Chicago @ Washington picks

Pete Crow-Armstrong is opening eyes across the Majors this year. The Chicago Cubs star is hitting .280 in his second MLB season with 15 home runs in 59 games. He’s in the top 10 in the show in long balls. The youngster is also a menace on the base paths. He’s doing it all for the Cubbies. While Crow-Armstrong has just one bomb in his last eight appearances, he’s up against Washington Nationals righty Trevor Anderson tonight, who is very prone to the long ball. Anderson has surrendered seven of them in only 11 starts. He’s given up two bombs across his last three outings, and six of them are against left-handed batters like Crow-Armstrong. The 23-year-old Chicago star is 0 for 2 lifetime against Anderson, but 12 of his homers are against righties. He’s also batting .308 versus right-handers compared to .188 against lefties.

As it relates to his BABIP talent, James Wood is projected as the best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. James Wood is projected to bat 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.. Hitting from the opposite that Cade Horton throws from, James Wood will have the upper hand today.. James Wood has a 97th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (39.8%) and will have a big advantage hitting them out towards MLB's 10th-shallowest LF fences in today's game.. Extreme groundball bats like James Wood are generally more successful against extreme flyball pitchers like Cade Horton.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Michael Busch in the 90th percentile when assessing his overall offensive ability.. Michael Busch is projected to hit 5th on the lineup card in today's game.. In the league, Nationals Park's RF fences are the 9th-shallowest.. Because of Trevor Williams's large platoon split, Michael Busch will have a colossal advantage hitting from the opposite side of the dish in today's matchup.. Michael Busch has made substantial improvements with his Barrel% of late, improving his 14.2% seasonal rate to 27.8% over the past two weeks.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Kyle Tucker ranks as the 7th-best batter in baseball.. Kyle Tucker is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order in today's game.. Given Trevor Williams's large platoon split, Kyle Tucker will have a huge advantage batting from the opposite side of the dish in today's matchup.. Kyle Tucker pulls a lot of his flyballs (35.3% — 89th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB's 10th-shallowest RF fences today.. Over the past 7 days, Kyle Tucker's exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 93.5-mph over the course of the season to 95.7-mph lately.

As it relates to his BABIP talent, James Wood is projected as the best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. James Wood is projected to bat 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.. Hitting from the opposite that Cade Horton throws from, James Wood will have the upper hand today.. James Wood has a 97th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (39.8%) and will have a big advantage hitting them out towards MLB's 10th-shallowest LF fences in today's game.. Extreme groundball bats like James Wood are generally more successful against extreme flyball pitchers like Cade Horton.

As it relates to his BABIP talent, James Wood is projected as the best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. James Wood is projected to bat 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.. Hitting from the opposite that Cade Horton throws from, James Wood will have the upper hand today.. James Wood has a 97th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (39.8%) and will have a big advantage hitting them out towards MLB's 10th-shallowest LF fences in today's game.. Extreme groundball bats like James Wood are generally more successful against extreme flyball pitchers like Cade Horton.