High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast predicts the 2nd-highest temperatures of all games on the slate today at 91°. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.1-mph in this match-up, the 5th-most-favorable of the day for hitters. Austin Barnes will have the handedness advantage against Yusei Kikuchi in today's game... and moreover, Kikuchi has a large platoon split. Austin Barnes hits many of his flyballs to center field (38.4% — 79th percentile) and is fortunate to face baseball's 9th-shallowest CF fences in today's game. Austin Barnes will hold the home field advantage in today's game, which ought to bolster all of his stats.