Oakland @ Cleveland Picks & Props

Gavin Williams will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Esteury Ruiz today. Esteury Ruiz will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today's game. Esteury Ruiz's average exit velocity has decreased recently; his 83.5-mph seasonal EV has fallen off to 80.2-mph over the last two weeks. Esteury Ruiz's launch angle in recent games (-6.8° over the past 7 days) is considerably lower than his 8.6° seasonal figure. Esteury Ruiz has put up a .294 Expected wOBA (xwOBA) this year, checking in at the 16th percentile for hitting ability (according to THE BAT X's interpretation of Statcast data).

The wind projects to be blowing in from RF at 13.8-mph in this contest, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for pitchers. Jose Ramirez has been lucky in regards to his batting average this year; his .283 mark is considerably higher than his .264 Expected Batting Average (based on THE BAT X's interpretation of Statcast data).

THE BAT X projects Josh Bell in the 87th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent. Josh Bell is penciled in 5th on the lineup card in this game. Progressive Field sits at the 7th-highest elevation in MLB. High elevation tends to lead to better offense. Josh Bell will possess the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats. Josh Bell's launch angle lately (26.7° over the past 7 days) is considerably better than his 5.1° seasonal angle.

Progressive Field sits at the 7th-highest elevation in MLB. High elevation tends to lead to better offense. Tony Kemp will have the handedness advantage over Gavin Williams in today's game. Tony Kemp has seen a notable gain in his exit velocity this season; just compare his 86.4-mph average to last year's 84.2-mph average. Tony Kemp's ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has gotten better in recent games, increasing from 37.9% on the season to 71.4% in the last week. Tony Kemp has been unlucky this year, putting up a .242 wOBA despite THE BAT X estimating his true talent level to be .287 — a .045 difference.

THE BAT X projects Myles Straw in the 88th percentile when it comes to his BABIP talent. Progressive Field sits at the 7th-highest elevation in MLB. High elevation tends to lead to better offense. Myles Straw has a 100th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (48.2%) and will have a big advantage hitting them out towards MLB's 6th-shallowest RF fences today. Myles Straw will benefit from the home field advantage in today's matchup, which figures to improve all of his stats.

THE BAT X projects Andres Gimenez in the 87th percentile when it comes to his batting average talent. Progressive Field sits at the 7th-highest elevation in MLB. High elevation tends to lead to better offense. Andres Gimenez will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Paul Blackburn in today's matchup. Andres Gimenez will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today's game, which should boost all of his stats. Andres Gimenez's average exit velocity has dropped off recently; his 84-mph seasonal EV has dropped off to 81.4-mph in the past week.

Ryan Noda is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in this game. Progressive Field sits at the 7th-highest elevation in MLB. High elevation tends to lead to better offense. Ryan Noda will have the handedness advantage against Gavin Williams today. Ryan Noda pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (34.1% — 83rd percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards MLB's 6th-shallowest RF fences in today's game. Ryan Noda has seen a significant improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs of late; just compare his 97.7-mph average in the past two weeks' worth of games to his seasonal mark of 95.7-mph.

Progressive Field sits at the 7th-highest elevation in MLB. High elevation tends to lead to better offense. Jace Peterson will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Gavin Williams today.

Progressive Field sits at the 7th-highest elevation in MLB. High elevation tends to lead to better offense. Shea Langeliers pulls a lot of his flyballs (35.6% — 91st percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards MLB's 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today's game. Shea Langeliers's launch angle recently (26.6° over the past 14 days) is quite a bit higher than his 20.7° seasonal angle. Shea Langeliers has shown some good exit velocity benchmarks in recent games, averaging 96.3-mph on his flyballs in the last two weeks. Shea Langeliers has been unlucky this year, putting up a .280 wOBA despite THE BAT X estimating his true talent level to be .310 — a .030 difference.

THE BAT X projects Will Brennan in the 92nd percentile when it comes to his batting average talent. Progressive Field sits at the 7th-highest elevation in MLB. High elevation tends to lead to better offense. Will Brennan will hold the platoon advantage over Paul Blackburn in today's matchup. Will Brennan will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today's game, which should boost all of his stats. Will Brennan's ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has improved of late, rising from 49.3% on the season to 57.1% in the past two weeks' worth of games.

Ramon Laureano is projected to hit 4th in the lineup in this game. Progressive Field has the 2nd-shallowest left field fences in the league. Progressive Field sits at the 7th-highest elevation in MLB. High elevation tends to lead to better offense. Ramon Laureano's ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has gotten better in recent games, increasing from 43.1% on the season to 50% over the past 14 days. Ramon Laureano has been unlucky this year, notching a .285 wOBA despite THE BAT X estimating his true talent level to be .325 — a .040 gap.

THE BAT X projects Brent Rooker in the 78th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive ability. Brent Rooker is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card in this game. Progressive Field sits at the 7th-highest elevation in MLB. High elevation tends to lead to better offense. Brent Rooker has posted a .385 wOBA (the best measure of overall offense) this year, checking in at the 94th percentile.

Progressive Field sits at the 7th-highest elevation in MLB. High elevation tends to lead to better offense. Aledmys Diaz pulls many of his flyballs (36.4% — 94th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards MLB's 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today's game. Aledmys Diaz has had bad variance on his side thus far when it comes to his batting average this year; his .212 mark is a fair amount lower than his .260 Expected Batting Average (based on THE BAT X's interpretation of Statcast data).

THE BAT X projects Seth Brown in the 76th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive talent. Seth Brown is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup. Progressive Field sits at the 7th-highest elevation in MLB. High elevation tends to lead to better offense. Seth Brown will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Gavin Williams today. Seth Brown has seen a big gain in his exit velocity recently; just compare his 98.6-mph average in the past week's worth of games to his seasonal 92.9-mph mark.

Bo Naylor has gone over 0.5 in 7 of his last 10 games.

Steven Kwan has gone over 1.5 in 3 of his last 10 games.

JJ Bleday has gone over 0.5 in 5 of his last 10 games.

Amed Rosario has gone over 1.5 in 2 of his last 10 games.

Tyler Wade has gone over 0.5 in 4 of his last 10 games.