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The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Brent Rooker as baseball's 13th-best home run batter.. Brent Rooker is penciled in 3rd in the lineup today.. A correlation exists between high heat and more offense (and fewer Ks), and this game is forecasted to have the 2nd-hottest weather of all games on the slate today at 85°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. Home field advantage generally bolsters hitter metrics in all categories, and Brent Rooker will hold that advantage today.

Ryan O'Hearn's batting average skill is projected to be in the 95th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Ryan O'Hearn is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card in this matchup.. A correlation exists between high heat and more offense (and fewer Ks), and this game is forecasted to have the 2nd-hottest weather of all games on the slate today at 85°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. Ryan O'Hearn has seen a notable increase in his exit velocity in recent games; just compare his 97.5-mph average in the last 7 days to his seasonal 91.1-mph figure.

When assessing his home run skill, Tyler Soderstrom ranks in the 91st percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Tyler Soderstrom is projected to bat 4th on the lineup card in this matchup.. A correlation exists between high heat and more offense (and fewer Ks), and this game is forecasted to have the 2nd-hottest weather of all games on the slate today at 86°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. Tyler Soderstrom will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Dean Kremer in today's matchup.

When estimating his home run talent, Lawrence Butler ranks in the 86th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Lawrence Butler is projected to bat 1st in the batting order in today's game.. A correlation exists between high heat and more offense (and fewer Ks), and this game is forecasted to have the 2nd-hottest weather of all games on the slate today at 86°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. Lawrence Butler will have the handedness advantage against Dean Kremer today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ramon Laureano in the 87th percentile when assessing his home run ability.. Ramon Laureano has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this season (60% of the time), but he is penciled in 3rd on the lineup card in today's game.. A correlation exists between high heat and more offense (and fewer Ks), and this game is forecasted to have the 2nd-hottest weather of all games on the slate today at 85°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. Hitting from the opposite that JP Sears throws from, Ramon Laureano will have an advantage today.

A correlation exists between high heat and more offense (and fewer Ks), and this game is forecasted to have the 2nd-hottest weather of all games on the slate today at 85°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. JJ Bleday will have the handedness advantage against Dean Kremer in today's game.. Home field advantage typically boosts hitter stats across the board, and JJ Bleday will hold that advantage in today's matchup.. The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates JJ Bleday's true offensive ability to be a .321, providing some evidence that he has experienced some negative variance this year given the .038 disparity between that mark and his actual .283 wOBA.

A correlation exists between high heat and more offense (and fewer Ks), and this game is forecasted to have the 2nd-hottest weather of all games on the slate today at 85°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. As a switch-hitter who is stronger from the 0 side of the plate, Dylan Carlson will get to bat from his strong side against JP Sears in today's matchup.. Dylan Carlson's ability to hit the ball at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has gotten better from last year to this one, going from 39.1% to 53.1%.

Coby Mayo is projected to bat 7th on the lineup card in this matchup.. Coby Mayo hits many of his flyballs to center field (39.2% — 91st percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of baseball's 11th-deepest CF fences in today's matchup.. Typically, hitters like Coby Mayo who hit a lot of flyballs are generally less successful when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of flyballs such as JP Sears.. Playing on the road generally weakens batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Coby Mayo in today's matchup.. Coby Mayo has been cold of late, putting up a 0% Barrel% (an advanced stat to evaluate power) in the last week.

Ryan O'Hearn's batting average skill is projected to be in the 95th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Ryan O'Hearn is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card in this matchup.. A correlation exists between high heat and more offense (and fewer Ks), and this game is forecasted to have the 2nd-hottest weather of all games on the slate today at 85°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. Ryan O'Hearn has seen a notable increase in his exit velocity in recent games; just compare his 97.5-mph average in the last 7 days to his seasonal 91.1-mph figure.

When estimating his home run talent, Lawrence Butler ranks in the 86th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Lawrence Butler is projected to bat 1st in the batting order in today's game.. A correlation exists between high heat and more offense (and fewer Ks), and this game is forecasted to have the 2nd-hottest weather of all games on the slate today at 86°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. Lawrence Butler will have the handedness advantage against Dean Kremer today.