Athletics @ Baltimore picks

Brent Rooker projects as the 15th-best batter in Major League Baseball, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Brent Rooker is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order in today's game.. The #5 park in the majors for boosting offensive stats, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oriole Park at Camden Yards.. Brent Rooker's ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has improved from last year to this one, going from 42.1% to 48.2%.. Brent Rooker has posted a .356 Expected wOBA (xwOBA) this year, checking in at the 88th percentile for hitting ability according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.

As it relates to his home run skill, Lawrence Butler ranks in the 82nd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. The #5 park in the majors for boosting offensive stats, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oriole Park at Camden Yards.. Lawrence Butler will hold the platoon advantage over Tomoyuki Sugano in today's game.. Over the last 14 days, Lawrence Butler's 58.3% rate of hitting balls at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 46.3%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Coby Mayo in the 75th percentile as it relates to his home run skill.. The #5 park in the majors for boosting offensive stats, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oriole Park at Camden Yards.. Coby Mayo hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.6% — 81st percentile) and will have a big advantage facing the league's 4th-shallowest CF fences in today's matchup.. Extreme groundball hitters like Coby Mayo usually hit better against extreme flyball pitchers like J.T. Ginn.. The Athletics outfield defense projects as the 2nd-worst out of every team on the slate today.

JJ Bleday is penciled in 4th in the lineup in this game.. The #5 park in the majors for boosting offensive stats, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oriole Park at Camden Yards.. Hitting from the opposite that Tomoyuki Sugano throws from, JJ Bleday will have an advantage in today's matchup.. JJ Bleday hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.9% — 86th percentile) and will have a big advantage facing baseball's 4th-shallowest CF fences in today's game.. JJ Bleday has made notable improvements with his Barrel% recently, upping his 7% seasonal rate to 33.3% in the past 7 days.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Colton Cowser in the 90th percentile when assessing his BABIP ability.. The #5 park in the majors for boosting offensive stats, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oriole Park at Camden Yards.. Because of J.T. Ginn's large platoon split, Colton Cowser will have an enormous advantage hitting from the opposite side of the plate in this game.. The Athletics outfield defense projects as the worst out of every team on the slate today.. Colton Cowser will hold the home field advantage in today's matchup, which ought to improve all of his stats.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Gunnar Henderson ranks as the 17th-best batter in the game.. Gunnar Henderson is projected to hit 3rd in the batting order in today's game.. The #5 park in the majors for boosting offensive stats, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oriole Park at Camden Yards.. Gunnar Henderson will hold the platoon advantage over J.T. Ginn today... and the cherry on top, Ginn has a large platoon split.. Gunnar Henderson hits many of his flyballs to center field (38.7% — 83rd percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting out towards the game's 4th-shallowest CF fences in today's matchup.

When it comes to his home run talent, Shea Langeliers ranks in the 96th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Shea Langeliers is penciled in 4th in the lineup in today's game.. The #5 park in the majors for boosting offensive stats, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oriole Park at Camden Yards.. Shea Langeliers's launch angle in recent games (22.2° in the last two weeks' worth of games) is significantly better than his 14.5° seasonal mark.. Shea Langeliers has notched a .278 Expected Batting Average this year, checking in at the 84th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Tyler O'Neill as MLB's 11th-best home run batter.. Tyler O'Neill is projected to hit 5th on the lineup card today.. The #5 park in the majors for boosting offensive stats, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oriole Park at Camden Yards.. The Athletics outfield defense projects as the 6th-worst out of every team on the slate today.. Home field advantage generally boosts batter stats across the board, and Tyler O'Neill will hold that advantage in today's matchup.

Nicholas Kurtz projects as the 14th-best home run batter in baseball, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Nicholas Kurtz is projected to bat 3rd in the lineup in today's game.. The #5 park in the majors for boosting offensive stats, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oriole Park at Camden Yards.. Nicholas Kurtz will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Tomoyuki Sugano today.. Nicholas Kurtz has strong power (98th percentile) if he makes contact, but that's always far from assured (30.6% K%). Today, however, opposing pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano struggles to strike batters out (9th percentile K%) — great news for Kurtz.

Ryan Mountcastle's batting average talent is projected to be in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Ryan Mountcastle is projected to hit 5th in the batting order in today's game.. The #5 park in the majors for boosting offensive stats, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oriole Park at Camden Yards.. Ryan Mountcastle has a 94th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (37.4%) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards MLB's shallowest RF fences in today's matchup.. The Athletics outfield defense projects as the 4th-worst out of every team on the slate today.