Pittsburgh @ St. Louis picks

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andrew McCutchen in the 85th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability.. Andrew McCutchen is penciled in 3rd in the lineup in this matchup.. Busch Stadium has the 6th-lowest fences among all stadiums.. Andrew McCutchen hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (39.5% — 94th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting out towards the game's 7th-shallowest CF fences in today's matchup.. The St. Louis Cardinals infield defense projects as the 15th-worst among every team today.

When assessing his overall offensive ability, Lars Nootbaar ranks in the 95th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).. Lars Nootbaar is penciled in 1st in the lineup in today's game.. Busch Stadium has the 6th-lowest fences among all stadiums.. Lars Nootbaar will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Carmen Mlodzinski today... and even more favorably, Mlodzinski has a large platoon split.. Lars Nootbaar hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (39.2% — 91st percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting out towards the league's 7th-shallowest CF fences in today's game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Joey Bart in the 79th percentile when assessing his BABIP skill.. Joey Bart is projected to bat 4th in the batting order in this game.. Busch Stadium has the 6th-lowest fences among all stadiums.. Joey Bart has big-time power (76th percentile) if he makes contact, but that's usually a big "IF" (27.8% K%). Today, however, opposing pitcher Miles Mikolas is a pitch-to-contact type (19th percentile K%) — great news for Bart.. The St. Louis Cardinals infield defense projects as the 15th-worst among every team today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andrew McCutchen in the 85th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability.. Andrew McCutchen is penciled in 3rd in the lineup in this matchup.. Busch Stadium has the 6th-lowest fences among all stadiums.. Andrew McCutchen hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (39.5% — 94th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting out towards the game's 7th-shallowest CF fences in today's matchup.. The St. Louis Cardinals infield defense projects as the 15th-worst among every team today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Joey Bart in the 79th percentile when assessing his BABIP skill.. Joey Bart is projected to bat 4th in the batting order in this game.. Busch Stadium has the 6th-lowest fences among all stadiums.. Joey Bart has big-time power (76th percentile) if he makes contact, but that's usually a big "IF" (27.8% K%). Today, however, opposing pitcher Miles Mikolas is a pitch-to-contact type (19th percentile K%) — great news for Bart.. The St. Louis Cardinals infield defense projects as the 15th-worst among every team today.