New York @ Tampa Bay Picks & Props

Aaron Judge projects as the best hitter in the game, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X). Aaron Judge is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in this matchup. Aaron Judge pulls a lot of his flyballs (33.5% — 80th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards the league's 6th-shallowest LF fences in today's game. In the last week, Aaron Judge's Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 28.7% up to 35.7%. Aaron Judge has been hot recently, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 97.6-mph to 101.4-mph in the last week.

When estimating his overall offensive skill, Giancarlo Stanton ranks in the 95th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X). Giancarlo Stanton is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card in this matchup. Tropicana Field has the 6th-shallowest left field fences among all stadiums. Giancarlo Stanton has made notable improvements with his Barrel% of late, improving his 16.8% seasonal rate to 26.3% in the last 14 days. Giancarlo Stanton has been hot of late, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 93.3-mph to 103.6-mph in the last week's worth of games.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Harold Ramirez as the 17th-best batter in the game when assessing his batting average ability. Harold Ramirez will hold the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats. Harold Ramirez has seen a significant improvement in his exit velocity lately; just compare his 93.6-mph average in the past 7 days to his seasonal 89.5-mph figure. Sporting a .310 batting average this year, Harold Ramirez is ranked in the 97th percentile.

Rene Pinto will hold the home field advantage in today's game, which should bolster all of his stats.

Tropicana Field has the 6th-shallowest left field fences among all stadiums. Anthony Volpe has made substantial improvements with his Barrel% recently, improving his 9.4% seasonal rate to 17.9% over the past 14 days. Anthony Volpe's average launch angle on his hardest-hit balls of late (23.6° in the past two weeks' worth of games) is considerably higher than his 14.8° seasonal figure. Anthony Volpe has had bad variance on his side thus far when it comes to his batting average this year; his .214 BA is a fair amount lower than his .255 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.

Among all major league stadiums, Tropicana Field's RF fences are the 5th-shallowest. Ben Rortvedt will have the handedness advantage over Tyler Glasnow in today's game.

Josh Lowe has gone over 0.5 in 9 of his last 10 games.

Jose Siri has gone over 0.5 in 6 of his last 10 games.