Alex Verdugo Total Hits Props • Boston

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alex Verdugo as the 20th-best batter in baseball as it relates to his batting average skill. Alex Verdugo is projected to hit 1st in the batting order today. This game is predicted to have the most humid conditions of all games on the slate today (80%); there is a small yet noteworthy correlation with increased offense (and decreased Ks) when the weather is humid. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 11.5-mph in this contest, the most-favorable of the day for batters. Alex Verdugo hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (39.2% — 91st percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting out towards the league's 3rd-shallowest CF fences in today's game.