 This is covering the spread part of the Fandall podcast network It is a glorious week in sports because of course we've got the men's and the women's tournaments going on We've got that of course. We've got the Masters just around the corner, but on Thursday MLB opening day is finally here We're gonna talk about the futures market break down some futures You can lock in before opening day arrives by talking to Tom Vecchio and picking his brain around futures He likes across all of Major League Baseball for this year This is covering the spread right here on the Fandall podcast network and number fire calm My name is Jim Saunas. I am a senior writer and analyst for a number fire calm Joined here as mentioned by Tom Vecchio. You can find him on Twitter I had DFS underscore Tom and Tom. You're glowing today. Quinnipiac has advanced to Tampa in the men's hockey tournament So a congratulations be how we feelin about the next round for Quinnipiac Thanks. Yeah, thanks. I'm doing great. Yeah, a couple big wins over the weekend versus Merrimack and Ohio State college hockey isn't for everyone, but Should be yeah, it should be moving on to the frozen for which is always good You know Rangers are rolling Yankee season starts. Everything's everything's coming up. Tom Everything is coming up Tom and I'm excited for you as someone who doesn't get to enjoy a lot of like College sports level success. I'm glad to live vicariously through you for this one sport You know between the two of us. We've got two sports. You've got hockey. I've got women's lacrosse We can you know, well, we're slowly building up the trophy chest. We combine Maybe we'll eventually have the might of one school I mean, it's true. Like Northwestern is good in football or like occasion football. They're always hanging around in basketball Which I mean, you know, Q doesn't have a football team. So yeah I can't have that. Hey, they still won as many games in the US as Northwestern did this year So there there is always that but congratulations. Tom excited for you for that Good luck to them in the next couple of rounds. We're in digging today and talk about everything MLB futures pick Tom's brain around assumptions entering this year. We're gonna talk player awards We'll talk season long props league leaders team level stuff and a whole lot more We'll dive into that with Tom here in just one second But first as a reminder, make sure you're subscribed to covering the spread wherever you get your podcast tomorrow Dr. Ed Feng will be with us to break down the men's final four breaking down what he sees there We're in talks and women's final four coming up on Thursday as well on Wednesday I'll break down what my numbers are saying across opening day in major league baseball I had that up a day early assuming props are up, which they should be and then a lot of good stuff here Across the entire week. 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That's what we make assumptions going in You know if you assume X that could translate you assume that ball is dead that could lead to unders on every single home run prop stuff like that So I want to talk to you when you're looking at 2023 specifically with baseball Are there any assumptions you're making going in that are influencing the way you view these futures markets? initially, I want to say I'm optimistic that We will see more scoring based on the rule changes You know the pitch clock and the larger bases which you know may not seem like a big deal But we obviously have data from the minor leagues last year about what that does for stolen base attempts and stolen They stolen base success rate and that means more runs, etc. Etc. But then we also have to deal with the ball like is Regardless of what the rule changes are if the ball is still gonna be dead Then we're not gonna be seeing a lot of runs and one of the things When it comes to the pitch clock that you know we spoke about last week just you know us back and forth is You know, what does that mean for pitchers and in terms of the cadence of the pitcher and a hitter being ready? Because if the hitters not ready are they gonna be getting you know, what I'm gonna be calling quote-unquote free strikes Does that mean a pitchers getting free strikes or free strikeouts? That means we're they're gonna be keeping their pitch count low, which could indicate the overs on You know picture strikeout props at least early in season until we fall into some rhythm And there's really shouldn't take that long as we discussed like probably only should take like maybe a week Maybe even less than that. Is there gonna be some type of data that suggests? Okay, there is an issue with batters being ready and thus pitchers are getting free strikes So their workload is low and they're still getting free strikeouts now that may may even out So I'm optimistic about there being offense But I'm also hesitant about how much the pitch clock will impact that in terms of actually seeing production on the field Yeah, the pitch clock thing to me is the most important thing outside of like the base things I think that'll be like if you're betting like stolen base props that could be huge I think sports books will be aware of it, but like You know look into it is what I would say there as far as the pitch clock thing with strikeout rates Looking at spring data, and this is a bit outdated because I haven't pulled it in a while But at one point spring strikeout rates were actually down point eight percentage points from where they were last year Now the question is is that due to pitch clocks or is that due to world baseball classic? Siphoning away some talent and making things kind of be a bit more odd. So I don't know is the answer I'm not sure who is it who gains an advantage from this And that's kind of like the the hang up is I know there is an assumption to be had here I just don't know on which side of it I want to be I would say that there's an opportunity early in the season like if you are If you're willing to bet overs early in the season on Pitcher strikeouts game by game because you think that the pitch clock will be an issue for hitters That could lead to free strikes That means they get free strikeouts and then as those as the weeks go on those lines get adjusted A picture was at five and a half six and a half seven and a half But really not those strikeouts he was getting aren't all quote-unquote real Then you start betting unders right because the line is gonna be overinflated people are gonna be seeing that and then you can You gotta wait for the market to swing back So it's it's a wait-and-see like you said there's an end there's an edge for someone You still know who it is and with regards to the free strikes you're talking about that is accurate based on what happened in The miners last year where it started off where there were more pitchcock violations per game early on and then they slowly Dwindled away, so it could be a situation where it's exactly what you said where it's a bigger thing earlier on Then it is later, and I think that's one thing to keep keep an eye on Be aware of you know try to identify who is benefited from some fluky stuff and stuff like that for sure and You know Tracking how hitters adjust because that'll be an important thing for them as well Okay, let's dig into some futures here Tom and talk about the league leaders markets Are you can bet on who will leave the league in home runs strikeouts stolen bases? If you want to go that way as well when you look at those markets anything standard to you is being a good value Yeah, I have options for all of those. Oh, okay, cool. Let's go start off with home runs Matt Olson 28 to 1 Last year he finished 11th in the league with 34 home runs the before that he was 6th with 39 home runs He's been having a great spring. You look at all of his underlying numbers his ISO It's great good contact Ray fly ball raid hard contact ex slugging ex will be like you name it He's has all of these possibilities now you know, we're looking at this list and in terms of you know, who's gonna lead the league and we obviously want a combination of probability to actually do it and then or the odds actually good right where Aaron judge could absolutely do it. You get 55 home runs and which would be regressing from last year but I have no interest in that number right and you know, Peter Lonzo is There for me, but I don't think the number is long enough yet I have a lot of interest in York Don, but he's you know, he's had a late start to the spring He has this wrist injury, whatever it is didn't start swinging till late Austin Ry would be there for me as well Yeah, I'm big on Austin Riley this year will get to him as well But I don't know if that number is long enough So there's a lot to consider and I think Matt Olson is that perfect combination of we have seen really good home run Upside from him in the past few years. He has a great number and he has all of the underlying metrics we could possibly want He's also in a very good park for him Which is kind of why I was surprised last year didn't go better for him going from Oakland to Atlanta That's a pretty big home run park factor upgrade and it didn't really manifest in terms of the way things went but was that due to Change in teams was that due to some other stuff the truncated spring may have impacted him more than others There's a lot of factors that could have led to that but so 34 home runs last year. He was not bad But I think that there is that upside especially again giving him a second year in that park There is definitely a route to him lighting things up in years here, right? And I also love that line. It's not like they can pitch around him, right? He's gonna see good pitches like you want to do you pitch around? Olson to get to Riley like you all coonies already on base like that's not it's not an easy thing Yeah, they've got Riley is 20 to 1 here at Cunha 27 Olson 28 It's pretty sick with the Alvarez one you were mentioning I agree with you where that's a concern not just because he's had this slow start But because it's a hand injury like I was one have a checklist of like injuries that worry me for batters obliques always worry me hand injuries and wrist by you know connection there if it's like a You know if it's something else a minor ding That in the lower body somewhere I'm not gonna care as much when they come back, but obliques hand injuries. Those are massive red flags for me I would also say you who your Rodriguez at 35 to 1 is interesting just because that number is so long. Yeah, his power upside is Very clear. I wrote about him Article published last week had a number fire about his season total home run props Which we will also get to you know in a little bit, okay? I'm not gonna spoil that one. Let's talk to you about the strikeout leaders. What you got there I have to and that could be one Air Nola at 15 to 1 and Shane McClanahan at 35 to 1 and No last year we had fourth most strikeouts at 235 year before that 8th with 232 23 and You know strong 29% striker rate over the past few years like a 12% swing strikeout rates The ending is always there for him. He's consistent. He's going deep into games We have a kind of like everything that we possibly want Cole is up there again. His number is not long enough You know, we're looking at some of these options at the top of boards like yeah Like I'm not gonna be surprised if these pitchers finish one two three when it comes to You know total strikeouts leading elite, but those numbers just aren't long enough Like I have a ton of interest in burns this year. I think cease I think that number is a little bit that number is not long enough even remotely for me Strider I think it is not long enough and sir. Could he get there? He probably could but I just don't like that number So I've interest in burns if That number was 12 to 1 but not an 8 to 1 Both burns and Nola contract years. That's kind of fun a little bit of Incentive juice there. I think with McClanahan 35 to 1 as you mentioned It's kind of just an assumption going back to that word an assumption that they give him more leash Which they did down the stretch last year His like I mean, I know it tapered off towards the end once they were getting towards the playoffs But you look at his his length in June July stuff like that They were letting it go deeper in games So I think that if you kind of assume now that his innings are built up more that could be the path to getting there with him Right. He's got I mean last year was a 30% striker, right? He had a 15.5% swing strike, right? Which is which is awesome. He's very good. Yeah, he did deal with an injury late at the end of last season I forget what it was I'm not really worried about that because he has shown the consistency at least at that portion of the season to get deep into games And he's nasty and at 35 to 1 I think is really solid. Yeah Looking at McClanahan during the spring. It's a it's a pretty small sample 10 strikeouts 9 and 2 3rd Innings so not popping there in that regard, but that's not always the best indicator But it's 35 to 1 for a guy who we know is a freak. So I think that's pretty enticing as well Okay, you said you got a stolen base person as well. Who's that one real quick one? The numbers on on most of these players of the top are okay I think Mullins at 11 to 1 is at least interesting given what he's done I think the Royals are gonna be a really interesting team this year with Ruchman and Henderson and the town that they had the young town that they had Mullins was top four in the past two years and stolen bases and You know with the increase in size and so on bases and like all this data from last year It puts him in a really good spot and if the Orioles are gonna be I want to say like Confidently and like aggressive on offense like we're gonna call because they have this youth that they want to like show off Their offense their pitching is still suspect I think they need to like push the offense to keep themselves in game sometimes I think Mullins is really interesting this year. He's 11 to 1. The guy who interests me is Corbin Carroll 15 to 1 Just got a huge contract extension And I know it's always like oh you're you're on this this rookie is coming up. Um, you don't know if he'll adjust We saw him last year and he was awesome 27 strikeout rate a bit higher than he wanted to be but I don't know. I think that I think that Mullins. I love Cedric Mullins a talent So I'm on board. It's from that perspective. The other one that I like is Carol I think a 15 to 1 is is pretty fun as well. Okay, let's shift focus now and talk about it's a Season-long player props they have over unders in terms of strikeouts for some guys They've got home runs. What tickles your fancy in those markets, Tom Going back to one of the players I mentioned at Jayrod who your Rodriguez over 27 and a half home runs He had 28 last year and he only played 134 games last year I think it was and you know, he dealt with the back injury at the end of the season He had the wrist injury all these sorts of things He also got a massive contract extension. So if he's at 28 last year and 135 games, let's call it and he stays healthy He should be cruising over this number and Again, another player. I wrote him up in full on the article on number fire on why I'm looking at him and he's In the top, you know, 90 95 percent are higher in you know Average eggs have lost the max eggs have lost the X slugging like stat after stat after stat Yes, it's not the best hitters park in the league being in scattle, but His power is undeniable. He's going to get plenty of played appearances. He's gonna be constantly in good spots Love Jayrod this year He also did that it's important. Remember I talked about like red flag injuries. He had one mid-season And he came back and he was still awesome Like I wanted to be skeptical when he came off the il being like, okay, it's a hand injury I want to be low and then he's like, nope, you're good. Just constantly like reinforcing like you don't got to worry about me I'm fine So he did the 20 home runs despite a hand injury mid season, which is absurd So I love that about him too with him Do you think that you want to go with like this market or do you want to go with a higher upside one? Like an mvp stuff like that. I feel like this one's probably the best one It's because he's not competing with shohei otani Um and then the home run when he's not competing with like Aaron judging all those guys So I think this is probably the best market. Did you give consideration to him elsewhere? Uh Not really. I think that this is the spot like If you told me trout was up there top two along with otani for mvp Like I'm I'm never gonna say no and I don't want to like lose out on what I think is gonna be an awesome year for Him just because right he's facing stuff. Yeah such a tough competition. Yeah, for sure. Okay any other uh individual over Others you like tom christian javier Over 199 and a half and last year he had 194 strikeouts and he only pitched 148 innings Nearly 25 starts last year and most of the leap leaders were up at 30 32 33 starts having you know 200 plus innings that we saw from Cole and we saw from burns and If he's at 194 and he's 50 innings behind them Even if his rate decreases on a perning basis, right? We still see the volume of innings increase and he gets up to even 180. He doesn't even have to touch 200 I think that this is a a really Fair line It's projectable in terms of what he's done. It's not the largest sample size in the world He did have some appearances out of the bullpen last year before you know, he's full time In starting rotation et cetera, but I think that this is a pretty fair line for javier this year I think the encouraging thing is you're not making a projection based on that strikeout, right? We've seen him as a starter over a long period and the strikeouts were there even as he was going Deeper into games as you mentioned 194 strikeouts last year 148 and two third innings He was a beast and I think that their their faith in him has gone up Which is a justified but also b should increase our Willingness to check them out in these markets. Okay, before we finish up players. Tom did want to ask you about the awards market I don't tend to be a big awards market better as we discussed the Rodriguez. I you know I have a hard time ever voting against johio tani. So that's why I don't tend to dabbling this market It's too much but looking at the mvp. Sayung rookie of the year whatever it may be Any players you've used being undervalued across those markets Yeah, I have a few So I'll just rattle them off pretty quickly. One would be austin reilly as I mentioned He can basically go head to head with anyone in the nl when it comes and riley's at 16 to 1 Basically go head to head with anyone in the nl when it comes to his hitting stats I think that's very clear again the offense around him is going to constantly put him in good spots pictures Are not going to be able to pitch around him great hitters park. We know the team's going to be good He's going to have all these numbers to back it up I have interest in aeronado as well at 12 to 1 and While I don't expect him to have as much power as some of the other players not as much as riley Maybe not as as much as pito lanzo. I think that aeronado at 12 to 1 Like he's always going to have that gold glove like sitting there waiting for him in the back pocket Which is just such a such a good thing to have when you're like, wow This player is nearly there in every single hitting category not to mention the fact that he has a gold glove as well Which I think is only a positive for aeronado So riley and aeronado are Are really interesting in the nl in the al I would have interest in your don at 12 to 1 again. It comes down to his health and which I already discussed and I think Jram at at 15 to 1 for cleveland. I think that number's too long Given what he does on such a consistent basis And I think that the lack of the success From cleveland often hampers him when it comes to That market overall And I don't think that lack of success will be there this year. I kind of like the guardians I know last year my betting model was on them a lot in the second half of the year if I look at like my like My power rankings right now. They're pretty high Um And for that division if you're pretty if you if you are a good team in that division You can do a lot of damage So I think the team will be good and we know he'll be good You combine those two things together 15 to 1 again I I can't personally bet against show hey otani because it just feels like morally bankrupt, but Like I think that ramirez is the kind of guy you'd want to turn to if you were Betting against otani thinking maybe there's an injury stuff like that So that's that's a spot. I'm really interested in when it comes to the sai young markets I'm going to be back on no let 13 to 1 which is pretty borderline of the the lowest number I would go Just giving a level of competition in the nl especially for lander moving over. It's doesn't make anything Doesn't make things easier for nola, but I think 13 to 1 is is pretty interesting Especially that you said these in contract here. I didn't realize that Um, so I'm on board with that in the al louise castillo at 16 to 1 has my eye You know if the grom stays healthy him moving from the nl to the al doesn't make things easier for anyone But I do like louise castillo and then my long shot for sai young would be tyler glass now at 41 to 1 And I know he's not healthy right now, but he's not going to miss too much time To start the season if we look back to 2021 He was on pace for the al sai young before he got hurt He was awesome at the beginning portion of the season And I just don't I don't think that number's kind of wrong assuming he can come back and be Along the same lines of where he was This was the year before that in 2020 But that was the covet year and glass now was my favorite pitcher to watch Because every time he pitched he'd say the f word And there were no fans So you could hear it really well Um, so he's my favorite pitcher because of that basically and yeah, I mean like he's not going to start the year right away I don't care as much about obliques with pitchers that do with hitters personally That's the injury he has right now, but um, I think that Given what he can do may strike out perspective 41 to 1 is at least interesting there with glass now and hopefully could be glass later glass ever present as always Okay, let's finish up your tom with some team level props. What are you seeing in those markets of vandal? All right, so this is something that we discussed last week just one on one between us and this is Uh, not i'm using the angels as an example here, but I want to use this theory overall on how to view futures markets So the angels are plus 146 to make the playoffs And their win total is at 82 and a half and it's minus 115 on the over for the angels There's also alternate markets and the uh to win 90 plus games the angels are at plus 250 So we have three different things going on here to make the playoffs is yes or no question Is that plus 146? Yes to make it over 82 and a half is at minus 115 And 20 90 plus is at plus 250. So let's say someone's interested in You know betting on to make the playoffs of 146 plus 146 if we look back 89 wins was the average of the three a l wild card teams last year and 90.8 wins Was the average for both leagues last year? It was 92 average the year before that only two teams made it obviously with the shift that was a l only And in 2019 it was 95 wins to make the two wild card teams a l only to get So what are we looking at here if the angels are going to make the playoffs they need to have 90 plus wins So at 90 plus wins is at plus 250 So instead of betting them to make the playoffs at plus 146 Which I think is a fair number given the division that they're in given the competition That they're going to have to face to win the wild card if you are interested Why not just bet them at 90 plus wins at plus 250? And this is a theory that I've talked about in over the past few years with you is it's not about being right It's about being the most right. So the angels do in fact make the playoffs via the wild card I don't expect them to beat the astros in that division. They're going to need to have 90 plus wins So why not go for plus 250 rather than You know plus 146 now, of course, there's scenarios where they have 90 plus wins and they don't make the playoffs There's a scenario where oh, you could have just bet them over 82 and a half wins I've gotten that and they still don't make the playoffs, but at least you got the win Like there's so many permutations to this But again, I'm always shooting for the most upside where it's going to be a plus 250 Yeah, and uh, the 90 plus wins market is what you're talking about there with plus 250 I think that that does make sense too because if you look at the wild card situation, um It is kind of dicey So like I'm not expecting a 90 plus win team to miss the playoffs But like when you've got okay, let's assume that the Yankees When their division would assume the guardians win and the astros win You've still got the rays Mariners blue jays all in that mix To potentially scoop up wild cards twins, right? Can't talk about that. That's my whole point. It's like if if they are going to make the playoffs They need to have 90 plus wins. It's it's not going to be them making the playoffs With 87 wins. Yes. They hit the over on their season total congrats And if you're on board that that's awesome But if you are saying, okay If they have to make moves at the deadline because otani is not it hasn't resigned yet and all these sorts of things Like if that's the premise that you're going under Then the route is to go plus 250 rather than plus 146 And I think that they have upside too They've got like a lot of volatile players Which is why I think that it makes sense to go with a more volatile market because Their pitching rotation has a lot of guys who are fun. I think patrick sandball is fun. Otani fun Reed deptmers really did improve last year and then jose Suarez I think is underrated a little bit at least their bullpen kind of sucks, but like They've got lotto tickets In the bullpatter in the rotation hunter renfro not really a lotto ticket, but he's fun Um, so they've got some guys who are kind of interesting And I think that going for an upside market does make sense for them there So the angels of team tom is on again 90 plus wins plus 250 over at fendall sportsbook Tom we went a little bit long, but I I appreciate you taking time to chat for today. I'm gonna let you go I gotta do a recapping last week, but tom appreciate the time check out tom on twitter at dfs underscore tom You can find him of course over on the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed talking uh NBA with the daily iso tom have a fantastic day Looking forward to talking to you again about hockey Baseball basketball all again here in the very new future. Yeah, thanks for having me. All right. Check out tom on twitter at dfs underscore tom and check out again the daily iso Over on the number fire daily fantasy podcast feed again Gotta recap last week here on the show because you know, we do this for transparency To try to let you know if what we're saying is worthwhile. Also last week was pretty good So let's run through what happened last week here on the show starting off with the men's college basketball tournament back on Tuesday, we had dr. Ed fang on to preview the Thursday games in the sweet 16 and you can find Ed on twitter at the power rank Ed had a couple of spreads he liked those were gen zaga plus two and a half And kraton mine is nine and a half and gen zaga won outright in that game They were covering plus two and a half even before that crazy three at the end So pretty comfortable bet there for ad I know the first half it wasn't as comfortable But still cash regardless via the outright win for gen zaga kraton won by 11 So they covered the nine and a half number as well So good reads by ed on both those games will talk to ed tomorrow to preview the final four on the men's side On a friday show our guest was austin cast you can find austin on twitter at austin cast and He nailed everything really greatly from austin for the saturday games in the elite eight He had the ucon money line at minus 130 and the f a u money line at plus 106 They both once that's good and it would have been fine if that had been all austin had given us We'd be very happy with austin. We thank austin for his service But when we talk futures the two that austin highlighted under the assumption that alabama might have been a bit Overrated in the market. He said he liked kraton a plus a 50 to win it all and san diego state at 40 to 1 To win it all of course san diego state is now in the final four. They are the Second most likely team to win it all based on fan dual sports books Odds they are plus 360 so 40 to 1 to plus 360 that is bananas So austin is on vacation the next week But kudos him for nailing things across the board there both with the Individual games in the futures if you did take san diego state 40 to 1 got chances to hedge and stuff like that So austin read by austin Hopefully got in on that one before those games got underway Recapping nascar stuff for me will go chronological here beginning with the truck series on Saturday earlier on these things i'd mentioned were kyle bush to win plus 150 ross chastain to win 12 to 1 Those numbers closed bush was like minus I don't know. He's like minus 200 almost at some point minus 150 somewhere around there That is a big difference there, but he was very Likely to win chastain closed at two to one. I believe plus 220 potentially So big movement there neither guy won zane smith won But luckily the top fives did well the top fives highlighted were ross chastain plus 140 perger cligerman plus 225 time majesky plus 225 steward freason four to one great and finger four to one Both majesky and chastain did finish top five Chastain finished fifth majesky finished third I think that chastain had a shot to win that race if not for a fuel pump issue that he had It kind of ruined his day So would have been nice to have the 12 to 1 on the win But luckily the top five was there and the majesky top five was as well Kyle bush finished second behind zane smith in that race in xfinity Following that race on saturday the things I had going in were coal custard to win h1 Brandon jones to win 80 to 1 and alexa bay top five and plus 1600 None of those came close. It was honestly Pretty disappointing the way that jones ran. He was never super competitive that entire day custer Had to start in the back and it took him a while to get back to the front He wound up being fine eventually but then had some issues towards the end So, you know the read on xfinity was not as good as it was with the truck series Finally the cup series on sunday Three or four top 10 markets I discussed. We had michael mcdowell top 10 at plus 165 kevin harvick at plus 175 tie gifts at plus 430 Ryan priest at seven to one These were all looking pretty good. Uh at different points throughout the day priest was ninth on One of the green white checker restarts and then he got destroyed Cargott obliterated mcdowell was running sixth then he got spun. Uh harvick was involved I believe in that same spin and says a lot of chaos towards the end and final restart tie gifts was 11th mcdowell was like 26th harvick was like 29th and priest was dust Gips actually kind of sway inside the top 10 finished there See that one did cash at plus 430 and mcdowell and harvick With all the carnage on that last restart as well. They actually did finish 12th and 13th so Couldn't quite cash the top 10 but got really close to adding those on as well. So Felt good about the process there felt good about the results Mentioned in the betting guide Tyler reddick to win at nine to one during practice on friday So felt really good about the cup series couldn't have been better if priest had stayed in the top 10 or if mcdowell had gotten back up there But overall Pretty happy with how things played out there both the truck series and the cup series extended the series not as much but Road courses have been a bit of a bugaboo at times for me So happy to have a decent week this past week at circuit in america's next week richmond Which should be a whole lot of fun. We'll try to find uh some time to talk. Um Some nascar probably thursday after we talked the women's final four I'll talk uh some nascar there. So we'll get you set for richmond on thursday on the show this week as mentioned though big Uh week here on the stream are on the show. We got ed coming up tomorrow breaking down the final four We're gonna have an opening day. I'll talk some money lines my model likes. I'll talk some strikeout props We'll talk about you know national tv gain stuff like that all coming up wednesday women's final four thursday We're gonna talk about um mlb on friday as well all right here in the same feed So go search for covering the spread wherever you get your podcasts hit subscribe and as always If you like what you hear leave us a five star review that does help us out a bunch We appreciate those to you who have done so already also check us out on the fangirl youtube page Hit subscribe there hit the like button if you like what you see and uh, we appreciate again All of you over there as well big. Thank you once again to tom of vecchio check him out on twitter at dfs underscore tom you can find me on twitter at jim sanis j i m s a n n e s Want to thank you all for tuning in for today. 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