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Ready, Set, Bet! | April 5, 2026 | Hour 2

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🗓️ 5 April 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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In this hour of Ready, Set, Bet!, hosts Matt Brown and Mike Somich are joined by Erik Halterman, Features Editor at Rotowire, Host on MLB Network Radio and Sirius XM Fantasy, as they give a betting preview of today's games in the MLB. Also in the show, the hosts preview today's slate in the NHL & NBA. Get instant access to expert picks, public betting splits data, and pro betting tools when you join VSiN pro. Grab the Hoops Special for only $29.99 or take 17% off an annual subscription when you use promo code: POD26.

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0:00.0

This is ready set vet with Matt Brown and Mike Somich on FISA, the SportsBetting Network.

0:13.2

Let's have been here on Beeson, the ESports betting network.

0:15.3

Matt Brown and Mike, Samich, one down, two to go.

0:18.5

The debate rages on as to whether when you fall into the sands or not, if it should be enough. I don't think it rages on. I think you just can't accept that you're wrong. Oh, not wrong. I'm not wrong. I think that this is something that could be debated. Exactly. I think it is something that could be debated. Is that at least that I think that's fair. we could say that it's something that could be debated. We are in a rain delay Dodgers and the nationals. So you have

0:43.0

some extra time to bet that one if you are looking to get in over there on that. So that one is

0:50.0

in rain delay. We said there are some other games where we're monitoring the rain. And there we go. Rain delay over in the Bronx as well. So the Marlins and Yankees in a rain

0:58.9

delay there too. So we are at least two games postponed. We're watching some weather over in

1:06.3

some of these other ones as well. So it looks like right now the first game we might actually

1:10.0

get going, Mike is going to be the Cubs and Guardians here in about 10 minutes. Then we'll start to see what

1:16.2

they're going to do with that Red Sox Padres game. Pirates and Orioles should play and start

1:21.1

and everything okay. That is Chris Bassett versus Brackton Ashcraft. They're in that one. The

1:26.7

pirates are slight favorites over the Orioles.

1:31.7

There in that one, Ashcraft had a pretty good first start for this Pirates team,

1:37.9

certainly a pirate team that has hit the ball a little bit better early on in the season.

1:41.7

And what that has done has made them kind of like minus one 15,

1:45.0

120 favorites over the Orioles and Bassett. Yeah, I agree with it. I think you have a slight

1:51.3

advantage on the hill. And I think these are about equal lineups as currently constructed. I think

1:56.1

that could obviously change as we go throughout the year. But I think they are about equal as

1:59.4

currently constructed in your home for the pirates here. So I agree with Pittsburgh being a slight favorite here, but nothing I want to run to the window. There is, there is rain in the forecast there as well. And we'll see if we get off. But it looks like we're going to be able to start that game. We'll see how long it goes. More people taking a rest day today. So again, just just log this. Sal Freelick is going to be resting.

2:18.8

Jake Bowers is going to be resting. Ramon Laureano is going to be resting one Soto is going to

2:24.2

be resting today as well. So our first slew of guys nursing those little nicks and everything

2:30.9

that are going on throughout the course of 162 games. Yeah, no surprise with Soto. We heard the injury to his leg earlier this week. We'll see if that ends up in an IL stint or not. So he's the one to me. I'm really keeping an eye on. It is just amazing how we have like, we bash NBA players for their maintenance days. Now every Sunday it feels like baseball, you get a maintenance day for some of these guys. It's not all the big names, to be fair, but quite a few guys not going to be in the line of today. I do think weather and the fact that's early in the season. It's cold in a lot of these places. Yeah. Yeah. I think all of those factor into the reason we're seeing a lot of players out today.

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