Washington @ San Diego picks

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects James Wood as the best hitter in the game when estimating his BABIP talent.. James Wood is penciled in 2nd in the batting order in this matchup.. The 2nd-shallowest CF fences among all major league stadiums are found in Petco Park.. Petco Park has the 4th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. James Wood will hold the platoon advantage against Ryan Bergert in today's game.

Xander Bogaerts's batting average ability is projected to be in the 95th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Petco Park projects as the #7 venue in baseball for right-handed home runs, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).. Petco Park has the 4th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. Xander Bogaerts hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (39.1% — 89th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting out towards the league's 2nd-shallowest CF fences today.. Xander Bogaerts will benefit from the home field advantage today, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

Gavin Sheets is projected to hit 5th on the lineup card in today's game.. Petco Park profiles as the #7 ballpark in MLB for left-handed home runs, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).. Petco Park has the 4th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. Given Trevor Williams's large platoon split, Gavin Sheets will have a gigantic advantage hitting from the opposite side of the plate in today's game.. The Washington Nationals have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Gavin Sheets can likely count on holding the advantage against every reliever all game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects James Wood as the best hitter in the game when estimating his BABIP talent.. James Wood is penciled in 2nd in the batting order in this matchup.. Petco Park profiles as the #7 ballpark in MLB for left-handed home runs, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).. The 2nd-shallowest CF fences among all major league stadiums are found in Petco Park.. Petco Park has the 4th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects James Wood as the best hitter in the game when estimating his BABIP talent.. James Wood is penciled in 2nd in the batting order in this matchup.. The 2nd-shallowest CF fences among all major league stadiums are found in Petco Park.. Petco Park has the 4th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. James Wood will hold the platoon advantage against Ryan Bergert in today's game.

The 2nd-shallowest CF fences among all major league stadiums are found in Petco Park.. Petco Park has the 4th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. Daylen Lile will hold the platoon advantage against Ryan Bergert in today's game.. Daylen Lile has been hot of late, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 90.5-mph to 92.8-mph over the last two weeks.. Daylen Lile's launch angle of late (16.8° in the last two weeks' worth of games) is a significant increase over his 12.5° seasonal angle.

Gavin Sheets is projected to hit 5th on the lineup card in today's game.. Petco Park profiles as the #7 ballpark in MLB for left-handed home runs, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).. Petco Park has the 4th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. Given Trevor Williams's large platoon split, Gavin Sheets will have a gigantic advantage hitting from the opposite side of the plate in today's game.. The Washington Nationals have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Gavin Sheets can likely count on holding the advantage against every reliever all game.

Petco Park has the 4th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. As it relates to his batting average, Riley Adams has suffered from bad luck since the start of last season. His .180 mark falls considerably below the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s version of Statcast-based Expected Batting Average (xBA) at .220.. Riley Adams's 95.2-mph exit velocity on flyballs (a reliable standard to measure power) is in the 89th percentile since the start of last season.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects CJ Abrams in the 77th percentile when assessing his overall offensive skill.. CJ Abrams is projected to bat 1st on the lineup card in today's game.. Petco Park profiles as the #7 ballpark in MLB for left-handed home runs, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).. Petco Park has the 4th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. CJ Abrams will hold the platoon advantage against Ryan Bergert in today's matchup.

Josh Bell is penciled in 5th on the lineup card in today's game.. The 2nd-shallowest CF fences among all major league stadiums are found in Petco Park.. Petco Park has the 4th-lowest fence height (on average) in the majors.. Extreme flyball hitters like Josh Bell usually hit better against extreme groundball pitchers like Ryan Bergert.. Josh Bell has experienced some negative variance in regards to his batting average this year; his .197 mark is significantly deflated relative to his .234 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.