Sonny Gray Takes the Mound as Red Sox Clash with Marlins

But listen, Sonny Gray, 16-3, he has been ridiculously lighted out for the Red Sox. But, Marlins have been feisty here, they are at home. Gusto hasn't been terrible. Got a lot of swing and miss stuff here. So, I don't know, I'll give him a puncher's chance here to get it done. I certainly do. Sonny Gray has been great. Last night's game was also crazy with X-Rating was at a grand slam by Jaron Duran. So, the Marlins need this game. They are sitting, what is this, four back now in the NL wildcard. The Dimebacks are in a spot to win. The Padres are in a spot to win. The Phillies are in a spot to win. So, they are chasing everyone down or trying to chase everyone down. Miami, as you said, over the past month against righties, they were 101 WRC+. So, they are literally right at league average. But, man, Sonny Gray has been almost too good for me to look the other way and say, I want to bet on the other team. Sonny Gray with a 2-8-1 ERA over the last 30 days is unbelievable. Could he do his thing and we take a first five under? And maybe the Marlins come back and win just because, oh, it's baseball. Weird stuff happens. They tied the game last night late and they let it get away in extra innings and they just happen to win tonight. Sure, but give me a first five under in that game. I don't mind that look at all here. I think that's a pretty good way. But, yeah, Boston been really good last couple of weeks against right-handed pitching. Miami, not so much. 17th has not been great. But, got to play the games one way or the other. Waldron is fascinating to me here that he's even back in Major League Baseball. But, there he is for Washington taking on Tanner Gordon. Washington has just been terrible offensively over the last couple of weeks. I don't know even against Tanner Gordon that I can trust a whole lot from Washington here at this point. I really can't. I just want to note that I am seeing that Waldron is going to be an opener for the Nats. And Will Dion is going to be coming in behind him and he's a lefty. So, take that account into your handicap out there. That does play a part. But, this offense for both of them really have been bad. The Nats against righties right now, they're terrible at 22nd in the league. The Rockies versus lefties are sitting at 25th in the league. The runs may be hard to come by on face value. But, the bullpens are so bad that we know anyone can score runs on them. It's only 8.5 tonight instead of the 9.5 which we had last night. Yeah, it's actually... The fact that they're bringing in a lefty. I mean, they have been a little bit better against lefties. But, Washington offensively has been anemic here over the last couple of weeks.