Philadelphia @ San Francisco picks

Cristopher Sanchez has seen the Giants twice in his young career, and he threw gems in both outings. He’s pitched 13 innings, allowing eight hits and two earned runs while striking out 19 and walking two. That’s right, 19 strikeouts in 13 innings. One of those outings came earlier this season when Sanchez baked up a dozen strikeouts through seven innings against San Francisco.

Oracle Park projects as the #28 park in MLB for strikeouts, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this game, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. With 7 batters who bat from the other side in the opposing team's projected batting order, Cristopher Sanchez will have a tough matchup while lacking the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in today's matchup.. Given that flyball pitchers struggle the most against groundball hitters, Cristopher Sanchez (55.2% FB% according to the leading projection system, THE BAT) will be a bit disadvantaged in today's game with 3 GB hitters in San Francisco's projected offense.. Playing on the road generally lowers pitcher stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Cristopher Sanchez in today's matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Willy Adames in the 92nd percentile when assessing his home run ability.. Willy Adames is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this game.. The #3 venue in MLB for boosting batting average to RHB, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oracle Park.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this game, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. Willy Adames will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Cristopher Sanchez in today's game.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Bryce Harper ranks as the 14th-best batter in baseball.. Bryce Harper is penciled in 3rd on the lineup card today.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Oracle Park as the 3rd-best field in the game for LHB batting average.. The 2nd-shallowest right field dimensions in the majors are found in Oracle Park.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this game, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Matt Chapman as the game's 14th-best home run batter.. Matt Chapman is projected to hit 4th in the lineup in today's game.. The #3 venue in MLB for boosting batting average to RHB, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oracle Park.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this game, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. Matt Chapman will have the handedness advantage against Cristopher Sanchez in today's matchup.

Kyle Schwarber projects as the 4th-best home run hitter in Major League Baseball, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Kyle Schwarber is penciled in 2nd in the batting order in this game.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Oracle Park as the 3rd-best field in the game for LHB batting average.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this game, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. Kyle Schwarber will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Landen Roupp today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Oracle Park as the 3rd-best field in the game for LHB batting average.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this game, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. Max Kepler will have the handedness advantage against Landen Roupp in today's game.. Max Kepler pulls many of his flyballs (33.8% — 80th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards MLB's 2nd-shallowest RF fences today.. Among all the teams on the slate today, the 14th-worst outfield defense belongs to the San Francisco Giants.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Matt Chapman as the game's 14th-best home run batter.. Matt Chapman is projected to hit 4th in the lineup in today's game.. The #3 venue in MLB for boosting batting average to RHB, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oracle Park.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this game, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. Matt Chapman will have the handedness advantage against Cristopher Sanchez in today's matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Willy Adames in the 92nd percentile when assessing his home run ability.. Willy Adames is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this game.. The #3 venue in MLB for boosting batting average to RHB, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oracle Park.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this game, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. Willy Adames will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Cristopher Sanchez in today's game.

Among all major league parks, the highest fences are at Oracle Park.. Built just 8 feet above sea level, Oracle Park has one of the lowest altitudes in Major League Baseball, which generally leads to less offense.. In terms of temperature and humidity, the weather forecast calls for the 6th-best pitching conditions of all games on the slate today.. Playing on the road generally reduces batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Kyle Schwarber today.. Kyle Schwarber has been very fortunate when it comes to his home runs this year; his 40.8 HR per 600 plate appearances rate is inflated compared to his 31.2 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.

The #3 venue in MLB for boosting batting average to RHB, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oracle Park.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 11.5-mph in this game, the 2nd-strongest of the day for bats.. Batting from the opposite that Cristopher Sanchez throws from, Luis Matos will have the upper hand in today's matchup.. Out of all the teams in action today, the 11th-worst outfield defense is that of the the Philadelphia Phillies.. Luis Matos will possess the home field advantage in today's matchup, which figures to bolster all of his stats.