Rangers vs Diamondbacks World Series Game 3 Predictions, Picks, Odds: Chipping Away in the Desert
The Rangers have a thunderous offense and the D-backs have pestered pitchers all season. And yet, this has the makings of a pitcher's duel with Max Scherzer and Brandon Pfaadt on the hill. Add in some timely defense, and the total of 9 looks even loftier.
"He's arguably the greatest pitcher of all time — he's in that conversation," Rangers catcher Austin Hedges said."You can argue that he is it, and there's a reason, and it's obvious: the mental wherewithal to respond to things, to the adjustments he's made from being a young pitcher to a veteran pitcher to an older pitcher. Guys don't just do what he is capable of doing at 39 years old with that many miles on his arm and with all the accolades he has.
He created more whiffs, flashed some fastball velocity close to 99, and looked closer to vintage Max. He'll have no pitch count this evening, so how deep he can go is based on how effective he can be. Usually, that would be an issue for Scherzer. However, that fails to capture what his slider has produced. It's been his putout pitch this year, and the DBacks will field a lineup with five players owning a whiff rate above the league average against it. I expect Max to lean on this pitch to navigate this lineup with minimal damage. headtopics.com
After getting the jitters of his opening playoff game out of the way against the Milwaukee Brewers, Pfaadt has allowed just two earned runs across three starts. He should again succeed tonight with a dominant sweeper that has produced an +8 run value. It's also a pitch that just two Ranger players hit or above the league average against.
The second leg is Max to also get to this number. If my handicap here is"Max being Max," then he should get to this number with ease. He finished the regular season eclipsing it in four of his last five starts. And if he leans on the slider, which we established is a pitch the D-backs struggle against, he can overcome Arizona's lack of swing-and-miss.The Rangers have now tied the 1996 New York Yankees for the most consecutive postseason road wins at eight. headtopics.com
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