Fenway Park
Playing on the road generally lowers hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Ryan O'Hearn today.
As it relates to his overall offensive talent, Triston Casas ranks in the 88th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X). Triston Casas is projected to hit 4th in the batting order today, which would be an upgrade from his 73% rate of hitting in the top-half of the lineup this year. High humidity has a small yet noteworthy connection with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the most humidity on the slate today at 88%. Triston Casas will hold the platoon advantage over Grayson Rodriguez in today's game. Triston Casas pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (36.3% — 94th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards the league's 3rd-shallowest RF fences today.
High humidity has a small yet noteworthy connection with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the most humidity on the slate today at 88%. Aaron Hicks pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (38.3% — 98th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards baseball's 3rd-shallowest RF fences in today's game.
Anthony Santander is projected to hit 3rd in the batting order in this game. High humidity has a small yet noteworthy connection with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the most humidity on the slate today at 88%. Anthony Santander pulls a lot of his flyballs (39.3% — 98th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards the league's 3rd-shallowest RF fences today. Extreme groundball batters like Anthony Santander generally hit better against extreme flyball pitchers like Brayan Bello.
High humidity has a small yet noteworthy connection with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the most humidity on the slate today at 88%. Ramon Urias has a 79th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.6%) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them out towards the game's 3rd-shallowest RF fences in today's matchup.
Playing on the road generally lessens batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Gunnar Henderson in today's game.
The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alex Verdugo in the 96th percentile when estimating his batting average talent. Alex Verdugo is penciled in 5th on the lineup card in this matchup. High humidity has a small yet noteworthy connection with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the most humidity on the slate today at 88%. Alex Verdugo will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Grayson Rodriguez in today's matchup. Alex Verdugo has an 88th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.1%) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them in the direction of baseball's shallowest LF fences in today's matchup.
Adam Duvall is projected to bat 5th in the batting order in today's game. High humidity has a small yet noteworthy connection with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast projects the most humidity on the slate today at 88%. Adam Duvall pulls a lot of his flyballs (40.1% — 99th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards the game's shallowest LF fences in today's game. Home field advantage generally improves hitter stats across the board, and Adam Duvall will hold that advantage in today's matchup.
Out of all the teams playing today, the 2nd-strongest infield defense belongs to the Baltimore Orioles.
