Alejandro Kirk Total Hits Props • Toronto
The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alejandro Kirk in the 90th percentile when assessing his batting average talent. The weather forecast calls for temperatures in this game to drop to the 5th-lowest level of all games on the slate today at 82°, which is highly linked to an decrease in offense (and an increase in strikeouts). Alejandro Kirk will hold the platoon advantage over Julio Urias in today's game. Alejandro Kirk's ability to hit the ball at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has gotten better lately, rising from 42.4% on the season to 66.7% over the past week. Despite posting a .298 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Alejandro Kirk has had bad variance on his side given the .041 gap between that figure and his estimated true talent wOBA of .339.