Washington @ San Francisco Picks & Props

One of the lowest among all parks, Oracle Park's altitude is close to sea-level, resulting in reduced offensive productivity. Cold weather is strongly correlated with less offense (and more strikeouts), and this game projects for the 3rd-lowest temperature of the day at 58°. Logan Webb will hold the platoon advantage against Joey Meneses today. Joey Meneses will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today's matchup. In comparison to last year, Joey Meneses's capacity to strike the ball at a launch angle that maximizes HR (between -4° to 26°) has dropped to 8.2%, a decline from 19.2%.

Keibert Ruiz's BABIP ability is projected in the 13th percentile by THE BAT X assessment. One of the lowest among all parks, Oracle Park's altitude is close to sea-level, resulting in reduced offensive productivity. Cold weather is strongly correlated with less offense (and more strikeouts), and this game projects for the 3rd-lowest temperature of the day at 58°. Keibert Ruiz will be at a disadvantage playing away from home today. Keibert Ruiz's average launch angle on his hardest-contacted balls this season (7.1°) is considerably lower than his 14.3° mark last season.

One of the lowest among all parks, Oracle Park's altitude is close to sea-level, resulting in reduced offensive productivity. Cold weather is strongly correlated with less offense (and more strikeouts), and this game projects for the 3rd-lowest temperature of the day at 58°. In the past week's worth of games, Mitch Haniger's average launch angle on the balls with his highest exit velocity has decreased considerably to -1.5°, compared to his seasonal mark of 9.1°. Mitch Haniger's ability to hit the ball at a base hit-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has fallen off from last season to this one, going from 41.6% to 34.6%. In terms of his batting average since the start of last season, Mitch Haniger's .239 BA has been significantly higher than his .225 Expected Batting Average (which is based on THE BAT X's interpretation of Statcast data), indicating that he has been fortunate.

THE BAT X projects Joc Pederson in the 94th percentile when estimating his overall offensive skill. Joc Pederson is penciled in 3rd in the batting order in this matchup. Oracle Park grades out as the #3 field in the game for left-handed BABIP, per THE BAT projection system. The dimensions of the right field in Oracle Park are the 2nd-shallowest among all major league stadiums. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 14.9-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for batters.

As per THE BAT projection system, field is ranked as the 3nd field among all major fields for the righty BABIP. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 13.8-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for batters. Casey Schmitt will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Patrick Corbin in today's matchup... and the cherry on top, Corbin has a large platoon split. Casey Schmitt will possess the home field advantage today, which should boost all of his stats.

Assessing his overall offensive capability, Michael Conforto scores in the 84th percentile in THE BAT X projects. Oracle Park grades out as the #3 field in the game for left-handed BABIP, per THE BAT projection system. The dimensions of the right field in Oracle Park are the 2nd-shallowest among all major league stadiums. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 14.9-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for batters. The Washington Nationals don't have any same-handed relievers in their bullpen, so Michael Conforto is guaranteed to hold the advantage against every reliever all game.

Wilmer Flores is projected to hit 5th in the batting order in this game. As per THE BAT projection system, field is ranked as the 3nd field among all major fields for the righty BABIP. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 13.8-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for batters. Jake Irvin will hold the platoon advantage against Wilmer Flores in today's matchup. Wilmer Flores will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats.

For 55% of the time this year, Lane Thomas has mainly batted in the back-half of the lineup, but for this matchup, he is listed in the 1st spot in the lineup. As per THE BAT projection system, field is ranked as the 3nd field among all major fields for the righty BABIP. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 13.8-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for batters. Lane Thomas has seen a big improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs lately; just compare his 100.8-mph average over the last 7 days to his seasonal figure of 93.2-mph. Compared to his seasonal average of 11.4°, Lane Thomas has a significantly improved average launch angle of 20.6° on the balls with the highest exit velocity in the past two weeks.

As per THE BAT projection system, field is ranked as the 3nd field among all major fields for the righty BABIP. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 13.8-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for batters. Jake Irvin will have the handedness advantage against David Villar today. David Villar will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today's game, which figures to improve all of his stats. Despite THE BAT X estimating his true talent level to be .313, David Villar has had a stroke of misfortune this year, only putting up a .254 wOBA, resulting in a deviation of .059.

As per THE BAT projection system, field is ranked as the 3nd field among all major fields for the righty BABIP. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 13.8-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for batters. Jake Irvin will hold the platoon advantage against Joey Bart in today's matchup. Joey Bart will hold the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats. Over the last week's worth of games, Joey Bart has significantly increased his Barrel% from a seasonal rate of 8.8% to 20%, showcasing sizeable gains in his performance.

As per THE BAT projection system, field is ranked as the 3nd field among all major fields for the righty BABIP. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 13.8-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for batters. Over the last week's worth of games, Alex Call has significantly increased his Barrel% from a seasonal rate of 6% to 11.8%, showcasing big strides in his performance. Over the last week, Alex Call has had a launch angle of 16.2°, significantly higher than his seasonal mark of 10.6°. Alex Call has exhibited favorable plate discipline since the start of last season, grading out in the 89th percentile with a 1.81 K/BB rate.

Oracle Park grades out as the #3 field in the game for left-handed BABIP, per THE BAT projection system. The dimensions of the right field in Oracle Park are the 2nd-shallowest among all major league stadiums. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 13.8-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for batters. Dominic Smith will have the handedness advantage over Logan Webb in today's game. As in recent games, Dominic Smith's skill in hitting the ball at an angle that maximizes his BABIP (ranging from -4° to 26°) has improved, with a recent increase from 44.8% on the season to 64.7% over the last week.

Jeimer Candelario is projected to bat 5th in the batting order in this matchup. Oracle Park grades out as the #3 field in the game for left-handed BABIP, per THE BAT projection system. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 13.8-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for batters. Jeimer Candelario pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (35% — 88th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB's 2nd-shallowest RF fences today. Comparing his seasonal EV of 91.7-mph to his 93.9-mph EV in the past two weeks' worth of games, it is clear that Jeimer Candelario has made significant progress in his exit velocity on flyballs.

Oracle Park grades out as the #3 field in the game for left-handed BABIP, per THE BAT projection system. The dimensions of the right field in Oracle Park are the 2nd-shallowest among all major league stadiums. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 13.8-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for batters. CJ Abrams will hold the platoon advantage against Logan Webb in today's game. Compared to his launch angle of 6.6° last season, CJ Abrams has significantly improved with a angle of 10.9° this season.

As per THE BAT projection system, field is ranked as the 3nd field among all major fields for the righty BABIP. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 14.9-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for batters. Stone Garrett has seen a sizeable gain in his exit velocity recently; just compare his 96.7-mph average in the last week to his seasonal 92.4-mph mark. Ranking in the 88th percentile, Stone Garrett has put up a .276 batting average since the start of last season.

J.D. Davis has gone over 0.5 in 4 of his last 10 games.

Thairo Estrada has gone over 1.5 in 2 of his last 10 games.

Austin Slater has gone over 1.5 in 1 of his last 10 games.

LaMonte Wade Jr. has gone over 0.5 in 5 of his last 10 games.