Target Field
Christian Bethancourt will have the handedness advantage over Dallas Keuchel today. Among all the teams on the slate today, the 2nd-weakest infield defense belongs to the Minnesota Twins.
Home field advantage typically boosts hitter metrics across the board, and Willi Castro will hold that advantage in today's matchup.
The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Edouard Julien as the 7th-best hitter in MLB when assessing his BABIP skill. Edouard Julien is projected to hit 1st on the lineup card in this matchup. Edouard Julien will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Taj Bradley today. Edouard Julien will hold the home field advantage in today's game, which ought to boost all of his stats.
This game is expected to have the best conditions for pitching among all the games scheduled today. Harold Ramirez hits many of his flyballs to center field (39.9% — 98th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards baseball's 10th-deepest CF fences in today's game. Extreme groundball bats like Harold Ramirez are generally less successful against extreme groundball pitchers like Dallas Keuchel. Playing on the road typically reduces hitter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Harold Ramirez in today's game.
Matt Wallner will have the handedness advantage against Taj Bradley in today's game. Home field advantage generally boosts hitter stats across the board, and Matt Wallner will hold that advantage today.
Home field advantage generally improves hitter metrics across the board, and Kyle Farmer will hold that advantage today.
The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Max Kepler in the 89th percentile when estimating his overall offensive skill. Max Kepler is penciled in 4th on the lineup card in this game. Max Kepler will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Taj Bradley in today's matchup. Max Kepler will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which ought to bolster all of his stats.
Among all the teams on the slate today, the 2nd-weakest infield defense belongs to the Minnesota Twins.
Brandon Lowe has gone over 0.5 in 7 of his last 10 games.
Christian Vazquez has gone over 0.5 in 5 of his last 10 games.
Josh Lowe has gone over 0.5 in 9 of his last 10 games.
Luke Raley has gone over 0.5 in 5 of his last 10 games.
