Richie Palacios Total Hits Props • Tampa Bay
The #2 ballpark in baseball for boosting batting average to LHB, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Fenway Park. Because of Cooper Criswell's huge platoon split, Richie Palacios will have a tremendous advantage batting from the opposite side of the dish in today's matchup. Richie Palacios pulls many of his flyballs (34% — 79th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he'll be hitting them towards the league's 3rd-shallowest RF fences in today's game. The Boston Red Sox infield defense profiles as the worst out of all the teams today. Richie Palacios has recorded a .345 wOBA (the best measure of overall offense) since the start of last season, grading out in the 87th percentile.