Ha-Seong Kim Total Hits Props • San Diego
This game is expected to have the 4th-highest humidity on the slate today (75%); there is a small but significant connection with increased offense (and decreased whiffs) when the weather is humid. Ha-seong Kim hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (38.6% — 87th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting towards baseball's 2nd-shallowest CF fences today. Ha-seong Kim will hold the home field advantage in today's game, which ought to bolster all of his stats. When it comes to his batting average, Ha-seong Kim has had bad variance on his side this year. His .209 BA falls considerably below the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s version of Statcast-based Expected Batting Average (xBA) at .258. As it relates to plate discipline, Ha-seong Kim's talent is quite strong, posting a 1.4 K/BB rate this year while grading out in in the 91st percentile.