San Francisco @ Washington picks

As it relates to his BABIP ability, James Wood is projected as the best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. James Wood is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order in this matchup.. James Wood will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Landen Roupp in today's game.. James Wood may have an advantage against every reliever for the duration of the game, since the bullpen of the San Francisco Giants has just 1 same-handed RP.. James Wood has a 97th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (39.8%) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards MLB's 10th-shallowest LF fences today.

Matt Chapman projects as the 8th-best home run hitter in the game, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Matt Chapman is penciled in 3rd in the batting order in today's game.. Nationals Park has the 9th-shallowest LF dimensions in Major League Baseball.. Batting from the opposite that MacKenzie Gore throws from, Matt Chapman will have the upper hand in today's game.. Matt Chapman has been hot lately, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 94-mph to 96.4-mph over the past 7 days.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jung Hoo Lee as the 20th-best batter in the league as it relates to his batting average talent.. Jung Hoo Lee is penciled in 2nd in the batting order in this game.. Jung Hoo Lee has an 80th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.1%) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them out towards baseball's 10th-shallowest LF fences in today's matchup.. Over the last 14 days, Jung Hoo Lee's 27.5% rate of hitting balls at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 16.7%.. Jung Hoo Lee's ability to hit the ball at a base hit-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has increased from last season to this one, going from 44% to 51.2%.

LaMonte Wade Jr. pulls a lot of his flyballs (33.8% — 79th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the game's 10th-shallowest RF fences in today's game.. LaMonte Wade Jr.'s launch angle this year (24.1°) is a considerable increase over his 12.8° figure last year.. Over the last week, LaMonte Wade Jr.'s 33.3% rate of hitting balls at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 17.2%.. LaMonte Wade Jr. has had some very poor luck with his home runs since the start of last season; his 9.8 HR per 600 plate appearances mark is deflated compared to his 17.2 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.. In terms of plate discipline, LaMonte Wade Jr.'s talent is quite impressive, putting up a 1.46 K/BB rate since the start of last season while placing in in the 94th percentile.

As it relates to his BABIP ability, James Wood is projected as the best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. James Wood is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order in this matchup.. James Wood will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Landen Roupp in today's game.. James Wood may have an advantage against every reliever for the duration of the game, since the bullpen of the San Francisco Giants has just 1 same-handed RP.. James Wood has a 97th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (39.8%) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards MLB's 10th-shallowest LF fences today.