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T-Mobile Park grades out as the #29 park in the majors for lefty BABIP, according to THE BAT projection system. T-Mobile Park's altitude is near sea-level, one of the lowest in Major League Baseball, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to less offense. Cold weather is strongly correlated with less offense (and more Ks), and the weather report predicts the coldest weather on the slate today at 55°. Andrew Benintendi will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today's matchup. Andrew Benintendi has been cold lately, posting a 0% Barrel% (a reliable standard to study power) in the past two weeks' worth of games.

T-Mobile Park has the 2nd-shallowest fences in MLB — generally good for home runs. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats. Jose Caballero will benefit from the home field advantage in today's game, which ought to improve all of his stats. Jose Caballero has seen a notable increase in his exit velocity in recent games; just compare his 86-mph average in the past 14 days to his seasonal 84-mph EV.

Jarred Kelenic is penciled in 5th in the lineup in this matchup. T-Mobile Park has the 2nd-shallowest fences in MLB — generally good for home runs. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats. Jarred Kelenic will have the handedness advantage against Lance Lynn in today's matchup. Jarred Kelenic will hold the home field advantage today, which figures to boost all of his stats.

THE BAT X projects Jake Burger in the 82nd percentile as it relates to his overall offensive skill. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats. Jake Burger pulls a lot of his flyballs (36.4% — 94th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the game's 9th-shallowest LF fences in today's game. Jake Burger has seen a significant improvement in his exit velocity of late; just compare his 94.8-mph average in the last two weeks' worth of games to his seasonal 92.6-mph figure. Jake Burger's launch angle of late (20° in the last 7 days) is quite a bit higher than his 14.7° seasonal mark.

T-Mobile Park has the 2nd-shallowest fences in MLB — generally good for home runs. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats. Elvis Andrus has made significant improvements with his Barrel% recently, improving his 1.6% seasonal rate to 11.8% over the last two weeks. Elvis Andrus has seen a notable improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs lately; just compare his 94.6-mph average in the last two weeks' worth of games to his seasonal average of 87.8-mph.

THE BAT X projects Teoscar Hernandez as the 13th-best hitter in Major League Baseball as it relates to his BABIP skill. Teoscar Hernandez is projected to hit 4th in the lineup in this game. T-Mobile Park has the 2nd-shallowest fences in MLB — generally good for home runs. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats. Teoscar Hernandez will possess the home field advantage in today's game, which figures to boost all of his stats.

THE BAT X projects Julio Rodriguez as the 4th-best hitter in the game as it relates to his BABIP ability. Julio Rodriguez is projected to hit 2nd in the lineup in this matchup. T-Mobile Park has the 2nd-shallowest fences in MLB — generally good for home runs. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats. Julio Rodriguez will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which figures to improve all of his stats.

T-Mobile Park has the 2nd-shallowest fences in MLB — generally good for home runs. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats. Kolten Wong will have the handedness advantage over Lance Lynn in today's game. Kolten Wong will benefit from the home field advantage in today's matchup, which should improve all of his stats.

THE BAT X projects Andrew Vaughn in the 87th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive ability. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats. Andrew Vaughn has a 90th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.8%) and has the good fortune of hitting them in the direction of MLB's 4th-shallowest RF fences today. Andrew Vaughn has made notable gains with his Barrel% in recent games, improving his 9.5% seasonal rate to 16.7% over the last 7 days. Andrew Vaughn's ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has improved recently, increasing from 15.4% on the season to 27.8% over the past week.

THE BAT X projects Luis Robert in the 97th percentile when estimating his BABIP ability. Luis Robert is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup. T-Mobile Park has the 2nd-shallowest fences in MLB — generally good for home runs. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats. Luis Robert has made sizeable gains with his Barrel% of late, improving his 14% seasonal rate to 23.1% in the last 7 days.

T-Mobile Park has the 2nd-shallowest fences in MLB — generally good for home runs. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.

T-Mobile Park has the 2nd-shallowest fences in MLB — generally good for home runs. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.

THE BAT X projects Eloy Jimenez in the 91st percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent. Eloy Jimenez is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card in this matchup. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats. Eloy Jimenez has a 78th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.3%) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them out towards MLB's 4th-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup. Eloy Jimenez has seen a notable improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs lately; just compare his 101.3-mph average in the past week to his seasonal mark of 91.3-mph.

The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats. Mike Ford will have the handedness advantage over Lance Lynn today. Mike Ford pulls many of his flyballs (36.8% — 95th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards the league's 4th-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup. Mike Ford will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today's matchup, which figures to bolster all of his stats. Mike Ford has been hot in recent games, compiling a a 33.3% Barrel% (a reliable stat to assess power) in the last 14 days.

THE BAT X projects Eugenio Suarez in the 84th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive talent. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats. Eugenio Suarez pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (33.5% — 80th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards baseball's 9th-shallowest LF fences in today's matchup. Eugenio Suarez will hold the home field advantage in today's matchup, which figures to bolster all of his stats. Eugenio Suarez has made sizeable improvements with his Barrel% in recent games, upping his 10.8% seasonal rate to 21.4% in the last week's worth of games.

Gavin Sheets is penciled in 5th in the lineup in this matchup. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats. Gavin Sheets will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Bryce Miller today. Gavin Sheets pulls a lot of his flyballs (32.9% — 76th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards the game's 4th-shallowest RF fences today. Gavin Sheets has made significant strides with his Barrel% lately, improving his 7% seasonal rate to 16.7% in the last 7 days.

The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.3-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats. Cal Raleigh pulls many of his flyballs (37% — 95th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the game's 4th-shallowest RF fences today. Cal Raleigh will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which ought to boost all of his stats. Cal Raleigh has seen a significant improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs in recent games; just compare his 95.8-mph average in the past two weeks to his seasonal figure of 93.3-mph. Cal Raleigh's average launch angle on his highest exit velocity balls of late (26.2° in the past two weeks) is significantly better than his 14.8° seasonal angle.

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

Tim Anderson has gone over 1.5 in 2 of his last 10 games.

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