Andrew Velazquez Total Hits Props • LA Angels

The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8.1-mph in this contest, the strongest of the day for hitters. Among all the teams today, the 8th-weakest infield defense is that of the the Chicago White Sox. Home field advantage generally boosts batter metrics across the board, and Andrew Velazquez will hold that advantage today. Based on Statcast metrics, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s version of Expected Batting Average (.220) may lead us to conclude that Andrew Velazquez has had bad variance on his side since the start of last season with his .197 actual batting average.