Chicago @ Cleveland Picks & Props

Cold weather is strongly correlated with less offense (and more whiffs), and the weather report expects the coldest weather on the slate today at 55°. The wind projects to be blowing in from RF at 10.4-mph in this contest, the 2nd-strongest of the day for mound aces. In the past two weeks' worth of games, Jose Ramirez has recorded a mere a 0% Barrel%, indicating a decline in power ability.

Cold weather is strongly correlated with less offense (and more whiffs), and the weather report expects the coldest weather on the slate today at 55°. The wind projects to be blowing in from RF at 10.4-mph in this contest, the 2nd-strongest of the day for mound aces. In the past two weeks, Steven Kwan has recorded a mere a 0% Barrel%, indicating a decline in power ability.

Cold weather is strongly correlated with less offense (and more whiffs), and the weather report expects the coldest weather on the slate today at 55°. The wind projects to be blowing in from RF at 10.4-mph in this contest, the 2nd-strongest of the day for mound aces. Will Brennan hits many of his flyballs to center field (40.3% — 98th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards the game's 7th-deepest CF fences in today's matchup. In the last two weeks, Will Brennan has recorded a mere a 0% Barrel%, indicating a decline in power ability.

Martin Maldonado pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (36.8% — 93rd percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards baseball's 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today's game.

Lenyn Sosa is projected to hit 2nd on the lineup card in this matchup, which would be an upgrade from his 50% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this year. Lenyn Sosa has a 92nd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (37.2%) and will have a big advantage hitting them in the direction of the game's 6th-shallowest RF fences in today's game.

Korey Lee has gone over 0.5 in 4 of his last 10 games.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andrew Vaughn in the 84th percentile as it relates to his batting average ability. Andrew Vaughn is penciled in 4th in the lineup in this matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andrew Benintendi in the 91st percentile when it comes to his batting average skill. Andrew Benintendi is projected to bat 5th in the batting order today. Andrew Benintendi will have the handedness advantage against Tanner Bibee in today's game. The Cleveland Guardians have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Andrew Benintendi stands a good chance of never facing a bullpen mismatch all game. Andrew Benintendi has a 96th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (38.5%) and has the good fortune of hitting them in the direction of MLB's 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today's game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andres Gimenez in the 88th percentile as it relates to his batting average ability. Andres Gimenez is projected to hit 2nd on the lineup card in this matchup. Andres Gimenez will have the handedness advantage against Erick Fedde in today's matchup. Andres Gimenez will benefit from the home field advantage in today's matchup, which should improve all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tyler Freeman in the 96th percentile as it relates to his batting average talent. Tyler Freeman is projected to bat 5th in the batting order in this game. Tyler Freeman will possess the home field advantage today, which figures to boost all of his stats.

Estevan Florial will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Erick Fedde in today's matchup. Estevan Florial will hold the home field advantage in today's game, which should bolster all of his stats.

Brayan Rocchio pulls many of his flyballs (35.6% — 90th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards baseball's 6th-shallowest RF fences in today's game. Home field advantage generally improves batter metrics in all categories, and Brayan Rocchio will hold that advantage today.

Ramon Laureano will hold the home field advantage in today's game, which should improve all of his stats.

Robbie Grossman is projected to bat 1st on the lineup card in this game. Robbie Grossman pulls many of his flyballs (35.2% — 88th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the game's 6th-shallowest RF fences today.

Bo Naylor will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Erick Fedde in today's game. Bo Naylor pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (33.3% — 75th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards the league's 6th-shallowest RF fences today. Bo Naylor will possess the home field advantage in today's game, which figures to improve all of his stats.

Batting from the opposite that Tanner Bibee throws from, Nicky Lopez will have an advantage in today's game. Nicky Lopez has a good chance to have an advantage against every reliever from start to finish, since the bullpen of the Cleveland Guardians has just 1 same-handed RP. Nicky Lopez has a 99th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (43.7%) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the league's 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today's game.

Batting from the opposite that Tanner Bibee throws from, Dominic Fletcher will have the upper hand in today's game. Dominic Fletcher is likely to have an edge against every reliever for the game's entirety, since the bullpen of the Cleveland Guardians only has 1 same-handed RP.

Gavin Sheets is projected to bat 3rd in the lineup today. Batting from the opposite that Tanner Bibee throws from, Gavin Sheets will have the upper hand today. The Cleveland Guardians have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Gavin Sheets stands a good chance of holding the advantage against every reliever all game. Gavin Sheets pulls many of his flyballs (34.7% — 86th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards the game's 6th-shallowest RF fences today.

Braden Shewmake will hold the platoon advantage over Tanner Bibee today. The Cleveland Guardians have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Braden Shewmake has a strong chance of never losing the platoon advantage against the 'pen all game. Braden Shewmake has a 76th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (33.7%) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them out towards the league's 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today's game.

Paul DeJong has gone over 0.5 in 3 of his last 10 games.