Seattle @ Texas picks

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Joc Pederson in the 92nd percentile when it comes to his overall offensive ability.. Joc Pederson is projected to bat 3rd in the batting order in today's game.. Globe Life Field has the 6th-lowest fences in Major League Baseball.. Joc Pederson will have the handedness advantage over Bryan Woo in today's game... and moreover, Woo has a large platoon split.. Joc Pederson is apt to have an advantage against every reliever for the duration of the game, since the bullpen of the Seattle Mariners has just 1 same-handed RP.

As it relates to his BABIP skill, Julio Rodriguez is projected as the 2nd-best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Julio Rodriguez is projected to hit 3rd in the batting order today.. Globe Life Field has the 6th-lowest fences in Major League Baseball.. Julio Rodriguez has seen a notable improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs this year; just compare his 98.2-mph average to last season's 94-mph average.. In the last two weeks' worth of games, Julio Rodriguez's exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 98.2-mph over the course of the season to 100.7-mph recently.

When estimating his home run ability, Adolis Garcia ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Adolis Garcia is penciled in 4th in the lineup in today's game.. Globe Life Field has the 6th-lowest fences in Major League Baseball.. Among all the teams today, the 4th-worst infield defense is that of the the Seattle Mariners.. Adolis Garcia will possess the home field advantage today, which figures to improve all of his stats.

Josh Smith has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (52% of the time), but he is projected to hit 1st in the batting order in today's game.. Globe Life Field has the 6th-lowest fences in Major League Baseball.. Considering Bryan Woo's large platoon split, Josh Smith will have a gigantic advantage batting from the opposite side of the plate today.. Josh Smith has a good chance to have an advantage against every reliever for the duration of the game, since the bullpen of the Seattle Mariners only has 1 same-handed RP.. Among all the teams today, the 4th-worst infield defense is that of the the Seattle Mariners.

Globe Life Field has the 6th-lowest fences in Major League Baseball.. Hitting from the opposite that Jack Leiter throws from, Rowdy Tellez will have the upper hand in today's matchup.. Rowdy Tellez has made big strides with his Barrel%, bettering his 8.1% rate last season to 19% this year.. Rowdy Tellez has made substantial strides with his Barrel% of late, bettering his 19% seasonal rate to 29.4% in the past 14 days.. Rowdy Tellez has seen a significant gain in his exit velocity in recent games; just compare his 96.7-mph average in the past 14 days to his seasonal 93.8-mph figure.

Taking into account both his underlying tendencies and the matchup, Jack Leiter is projected to throw 82 pitches in this game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) system, which is the 4th-least of all pitchers on the slate today.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Globe Life Field as the 10th-best ballpark in MLB for walks.. Globe Life Field has the 6th-lowest fences in Major League Baseball.. The Seattle Mariners have 6 hitters in the projected batting order that will have the handedness advantage over Jack Leiter in this game.. Over his last 3 starts, Jack Leiter has seen a significant decrease in his fastball spin rate: from 2423 rpm over the entire season to 2364 rpm of late.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Cal Raleigh as the league's 10th-best home run batter.. Cal Raleigh is projected to hit 4th in the batting order in this game.. Globe Life Field has the 6th-lowest fences in Major League Baseball.. Cal Raleigh's ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has increased from last year to this one, increasing from 17.6% to 24.7%.. In the past two weeks' worth of games, Cal Raleigh's 28.6% rate of hitting balls at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 24.7%.

As it relates to his BABIP skill, Julio Rodriguez is projected as the 2nd-best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Julio Rodriguez is projected to hit 3rd in the batting order today.. Globe Life Field has the 6th-lowest fences in Major League Baseball.. Julio Rodriguez has seen a notable improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs this year; just compare his 98.2-mph average to last season's 94-mph average.. In the last two weeks' worth of games, Julio Rodriguez's exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 98.2-mph over the course of the season to 100.7-mph recently.

As it relates to his BABIP skill, Julio Rodriguez is projected as the 2nd-best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Julio Rodriguez is projected to hit 3rd in the batting order today.. Globe Life Field has the 6th-lowest fences in Major League Baseball.. Julio Rodriguez has seen a notable improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs this year; just compare his 98.2-mph average to last season's 94-mph average.. In the last two weeks' worth of games, Julio Rodriguez's exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 98.2-mph over the course of the season to 100.7-mph recently.

As it relates to his overall offensive ability, Randy Arozarena ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).. Randy Arozarena is projected to hit 5th in the lineup today.. Globe Life Field has the 6th-lowest fences in Major League Baseball.. Randy Arozarena has seen a big increase in his exit velocity on flyballs this season; just compare his 100-mph average to last season's 94.2-mph mark.. Over the past two weeks, Randy Arozarena's exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 100-mph over the course of the season to 103.3-mph lately.