Boston @ Kansas City props

Alex Verdugo has an 88th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.1%) and will have to hit them out towards baseball's 4th-deepest LF fences in today's game. Among all the teams playing today, the strongest infield defense is that of the the Kansas City Royals. Alex Verdugo will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today's game. Over the past 7 days, Alex Verdugo's exit velocity on flyballs has fallen from his seasonal EV of 90.6 mph to 83.8 mph. Alex Verdugo's ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has dropped off of late, falling from 14.1% on the season to 5% in the last 7 days.

Nelson Velazquez is projected to bat 5th in the batting order in today's game. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation in Major League Baseball, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to better offense. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the 2nd-highest temperatures on the slate at 91°. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10-mph in this contest, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for hitters. Nelson Velazquez will have the handedness advantage over Chris Sale today... and the cherry on top, Sale has a huge platoon split.

Maikel Garcia has a 94th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (38.3%) and will have to hit them out towards the league's deepest RF fences in today's matchup. Over the past 7 days, Maikel Garcia's exit velocity on flyballs has dropped from his seasonal mark of 92.1 mph to 88 mph. In the last week's worth of games, Maikel Garcia's 0% rate of hitting balls at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has taken a nosedive compared to his seasonal rate of 11.9%. Over the last two weeks, Maikel Garcia has recorded a mere a 0% Barrel%, indicating a decline in power ability.

Today, Rafael Devers is at a disadvantage facing the league's 4th-deepest CF center field fences given that he hits his flyballs towards center field at a 38.3% rate (76th percentile). Among all the teams playing today, the strongest infield defense is that of the the Kansas City Royals. Playing on the road generally lowers batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Rafael Devers today. Rafael Devers has negatively regressed with his Barrel% lately; his 12.5% seasonal rate has fallen to 0% in the last 7 days. In the past week's worth of games, Rafael Devers's 0% rate of hitting balls at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has taken a nosedive compared to his seasonal rate of 15.4%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Connor Wong in the 80th percentile when estimating his BABIP ability. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation in Major League Baseball, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to better offense. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the 2nd-highest temperatures on the slate at 91°. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10-mph in this contest, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for hitters. Connor Wong has posted a .355 BABIP this year, ranking in the 88th percentile.

Masataka Yoshida's batting average talent is projected to be in the 95th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X). Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation in Major League Baseball, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to better offense. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the 2nd-highest temperatures on the slate at 91°. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10-mph in this contest, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for hitters. Masataka Yoshida will have the handedness advantage against Zack Greinke in today's matchup.

As it relates to his overall offensive skill, Triston Casas ranks in the 85th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X). Triston Casas has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (76% of the time), but he is penciled in 4th in the lineup in this matchup. Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation in Major League Baseball, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to better offense. High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the 2nd-highest temperatures on the slate at 91°. The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 10-mph in this contest, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for hitters.