Cleveland @ San Francisco picks

The Guardians have a middling 21.2 strikeout percentage against righties, and Verlander fanned four or more batters in four of five starts prior to his final outing before his IL stint with a pectoral injury. Verlander completed a 65-pitch sim game last Wednesday and a bullpen session Saturday, so I’m anticipating the veteran righty to have a long enough leash to rack up four or more punchouts tonight. 

Devers went 2-for-5 in his San Fran debut with a double and RBI. He also sports a solid .337 wOBA, .183 ISO and .881 OPS against lefties over the past three years, and Cleveland lefty Logan Allen has allowed a .415 wOBA to left-handed hitters this season.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Willy Adames in the 93rd percentile when estimating his home run skill.. Willy Adames is penciled in 2nd in the batting order today.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 12.7-mph in this game, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for bats.. Willy Adames will hold the platoon advantage against Logan Allen today.. Home field advantage generally bolsters hitter stats across the board, and Willy Adames will hold that advantage today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jose Ramirez in the 95th percentile when assessing his overall offensive talent.. Jose Ramirez is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 12.7-mph in this game, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for bats.. Jose Ramirez pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (41.2% — 99th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards the league's 2nd-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup.. Out of every team playing today, the 5th-worst outfield defense is that of the San Francisco Giants.

Kyle Manzardo is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card today.. In MLB, Oracle Park's right field dimensions are the shallowest.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 12.7-mph in this game, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for bats.. Hitting from the opposite that Justin Verlander throws from, Kyle Manzardo will have an advantage in today's matchup.. Out of every team playing today, the 4th-worst outfield defense is that of the San Francisco Giants.

The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 12.7-mph in this game, the most-favorable of the day for bats.. Bo Naylor will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Justin Verlander in today's matchup.. Bo Naylor pulls many of his flyballs (33.7% — 78th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards the game's 2nd-shallowest RF fences today.. Out of every team playing today, the 8th-worst outfield defense is that of the San Francisco Giants.. Bo Naylor has made sizeable improvements with his Barrel% in recent games, upping his 12.5% seasonal rate to 17.6% in the last two weeks.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Willy Adames in the 93rd percentile when estimating his home run skill.. Willy Adames is penciled in 2nd in the batting order today.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 12.7-mph in this game, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for bats.. Willy Adames will hold the platoon advantage against Logan Allen today.. Home field advantage generally bolsters hitter stats across the board, and Willy Adames will hold that advantage today.

Kyle Manzardo is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card today.. In MLB, Oracle Park's right field dimensions are the shallowest.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 12.7-mph in this game, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for bats.. Hitting from the opposite that Justin Verlander throws from, Kyle Manzardo will have an advantage in today's matchup.. Out of every team playing today, the 4th-worst outfield defense is that of the San Francisco Giants.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Rafael Devers ranks as the 16th-best batter in MLB.. Rafael Devers is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup.. In MLB, Oracle Park's right field dimensions are the shallowest.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 12.7-mph in this game, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for bats.. Home field advantage generally boosts batter metrics across the board, and Rafael Devers will hold that advantage in today's game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Heliot Ramos in the 92nd percentile when it comes to his overall offensive ability.. Heliot Ramos is penciled in 1st in the batting order in this game.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 12.7-mph in this game, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for bats.. Hitting from the opposite that Logan Allen throws from, Heliot Ramos will have an advantage in today's matchup.. Heliot Ramos has a 92nd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.6%) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them in the direction of the game's 2nd-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup.