Tampa Bay Underdog Status in Seattle Raises Questions

Am I, are my eyes kidding me? Or is Tampa Bay a underdog at plus money in Seattle tonight? Seattle who just got shut out two out of three by Detroit who can't hit water if they fell out of a boat. And Tampa with the best record in America. What, what am I missing here? It's got, oh yeah. But I, why, what was it? Rasmussen going tonight? What am I missing here? Yeah. One of the better pitches. It's amazing. Um, I, I think, you know, the boys in Vegas haven't jumped off, but, but Seattle certainly has, you know, they got maybe one of the most over, I don't want to say overrated because some of these guys are halfway decent, but just over overrate, I guess is the word. Whether it's Logan Gilbert or Brian Wu or Luis Castillo, who they did finally trade away. You got Logan Gilbert tonight. You know, he's pretty good, but is he already three and a half? It's nothing crazy. You know, they're lousy against winning teams. The boys in Vegas, you know, just continue to buy into the Seattle team that eventually they're going to turn things around. I get it, but they just have it. You know, eventually you just got to jump off the bandwagon, Joe, and just say, it's not happening. It's just, if for whatever reason, it's not happening. They're, they're stuck in Minneapolisville. They're, they're four games under 500. They can't get over the hump. You know, Houston's turned it on. Um, you know, other than Red Sox have obviously turned it on. This, this Seattle team just does it. And then you throw in Tampa Bay. Listen, they can win 120 games and the boys in Vegas just won't respect them. They just won't. And it really is. It's amazing. You know, being a Red Sox fan, I can follow it. And as I know you do too, but last night, the Red Sox were minus 180 or so. That was the first time, Joe, that I remember the Red Sox in this great run being more than like a 150 or 160 favorite. Everything has been 120, 140, maybe 150, 135. You've been getting great numbers for some stupid reason. I don't know. Uh, but they finally bought it last night and they just, they never seemed to buy in with Tampa Bay. Just, just depth. So, uh, yeah, you're right. Give me Tampa Bay who has pretty good splits. You know, the day night thing, you know, I looked at that stuff. Uh, they're basically 500 during the day, you know, in 49 games at night, 43 and 21 games over 500 at night Tampa Bay. So that's where they make their money. Give me Tampa Bay with this one. And Tampa had off yesterday. So they're actually more rested. They got fly out. They got to get settled in. Now they're taking Seattle, got lit up 11, nothing yesterday. Uh, they can't hit at all. Uh, you're talking about a Tampa team against, uh, right. He's now over the last two weeks, fourth best in major league baseball. And Logan Gilbert is the total opposite of what you think is he gets lit up at home and pitches better on the road, Scott, which I'm still trying to figure out because he gives up home runs all at home that that ballpark is one of the most picture friendly ballpark, but not for him. And there's still a favorites. I don't, I just don't on both bullpens are going to be rested, right? 11, nothing. I don't see why Seattle won't have access to the, uh, to their bullpen either. I, if all things being equal compared the Tampa Bay lineup to the Seattle lineup, what am I missing here? Scott? Like I, I just, I can't figure it out. He's got an ERA or they're setting this up. Yeah. He's got an ERA over four at home. You know, it makes no sense, but here's Logan Gilbert, right? You think Logan Gilbert pretty good pitcher. Yeah. You're right. Hey, he's eight and six. No big deal. He was six and six last year. Nine and 12 the year before that, you know, 13 and seven the year before that. But his ERA has been over three all these years. I mean, he's just a nice little pitcher, but for some reason, he's gotten this reputation of being this big time stud and he's just not, you know, not bad. But, uh, and those whole numbers are just ridiculously stupid. It makes no sense. So yeah, I don't know what they would have to do. You know, at least, and Tampa Bay's got some notable guys now, you know, the guys are starting to get a little bit more familiar with Tampa Bay, but, um, like I said, with Boston, same thing, you know, this is why baseball, sometimes it's difficult, you know, uh, but other times in baseball is the easiest to get, you get these teams that are in these streets and if they're a team that's not supposed to be good, man, they'll keep those lines down like they are with Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay's getting odds. Yeah. I'll take that first place team. Best record in the American league. T-Mobile park. One of the most pitcher friendly parks, not suppresses runs left and right. Logan Gilbert has thrown 78 and two thirds innings at home. He's given up 16 home runs in those 78 and two thirds at that ballpark. You know how many he's given up on the road and 54 innings, one, one, he's given all his home runs up at home. It's I don't get it. I'll take, I'll take the raise at, but I, if I'm wrong, I'm wrong, but I'll take the raise all day long there.