Chicago @ Kansas City picks

Colson Montgomery is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this game, which would be an upgrade from his 64% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this season.. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather report forecasts the hottest temperature of all games today at 94°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10.4-mph in this match-up, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.. Colson Montgomery will hold the platoon advantage against Michael Lorenzen in today's game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luis Robert Jr. in the 87th percentile when estimating his BABIP skill.. Luis Robert Jr. is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card in today's game.. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather report forecasts the hottest temperature of all games today at 94°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10.4-mph in this match-up, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Miguel Vargas in the 86th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive ability.. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather report forecasts the hottest temperature of all games today at 94°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10.4-mph in this match-up, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.. In the last 7 days, Miguel Vargas's Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 8.6% up to 25%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Randal Grichuk in the 88th percentile when it comes to his home run skill.. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather report forecasts the hottest temperature of all games today at 94°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10.4-mph in this match-up, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.. Randal Grichuk will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today's matchup, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

Lenyn Sosa's batting average talent is projected to be in the 75th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Lenyn Sosa is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card in this game, which would be an upgrade from his 66% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this season.. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather report forecasts the hottest temperature of all games today at 94°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10.4-mph in this match-up, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.

Bobby Witt Jr. projects as the 9th-best hitter in MLB, via the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Bobby Witt Jr. is projected to bat 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather report forecasts the hottest temperature of all games today at 95°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 11.1-mph in this match-up, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.

Randal Grichuk is projected to hit 7th in the lineup in this game.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Kauffman Stadium as the 2nd-worst ballpark in Major League Baseball for right-handed home runs.. Hitting from the same side that Sean Burke throws from, Randal Grichuk encounters a tough challenge in today's matchup.. Randal Grichuk pulls many of his flyballs (35.1% — 89th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the game's 4th-deepest LF fences today.. In the last week, Randal Grichuk's exit velocity on flyballs has fallen from his seasonal average of 93.7 mph to 87.2 mph.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andrew Benintendi in the 79th percentile as it relates to his batting average talent.. Andrew Benintendi is projected to bat 5th in the lineup in this game.. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather report forecasts the hottest temperature of all games today at 94°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10.4-mph in this match-up, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Miguel Vargas in the 86th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive ability.. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather report forecasts the hottest temperature of all games today at 94°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10.4-mph in this match-up, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.. In the last 7 days, Miguel Vargas's Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 8.6% up to 25%.

Lenyn Sosa's batting average talent is projected to be in the 75th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Lenyn Sosa is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card in this game, which would be an upgrade from his 66% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this season.. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense.. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather report forecasts the hottest temperature of all games today at 94°.. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10.4-mph in this match-up, the 3rd-strongest of the day for batters.