Cleveland @ Houston picks

Cecconi has recorded 17 outs or fewer in six of his nine starts while allowing a monster 50.7% hard-hit rate and 13.6 barrel percentage. His 1.31 WHIP and 4.16 xFIP are nothing to write home about alongside his unsustainably high 87.8% strand rate, either. The Astros also boast the highest wOBA in baseball over the past 30 days.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jose Ramirez in the 97th percentile as it relates to his batting average ability.. Jose Ramirez is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card today.. Jose Ramirez pulls many of his flyballs (41.8% — 99th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards baseball's 2nd-shallowest LF fences in today's game.. Bats such as Jose Ramirez with extreme flyball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like Brandon Walter who skew towards the groundball end of the spectrum.. Notching 3 dingers over the last week, Jose Ramirez has been on fire in recent games.

Minute Maid Park has the least fair ground among all major league stadiums — generally good for homers.. Hitting from the opposite that Slade Cecconi throws from, Taylor Trammell will have an edge in today's game.. Taylor Trammell will possess the home field advantage today, which ought to improve all of his stats.

Batting from the opposite that Brandon Walter throws from, Austin Hedges will have an advantage today.. Austin Hedges pulls many of his flyballs (33.6% — 78th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the game's 2nd-shallowest LF fences in today's matchup.

The 2nd-shallowest LF dimensions in the league are found in Minute Maid Park.

It may be smart to expect better numbers for the Cleveland Guardians offense in the future, given that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes they are the 10th-unluckiest offense in the majors this year.. Projected catcher Yainer Diaz projects as a weak pitch framer, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).. The 2nd-shallowest LF dimensions in the league are found in Minute Maid Park.. The Cleveland Guardians have 8 hitters in the projected offense that will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Brandon Walter in this game.. Among all starting pitchers, Brandon Walter's fastball velocity of 87.8 mph ranks in the 3rd percentile this year.

Hitting from the opposite that Brandon Walter throws from, Will Wilson will have an edge today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Johnathan Rodriguez in the 91st percentile when estimating his BABIP skill.. The 2nd-shallowest LF dimensions in the league are found in Minute Maid Park.. Batting from the opposite that Brandon Walter throws from, Johnathan Rodriguez will have the upper hand in today's game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects David Fry in the 79th percentile when estimating his home run skill.. David Fry is projected to hit 5th in the lineup today.. Hitting from the opposite that Brandon Walter throws from, David Fry will have an advantage today.. David Fry pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (36% — 92nd percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards the game's 2nd-shallowest LF fences in today's matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Victor Caratini in the 16th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent.. Among all parks, the 3rd-tallest average fence height are at Minute Maid Park.. Minute Maid Park's altitude is near sea-level, one of the lowest in the majors, which generally leads to less offense.. The Minute Maid Park roof figures to be closed today, making conditions in this contest -8° colder than the average outdoor game of all games on the slate today — favorable for pitching.. Today, Victor Caratini is at a disadvantage facing the league's 9th-deepest CF center field fences given that he hits his flyballs towards center field at a 39.1% rate (89th percentile).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Mauricio Dubon in the 8th percentile when estimating his home run talent.. Mauricio Dubon is projected to hit 9th in the batting order in today's game.. Among all parks, the 3rd-tallest average fence height are at Minute Maid Park.. Minute Maid Park's altitude is near sea-level, one of the lowest in the majors, which generally leads to less offense.. The Minute Maid Park roof figures to be closed today, making conditions in this contest -8° colder than the average outdoor game of all games on the slate today — favorable for pitching.