Seattle @ New York Picks & Props

Jarred Kelenic is projected to hit 5th in the batting order today. Jarred Kelenic will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Gerrit Cole in today's game. Jarred Kelenic's launch angle in recent games (44° in the last week's worth of games) is quite a bit higher than his 10.6° seasonal angle. Jarred Kelenic's ability to hit the ball at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has gotten better from last year to this one, increasing from 31.1% to 55.6%. Jarred Kelenic has posted a .363 wOBA (the best measure of overall offense) this year, checking in at the 85th percentile.

THE BAT X projects Teoscar Hernandez as the 17th-best batter in the game when estimating his BABIP talent. Teoscar Hernandez is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card in this matchup. Teoscar Hernandez has made big gains with his Barrel% recently, improving his 13.6% seasonal rate to 25% in the last two weeks. Teoscar Hernandez has seen a notable gain in his exit velocity in recent games; just compare his 95.7-mph average over the past 14 days to his seasonal 91.1-mph figure. Teoscar Hernandez's ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has increased in recent games, rising from 49.2% on the season to 60.7% over the last two weeks.

Jose Caballero has seen a notable improvement in his exit velocity of late; just compare his 87.7-mph average over the past two weeks to his seasonal 84.5-mph average. Jose Caballero's launch angle lately (27.4° in the last two weeks) is significantly better than his 21.4° seasonal mark.

THE BAT X projects Giancarlo Stanton in the 95th percentile when assessing his overall offensive skill. Giancarlo Stanton is projected to bat 2nd in the lineup today. Giancarlo Stanton will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which ought to boost all of his stats. Giancarlo Stanton has experienced some negative variance in regards to his batting average since the start of last season; his .210 rate is significantly deflated relative to his .252 Expected Batting Average (based on THE BAT X's interpretation of Statcast data).

THE BAT X projects Gleyber Torres in the 90th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability. Gleyber Torres is projected to bat 3rd in the batting order today. Gleyber Torres has an 87th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.2%) and will have a big advantage hitting them in the direction of baseball's 7th-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup. Gleyber Torres will hold the home field advantage in today's game, which figures to bolster all of his stats. Gleyber Torres has seen a big increase in his exit velocity of late; just compare his 93.2-mph average over the past 14 days to his seasonal 88.9-mph mark.

THE BAT X projects Julio Rodriguez as the 4th-best batter in Major League Baseball as it relates to his BABIP talent. Julio Rodriguez is projected to hit 2nd in the lineup in this matchup. Julio Rodriguez has been unlucky this year, notching a .319 wOBA despite THE BAT X estimating his true talent level to be .370 — a .051 discrepancy.

Billy McKinney will hold the platoon advantage over George Kirby in today's game. Billy McKinney will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today's game, which should boost all of his stats. Billy McKinney has seen a sizeable gain in his exit velocity on flyballs of late; just compare his 97.2-mph average over the last 7 days to his seasonal figure of 92.4-mph. Billy McKinney has been hot lately, putting up a a 20.8% Barrel% (an advanced metric to measure power) in the past two weeks' worth of games. Billy McKinney has been zeroed in on the ideal launch angle for home runs of late, hitting balls between 23° and 34° 41.7% of the time in the last 14 days.

Anthony Rizzo is penciled in 4th in the batting order in this matchup. Anthony Rizzo will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against George Kirby today. Anthony Rizzo pulls many of his flyballs (34.1% — 83rd percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards baseball's 7th-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup. Anthony Rizzo will benefit from the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats. Anthony Rizzo's launch angle of late (26.5° in the past week) is quite a bit better than his 18.7° seasonal angle.

THE BAT X projects Josh Donaldson in the 85th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive ability. Josh Donaldson is projected to hit 5th on the lineup card in this matchup. Josh Donaldson will benefit from the home field advantage in today's matchup, which ought to boost all of his stats. Josh Donaldson has made big strides with his Barrel%, bettering his 9.9% rate last year to 26.5% this year. Josh Donaldson has seen a notable improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs this season; just compare his 103.9-mph average to last season's 94.7-mph EV.

Anthony Volpe will hold the home field advantage today, which ought to boost all of his stats. Anthony Volpe has seen a significant improvement in his exit velocity in recent games; just compare his 93.4-mph average in the last week's worth of games to his seasonal 89.6-mph EV. Anthony Volpe's ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has gotten better lately, rising from 45.2% on the season to 77.8% over the last week. Anthony Volpe has experienced some negative variance in regards to his batting average this year; his .189 BA is significantly deflated relative to his .237 Expected Batting Average (based on THE BAT X's interpretation of Statcast data).

Cal Raleigh pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (37% — 95th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league's 7th-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup. Cal Raleigh has seen a significant gain in his exit velocity in recent games; just compare his 91.2-mph average over the past week to his seasonal 88.5-mph mark. Cal Raleigh's ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has increased in recent games, increasing from 37.3% on the season to 57.1% in the last week's worth of games. Cal Raleigh has had bad variance on his side thus far when it comes to his wOBA this year; his .312 figure is deflated compared to his .349 Expected wOBA (based on THE BAT X's interpretation of Statcast data).

THE BAT X projects Eugenio Suarez in the 84th percentile when assessing his overall offensive talent. Eugenio Suarez has made significant improvements with his Barrel% recently, improving his 11.6% seasonal rate to 33.3% in the last 7 days. Eugenio Suarez's ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has improved in recent games, going from 18.3% on the season to 46.7% over the past week. Eugenio Suarez has been unlucky this year, compiling a .290 wOBA despite THE BAT X estimating his true talent level to be .337 — a .047 discrepancy.

Harrison Bader will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today's matchup, which ought to bolster all of his stats. Harrison Bader has made sizeable improvements with his Barrel%, improving his 3.4% rate last year to 9.1% this season. Harrison Bader's ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has improved from last season to this one, increasing from 15.5% to 27.3%.

Jake Bauers has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (52% of the time), but he is projected to hit 1st in the lineup in this matchup. Jake Bauers will hold the platoon advantage over George Kirby in today's game. Jake Bauers will hold the home field advantage in today's matchup, which should boost all of his stats. Jake Bauers's launch angle lately (32.5° in the past 7 days) is considerably higher than his 14.6° seasonal angle.

Jose Trevino will benefit from the home field advantage today, which should improve all of his stats. Jose Trevino has suffered from bad luck when it comes to his wOBA this year; his .255 rate is a fair amount lower than his .290 Expected wOBA (based on THE BAT X's interpretation of Statcast data).

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

Mike Ford has gone over 0.5 in 4 of his last 10 games.

Kolten Wong has gone over 0.5 in 2 of his last 10 games.

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

DJ LeMahieu has gone over 0.5 in 7 of his last 10 games.