VSiN PrimeTime | July 29, 2026 | Hour 4

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**Doug Kezirian** (1:01)
This is VSiN PrimeTime. Live from the Circus Sportsbook in downtown Las Vegas on VSiN, the sports betting network.

**Femi Abebefe** (1:13)
Welcome back. This is VSiN PrimeTime. Here on a Tuesday night, Femi Abebefe, Doug Kezirian, hanging out with you guys on the sports betting network. As always, you can watch us, vsin.com/watch, the VSiN Watch app, and you can listen live on SiriusXM channel 158 And Doug, we have a lot of day baseball on Thursday that we can tackle here because it's the getaway day. You know, it's a day where maybe tomorrow night, not as much action on the card, but we do have a lot of action throughout the day. And taking a look at some of those games that we do have, anything that jumps out to you when you look at the slate, Sunny Gray is in that American League Cy Young race. I'm always looking at these guys that are in these awards contentions.

**Doug Kezirian** (1:58)
Sure, they're lurking.

**Femi Abebefe** (1:59)
Boston Red Sox, he is lurking as a guy.

**Doug Kezirian** (2:01)
It's fair. These awards markets are fickle. And if you can make a first slate, they want to hold off. So yes, there's leaders for sure. There has to be a leader in every race. But a guy like Sunny Gray is definitely lurking.

**Femi Abebefe** (2:12)
Is there anyone or any game in particular that jumps out, especially now that we're getting close to this trade deb?

**Doug Kezirian** (2:18)
Yeah, I liked Wednesday's slate better, the day game versus more than Thursday's. But I would say...
I think McLean is beatable and I think Yuri Perez. So I would look at Miami. Now that's the morning or that's the afternoon. So in terms of the morning games here on the West Coast, I mean, first thing is the Rays at home. They're beasts at home.
They have a little magic there. Took care of business on Thursday. I was looking to... I thought a Managa was going to pitch for the Cubs. And I do like the Cardinals against him typically because they can touch lefties. But if it's Asad, the Mexican Maddox, he has like six pitches. He learned how to pitch when he went down to the minors. And he really appreciated how the club took a long... played the long game with him and he's great. And he has like his... he paints the corners. So I think he can wreak havoc a little bit. And I'm not a Pallant guy, though he pitched well in his last start. I'm not really a Pallant guy.

**Femi Abebefe** (3:14)
Is that your work, the Mexican Maddox? You come up with that one? Yeah, I haven't heard it anywhere else.

**Doug Kezirian** (3:19)
I haven't heard Boog Shamby say it on the broadcast yet.
But times have changed. He had the goggles and it reminded me of the Opeque Maddox with the glasses. But and obviously the Cub uniform. But I like Asad, so I think he can... he's more than just a stopgap. So I would look at the Cubbies. And it's really funny with the Cubs when you bet on them, because they have elite defense. So they save runs, but then their bullpen is just duct tape. And they have nothing out there on their arm. So it's... I think they can give up runs pretty easily as well. So I think their offense is ready to break through at some point here. You think it's got to be more than just PCA.

**Femi Abebefe** (3:54)
Yeah, I mean, the Chicago Cubs, I've talked about it the last couple of weeks. I'm saying like, hey, if there's a team that I would love to see go out and make a big move for like a school bull or whoever, it's Chicago, because I think that they could be World Series good if they made that move. But if they don't make that move, probably NLCS is the ceiling, you would think. Probably losing in like five or six. The likely outcome may be being losing in the NLDS, but they could even lose in the wild card round as well, since they're likely to be in the wild card since the Brewers are so good.