Nick Ahmed Total Hits Props • San Francisco
Fenway Park projects as the #2 ballpark in the league for righty batting average, via the leading projection system (THE BAT). Nick Ahmed hits many of his flyballs to center field (38.5% — 87th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting out towards baseball's 3rd-shallowest CF fences today. Bats such as Nick Ahmed with extreme flyball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like Kutter Crawford who skew towards the groundball end of the spectrum. Nick Ahmed has experienced some negative variance in regards to his batting average since the start of last season; his .225 BA is deflated compared to his .240 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data. Nick Ahmed grades out in the 79th percentile when it comes to hitting balls between -4° and 26°, the launch angle range that tends to result the most in base hits (46.3% rate since the start of last season).