Texas @ Seattle Picks & Props

Having the 3rd-least fair ground among all parks, T-Mobile Park is usually conducive to long-balls. Taylor Trammell will have the handedness advantage against Dane Dunning today. Taylor Trammell will possess the home field advantage in today's matchup, which ought to bolster all of his stats. With a reliable stat to evaluate power, Taylor Trammell's recent performance has been hot, achieving a 14.3% Barrel% in the last week. Taylor Trammell has shown some good exit velocity metrics recently, averaging 100.7-mph on his flyballs over the past 7 days.

When it comes to his overall offensive talent, Jarred Kelenic ranks in the 76th percentile according to THE BAT X projects. This year, Jarred Kelenic has mainly batted in the back-half of the order (61% of the time), however, it's expected that he will bat 3rd in the batting order for this game. Having the 3rd-least fair ground among all parks, T-Mobile Park is usually conducive to long-balls. Jarred Kelenic will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Dane Dunning in today's matchup. From last year to this one, Jarred Kelenic has improved his capability to hit the ball at a launch angle that optimizes his base hit, which has increased from 31.1% to 55.6%.

Cal Raleigh is projected to bat 5th on the lineup card in this matchup. Cal Raleigh pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (36.7% — 95th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league's 4th-shallowest RF fences today. Cal Raleigh's ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has improved of late, rising from 20.8% on the season to 32% over the past 14 days. Cal Raleigh has had bad variance on his side thus far when it comes to his wOBA this year; his .310 rate is deflated compared to his .353 Expected wOBA (based on THE BAT X's interpretation of Statcast data).

Estimating his BABIP skill, Julio Rodriguez is ranked as the 3rd-best hitter in the majors by THE BAT X. Having the 3rd-least fair ground among all parks, T-Mobile Park is usually conducive to long-balls. Julio Rodriguez has seen a sizeable increase in his exit velocity on flyballs in recent games; just compare his 100.6-mph average in the last two weeks to his seasonal figure of 94.6-mph. Julio Rodriguez has been hot in recent games, notching a a 12.5% Barrel% (a reliable metric to evaluate power) over the last 14 days. Even though THE BAT X estimates Julio Rodriguez' true talent level to be .373, a .084 discrepancy, he has unfortunately posted a .289 wOBA this year.

THE BAT X projects Josh Jung in the 83rd percentile when assessing his BABIP talent. Josh Jung is projected to bat 5th on the lineup card today. Having the 3rd-least fair ground among all parks, T-Mobile Park is usually conducive to long-balls. As of late, Josh Jung has shown noteworthy improvement in his Barrel% by elevating it from his seasonal rate of 12.9% to 18.5% over the course of the past 14 days. A significant increase in Josh Jung's exit velocity on flyballs has been observed in recent games, evidenced by his EV of 98.5-mph in the last 14 days in comparison to his seasonal EV of 96.5-mph.

Having the 3rd-least fair ground among all parks, T-Mobile Park is usually conducive to long-balls. Brad Miller will hold the platoon advantage over Luis Castillo in today's game.

As it relates to his overall offensive talent, Marcus Semien ranks in the 85th percentile according to THE BAT X projects. Marcus Semien is projected to hit 1st in the batting order in this game. Marcus Semien pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (36.8% — 95th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league's 9th-shallowest LF fences in today's matchup. Lately, Marcus Semien' exit velocity on flyballs has notably gaind, as markidenced by his average of 97.7-mph in the last 7 days, compared to his seasonal average of 89.2-mph. Marcus Semien's ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has improved from last year to this one, increasing from 17% to 20.7%.

When assessing his BABIP capability, Teoscar Hernandez is projected in the 96th percentile by THE BAT X. Having the 3rd-least fair ground among all parks, T-Mobile Park is usually conducive to long-balls. In recent times, Teoscar Hernandez has enhanced his capability to strike the ball at an optimal BABIP launch angle (ranging from -4° to 26°), with a surge from 47.7% throughout the season to 57.1% in the preceding 7 days. Teoscar Hernandez has been unlucky this year, putting up a .293 wOBA despite THE BAT X estimating his true talent level to be .351 — a .058 discrepancy.

Having the 3rd-least fair ground among all parks, T-Mobile Park is usually conducive to long-balls. Kolten Wong will have the handedness advantage over Dane Dunning today. As of late, Kolten Wong has experienced a noteworthy improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs, averageident in his average of 94.4 mph over the past 7 days, compared to his seasonal average of 86 mph. Kolten Wong has been unlucky this year, posting a .236 wOBA despite THE BAT X estimating his true talent level to be .316 — a .080 deviation. Having a 2.13 K/BB rate, Kolten Wong demonstrated impressive plate discipline since the start of last season, checking in at the 77th percentile.

Jonah Heim pulls many of his flyballs (41.3% — 99th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB's 4th-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup. Within the past two weeks, Jonah Heim has achieved a launch mark of 22.3° which is significantly higher than his seasonal mark of 18.8°. In comparison to his angle of 11.7° in the previous season, Jonah Heim has significantly increased his average launch angle to 19.1° on the balls he has struck the hardest this year.

Robbie Grossman has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this season (63% of the time), but he is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order in this matchup. Robbie Grossman pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (33.5% — 81st percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards the game's 4th-shallowest RF fences today.

THE BAT X projects Eugenio Suarez in the 83rd percentile when it comes to his overall offensive skill. Eugenio Suarez is projected to bat 4th in the batting order today. Eugenio Suarez pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (34.1% — 84th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league's 9th-shallowest LF fences in today's game. Eugenio Suarez has been unlucky this year, putting up a .291 wOBA despite THE BAT X estimating his true talent level to be .338 — a .047 difference.

Having the 3rd-least fair ground among all parks, T-Mobile Park is usually conducive to long-balls. Leody Taveras has made big improvements with his Barrel% of late, upping his 7.7% seasonal rate to 14.3% over the last week. Comparing his seasonal 89.4-mph EV to his 94.8-mph average in the past week's games, Leody Taveras's exit velocity has significantly improvementd in recent times.

THE BAT X projects Adolis Garcia in the 75th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive skill. Adolis Garcia is projected to hit 4th in the batting order in this matchup. Adolis Garcia pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (33.1% — 76th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the league's 9th-shallowest LF fences in today's matchup. Adolis Garcia has made sizeable improvements with his Barrel% lately, upping his 14.3% seasonal rate to 21.4% in the past 7 days. Adolis Garcia's launch angle recently (22.5° over the past two weeks) is considerably higher than his 15.5° seasonal mark.

Nathaniel Lowe has gone over 0.5 in 8 of his last 10 games.

J.P. Crawford has gone over 0.5 in 7 of his last 10 games.

Ty France has gone over 0.5 in 7 of his last 10 games.

AJ Pollock has not yet played a game this season.

Ezequiel Duran has gone over 0.5 in 5 of his last 10 games.

Bubba Thompson has gone over 0.5 in 1 of his last 10 games.

Josh H. Smith has gone over 0.5 in 2 of his last 10 games.