Minute Maid Park
Out of all the teams in action today, the best infield defense is that of the the Oakland Athletics. Jeremy Pena is an extreme groundball hitter and faces the weak infield defense of Oakland (#29-worst of the day).
The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jordan Diaz in the 76th percentile as it relates to his batting average skill.
Tyler Soderstrom will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Justin Verlander today. The Houston Astros don't have any same-handed relievers in their bullpen, so Tyler Soderstrom is guaranteed to never face a bullpen mismatch the entire game.
Shea Langeliers is penciled in 5th in the batting order in this game, which would be an upgrade from his 86% rate of hitting in the top-half of the batting order this season. Shea Langeliers pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (35.8% — 92nd percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting them towards MLB's 2nd-shallowest LF fences today.
The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Seth Brown in the 86th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive ability. Seth Brown is projected to hit 4th in the batting order in today's game. Seth Brown will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Justin Verlander in today's game. The Houston Astros don't have any same-handed relievers in their bullpen, so Seth Brown is guaranteed to never lose the platoon advantage against the bullpen all game.
