Houston @ Cleveland picks

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Christian Walker in the 93rd percentile when estimating his home run ability.. Christian Walker is penciled in 4th in the lineup in this matchup.. Christian Walker will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Logan Allen in today's matchup.. Christian Walker pulls a lot of his flyballs (35.3% — 89th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB's 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today's game.. In the past 7 days, Christian Walker's 25% rate of hitting balls at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 17.5%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jose Altuve in the 88th percentile when assessing his batting average talent.. Jose Altuve is projected to bat 3rd in the batting order in today's game.. Batting from the opposite that Logan Allen throws from, Jose Altuve will have an edge in today's matchup.. Jose Altuve pulls many of his flyballs (41.2% — 99th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the league's 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today's game.. Over the last 14 days, Jose Altuve has improved his Barrel% substantially, increasing it from his seasonal rate of 6% to 13.5%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jeremy Pena in the 97th percentile as it relates to his batting average skill.. Jeremy Pena is projected to hit 1st on the lineup card today.. Hitting from the opposite that Logan Allen throws from, Jeremy Pena will have the upper hand in today's matchup.. Bats such as Jeremy Pena with extreme flyball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like Logan Allen who skew towards the groundball end of the spectrum.. In the past 7 days, Jeremy Pena's exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 89.6-mph over the course of the season to 99.4-mph recently.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Yainer Diaz in the 96th percentile as it relates to his batting average ability.. Yainer Diaz is penciled in 5th on the lineup card in today's game.. Yainer Diaz will hold the platoon advantage against Logan Allen in today's game.. Yainer Diaz has been hot recently, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 91.1-mph to 96.8-mph in the last two weeks' worth of games.. Yainer Diaz's ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has increased from last year to this one, rising from 11.7% to 16.1%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jake Meyers in the 79th percentile when it comes to his batting average ability.. Jake Meyers has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this season (94% of the time), but he is projected to hit 5th in the lineup today.. Jake Meyers will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Logan Allen in today's matchup.. Jake Meyers's ability to hit the ball at a base hit-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has gotten better from last year to this one, rising from 44.4% to 51.4%.. Jake Meyers has compiled a .279 Expected Batting Average this year, checking in at the 84th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.

Isaac Paredes is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card in this game.. Hitting from the opposite that Logan Allen throws from, Isaac Paredes will have an edge in today's matchup.. Isaac Paredes pulls many of his flyballs (46.6% — 100th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards baseball's 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today's matchup.. Isaac Paredes's ability to hit the ball at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has increased from last year to this one, going from 39.7% to 46.5%.. Isaac Paredes has averaged 28.9 dingers per 600 plate appearances this year, placing in the 84th percentile for power.

Extreme groundball batters like Victor Caratini usually hit better against extreme flyball pitchers like Logan Allen.. By putting up a .275 batting average since the start of last season, Victor Caratini is positioned in the 86th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brendan Rodgers in the 81st percentile when assessing his BABIP talent.. Batting from the opposite that Logan Allen throws from, Brendan Rodgers will have an advantage in today's game.. Extreme groundball batters like Brendan Rodgers generally hit better against extreme flyball pitchers like Logan Allen.. Brendan Rodgers has made notable improvements with his Barrel%, improving his 5.7% rate last season to 13.3% this year.. Brendan Rodgers's launch angle this season (9.7°) is considerably higher than his 4.7° mark last year.

Batters such as Jacob Melton with extreme groundball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like Logan Allen who skew towards the flyball end of the spectrum.

Daniel Schneemann has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this year (80% of the time), but he is penciled in 5th on the lineup card in today's game.. Bats such as Daniel Schneemann with extreme flyball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like Colton Gordon who skew towards the groundball end of the spectrum.. Daniel Schneemann will possess the home field advantage in today's game, which ought to improve all of his stats.. Daniel Schneemann has seen a sizeable increase in his exit velocity on flyballs this season; just compare his 96.7-mph average to last season's 90.5-mph EV.. Compared to last year, Daniel Schneemann has improved his ability to hit the ball at a launch angle ideal for home runs, increasing his percentage of balls hit between 23° and 34° from 14.3% to 19.8% this season.