Boston @ Kansas City Picks & Props

Nelson Velazquez is projected to bat 5th in the batting order in today's game. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation in Major League Baseball, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to better offense. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the 2nd-highest temperatures on the slate at 91°. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10-mph in this contest, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for hitters. Nelson Velazquez will have the handedness advantage over Chris Sale today... and the cherry on top, Sale has a huge platoon split.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Connor Wong in the 80th percentile when estimating his BABIP ability. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation in Major League Baseball, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to better offense. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the 2nd-highest temperatures on the slate at 91°. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10-mph in this contest, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for hitters. Connor Wong has posted a .355 BABIP this year, ranking in the 88th percentile.

Masataka Yoshida's batting average talent is projected to be in the 95th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X). Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation in Major League Baseball, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to better offense. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the 2nd-highest temperatures on the slate at 91°. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10-mph in this contest, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for hitters. Masataka Yoshida will have the handedness advantage against Zack Greinke in today's matchup.

As it relates to his overall offensive skill, Triston Casas ranks in the 85th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X). Triston Casas has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (76% of the time), but he is penciled in 4th in the lineup in this matchup. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation in Major League Baseball, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to better offense. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the 2nd-highest temperatures on the slate at 91°. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10-mph in this contest, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for hitters.

Kyle Isbel has gone over 0.5 in 6 of his last 10 games.

MJ Melendez has gone over 0.5 in 6 of his last 10 games.