Oakland @ Texas props

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Seth Brown in the 86th percentile when estimating his overall offensive skill. Seth Brown is projected to bat 3rd in the batting order in this matchup. Seth Brown will hold the platoon advantage against Nathan Eovaldi in today's matchup. In the past 7 days, Seth Brown's Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 12.6% up to 20%. Over the past 14 days, Seth Brown has significantly improved the launch angle on his hardest-contacted balls: 20.6° compared to his seasonal mark of 15.4°.

Lawrence Butler will hold the platoon advantage against Nathan Eovaldi in today's game. Lawrence Butler has made significant improvements with his Barrel% recently, upping his 15.1% seasonal rate to 21.1% in the past 14 days. In the past two weeks, Lawrence Butler's exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 92.4-mph over the course of the season to 96.7-mph lately.

Kevin Smith has seen a notable gain in his exit velocity on flyballs this year; just compare his 94.5-mph average to last year's 91.5-mph mark.

Shea Langeliers is projected to hit 5th on the lineup card in this game, which would be an upgrade from his 86% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this season. Despite posting a .284 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Shea Langeliers has experienced some negative variance given the .048 difference between that figure and his estimated true talent wOBA of .332.

Nick Allen has seen a big increase in his exit velocity on flyballs this year; just compare his 87.9-mph average to last year's 85.9-mph mark. As it relates to his batting average, Nick Allen has been unlucky this year. His .211 figure falls considerably below the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s version of Statcast-based Expected Batting Average (xBA) at .260.

Robbie Grossman is projected to hit 3rd in the batting order in this matchup, which would be an upgrade from his 77% rate of hitting in the top-half of the batting order this season. The switch-hitting Robbie Grossman will get to bat from his better side (0) today against Sean Newcomb. Robbie Grossman will benefit from the home field advantage in today's game, which ought to bolster all of his stats. Robbie Grossman has seen a big improvement in his exit velocity of late; just compare his 91.1-mph average in the past week to his seasonal 88.6-mph mark.

Austin Hedges will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Sean Newcomb in today's matchup. Home field advantage generally improves hitter metrics in all categories, and Austin Hedges will hold that advantage in today's game.

Tony Kemp will have the handedness advantage against Nathan Eovaldi in today's game. Tony Kemp has seen a substantial increase in his exit velocity this year; just compare his 86.7-mph average to last year's 84.2-mph EV. Sporting a 0.89 K/BB rate this year, Tony Kemp has displayed impressive plate discipline, checking in at the 100th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brent Rooker in the 79th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive ability. Brent Rooker is projected to bat 4th in the batting order in today's game. Brent Rooker has seen a sizeable gain in his exit velocity in recent games; just compare his 97.6-mph average over the past 7 days to his seasonal 91.5-mph average. Brent Rooker's ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has gotten better in recent games, going from 19.4% on the season to 33.3% over the last week. Brent Rooker's 15.1% Barrel% (an advanced stat to assess power) is in the 92nd percentile this year.