Marcus Semien Total Hits Props • Texas
Marcus Semien pulls many of his flyballs (38.3% — 96th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the game's 3rd-deepest LF fences in today's game. Playing on the road typically lowers hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Marcus Semien in today's game. Marcus Semien has had positive variance on his side thus far when it comes to his batting average since the start of last season; his .277 figure is quite a bit higher than his .247 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data. Since the start of last season, the hardest ball Marcus Semien has made contact with reached a maximum exit velocity of 108.6 mph (an advanced stat to study power), ranking in the 13th percentile. Hitting the ball to all fields is a core skill for batting average that Marcus Semien has struggled with since the start of last season, as evidenced by his placing in the 12th percentile on THE BAT X's Spray Score.