Los Angeles @ Tampa Bay Picks & Props

The shallowest right field fences among all major league stadiums are found in Tropicana Field. Brett Phillips will hold the platoon advantage over Taj Bradley in today's game. The Tampa Bay Rays outfield defense profiles as the 2nd-weakest among all the teams today. Brett Phillips has been zeroed in on the ideal launch angle for home runs lately, angling balls between 23° and 34° 27.8% of the time over the last two weeks. Brett Phillips has suffered from bad luck when it comes to his batting average since the start of last season; his .160 figure is a fair amount lower than his .175 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.

The 5th-shallowest left field fences in the league are found in Tropicana Field. The switch-hitting Taylor Walls will hold the platoon advantage while batting from from his strong side (0) today against Patrick Sandoval. Taylor Walls will benefit from the home field advantage in today's game, which figures to bolster all of his stats. In the past two weeks, Taylor Walls's exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 90.5-mph over the course of the season to 96.4-mph lately. Taylor Walls's average launch angle on his hardest-hit balls in recent games (29.5° over the last 14 days) is significantly better than his 18.7° seasonal angle.

Logan O'Hoppe is projected to bat 5th in the lineup today. Logan O'Hoppe pulls many of his flyballs (33.7% — 80th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards MLB's 6th-shallowest LF fences in today's matchup. The Tampa Bay Rays outfield defense profiles as the 2nd-weakest among all the teams today. Logan O'Hoppe has posted a .337 Expected wOBA (xwOBA) this year, ranking in the 75th percentile for hitting ability according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Osleivis Basabe in the 83rd percentile when it comes to his BABIP skill. The 5th-shallowest left field fences in the league are found in Tropicana Field. Osleivis Basabe will hold the platoon advantage over Patrick Sandoval in today's matchup. Osleivis Basabe will benefit from the home field advantage in today's matchup, which ought to boost all of his stats. Osleivis Basabe has suffered from bad luck when it comes to his wOBA this year; his .261 mark is a fair amount lower than his .282 Expected wOBA, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.

The 5th-shallowest left field fences in the league are found in Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Rays outfield defense profiles as the 2nd-weakest among all the teams today. Last year, Randal Grichuk had an average launch angle of 5.2° on his highest exit velocity balls, while this season it has significantly increased to 9.5°. In the last two weeks' worth of games, Randal Grichuk's 25% rate of hitting balls at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 13.1%.

David Fletcher has an 88th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.8%) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them in the direction of MLB's 5th-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup. The Tampa Bay Rays outfield defense profiles as the 2nd-weakest among all the teams today. David Fletcher has seen a notable improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs this year; just compare his 85.2-mph average to last year's 81.4-mph EV. David Fletcher has seen a big gain in his exit velocity on flyballs lately; just compare his 98.3-mph average over the past 7 days to his seasonal figure of 85.2-mph.