Paul DeJong Total Hits Props • St. Louis

Guaranteed Rate Field ranks as the #6 stadium in MLB for right-handed batting average, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT). Paul DeJong pulls many of his flyballs (35% — 89th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards baseball's 5th-shallowest LF fences today. Among every team on the slate today, the 2nd-worst infield defense is that of the Chicago White Sox. Paul DeJong has seen a sizeable increase in his exit velocity on flyballs lately; just compare his 98.5-mph average over the past 7 days to his seasonal figure of 93-mph. Over the past week, Paul DeJong's 72.7% rate of hitting balls at a base hit-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 44.5%.