Los Angeles @ New York picks

In his last five starts, Peterson has held every opponent to two earned runs or less. He’s also gone a full six innings in his last three starts, and that will be important coming a night after New York had to go deep into its bullpen, using nine different pitchers in last night’s marathon.

Mets lefty David Peterson has a 2.86 ERA but his xERA is significantly worse at 3.99. The Dodgers plate a run in the first inning at the second highest-rate (37.3%) in the majors. They also rank second in slugging (.465) with that number bumping up to .484 against southpaws. L.A. starter Tony Gonsolin is coming off Tommy John surgery and has a 4.05 ERA through four starts. He has a 6.75 ERA in the first inning and will have a tough time navigating the top of the Mets lineup which has Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, and Pete Alonso.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Mookie Betts in the 96th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive skill.. Mookie Betts is projected to bat 2nd in the batting order in today's game.. Mookie Betts will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against David Peterson in today's matchup.. Mookie Betts hits many of his flyballs to center field (40% — 97th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting towards baseball's shallowest CF fences today.. Extreme groundball batters like Mookie Betts tend to perform better against extreme flyball pitchers like David Peterson.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Shohei Ohtani ranks as the 2nd-best hitter in the league.. Shohei Ohtani is penciled in 1st in the batting order in today's game.. Among all parks, Citi Field's centerfield fences are the shallowest.. The New York Mets have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Shohei Ohtani has a strong chance of holding the advantage against every reliever all game.. Out of all the teams on the slate today, the weakest infield defense belongs to the New York Mets.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Teoscar Hernandez as the 15th-best batter in baseball when it comes to his BABIP ability.. Teoscar Hernandez is penciled in 3rd in the batting order in this matchup.. Among all parks, Citi Field's centerfield fences are the shallowest.. Teoscar Hernandez will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against David Peterson in today's game.. Out of all the teams on the slate today, the weakest infield defense belongs to the New York Mets.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andy Pages in the 86th percentile when estimating his overall offensive skill.. Andy Pages has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this year (79% of the time), but he is projected to bat 5th on the lineup card in this game.. Among all parks, Citi Field's centerfield fences are the shallowest.. Andy Pages will hold the platoon advantage against David Peterson in today's game.. Extreme flyball batters like Andy Pages tend to be more successful against extreme groundball pitchers like David Peterson.

Among all parks, Citi Field's centerfield fences are the shallowest.. The New York Mets have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Dalton Rushing can likely count on never facing a bullpen mismatch all game.. Out of all the teams on the slate today, the weakest infield defense belongs to the New York Mets.

The Los Angeles Dodgers projected batting order profiles as the best of all teams today in terms of overall batting ability.. Among all parks, Citi Field's centerfield fences are the shallowest.. With 6 bats who bat from the opposite side in the opposing team's projected batting order, David Peterson will have a tough matchup while lacking the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in today's matchup.. Considering that flyball hitters have a substantial advantage over groundball pitchers, David Peterson and his 50.4% underlying GB% (via the leading projection system, THE BAT) finds himself in a troublesome spot today being matched up with 2 opposing GB batters.. Out of all the teams on the slate today, the weakest infield defense belongs to the New York Mets.

Hitting from the opposite that Tony Gonsolin throws from, Brett Baty will have an edge in today's matchup.. Brett Baty has a 91st percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.6%) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them out towards baseball's 4th-shallowest LF fences today.. Bats such as Brett Baty with extreme groundball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like Tony Gonsolin who skew towards the flyball end of the spectrum.. Home field advantage generally bolsters hitter metrics across the board, and Brett Baty will hold that advantage in today's game.. Brett Baty has made sizeable gains with his Barrel%, bettering his 5.5% rate last season to 16.9% this season.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Shohei Ohtani ranks as the 2nd-best hitter in the league.. Shohei Ohtani is penciled in 1st in the batting order in today's game.. Among all parks, Citi Field's centerfield fences are the shallowest.. The New York Mets have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Shohei Ohtani has a strong chance of holding the advantage against every reliever all game.. Out of all the teams on the slate today, the weakest infield defense belongs to the New York Mets.

When estimating his batting average ability, Freddie Freeman is projected as the 9th-best hitter in MLB by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Freddie Freeman is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card today.. Freddie Freeman is apt to have the upper hand against every reliever throughout the game, since the bullpen of the New York Mets has just 1 same-handed RP.. Freddie Freeman has an 88th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.5%) and has the good fortune of hitting them out towards the league's 4th-shallowest LF fences in today's game.. Out of all the teams on the slate today, the weakest infield defense belongs to the New York Mets.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andy Pages in the 86th percentile when estimating his overall offensive skill.. Andy Pages has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this year (79% of the time), but he is projected to bat 5th on the lineup card in this game.. Among all parks, Citi Field's centerfield fences are the shallowest.. Andy Pages will hold the platoon advantage against David Peterson in today's game.. Extreme flyball batters like Andy Pages tend to be more successful against extreme groundball pitchers like David Peterson.