Chicago @ Houston picks

As it relates to his home run skill, Christian Walker ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Christian Walker is penciled in 5th in the batting order in this game.. Christian Walker pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (35.3% — 90th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league's 2nd-shallowest LF fences today.. The Chicago White Sox infield defense grades out as the 5th-weakest out of all the teams today.. Home field advantage generally boosts batter metrics across the board, and Christian Walker will hold that advantage in today's game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andrew Benintendi in the 85th percentile when assessing his batting average talent.. Andrew Benintendi is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup.. Andrew Benintendi will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Lance McCullers Jr. today.. Andrew Benintendi has made significant gains with his Barrel% in recent games, improving his 15% seasonal rate to 20% in the last week.. Andrew Benintendi's launch angle this season (23.2°) is a considerable increase over his 15.9° figure last season.

When estimating his overall offensive talent, Miguel Vargas ranks in the 87th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).. Miguel Vargas is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card today.. Extreme groundball hitters like Miguel Vargas usually hit better against extreme flyball pitchers like Lance McCullers Jr... Over the last two weeks, Miguel Vargas's 24.2% rate of hitting balls at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 17.4%.. Miguel Vargas's ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has improved from last year to this one, increasing from 33.6% to 40.6%.

Jose Altuve's batting average talent is projected to be in the 88th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Jose Altuve is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this game.. Jose Altuve pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (40.9% — 99th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league's 2nd-shallowest LF fences today.. The Chicago White Sox infield defense grades out as the 5th-weakest out of all the teams today.. Home field advantage generally boosts hitter metrics across the board, and Jose Altuve will hold that advantage in today's game.

Yainer Diaz's batting average ability is projected to be in the 97th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Yainer Diaz is projected to bat 4th in the lineup in this matchup.. The Chicago White Sox infield defense grades out as the 5th-weakest out of all the teams today.. Yainer Diaz will benefit from the home field advantage in today's game, which should bolster all of his stats.. Yainer Diaz has seen a significant improvement in his exit velocity recently; just compare his 96.4-mph average in the last 14 days to his seasonal 91.4-mph average.

When estimating his overall offensive talent, Miguel Vargas ranks in the 87th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).. Miguel Vargas is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card today.. Extreme groundball hitters like Miguel Vargas usually hit better against extreme flyball pitchers like Lance McCullers Jr... Over the last two weeks, Miguel Vargas's 24.2% rate of hitting balls at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 17.4%.. Miguel Vargas's ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has improved from last year to this one, increasing from 33.6% to 40.6%.

Josh Rojas will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Lance McCullers Jr. in today's matchup.. The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Josh Rojas's true offensive talent to be a .290, indicating that he has had bad variance on his side this year given the .069 deviation between that figure and his actual .221 wOBA.

As it relates to his home run skill, Christian Walker ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Christian Walker is penciled in 5th in the batting order in this game.. Christian Walker pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (35.3% — 90th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league's 2nd-shallowest LF fences today.. The Chicago White Sox infield defense grades out as the 5th-weakest out of all the teams today.. Home field advantage generally boosts batter metrics across the board, and Christian Walker will hold that advantage in today's game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andrew Benintendi in the 85th percentile when assessing his batting average talent.. Andrew Benintendi is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup.. Andrew Benintendi will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Lance McCullers Jr. today.. Andrew Benintendi has made significant gains with his Barrel% in recent games, improving his 15% seasonal rate to 20% in the last week.. Andrew Benintendi's launch angle this season (23.2°) is a considerable increase over his 15.9° figure last season.

Jose Altuve's batting average talent is projected to be in the 88th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Jose Altuve is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this game.. Jose Altuve pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (40.9% — 99th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league's 2nd-shallowest LF fences today.. The Chicago White Sox outfield defense grades out as the worst out of every team today.. Home field advantage generally boosts hitter metrics across the board, and Jose Altuve will hold that advantage in today's game.