Kansas City @ Chicago picks

As it relates to his overall offensive talent, Miguel Vargas ranks in the 84th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).. Miguel Vargas is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Guaranteed Rate Field as the 8th-best park in baseball for boosting offensive stats to right-handed hitters.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 15-mph in this match-up, the best of the day for batters.. Miguel Vargas will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Noah Cameron in today's matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Guaranteed Rate Field as the 8th-best field in MLB for boosting offensive stats to left-handed hitters.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 15-mph in this match-up, the best of the day for batters.. Batting from the opposite that Shane Smith throws from, Michael Massey will have an edge in today's game.. Michael Massey pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (36.6% — 94th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards baseball's 9th-shallowest RF fences today.

Colson Montgomery is projected to bat 4th in the lineup in today's game, which would be an upgrade from his 53% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this season.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Guaranteed Rate Field as the 8th-best field in MLB for boosting offensive stats to left-handed hitters.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 15-mph in this match-up, the best of the day for batters.. Colson Montgomery pulls many of his flyballs (34.7% — 87th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the league's 9th-shallowest RF fences today.. Home field advantage generally boosts batter stats in all categories, and Colson Montgomery will hold that advantage today.

As it relates to his batting average skill, Bobby Witt Jr. is projected as the 4th-best hitter in Major League Baseball by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).. Bobby Witt Jr. is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card in today's game.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Guaranteed Rate Field as the 8th-best park in baseball for boosting offensive stats to right-handed hitters.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 15-mph in this match-up, the best of the day for batters.. Bobby Witt Jr. has an 83rd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.7%) and will have a big advantage hitting them in the direction of MLB's 9th-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup.

Vinnie Pasquantino is penciled in 3rd in the lineup today.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Guaranteed Rate Field as the 8th-best field in MLB for boosting offensive stats to left-handed hitters.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 15-mph in this match-up, the best of the day for batters.. Vinnie Pasquantino will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Shane Smith in today's game.. Vinnie Pasquantino pulls many of his flyballs (36.6% — 94th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league's 9th-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Edgar Quero in the 85th percentile when it comes to his batting average ability.. Edgar Quero is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card today.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Guaranteed Rate Field as the 8th-best park in baseball for boosting offensive stats to right-handed hitters.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 15-mph in this match-up, the best of the day for batters.. As a switch-hitter who is best from the 0 side of the plate, Edgar Quero will get to bat from his good side against Noah Cameron in today's matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Mike Yastrzemski in the 11th percentile when assessing his BABIP talent.. When starting against a right-handed pitcher this year, Mike Yastrzemski has been replaced by a pinch-hitter 38% of the time.. According to the weather forecast, the temperature and humidity for this matchup will be the 4th-most favorable for pitching on the slate today.. Mike Yastrzemski will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today's matchup.. Mike Yastrzemski has recorded a .228 Expected Batting Average this year, ranking in the 15th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Guaranteed Rate Field as the 8th-best field in MLB for boosting offensive stats to left-handed hitters.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 15-mph in this match-up, the best of the day for batters.. Batting from the opposite that Shane Smith throws from, Michael Massey will have an edge in today's game.. Michael Massey pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (36.6% — 94th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards baseball's 9th-shallowest RF fences today.

As it relates to his overall offensive talent, Miguel Vargas ranks in the 84th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).. Miguel Vargas is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Guaranteed Rate Field as the 8th-best park in baseball for boosting offensive stats to right-handed hitters.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 15-mph in this match-up, the best of the day for batters.. Miguel Vargas will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Noah Cameron in today's matchup.

Andy Fletcher projects as a Hitters Umpire and is expected to be in charge of the strike zone in today's game.. The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Guaranteed Rate Field as the 4th-best ballpark in baseball for home runs.. Guaranteed Rate Field has the 4th-shallowest LF fences among all major league parks.. The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 15-mph in this match-up, the best of the day for batters.. Playing on the road typically lowers pitcher metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Noah Cameron today.