James Wood Total Hits Props • Washington
The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects James Wood as the best batter in Major League Baseball when assessing his BABIP ability. James Wood is projected to hit 1st in the batting order in this matchup. As far as temperature and humidity go, the 2nd-most suitable hitting weather on the schedule is expected for this contest. James Wood has a 97th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (38%) and will have a big advantage hitting them in the direction of baseball's 9th-shallowest LF fences in today's matchup. James Wood has suffered from bad luck when it comes to his batting average since the start of last season; his .252 figure is a good deal lower than his .279 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.