Kansas City @ Chicago props

The weather forecast expects the 5th-most suitable hitting weather of the day, as it relates to temperature and humidity. Mike Vasil will have the handedness advantage against Bobby Witt Jr. in today's game. Playing on the road typically lessens hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Bobby Witt Jr. today.

The weather forecast expects the 5th-most suitable hitting weather of the day, as it relates to temperature and humidity. Batting from the same side that Mike Vasil throws from, Maikel Garcia will have a tough challenge in today's game. Maikel Garcia will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today. Compared to his seasonal angle of 10.2°, Maikel Garcia has produced a noticeably lower launch angle (-4.8°) in the past two weeks. Despite posting a .371 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Maikel Garcia has had positive variance on his side given the .056 gap between that mark and his estimated true talent wOBA of .315.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Miguel Vargas in the 86th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability. Miguel Vargas is projected to hit 4th in the lineup in this matchup. Home field advantage generally boosts hitter metrics across the board, and Miguel Vargas will hold that advantage today. Miguel Vargas has made sizeable improvements with his Barrel% lately, bettering his 11.1% seasonal rate to 21.6% over the past 14 days. In the past two weeks' worth of games, Miguel Vargas has significantly improved the launch angle on his highest exit velocity balls: 23.7° compared to his seasonal mark of 18.2°.

Kyle Teel's BABIP talent is projected in the 84th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X). Kyle Teel has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this season (100% of the time), but he is projected to bat 5th in the batting order today. The #10 ballpark in the majors for boosting batting average to lefties, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Guaranteed Rate Field. Homers are generally more common at fields with shallow fences, and Guaranteed Rate Field has the shallowest in Major League Baseball. Kyle Teel will have the handedness advantage over Michael Lorenzen in today's matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andrew Benintendi in the 84th percentile when estimating his batting average talent. Andrew Benintendi is penciled in 3rd on the lineup card in today's game. Andrew Benintendi will hold the platoon advantage over Michael Lorenzen in today's matchup. Andrew Benintendi will hold the home field advantage in today's game, which ought to bolster all of his stats. Andrew Benintendi has made big strides with his Barrel% recently, upping his 14.7% seasonal rate to 20.6% in the last 14 days.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jonathan India in the 90th percentile when estimating his overall offensive skill. Jonathan India is projected to bat 1st in the lineup today. Jonathan India pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (33.8% — 79th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards the league's 5th-shallowest LF fences in today's matchup. Out of all the teams playing today, the 2nd-weakest outfield defense is that of the the Chicago White Sox. There has been a significant improvement in Jonathan India's launch angle from last season's 13.3° to 16.5° this year.

Batting from the opposite that Mike Vasil throws from, Kyle Isbel will have an advantage today. Kyle Isbel pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (33.4% — 75th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards baseball's 9th-shallowest RF fences in today's game. Out of all the teams playing today, the 2nd-weakest outfield defense is that of the the Chicago White Sox.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luis Robert Jr. in the 87th percentile as it relates to his BABIP talent. Home field advantage typically improves hitter metrics across the board, and Luis Robert Jr. will hold that advantage today. Despite posting a .255 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Luis Robert Jr. has experienced some negative variance given the .061 disparity between that mark and his estimated true talent wOBA of .316.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Salvador Perez in the 78th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability. Salvador Perez is projected to bat 5th in the lineup in today's game. Salvador Perez pulls many of his flyballs (37.2% — 95th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the game's 5th-shallowest LF fences today. Typically, hitters like Salvador Perez who hit a lot of groundballs generally hit worse when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of groundballs such as Bryse Wilson. Out of all the teams playing today, the 2nd-weakest outfield defense is that of the the Chicago White Sox.

Josh Rojas will have the handedness advantage against Michael Lorenzen in today's game. Josh Rojas will benefit from the home field advantage in today's matchup, which ought to bolster all of his stats. In the past two weeks, Josh Rojas has significantly improved the launch angle on his hardest-contacted balls: 16.1° compared to his seasonal mark of 12.2°. The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Josh Rojas's true offensive skill to be a .291, providing some evidence that he has had bad variance on his side this year given the .074 discrepancy between that mark and his actual .217 wOBA.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Drew Waters in the 92nd percentile when it comes to his BABIP talent. As a switch-hitter who is best from the 0 side of the dish, Drew Waters will have the advantage of batting from from his good side against Mike Vasil today. Out of all the teams playing today, the 2nd-weakest outfield defense is that of the the Chicago White Sox. Drew Waters has made substantial improvements with his Barrel% recently, bettering his 4.5% seasonal rate to 12% in the last two weeks' worth of games. In the last two weeks' worth of games, Drew Waters's 24% rate of hitting balls at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 16.1%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Chase Meidroth in the 86th percentile when assessing his batting average talent. Chase Meidroth is projected to hit 2nd in the lineup in this matchup. Chase Meidroth has a 79th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.1%) and has the good fortune of hitting them out towards the league's 9th-shallowest RF fences in today's game. Chase Meidroth will benefit from the home field advantage in today's game, which should boost all of his stats. Chase Meidroth has seen a significant increase in his exit velocity lately; just compare his 90.7-mph average in the last two weeks to his seasonal 88.6-mph figure.

Mike Tauchman is projected to bat 1st on the lineup card in today's game. Mike Tauchman will hold the platoon advantage against Michael Lorenzen today. Mike Tauchman has a 92nd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.7%) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them out towards baseball's 5th-shallowest LF fences in today's game. Home field advantage typically boosts hitter metrics in all categories, and Mike Tauchman will hold that advantage in today's matchup. Mike Tauchman's launch angle this year (20°) is significantly better than his 15.3° figure last season.

Vinnie Pasquantino is penciled in 4th in the lineup in this matchup. Batting from the opposite that Mike Vasil throws from, Vinnie Pasquantino will have an advantage today. Vinnie Pasquantino pulls many of his flyballs (37% — 95th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB's 9th-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup. Out of all the teams playing today, the 2nd-weakest outfield defense is that of the the Chicago White Sox. In the last 14 days, Vinnie Pasquantino's maximum exit velocity (a strong indicator of recent form and raw power) has been 114.4-mph, which qualifies as one of the hardest-hit balls in baseball.

Batting from the opposite that Mike Vasil throws from, Jac Caglianone will have the upper hand in today's matchup. Out of all the teams playing today, the 2nd-weakest outfield defense is that of the the Chicago White Sox. Jac Caglianone has hit one of the hardest balls in the game in the past week — 113.9-mph — which is a favorable measure of recent form and raw power.

Joshua Palacios is projected to bat 5th in the lineup in today's game. Batting from the opposite that Michael Lorenzen throws from, Joshua Palacios will have the upper hand today. Joshua Palacios has an 87th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.3%) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them out towards the league's 5th-shallowest LF fences today. Home field advantage generally improves batter stats in all categories, and Joshua Palacios will hold that advantage in today's game. Joshua Palacios has experienced some negative variance in regards to his wOBA this year; his .283 rate is quite a bit lower than his .314 Expected wOBA, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.

John Rave has gone over 0.5 in 3 of his last 10 games.