Bobby Witt Jr. Total Hits Props • Kansas City

Low humidity has a small but significant correlation with less offense (and more whiffs), and the weather report forecasts the 3rd-driest conditions of all games on the slate at 31%. Bobby Witt Jr. has an 84th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.8%) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the league's 3rd-deepest RF fences today. Typically, bats like Bobby Witt Jr. who hit a lot of groundballs tend to perform worse when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of groundballs such as Eduardo Rodriguez. Playing on the road typically diminishes hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Bobby Witt Jr. in today's game. In the last week's worth of games, Bobby Witt Jr.'s exit velocity on flyballs has fallen off from his seasonal average of 94.9 mph to 81.1 mph.