VSiN PrimeTime | August 4, 2026 | Hour 4

**Tim Murray** (0:07)
This is VSiN PrimeTime on VSiN, the Sports Betting Network.
Tarek Schubel made his debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers at Wrigley Field. He went six innings, stays under his out prop, strikes out six under his strikeout prop, and all in all, pitched pretty well in a pitcher's duel. Javier Asad was really strong on Tuesday night. And Matt, that series wraps up on Wednesday. Nothing like a day game at Wrigley Field. And we'll have Shota Imanaga on the Hill for the Cubs and for the first time in the series against the Dodgers with that 220 Eastern first pitch at Wrigley Field. The Cubs will be the betting favorite with Imanaga on the Hill around $1.25 favorite against the Dodgers.

**Matt Youmans** (0:56)
Yeah, you don't get to Dodgers' dogs too often. Tim, you ever had a Dodger dog?

**Tim Murray** (1:02)
No, I have not.

**Matt Youmans** (1:03)
Never been to Chavez V. Never been to Dodger Stadium?

**Tim Murray** (1:05)
I have not.

**Matt Youmans** (1:06)
Dodgers plus 110 out there. Worth the hype?

**Tim Murray** (1:08)
I don't know.

**Matt Youmans** (1:09)
Yeah, they're pretty good. All right.
If you go to a Dodger game, you got to get a Dodger dog. I'm sure I would get a Dodger dog. But you don't get to Dodgers as underdogs too often. They're plus 110, plus 108, 105 I'm seeing out here on the screen. Eric Lauer gets to start. The Dodgers had lost four in a row going into Tuesday night's game at Wrigley. Eric Lauer is going to get to start. He has made eight starts for the Dodgers, five and
Whip under one, ERA at 296 He's not a strikeout guy. Only 30 strikeouts and 52 innings. So it's not like he's going to go out and dominate the Cubs, but he has pits well. And you got to think if the Dodgers are on a losing streak going into this Wednesday game, they might be worth a shot at about plus 110 Lauer, Imanaga and the Dodgers trying to stop a rare, long losing streak, Tim. It's not too often you're going to see Dodgers drop four or five games in a row.

**Tim Murray** (2:07)
Dodgers being underdogs, that is rare. Paul Skeens being an underdog, also a bit rare. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Milwaukee Brewers back at it on Wednesday night in Milwaukee. Kyle Harrison about a month off dealing with some arm fatigue.
He has been great this year, but his last couple of starts before being kind of shut down there, Matt, not all that great. So we get Kyle Harrison after about a month off against Paul Skeens and the Brewers on Wednesday evening, a buck 36 favorite against the Pittsburgh Pirates and Paul Skeens.

**Matt Youmans** (2:45)
Skeens and his last two starts has been pretty bad actually against the Reds and the Cubs, a total of nine and a third innings. He's allowed 13 hits, ten home runs, excuse me, ten runs and two home runs.
And he's walked six over that span as well.
Skeens had a pretty good outing against the Guardians in Cleveland on July 19th, but really his last couple of starts, his velocity has been down. And there have been a lot of questions. Is there something wrong with Skeens? Because his velocity chart has been showing dips, and it's been a steady dip. I talked about this about a month ago. And the last two starts have been, I think, his worst, let's put it that way, a couple of his worst, to allow ten home runs over the last nine and a third innings. But on the flip side, like you mentioned, Harrison not in the best form either. What do you do with this game? I'll probably pass.

**Tim Murray** (3:37)
Yeah, you look at the total in this one, you're getting a very low total because of the names of these two pitchers.

**Matt Youmans** (3:45)
You played over seven? A fan duel, the total is seven.

**Tim Murray** (3:48)
Man, that's tempting. But you look at the way Skeens has pitched Harrison also. But if Harrison has a short leash, the Brewers have one of the better bullpens in baseball, so they might be able to close the door. Matt, late night, we get the debut in San Diego of Casey Mize. Casey Mize from Detroit really has pitched well so far this year. And Mize, depending on where you look, either a slight favorite, the San Diego Padres at the Diamondbacks or Pick'em. That is what FanDuel has. But the San Diego Padres, he talked about it on Deadline Day. They got aggressive and Mize was one of the big pickups that they had. Thought of as arguably one of the better moves of the Deadline, at least on paper as AJ Preller and the Padres were aggressive. Mize will make his Padres debut on Wednesday night.