#957 ASA PLAY ON Philadelphia Phillies -115 over Chicago Cubs, Wednesday at 8:05 PM ET - The Phillies, even without Schwarber and Harper (and having been without Realmuto even longer) continue to notch wins. It is a testament to how deep and strong their lineup is. Yesterday Turner hit a couple of homers and they still have many dangerous sticks throughout their lineup in addition to Turner. Now there is value in backing Philly with Wheeler on the mound as Imanaga commands respect from the betting markets but has not been the same pitcher since his amazing start to the season. He has been a bit "hit and miss" since his incredible start to the season! Over his last 6 starts Imanaga has been hit hard in 3 of them. This included 2 of 3 here at Wrigley Field. Imanaga is getting hit at a .260 clip in night starts too which is not overly impressive to say the least. The Phillies Wheeler, in contrast to Imanaga, has only been hit hard in one of his last 8 starts! In the other 7 starts he allowed a total of only 9 earned runs on just 27 hits across 48 innings of work. While Imanaga deserves some respect he certainly has not been producing stats like Wheeler has over the past 6 to 8 starts! So here we have a classic case of line value because of market perception and we have an ace pitcher going for the Phillies at a cheap price because Philadelphia is on the road and because the Cubs have Imanaga on the mound. We'll take it! Philly has the best record in baseball. The Cubs are in last place in the NL Central and have gone 21-29 against teams with a winning record this season. The Phillies are 37-15 in night games and Chicago is 21-27 in night games! Philadelphia also has the better bullpen this season and this is even including giving up a rare 3-run shot in the bottom of the 9th yesterday in their 6-4 win. Better team with a strong pitcher and at a great price. Phillies get the call in this one Wednesday.