Athletics @ Tampa Bay picks

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Brent Rooker ranks as the 14th-best hitter in Major League Baseball.. Brent Rooker is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card today.. George M. Steinbrenner Field has the shortest fence height (on average) in MLB.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather forecast calls for the 3rd-hottest weather of all games on the slate at 85°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 9.2-mph in this game, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Nicholas Kurtz in the 96th percentile when assessing his home run talent.. Nicholas Kurtz is penciled in 4th in the lineup today, which would be an upgrade from his 71% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this year.. George M. Steinbrenner Field has the shortest fence height (on average) in MLB.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather forecast calls for the 3rd-hottest weather of all games on the slate at 86°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 9.2-mph in this game, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.

George M. Steinbrenner Field has the shortest fence height (on average) in MLB.. This game is predicted to have the 3rd-highest humidity of all games today (75%); there is a small but significant link with increased offense (and decreased whiffs) when the weather is humid.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 9.2-mph in this game, the 5th-strongest of the day for batters.. Bats such as Danny Jansen with extreme flyball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like Mitch Spence who skew towards the groundball end of the spectrum.. Danny Jansen will hold the home field advantage today, which figures to improve all of his stats.

When assessing his overall offensive ability, Tyler Soderstrom ranks in the 82nd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).. Tyler Soderstrom is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card in this matchup.. George M. Steinbrenner Field has the shortest fence height (on average) in MLB.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather forecast calls for the 3rd-hottest weather of all games on the slate at 85°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 9.2-mph in this game, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Lawrence Butler in the 84th percentile when it comes to his home run ability.. Lawrence Butler is projected to hit 1st in the batting order in today's game.. George M. Steinbrenner Field has the shortest fence height (on average) in MLB.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather forecast calls for the 5th-hottest weather of all games on the slate at 83°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 9.2-mph in this game, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.

When it comes to his batting average ability, Yandy Diaz is projected as the 7th-best batter in the league by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Yandy Diaz is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in today's game.. George M. Steinbrenner Field has the shortest fence height (on average) in MLB.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather forecast calls for the 3rd-hottest weather of all games on the slate at 85°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 9.2-mph in this game, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.

George M. Steinbrenner Field has the shortest fence height (on average) in MLB.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather forecast calls for the 3rd-hottest weather of all games on the slate at 85°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 9.2-mph in this game, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Brent Rooker ranks as the 14th-best hitter in Major League Baseball.. Brent Rooker is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card today.. George M. Steinbrenner Field has the shortest fence height (on average) in MLB.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather forecast calls for the 3rd-hottest weather of all games on the slate at 86°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 9.2-mph in this game, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Brent Rooker ranks as the 14th-best hitter in Major League Baseball.. Brent Rooker is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card today.. George M. Steinbrenner Field has the shortest fence height (on average) in MLB.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather forecast calls for the 3rd-hottest weather of all games on the slate at 85°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 9.2-mph in this game, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.

George M. Steinbrenner Field has the shortest fence height (on average) in MLB.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather forecast calls for the 3rd-hottest weather of all games on the slate at 85°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 9.2-mph in this game, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.. Max Schuemann's footspeed has gotten better this season. His 27.85 ft/sec Statcast Sprint Speed last year sits at 28.39 ft/sec now.