San Francisco @ Athletics picks

The NRFI bet for this game is at plus money and I'm not sure it should be. Giants starter Justin Verlander and A's counterpart JP Sears have been subpar but I like them to get the job done early. Verlander is a future Hall of Famer and he's still starting strong, pitching to a 2.08 ERA with an OBA of .182 in the opening frame. He'll face an A's lineup that has struggled lately, posting an OPS of .644 over the last 15 days. Likewise, Sears has pitched to a 1.06 ERA with an OBA of .169 in the first inning and the Giants have an OPS of just .624 against lefties. 

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Brent Rooker ranks as the 14th-best batter in the game.. Brent Rooker is projected to hit 3rd in the lineup today.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Sutter Health Park as the 5th-best park in the league for run-scoring.. In Major League Baseball, Sutter Health Park has the 4th-lowest average fence height.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this contest, the best of the day for batters.

When it comes to his home run skill, Tyler Soderstrom ranks in the 82nd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Sutter Health Park as the 5th-best park in the league for run-scoring.. In Major League Baseball, Sutter Health Park has the 4th-lowest average fence height.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this contest, the best of the day for batters.. Hitting from the opposite that Justin Verlander throws from, Tyler Soderstrom will have the upper hand today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Willy Adames in the 93rd percentile as it relates to his home run talent.. Willy Adames is projected to bat 2nd in the batting order in today's game.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Sutter Health Park as the 5th-best park in the league for run-scoring.. In Major League Baseball, Sutter Health Park has the 4th-lowest average fence height.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this contest, the best of the day for batters.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Shea Langeliers in the 95th percentile as it relates to his home run ability.. Shea Langeliers is penciled in 5th on the lineup card in this matchup.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Sutter Health Park as the 5th-best park in the league for run-scoring.. In Major League Baseball, Sutter Health Park has the 4th-lowest average fence height.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this contest, the best of the day for batters.

Wilmer Flores is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card today.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Sutter Health Park as the 5th-best park in the league for run-scoring.. In Major League Baseball, Sutter Health Park has the 4th-lowest average fence height.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this contest, the best of the day for batters.. Batting from the opposite that JP Sears throws from, Wilmer Flores will have the upper hand in today's game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Nicholas Kurtz in the 96th percentile when estimating his home run ability.. Nicholas Kurtz is penciled in 4th in the lineup today, which would be an upgrade from his 69% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this season.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Sutter Health Park as the 5th-best park in the league for run-scoring.. In Major League Baseball, Sutter Health Park has the 4th-lowest average fence height.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this contest, the best of the day for batters.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Sergio Alcantara in the 8th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive skill.. Sergio Alcantara is projected to bat 9th in the batting order in this game.. Sutter Health Park has the 9th-largest outfield in Major League Baseball — generally bad for HRs.. Low humidity has a small but significant connection with less offense (and more Ks), and the weather forecast predicts the 3rd-driest conditions of the day at 31%.. The switch-hitting Sergio Alcantara will bat from his worse side (0) today against JP Sears

Tyler Soderstrom has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this year (89% of the time), but he is projected to bat 6th in the batting order in today's game.. Low humidity has a small but significant connection with less offense (and more Ks), and the weather forecast predicts the 3rd-driest conditions of the day at 31%.. In today's matchup, Tyler Soderstrom is at a disadvantage facing the league's 11th-deepest CF center field fences given that he hits his flyballs towards center field at a 38.9% rate (87th percentile).. In the last two weeks, Tyler Soderstrom's Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 12% down to 0%.. Tyler Soderstrom's exit velocity on flyballs has fallen off in recent games; his 94-mph seasonal EV has dropped to 83.7-mph over the past 7 days.

Low humidity has a small but significant connection with less offense (and more Ks), and the weather forecast predicts the 2nd-driest conditions of the day at 31%.. Nicholas Kurtz has an 87th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.3%) but may find it hard to clear MLB's 6th-deepest LF fences in today's matchup.. Nicholas Kurtz has experienced some positive variance in regards to his home runs this year; his 36.7 HR per 600 plate appearances figure is a good deal higher than his 18.9 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luis Urias in the 4th percentile when it comes to his BABIP skill.. Luis Urias is penciled in 7th on the lineup card today.. Low humidity has a small but significant connection with less offense (and more Ks), and the weather forecast predicts the 4th-driest conditions of the day at 35%.. Hitting from the same side that Justin Verlander throws from, Luis Urias faces a tough challenge in today's game.. In today's game, Luis Urias is at a disadvantage facing the league's 6th-deepest LF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the pull field at a 36.6% rate (94th percentile).