Chicago @ Texas picks

When it comes to his overall offensive ability, Wyatt Langford ranks in the 96th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).. Wyatt Langford is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.. Globe Life Field has the 7th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. Wyatt Langford will hold the home field advantage in today's game, which figures to bolster all of his stats.. Wyatt Langford has seen a substantial improvement in his exit velocity this year; just compare his 91.5-mph average to last season's 89.5-mph EV.

As it relates to his overall offensive ability, Miguel Vargas ranks in the 87th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).. Miguel Vargas is penciled in 4th in the batting order in today's game.. Globe Life Field has the 7th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. Miguel Vargas's launch angle in recent games (28° over the last two weeks) is a significant increase over his 22.6° seasonal mark.. Miguel Vargas's ability to hit the ball at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has improved from last year to this one, increasing from 33.6% to 40.3%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Adolis Garcia in the 94th percentile when assessing his home run skill.. Globe Life Field has the 7th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. Adolis Garcia will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today's game, which figures to bolster all of his stats.. Adolis Garcia has seen a significant improvement in his exit velocity in recent games; just compare his 95.1-mph average in the past 14 days to his seasonal 92.7-mph figure.. There has been a significant improvement in Adolis Garcia's launch angle from last season's 14.8° to 20.3° this year.

Globe Life Field has the 7th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. In terms of his wOBA and overall offense, Vinny Capra has suffered from bad luck this year. His .137 mark falls considerably below the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s version of Statcast-based Expected wOBA (xwOBA) at .222.. Vinny Capra is notably toolsy, placing in the 80th percentile in Sprint Speed at 28.38 ft/sec this year.

As it relates to his overall offensive ability, Miguel Vargas ranks in the 87th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).. Miguel Vargas is penciled in 4th in the batting order in today's game.. Globe Life Field has the 7th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. Miguel Vargas's launch angle in recent games (28° over the last two weeks) is a significant increase over his 22.6° seasonal mark.. Miguel Vargas's ability to hit the ball at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has improved from last year to this one, increasing from 33.6% to 40.3%.

Considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup, Adrian Houser is projected to throw 85 pitches in this game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) system, which is the 11th-least on the slate.. The Texas Rangers have been the 2nd-unluckiest offense in Major League Baseball this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to hit better the rest of the season. Globe Life Field has the 7th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. Playing on the road typically diminishes pitcher stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Adrian Houser today.. Adrian Houser's high usage percentage of his fastball (61.6% since the start of last season) is likely weakening his results, since they are typically much less effective than breaking or off-speed pitches.

When it comes to his overall offensive ability, Wyatt Langford ranks in the 96th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).. Wyatt Langford is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.. Globe Life Field has the 7th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. Wyatt Langford will hold the home field advantage in today's game, which figures to bolster all of his stats.. Wyatt Langford has seen a substantial improvement in his exit velocity this year; just compare his 91.5-mph average to last season's 89.5-mph EV.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Adolis Garcia in the 94th percentile when assessing his home run skill.. Globe Life Field has the 7th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. Adolis Garcia will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today's game, which figures to bolster all of his stats.. Adolis Garcia has seen a significant improvement in his exit velocity in recent games; just compare his 95.1-mph average in the past 14 days to his seasonal 92.7-mph figure.. There has been a significant improvement in Adolis Garcia's launch angle from last season's 14.8° to 20.3° this year.

Globe Life Field has the 7th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. Batting from the opposite that Shawn Armstrong throws from, Josh Rojas will have the upper hand today.. Josh Rojas has been unlucky this year, notching a .225 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .290 — a .065 deviation.

Andrew Benintendi's batting average ability is projected to be in the 84th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Andrew Benintendi is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card in today's game.. Globe Life Field has the 7th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. Andrew Benintendi will hold the platoon advantage against Shawn Armstrong in today's game.. Andrew Benintendi has made sizeable improvements with his Barrel%, bettering his 6.3% rate last year to 15.2% this year.