Cleveland @ Washington picks

When estimating his BABIP skill, James Wood is projected as the 3rd-best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. James Wood is penciled in 3rd in the lineup in today's game.. James Wood has a ton of pop (88th percentile) if he makes contact, but that's never a guarantee (27% K%). Today, however, opposing pitcher Logan Allen has a pitch-to-contact profile (23rd percentile K%) — great news for Wood.. James Wood has a 98th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (40.4%) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league's 10th-shallowest LF fences today.. Bats such as James Wood with extreme flyball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like Logan Allen who skew towards the groundball end of the spectrum.

Kyle Manzardo is projected to bat 4th in the batting order in this game.. Kyle Manzardo will hold the platoon advantage over Mike Soroka in today's game.. Kyle Manzardo pulls many of his flyballs (33.4% — 77th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards the game's 10th-shallowest RF fences in today's game.. Kyle Manzardo's ability to hit the ball at a base hit-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has increased in recent games, going from 28% on the season to 33.3% in the last two weeks.. By putting up a 28.900 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) utilizing Statcast data) since the start of last season , Kyle Manzardo grades out in the 93rd percentile for power.

Hitting from the opposite that Mike Soroka throws from, Bo Naylor will have an edge in today's game.. Bo Naylor pulls many of his flyballs (33.9% — 81st percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards MLB's 10th-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup.. Bo Naylor has made sizeable improvements with his Barrel% lately, bettering his 12.1% seasonal rate to 22.2% in the past week's worth of games.. Bo Naylor's average launch angle on his highest exit velocity balls this season (25.1°) is significantly higher than his 17.5° angle last year.. Bo Naylor's average launch angle on his hardest-hit balls in recent games (32.7° in the past 14 days) is quite a bit better than his 25.1° seasonal figure.

When estimating his overall offensive ability, Jose Ramirez ranks in the 95th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).. Jose Ramirez is projected to bat 3rd in the lineup in today's game.. Jose Ramirez pulls a lot of his flyballs (41.4% — 99th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards the game's 10th-shallowest RF fences in today's game.. With a .335 Expected wOBA (or xwOBA, an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) since the start of last season, Jose Ramirez finds himself in the 78th percentile for offensive ability.. When it comes to power, Jose Ramirez grades out in the 96th percentile, having paced 31.7 home runs per 600 plate appearances since the start of last season.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects CJ Abrams in the 76th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability.. CJ Abrams is penciled in 1st in the lineup in today's game.. CJ Abrams pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (34.6% — 86th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards MLB's 10th-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup.. CJ Abrams will hold the home field advantage in today's matchup, which figures to bolster all of his stats.. CJ Abrams has seen a significant gain in his exit velocity this year; just compare his 91.4-mph average to last year's 88.1-mph average.

Jhonkensy Noel is projected to bat 5th in the lineup in today's game.. Jhonkensy Noel pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (36.6% — 93rd percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards baseball's 10th-shallowest LF fences today.. Jhonkensy Noel has seen a significant gain in his exit velocity on flyballs in recent games; just compare his 115.3-mph average in the last week to his seasonal mark of 94.6-mph.. Over the past two weeks, Jhonkensy Noel's 5.9% rate of hitting balls at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 2.1%.. Sporting a 31.400 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) since the start of last season , Jhonkensy Noel is positioned in the 97th percentile for power.

Kyle Manzardo is projected to bat 4th in the batting order in this game.. Kyle Manzardo will hold the platoon advantage over Mike Soroka in today's game.. Kyle Manzardo pulls many of his flyballs (33.4% — 77th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards the game's 10th-shallowest RF fences in today's game.. Kyle Manzardo's ability to hit the ball at a base hit-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has increased in recent games, going from 28% on the season to 33.3% in the last two weeks.. By putting up a 28.900 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) utilizing Statcast data) since the start of last season , Kyle Manzardo grades out in the 93rd percentile for power.

When estimating his BABIP skill, James Wood is projected as the 3rd-best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. James Wood is penciled in 3rd in the lineup in today's game.. James Wood has a ton of pop (88th percentile) if he makes contact, but that's never a guarantee (27% K%). Today, however, opposing pitcher Logan Allen has a pitch-to-contact profile (23rd percentile K%) — great news for Wood.. James Wood has a 98th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (40.4%) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league's 10th-shallowest LF fences today.. Bats such as James Wood with extreme flyball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like Logan Allen who skew towards the groundball end of the spectrum.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects CJ Abrams in the 76th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability.. CJ Abrams is penciled in 1st in the lineup in today's game.. CJ Abrams pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (34.6% — 86th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards MLB's 10th-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup.. CJ Abrams will hold the home field advantage in today's matchup, which figures to bolster all of his stats.. CJ Abrams has seen a significant gain in his exit velocity this year; just compare his 91.4-mph average to last year's 88.1-mph average.

When estimating his overall offensive ability, Jose Ramirez ranks in the 95th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).. Jose Ramirez is projected to bat 3rd in the lineup in today's game.. Jose Ramirez pulls a lot of his flyballs (41.4% — 99th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards the game's 10th-shallowest RF fences in today's game.. With a .335 Expected wOBA (or xwOBA, an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) since the start of last season, Jose Ramirez finds himself in the 78th percentile for offensive ability.. When it comes to power, Jose Ramirez grades out in the 96th percentile, having paced 31.7 home runs per 600 plate appearances since the start of last season.