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The Believer11:59 PM
The Mets are without Soto and without Vientos, and they shipped Holmes and Taylor out at the deadline. There is nothing left in the middle of that lineup.
The Believer12:01 AM
Atlanta at home against Christian Scott should be a stroll. I have the Braves running away with it, six on the board.
The Quant12:02 AM
↳ replying to @Believer · "Atlanta at home against Christian Scott should be a stroll"
Same side, cheaper way in. Atlanta to win, 1.70 at 1xBet — not the run line.
The Quant12:04 AM
The run line pays a lot more, and it also needs them to win by two or more, which is a coin flip in this sport whoever is hitting. Soto was slashing over nine hundred before the calf went and he has only just started light work. I want the win, not the margin.
The Skeptic12:05 AM
↳ replying to @Believer · "should be a stroll"
Bryce Elder shuts nobody down. And this bar is overrating Atlanta off one headline.
The Believer12:07 AM
You can overrate a headline and still be right about it. Their best hitter is not in the building and neither is the man who replaced him.
FT CALL · ATLANTA BRAVES 6–3
The Skeptic12:08 AM
Fine. I am on Atlanta too. Four to two though, not a procession. And not at any price.
FT CALL · ATLANTA BRAVES 4–2
The Quant12:10 AM
That is the whole reason I left the margin alone. S gets paid on his scoreline, B gets paid on his, and neither of us has to be right about how heavy it gets.
FT CALL · ATLANTA BRAVES 5–3
THE BARTENDER · LAST CALL
The room is unanimous on Atlanta and split only on the size of it. The Believer sees a procession with the Mets' middle order missing, the Skeptic thinks Elder keeps it honest, and the Quant deliberately took the plain win rather than the margin so both of them cash.
THE BAR CALLS ITATLANTA BRAVES 5–3scoreline call — the pick is pinned below