta you can kind of protect Nolan McLean a little bit

Kodaisengas battled his share of injuries Clay Holmes coming off of his first year as a starting pitcher you know you can kind of stretch these guys out a little bit I really like what they did at the back end of the bullpen too with Luke Weaver and Devon Williams I don't definitely Williams had a tough time in the Bronx but he's a really really good reliever and I think he has a bounce back season here you know once so does an elite player you know they certainly spent a little bit of money got a little bit better via trade and free agency and like you said I mean they're the Phillies are getting older you know I know Kyle Schorber is hitting tanks in the world baseball classic but you know he's on the wrong side of the aging curve so he's probably going to start to decline trade turner had his lowest slugging percentage in a very long time last year I don't know what Zach Wheeler is going to look like coming off of a major surgery Aaron Olo was awful last year they lost Ranger Svara's who's very reliable I think the Phillies and both the Braves are kind of on a bit of a downswing right now and I think the Mets will be able to take advantage here finally this season and kind of get to the expectations that have been put on them for a while now the ALE is probably the most wide open

division especially when you're looking at the top four the Yankees come in as the favorites but they already have some issues at the top of that rotation with Cole and with Rendon both injured to start the season here plus 180 feels like a little too short when you're probably going to get a better number in season for them if you want to wait a little bit if you do believe in this Yankees team do you believe in the Yankees are they worth a bet if they start out slowly and if you don't what team are you interested in behind them yeah I'm not very keen on the Yankees for this season I mean Aaron judge just carries that offense in so many different ways and you know it felt like when Trent Grishon took the qualifying offer they were kind of mystified they didn't know what to do I think it really threw off their offseason plans and they wound up not really doing a whole lot till they picked up some depth guys and of course we signed Cody Belinger late in the offseason look Toronto has the chance to be really good again although I do think that they regress a little bit Boston and Baltimore are really the two teams that I like here because I think they have the highest ceilings in this division Boston their lineup is really good already and they have several

prospects who are knocking on the door for a lot of playing time getting Ranger Suarez and Sonny Gray you're adding probably 325 to 350 innings worth of really really good value on a both of those guys and the starting staff has been the question for the Red Sox for a while now so getting those two guys is tremendously helpful for them bullpen should be fine and Baltimore's a team that a lot of guys were hurt last year and some guys played through injury and some guys missed time but I think Craig Albernass is a really really good hire of course he was Stephen votes right hand man the last two years in Cleveland and of course Stephen vote back to back AL manager of the year awards so I think Albernass is going to be a good fit there for Baltimore I think as they get some guys back healthy they're going to be in good shape the starting rotation could actually be really really good for this team I don't know that I'm going to play either the Red Sox or the Orioles for the division but they are the teams with the highest ceilings to me and I do already have a little bit of exposure on Boston for the world series around 15 18 to one in our last minute and

half here Adam the inl central pretty tightly there is the Cubs plus 110 Brewers 250 and even some cases being made for the Reds and very very outside now I think the Pirates are going to be better I don't think they win the division but like 6 to 1 they're just on the Pirates as well I think the Cubs were the rightful favorites but I mean it's not crazy for me to think you get run down what about you yeah I mean I still like Milwaukee a lot in this division Milwaukee just they just find ways man they are so smart for a player dev standpoint they spend on just the right kinds of things and they always have a good bullpen like it doesn't matter who they lose out of that bullpen they find guys that can get out in high leverage situations this rotation has a chance to be really really special I mean Jacob mr. Oskie could take a big leap I think Logan Henderson takes the biggest leap of all of Brandon Woodruff can stay healthy a big if you know he's kind of an anchor of that rotation they're lined up is so good they don't strike out they don't chase they steal bases they put the ball in play they do a lot of the old school kind of things to generate runs yeah the

Cubs look great on paper right but I have concerns about their starting rotation with Justin steel coming back off of a major injury showed him an aga pitches pitches to weigh too much contact Kate Horton worked the tonne last year I think the Cubs have enough flaws enough red flags but I think the groomers do win this division again he is Adam Burke find his great work over at vason.com each and every day and of course all of the team previews and everything in the major league baseball guide available over there at vason.com right now as well Adam appreciate the time man and good luck did care boys when we let's talk about a couple more of those teams over there in the L.S. Welcome back to ready set bet with Matt Brown and Mike Sommage on vason. These sports betting network. Ready set bet here on vason.com sports betting at work Matt Brown and Mike Sommage are they're trying to make sense of the odd board okay that would

be why LeBron James ruled out for the Lakers so I was wondering why the the nicks and Lakers games lining up like a Christmas tree and there it is so LeBron officially out there for the Lakers so that number there is on the move so if you want to get in on that is still 56 36 half time Boston and Cleveland that live line is anywhere from 12 and a half to 14 and a half in favor of Boston if you if you think Cleveland rallies here you can catch as high as 14 and a half out there in the market I mean I don't hate the 14 and a half I this is a eight story of the three point line in the first half two of 22 again from the calves there I I don't hate betting regression there that you're going to see a better shooting half from the Cavaliers here I be very surprised if they ended this game with just 72 points Matt let's go ahead and chalk up a loser for one Matt Brown is when thrup can't do it when thrup just does it just leaves me hanging here it was just teeter in there on the 10 and a half just all second half and then like you said Mike it's like

then you start doing a couple of fouls and then it's just it's over so over one for me on the day yeah high point punches their ticket to the dance that is going to be a team that you're going to hear about as a possible Cinderella there in the first round so keep an eye on high point there as they finish off a very very good season end up 15 and one of the conference 30 and four overall and probably going to be one of those frisky 12 13 seeds that we hear about that being said we're going to make all the money back whenever we hit our trifectives over in Gulfstream so that's all that there we go did we did did one of them go yet or we good nope we're still good Gulfstream Park fifth race 10 minutes to post so the sixth race is the first race that we bet here so that will go off right after we get get off air here good deal good okay so that's that's that's our that's where we're shifting our attention I'm just gonna make we'll make the money back on the when we hit the trifecta so we just got off of Adam Burke and you know he he uh you know likes the Rangers um this is a team that obviously got the first

good season out of Jacob DeGrom in several seasons uh when I when I say good season I mean actually being able to be out on the mound for a ton of starts I mean when he was anytime he has played DeGrom has been great but the problem is this him staying out there well you actually got a season out of DeGrom last year and so you start to look and you go you know are we going to did he figure something out Mike and like one of the things we did here heading into last year was that he was finally going to just say okay I'm fine living at 97 and I don't need to throw 100 right and and so with that he was able to get out there and go ahead and switch we have not seen in in quite some time and so you do have that with DeGrom a E of Aldi Mackenzie Gore nice addition there Jack Leiter who you and I were kind of up and down on last year a decent amount awesome starts or terrible starts does he find it in year number two for them and then whatever they're going to do with the fifth spot there in the rotation but again if if things go well one

to four at least not one to five but one to four could be a pretty interesting little rotation here but there's a lot of F's there yeah there are and I think DeGrom is really the biggest F of the bunch you mentioned they'll reduce velocity to be able to make sure he could throw more innings did throw 172 innings and 30 starts last year the problem is that was the first time since 2019 he threw more than 92 innings so a big time jump up for him are we going to be able to see him do it back to back seasons that has to at least be a big time question mark and for me yes the Texas Rangers when you look at that that top end of that that rotation you're like it's pretty good one through four but if I told you that DeGrom is going to miss half the season which is what he had consistently been doing prior to last year is of Aldi Gore and Leiter one through three that you have faith in because that taking out that that stopper in the rotation does really downgrade the rest of these spots McKenzie Gore someone I think I've been interested in when he was in Washington one of those guys who when he pitches well feels like he is a top-tier front

end starter and he is one of those post-type sleepers where he was highly thought of early in his career and highly touted prospect it's never really been able to completely deliver on the talent if he improves up to the level where he actually takes over the two spot from of Aldi here I think that's a big time positive for him but again you're you're kind of believing in something that hasn't happened before if that's the case and Leiter ton of talent will he can he put it together that's another one where if this is a ceiling team to me right this is one of those where if you get the ground healthy if Gore figures out if Leiter improves the ceiling for this Rangers team is pretty high it's just a lot of ifs and that to me is my biggest issue here with the Rangers and it's like yes we have we have sample size of the shursers and the virlanders of the world but we have DeGrom entering his year 38 season he's gonna turn 38 you know during the course of this season I dude that has had a lot of trouble staying healthy it's just it's I kind of just

have to bet on what we've seen like like like it's a small sample size of him being able to get out there a ton and it's a huge sample size of him being injured so much and maybe again maybe the change in philosophy was what he needed to do just get out there and stay and I hope that that's the case I love watching DeGrom pitch it's been one of one of my favorite things there is it shouldn't been able to do it very much over the last half decade and so maybe that change in philosophy will keep him healthy here but I mean it's worth a mention he's gonna be 38 over the course of the season yeah he's not a spring chicken anymore and so you have to really hope that that new philosophy was the difference and he's not going to be a guy who's going to go 200 220 innings 170 is about where you expect you're hoping for 150 to 170 from DeGrom and so you're not you then have to really rely on the bullpen here for the Texas Rangers which is fine I'm not not awesome but it's a decent bullpen there and then it's about the lineup right and we haven't gone into it yet but you've got Seager you've got Langford you've got you added Nemo in the offseason you got Jack Peterson like there are some interesting pieces here the lineup

just doesn't have a high ceiling to me though it doesn't have a low floor either but it feels like it's just kind of consistently going to be meddling throughout this year which then really puts the pressure back on this rotation yeah you need bounce back seasons from Josh Jung who had a great season two seasons ago last year OPS just fall off the cliff you need Langford in in Carter to kind of break out you know I mean like there are there are things that you need you need burger to get back to what he was doing whenever he was in Miami like there there are things that if it goes right I mean dare I say this team could actually be like a world series contender I mean I think that's certainly an AL pinnett contender if everything breaks right for this team because certainly the pedigree of some of these dudes is there we just talked about the one through four on the rotation so long as health is on their side is definitely there and so I mean I you know what you're gonna get from Seager he's awesome he's awesome every single year so I mean that you've got the step to set fast guy in there I just don't believe that it's going to break perfectly what I would say Mike for sure is if you actually truly believe in this team then you should just like go all

out on it I mean you should bet them to win the division you should probably bet them to win the AL and maybe at the tiniest of sprinkles to win the world series because in order for all of that having their win total over and all of that because in order for all this to happen they need to run pure and if they run pure the sky is the limit for this team it's just I just you know I'm going with history as opposed to you know living in the on the very very end of the range of outcomes yeah I almost like him to win the AL the most of all of the different options because this feels like a team where maybe they run pure for three months Matt maybe they run pure in the second half and this is the team that is able to put it all together the McKenzie go and prove throughout the season lighter proofs throughout the season they're not good enough to run down the mariners but they get in as a wild card and it's a team that if to grama's healthy if you getting good pitching from Gore if of all these still solid if lighters there you have a good front end of the rotation that could make some noise in some playoff series so to me the the way that I would bet the Rangers if you like them from an upside perspective isn't the division

because I'm a little worried that it's going to be a problem to put 162 games together but if you get them in a playoff series that's where I do think there's a little more interesting there's this is a little more bit of an interesting team and thus the 13 to 1 to win the league would be my route if I'm bullish on the Rangers here simply because I think it's easier for them to do it in a short sample size than the large sample size we'll we'll talk the A's we'll kind of skip here as far as the odds go we'll talk to A's next segment angels gonna be terrible there you go there's my handicap they're gonna be absolutely miserable they're gonna be terrible there's nothing there's nothing more to say this team is going to be awful I mean they're gonna be awful awful I have an under ticket on them for wins like I think they're gonna be horrific can we get a white socks angels head-to-head win total bet just to kind of book put that out there because the white socks are 67 and a half the angels are 70 and a half I would love the white socks if you get a head-to-head I would too because if if any of the dudes in the lineup outside of trout have any sort of

any sort of season where they're gonna ship them out of town like they're they're they're they're gonna be trade bait like they're gone like so trust me the only guy basically that's off limits you know and so like he's he's gonna be the lineup's gonna get gutted if anybody's any good they might not be any good anyway but like if anybody's any good the lineup's gonna get gutted and then you're really going with a with a rotation of yeah kukuchi's fine but then you need you need sori ono debtmers Grayson Rodriguez who a high prospect but injuries and all this stuff with the goes on with him and then Alec Manoa to have a resurgence or something like that it's just it's they're gonna be they're gonna be bad bad so I just we'll leave it we'll leave it we'll leave it at that guy stop playing full price for gas you can go right now you can get an the upside app it's absolutely free download it use the promo code sunday is in like today the greatest day by the way 25 cents back per gallon on your first tank and you can cash out anytime your bank account or e-gift cards like amazon so go in right now download the upside app quit pay in full price for gas and get that limited time 25 cent per gallon bonus see upside dot com for additional detail

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Brown and Mike Sommage on bson please force betting network for a set bet here on these sports betting network Matt Brown Mike Sommage we have a 74-62 win Rutgers over Penn State if you bet that one high point gets it done over win Thorpe I keep saying win Thorpe because it's funnier to say it that way win Thorpe it's it's a it's a movie from a long time ago anyway trading spaces win Thorpe is so they they punctured 91 76 loser there for me with the in game bet unfortunately northern Iowa 84 69 over UIC Lehigh 76 69 over Colgate Campbell 85 to 70 over UNC Wilmington so the little bit of a rally that we saw from Wilmington there Mike did not even come close to getting home as Campbell outscores them 54 to 37 in the second half erasing that two point deficit that they had and then winning this thing outright by 15.

Yeah outside of the games that actually got teams into the NCAA tournament this probably the most consequential game today this was a a team in Wilmington that was expected to win this basketball game expected to win the conference and expected to be a real threat when we got to the NCAA tournament they fall by 15 to the 16 and 17 Campbell Campbell's on the year so we're going to have you know a little bit of an upset there in the CAA now. The semis in the Patriot league we are 29 25 Navy over Boston that is still four minutes left in the first half we got the final in the a sun that is 30 to 28 currently Queens over central Arkansas do you remember where I told you central Arkansas was Conway Conway Conway Arkansas the middle of Arkansas there you get let's look at it right in the middle of Arkansas 29 22 in favor two lane over Memphis in the game that's going on right now and then also 35 28 South Florida over Charlotte so I skipped out of the A's because I want to give it at least a little bit of time here because I do think this A's team

is somewhat interesting Mike when you take a look at them it is a super young team which is going to come with struggles but also comes with a ton of upside we saw what Kurtz was able to do he is but 23 years old Langleyers is only 28 Sodastrom is 24 you go down and you see Jacob Wilson who is 24 Lawrence Butler is sitting there at 25 Max Muncie the A's version is 23 you've got a 25-year-old Denzel Clark like this is all dudes in their early to mid 20s outside of a couple of veteran presence and and a Brent Rooker and Jeff McNeil who are going to hit in the middle of that lineup but you know this is they're not going to I mean this they're not a threat to win the division they're not going to you know they're going to make a run in the playoffs or anything like that but you know how we talked about some of these NFL teams and we're like they're just going to be annoying like this going to be I think the A's are going to be that team the A's are going to be that annoying team that on any given night these young dudes are going to get it and they're going to and they're just going to score nine runs on like a on like a maybe not an ace but like

you're going to score like nine runs on somebody's like SP two but this is this is going to be a fun team yeah right you're going to get high scoring games you're still playing in that band box of a ballpark in Sacramento this year it's going to be fun to watch this the the younger players in this lineup see if they can take a step forward here this is this is to me one of those teams where I don't want to completely disregard them I don't think they can win the division I agree with you I don't think they make the playoffs but there's at least a little spunk here right this is a frisky baseball team that as a dog when you have the right matchup on the mound I think is an interesting one to be betting from day to day perspective I mean you throw McNeil in this lineup and I know he's we're three years removed I mean this is like a former batting champion in whatever you know if he can move into this ballpark and I'm not saying it's going to revitalize his career anything like that but even if he gets you know 90% of the production that he had a few years ago in paired with all these other guys I mean like it's it's an interesting lineup I can't believe I'm saying this by the age it's it's fairly interesting lineup yeah it's fun it's fun

and like I we talked about Nick Kurtz last year for rookie of the year better when he was five to one I'm excited to see what he does taking a step forward he was able to just mash pitching to especially in the second half of this year sorbestrum I think is interesting again Rooker has a ton of power this is a band box ballpark you're going to see a lot of home runs when they are at home as well like there's a lot of reasons to believe that this is going to be a fun baseball team now fun and wins don't necessarily go early yeah right this is that's that's the one thing you have to focus on because when you look at this staff it's just not good right I mean Severino's your one springs is your two like this this isn't a very good pitching staff at all this is going to be another team where you got to keep it on the weather see what's happening but this is another over team where like last year we talked about betting this team the games to the over I think this is going to be another team where you're going to see a lot of runs both giving up and score expecting to get that gill off back also at some point in the season deal with the show learned you've been I mean this guy got hurt last year but you know two years ago we're talking to 17 homers 25 steals out of him you know I it's there there's there might be an opportunity to bet this you

might they might kind of struggle out of the gate Mike and like if their wind total falls to a number that's just absurd there there might be like an in season look here and I know the rotation isn't anything that you're going to love but Severino and springs are solid Savali isn't innings eater you get at least get that out of him now what you're going to do with the four and five spot who really knows and I'm sure they'll be varying guys that are that are in and out of that spot down there but I mean it is for me I you know Luis Morales is a guy that's going to at least start in the rotation he's a young dude 23 one of the highest guy prospects in their organization as well yeah I know need another young guy to to pan out for this team but I think that this is one of those team you don't do this a ton in baseball but I think this is like a calendar reminder team after the first month and if they cut if they start kind of slow it's it might be it might just be a bunch of young dudes getting adjusted to playing all together and you know and all that Mike side I might look to get in on this team some point in the season

yeah we'll check in on them yeah because this is a team we're going to talk about quite a bit from a game to game betting perspective there a fun team to bet props on especially because of the bats that you have in this lineup so it's a team that's going to be discussed despite not the expectations being pretty low for a season long from a season long perspective yeah the only thing I guess you would hate maybe the bull pin it's probably going to be the whole closure by committing thing until they decide who they're going to settle on it's good you know there's all of that stuff you know which you don't love you'd like to just know who's like you're set up and you're closer and all that but I mean you know that's picking nets I think at least yeah well we'll figure it out I mean it's the I we'll see how many opportunities they have to get saved anyway right exactly so so there we go all right we said that the race has had not started yet so let's remind everybody what we're looking at at Gulfstream yeah two plays from Gulfstream Park today we're going to start out with race number six this one's about 30 35 minutes from going we're going to go with the number four she's a gamer claimed last time out that was the first start in the four-year-old season now gets back to Topita which is where we saw the best career race for this horse just a four-horse field so I'm not expecting four to one I think we're probably close to

the nine to five two to one range like the number four she's a gamer quite a bit here in the sixth race from Gulfstream Park and then we'll fast forward to the last race of the day race number 10 this is a five and five five four long turf sprint and look a Nate's been running up in New York Saratoga Belman at the big A in much more difficult races dropping down in class in my mind despite staying at that same N1X level I think a Nate has a big shot of being able to pull off the upset here very competitive race we should be getting around that five to one price on a Nate so we'll go with that number four she's a gamer race number six Gulfstream Park today and number three and eight race number 10 at Gulfstream Park today we have one game in the NHL that is currently going that is scoreless after the first period between Minnesota and Colorado the next putt drop coming in about an hour and a half but you have two other plays over there in the NHL yeah fun slate today I mean that that Minnesota Colorado game very much delivered I've got it on the TV right now in that first period still zero zero the golden night's oilers game should be fun later tonight devils wings a very close game for our two bets here we're going to go with the

anaheimide ducks we're going to lay the goal in a half here plus one 45 taking on my St. Louis blues this is a blues team that traded away their captain and one of their defensive leaders at the deadline able to pull out a win in San Jose but this is a a ducks team that added John Carlson nice defensive piece to the puzzle here at the deadline and a team that likes to score goals the blues struggle putting the puck in the net the ducks able to win this game by margin so we'll take the ducks minus one and a half plus one 45 and then stars black ox by the worst game of the night however the total is just wrong in this surprise this is a five and a half toe it's a black ox team that has the ability to score goals and a stars team that is going to be able to get them against a black ox team who plays very very little defense here we'll go over five and a half black ox stars and ducks minus one and a half plus one forty five tonight Daniel burger holding a two stroke lead over auction but Tia 14 under to 12 under but Ludwig Oberg four under through seven he is now three back of burger should he struggle and Oberg keep on this heater right here

one under for more a cow a one under for Cam Young it's uh they're going to have to start lighting up the school board if they're going to do something there to actually content in this one but uh should be a fun finish over there in Florida at Bay Hill as well and Mike you mentioned you've been down to uh that you've been down to Indian Wells I've been several different times as well if you can make the drive it is it is definitely worth it I mean the facility is absolutely fantastic and you get to see all the big name players like I said some of them even play doubles because the prize money so high on the double side of things that that you even get to see him play doubles they're like playing doubles out on these because they're unseated right because they never play doubles so they're like playing on little small courts out on the sets it's awesome very very fed fan friendly tournament because the venue isn't massive and you get to see these big time players in a much smaller environment and let's say you know the US open or one of the the major tournaments that you're going to go see yeah it's it's a cool experience if you can if you can do it I would say definitely go and do it keep it right here on Vison guys live bets Sunday is up next Dustin sweet Olson later on with uh cashing out of course you can wake up with

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