San Francisco @ Chicago picks

Kyle Tucker projects as the 8th-best hitter in the game, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Kyle Tucker is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card today.. Built 599 feet above sea level, Wrigley Field has the 10th-highest elevation among all major league stadiums, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to higher offensive output.. Batting from the opposite that Landen Roupp throws from, Kyle Tucker will have an edge in today's game.. Kyle Tucker may have an edge against every reliever from start to finish, since the bullpen of the San Francisco Giants has just 1 same-handed RP.

With 8 bats who bat from the other side in the opposing team's projected batting order, Matthew Boyd will not have the upper hand while lacking the platoon advantage in most plate appearances today.. Considering the 1.22 gap between Matthew Boyd's 2.70 ERA and his 3.92 FIP, it's safe to say he's been one of the most fortunate pitchers in Major League Baseball this year and figures to perform worse the rest of the season.. San Francisco's 15.4° launch angle (an advanced stat to assess the ability to lift the ball for power) is among the most flyball-inducing in the game this year: #6 overall.

Kyle Tucker projects as the 8th-best hitter in the game, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Kyle Tucker is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card today.. Built 599 feet above sea level, Wrigley Field has the 10th-highest elevation among all major league stadiums, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to higher offensive output.. Batting from the opposite that Landen Roupp throws from, Kyle Tucker will have an edge in today's game.. Kyle Tucker may have an edge against every reliever from start to finish, since the bullpen of the San Francisco Giants has just 1 same-handed RP.

Wilmer Flores is penciled in 5th in the batting order in this game.. Built 599 feet above sea level, Wrigley Field has the 10th-highest elevation among all major league stadiums, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to higher offensive output.. Wilmer Flores will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Matthew Boyd in today's matchup.. Wilmer Flores pulls a lot of his flyballs (37.3% — 95th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards the game's 6th-shallowest LF fences today.. In comparison to his 83.5-mph average last year, Wilmer Flores's exit velocity has noticeably risen this season, now sitting at 86.5 mph.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Dansby Swanson in the 87th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability.. In the league, Wrigley Field's left field fences are the shallowest.. Dansby Swanson will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today's game, which ought to boost all of his stats.. Dansby Swanson's average launch angle on his hardest-contacted balls this season (18.3°) is significantly better than his 14.7° figure last season.. Dansby Swanson's ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has gotten better recently, going from 18.8% on the season to 35.7% in the last week.

In the league, Wrigley Field's left field fences are the shallowest.. Batting from the opposite that Matthew Boyd throws from, Christian Koss will have the upper hand today.. Ranking in the 92nd percentile for Sprint Speed at 28.86 ft/sec this year, Christian Koss is quite toolsy.

In the league, Wrigley Field's left field fences are the shallowest.. Patrick Bailey's ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has gotten better from last year to this one, increasing from 15.4% to 25.5%.. In the last 14 days, Patrick Bailey's 31.6% rate of hitting balls at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 26.4%.. Patrick Bailey has been unlucky this year, notching a .203 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .285 — a .082 deviation.

In the league, Wrigley Field's left field fences are the shallowest.. David Villar will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Matthew Boyd in today's matchup.