Seattle @ San Diego Picks & Props

Petco Park has the shallowest centerfield dimensions in Major League Baseball. Trent Grisham will hold the platoon advantage over George Kirby today. Trent Grisham will benefit from the home field advantage in today's matchup, which figures to improve all of his stats. Trent Grisham has seen a sizeable increase in his exit velocity on flyballs lately; just compare his 104.5-mph average over the last 7 days to his seasonal mark of 96.2-mph. Trent Grisham's launch angle this year (21.9°) is considerably higher than his 14.6° mark last year.

Jarred Kelenic will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Michael Wacha today. Jarred Kelenic hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (40.2% — 98th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting out towards MLB's 2nd-shallowest CF fences in today's game. Jarred Kelenic's ability to hit the ball at a base hit-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has improved from last year to this one, going from 31.1% to 55.6%. Jarred Kelenic has posted a .361 wOBA (the best measure of overall offense) this year, grading out in the 84th percentile.

Petco Park has the shallowest centerfield dimensions in Major League Baseball. Kolten Wong will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Michael Wacha in today's game. Kolten Wong has been unlucky this year, notching a .206 wOBA despite THE BAT X estimating his true talent level to be .311 — a .105 deviation. Kolten Wong has displayed good plate discipline since the start of last season, checking in at the 75th percentile with a 2.18 K/BB rate.

Juan Soto projects as the 3rd-best batter in the majors, according to THE BAT X. Juan Soto is projected to hit 2nd on the lineup card today. Juan Soto will hold the platoon advantage over George Kirby in today's matchup. Juan Soto hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (39.1% — 88th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting towards baseball's 2nd-shallowest CF fences today. Juan Soto will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

THE BAT X projects Jake Cronenworth in the 83rd percentile as it relates to his overall offensive talent. Jake Cronenworth is penciled in 5th in the lineup in this matchup. Petco Park has the shallowest centerfield dimensions in Major League Baseball. Jake Cronenworth will have the handedness advantage over George Kirby today. Jake Cronenworth will possess the home field advantage in today's game, which should improve all of his stats.

THE BAT X projects Xander Bogaerts in the 95th percentile as it relates to his batting average talent. Xander Bogaerts is penciled in 1st in the batting order in this matchup. Xander Bogaerts will benefit from the home field advantage today, which should improve all of his stats. Xander Bogaerts's launch angle in recent games (21.3° over the past 7 days) is significantly higher than his 5.8° seasonal angle. Xander Bogaerts has displayed favorable plate discipline this year, checking in at the 81st percentile with a 1.69 K/BB rate.

Petco Park has the shallowest centerfield dimensions in Major League Baseball.

THE BAT X projects Teoscar Hernandez as the 18th-best hitter in MLB as it relates to his BABIP ability. Teoscar Hernandez is projected to hit 5th in the batting order in this game. Petco Park has the shallowest centerfield dimensions in Major League Baseball. Teoscar Hernandez has been unlucky this year, notching a .304 wOBA despite THE BAT X estimating his true talent level to be .338 — a .034 disparity. Teoscar Hernandez has posted a .346 BABIP this year, ranking in the 85th percentile.

Cal Raleigh is projected to bat 4th in the batting order today. Cal Raleigh has seen a sizeable increase in his exit velocity on flyballs in recent games; just compare his 95.5-mph average over the past week to his seasonal figure of 93.1-mph. Cal Raleigh has experienced some negative variance in regards to his wOBA this year; his .312 rate is significantly deflated relative to his .356 Expected wOBA (based on THE BAT X's interpretation of Statcast data).

THE BAT X projects Alfonso Rivas in the 79th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent. Petco Park has the shallowest centerfield dimensions in Major League Baseball. Alfonso Rivas will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against George Kirby in today's game. Alfonso Rivas will hold the home field advantage in today's game, which should bolster all of his stats. Alfonso Rivas has posted a .334 BABIP since the start of last season, grading out in the 83rd percentile.

THE BAT X projects Eugenio Suarez in the 82nd percentile as it relates to his overall offensive ability. Petco Park has the shallowest centerfield dimensions in Major League Baseball. Eugenio Suarez has seen a sizeable increase in his exit velocity recently; just compare his 93.5-mph average over the past week to his seasonal 90.6-mph average. Eugenio Suarez's average launch angle on his hardest-hit balls of late (25.2° in the last two weeks' worth of games) is a significant increase over his 18.4° seasonal figure. Eugenio Suarez has been unlucky this year, posting a .289 wOBA despite THE BAT X estimating his true talent level to be .330 — a .041 discrepancy.

THE BAT X projects Manny Machado in the 93rd percentile when assessing his overall offensive talent. Manny Machado is penciled in 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup. Petco Park has the shallowest centerfield dimensions in Major League Baseball. Manny Machado will benefit from the home field advantage today, which should improve all of his stats. Manny Machado's ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has gotten better in recent games, rising from 37.3% on the season to 63.6% in the last week.

Mike Ford will have the handedness advantage against Michael Wacha in today's matchup.

Gary Sanchez has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (78% of the time), but he is projected to bat 4th in the lineup in this matchup. Petco Park has the shallowest centerfield dimensions in Major League Baseball. Gary Sanchez will hold the home field advantage in today's matchup, which should boost all of his stats. Gary Sanchez has been hot recently, notching a a 23.1% Barrel% (a reliable stat to evaluate power) over the last 7 days. Gary Sanchez has hit one of the hardest balls in the game in the past week — 111.4-mph — which is a strong measure of recent form and raw power.

Matt Carpenter will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against George Kirby in today's matchup. Matt Carpenter will hold the home field advantage in today's matchup, which should boost all of his stats. Matt Carpenter has seen a significant improvement in his exit velocity of late; just compare his 95.1-mph average over the past week to his seasonal 87.3-mph figure. Matt Carpenter's launch angle lately (29.6° over the last two weeks) is significantly better than his 21.4° seasonal mark. Matt Carpenter has been unlucky this year, posting a .289 wOBA despite THE BAT X estimating his true talent level to be .320 — a .031 gap.

AJ Pollock has not yet played a game this season.

Fernando Tatis Jr. has gone over 1.5 in 2 of his last 10 games.

Julio Rodriguez has gone over 1.5 in 1 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.