New York @ Los Angeles picks

Pete Alonso is coming off a monster performance Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers, going 2-for-4 with two home runs, five RBI, and a pair of runs scored. June has already been a productive month for the 30-year-old, who has hits in three of four games, but more importantly, has 10 RBI over those contests. In four career at-bats, Alonso is 2-for-4 with a home run and a pair of RBI. This sets up nicely for him to have another big day at the plate and help us cash the first of three MLB picks. 

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Starling Marte in the 90th percentile when assessing his batting average talent.. Starling Marte is projected to hit 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.1-mph in this contest, the 3rd-strongest of the day for bats.. Extreme flyball hitters like Starling Marte tend to perform better against extreme groundball pitchers like Landon Knack.. The Los Angeles Dodgers outfield defense projects as the 7th-weakest among every team playing today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Mookie Betts in the 96th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability.. Mookie Betts is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order in this matchup.. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.1-mph in this contest, the 3rd-strongest of the day for bats.. Mookie Betts will have the handedness advantage against David Peterson today.. Mookie Betts hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (39.8% — 96th percentile) and is fortunate to face MLB's 9th-shallowest CF fences in today's matchup.

When estimating his home run talent, Francisco Alvarez ranks in the 83rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.1-mph in this contest, the 3rd-strongest of the day for bats.. The Los Angeles Dodgers outfield defense projects as the 7th-weakest among every team playing today.. Francisco Alvarez has seen a significant improvement in his exit velocity this season; just compare his 92.5-mph average to last season's 88.7-mph average.. Francisco Alvarez has seen a substantial improvement in his exit velocity recently; just compare his 96.2-mph average in the last two weeks to his seasonal 92.5-mph figure.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Michael Conforto in the 78th percentile as it relates to his home run skill.. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.1-mph in this contest, the 3rd-strongest of the day for bats.. Out of all the teams today, the 7th-worst infield defense is that of the the New York Mets.. Home field advantage generally boosts batter metrics in all categories, and Michael Conforto will hold that advantage today.. Compared to his seasonal average of 13.4°, Michael Conforto has significantly improved his launch angle lately, posting a 34.3° angle over the past week.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Shohei Ohtani ranks as the 2nd-best hitter in the majors.. Shohei Ohtani is projected to hit 1st in the batting order today.. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.1-mph in this contest, the 3rd-strongest of the day for bats.. Out of all the teams today, the 7th-worst infield defense is that of the the New York Mets.. Home field advantage generally bolsters batter metrics across the board, and Shohei Ohtani will hold that advantage in today's game.

The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.1-mph in this contest, the 3rd-strongest of the day for bats.. Hitting from the opposite that Landon Knack throws from, Brett Baty will have the upper hand today.. Extreme flyball batters like Brett Baty tend to perform better against extreme groundball pitchers like Landon Knack.. The Los Angeles Dodgers outfield defense projects as the 7th-weakest among every team playing today.. Brett Baty has made sizeable improvements with his Barrel%, upping his 5.5% rate last year to 15.2% this year.

Juan Soto projects as the 4th-best hitter in Major League Baseball, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Juan Soto is projected to bat 3rd in the lineup in today's game.. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.1-mph in this contest, the 3rd-strongest of the day for bats.. Batting from the opposite that Landon Knack throws from, Juan Soto will have an edge today.. Juan Soto hits many of his flyballs to center field (38.6% — 83rd percentile) and is fortunate to face MLB's 9th-shallowest CF fences in today's matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andy Pages in the 89th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.. Andy Pages has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this year (76% of the time), but he is projected to bat 5th in the batting order in this game.. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.1-mph in this contest, the 3rd-strongest of the day for bats.. Batting from the opposite that David Peterson throws from, Andy Pages will have an edge in today's matchup.. Extreme flyball bats like Andy Pages generally hit better against extreme groundball pitchers like David Peterson.

The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.1-mph in this contest, the 3rd-strongest of the day for bats.. The Los Angeles Dodgers outfield defense projects as the 7th-weakest among every team playing today.. Tyrone Taylor has seen a significant gain in his exit velocity on flyballs of late; just compare his 95.1-mph average in the last 7 days to his seasonal mark of 90.1-mph.. Over the past two weeks, Tyrone Taylor's 23.1% rate of hitting balls at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 16.5%.. When it comes to his home runs, Tyrone Taylor has experienced some negative variance this year. His 3.4 HR per 600 plate appearances rate has been a good deal lower than the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s version of Statcast-based Expected HR/600 at 13.2.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Max Muncy in the 97th percentile as it relates to his home run skill.. The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.1-mph in this contest, the 3rd-strongest of the day for bats.. Extreme flyball batters like Max Muncy tend to perform better against extreme groundball pitchers like David Peterson.. Max Muncy will benefit from the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats.. Max Muncy has made notable strides with his Barrel% of late, improving his 13.7% seasonal rate to 23.1% in the last two weeks' worth of games.