Peralta Debuts Strong in Tampa Bay Rays' Colorado Game

Tampa Bay Rays here in Colorado. Um, it's kind of a snooze fest last night. Only 22 runs scored there, uh, Kyle. So hopefully they pick up the pace here a little tonight, but we will get a chance to see, yeah, there he is. The one and only Mr. Peralta. Don't ask, uh, Craig about, he's not a big Peralta guy, but what are your thoughts on him? New uniform, new city, new team. What are we thinking? New uniform, new him. I think Freddy Peralta comes out firing in his debut here. You're talking about a guy who's ground ball rate is on the rise and he's not allowing many barrels. And that, I mean, you never liked picking on a pitcher that's going to Coors, but if you're going to do it, I got a guy keeping the ball on the ground is, is the path I'm going to go here. So this is my biggest baseball wager of the week so far. And it might end the week being that way with the raised money line. And I'm going to lay the one and a half and roughly even money. I'm even going to sprinkle on Freddy Peralta to win the start in his debut. You're looking at about plus one 40 on that range. As you mentioned, 22 runs last night. So the bullpen is a little taxed here. We saw three arms go heavy out of the respective pens. I'm thinking he throws somewhere in the neighborhood of 97 pitches, which is where he's been at all season long. I think that gets them through five or six innings. Obviously you think the best contact team in baseball puts a few runs on the board in Coors. I'm looking at the race pretty convincingly tonight in Colorado. Should be. I think long-term Kyle Peralta will be better. I just, I think the raise eventually will get him to throw his best pitch more or how, whatever they feel that that is. I just don't know that that'll happen tonight. I think it's a little, a little soon to presume that, but I do think in time there'll be better. Uh, you know, the matchup of the night, obviously it is what everybody's watching tonight. It's Therese Google making his debut for the Dodgers. Kyle. Let's just be honest. It's a national game tonight. They're showing it, I believe on MLB network or somewhere on national TV. I don't know where to find things these days, but I know that it's the national game. Uh, that, that, that I would assume would you talk about a tick up in terms of Velo and a tick up in terms of strikeouts. I would be curious tonight to see how school does say first five innings or so, and I'd be very interested in his strikeout prop. I don't know that he'll win the game, but I know he's going to be amped up. There's no doubt about that. He's certainly going to be amped up, but this Cubs team doesn't really swing at pitches. So I'm a little bit worried about the pitch count getting up there. Even if he's throwing gas, you're talking a handful, six, seven, eight, nine strikeouts that pitch counts going to get up there in a hurry. He's under 90 pitches for the first time since 2021 on a per star basis. So I think you're looking at kind of a muted outing from him. He might be effective, but I'm not sure how deep he goes. And in this era in 2026, where it's hard to get pictures to go much faster, a hundred pitches, five, maybe six innings for some of these guys, especially for a team like the Dodgers, I've got no wind staring at me right now for scuba in his debut F plus money. I'm having a hard time. Not not jumping on that. I don't like to be the guy that fades the, you know, all pro pitcher going in his first start for the dynasty, the monsters, all that good stuff, but I think I'm going to be on the other side here. I don't think he earns the win. That doesn't mean they don't win, but I don't think he gets the way.