Washington @ Colorado Picks & Props

Hitting from the same side that Dakota Hudson throws from, Joey Meneses will be at a disadvantage in today's matchup. Extreme groundball bats like Joey Meneses tend to perform worse against extreme groundball pitchers like Dakota Hudson. The Colorado Rockies outfield defense grades out as the strongest among all the teams today. Joey Meneses will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today's game. Over the last 14 days, Joey Meneses's average launch angle on his hardest-hit balls (-3.1°) has significantly dropped compared to his seasonal mark of 8.4°.

Luis Garcia is projected to hit 6th in the batting order in this game, which would be a downgrade from his 76% rate of hitting in the top-half of the lineup this year. Typically, batters like Luis Garcia who hit a lot of flyballs tend to be less successful when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of flyballs such as Dakota Hudson. The Colorado Rockies outfield defense grades out as the strongest among all the teams today. Playing on the road generally lowers hitter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Luis Garcia in today's game. In the past week, Luis Garcia's Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 8.2% down to 0%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Eddie Rosario in the 18th percentile when estimating his BABIP skill. 12% of the time that Eddie Rosario has started against a northpaw this year, he has been pulled from the game early. The Colorado Rockies outfield defense grades out as the strongest among all the teams today. Playing on the road generally weakens hitter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Eddie Rosario today. Eddie Rosario's exit velocity on flyballs has dropped off in recent games; his 91.2-mph seasonal figure has fallen to 88-mph over the last 14 days.

The Colorado Rockies outfield defense grades out as the strongest among all the teams today. Playing on the road typically lessens hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for CJ Abrams today. CJ Abrams's average exit velocity has decreased lately; his 88.9-mph seasonal EV has lowered to 85-mph in the past week's worth of games. The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates CJ Abrams's true offensive talent to be a .309, providing some evidence that he has been lucky this year given the .024 gap between that figure and his actual .333 wOBA.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Keibert Ruiz in the 3rd percentile when assessing his BABIP talent. The Colorado Rockies outfield defense grades out as the strongest among all the teams today. Keibert Ruiz will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today. Keibert Ruiz's exit velocity on flyballs has declined this season; his 89.9-mph mark last season has dropped to 86.7-mph. Compared to his seasonal figure of 20.5°, Keibert Ruiz has produced a noticeably lower launch angle (-1°) in the last two weeks' worth of games.

Michael Toglia is projected to hit 5th on the lineup card in this matchup, which would be an upgrade from his 81% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this season. The #1 field in baseball for boosting batting average to right-handed batters, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Coors Field. Built 5197 feet above sea level, Coors Field has the highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense. Michael Toglia will possess the home field advantage in today's matchup, which should improve all of his stats. Michael Toglia has made substantial improvements with his Barrel% recently, bettering his 13.6% seasonal rate to 20% in the past week.

Built 5197 feet above sea level, Coors Field has the highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense. In terms of temperature and humidity, the weather report calls for for the 5th-most favorable hitting conditions of all games on the slate today. As a switch-hitter who bats better from the 0 side of the dish, Adael Amador will get to bat from his strong side against DJ Herz in today's matchup. Batters such as Adael Amador with extreme flyball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like DJ Herz who skew towards the groundball end of the spectrum. Adael Amador will benefit from the home field advantage today, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

Dakota Hudson will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Lane Thomas in today's game. The Colorado Rockies outfield defense grades out as the strongest among all the teams today. Lane Thomas will be at a disadvantage playing away from home today. Placing in the 18th percentile, Lane Thomas sports a .253 BABIP this year.

Brenton Doyle's average launch angle on his highest exit velocity balls recently (5.3° in the last two weeks' worth of games) is quite a bit worse than his 10.6° seasonal figure. The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Brenton Doyle's true offensive skill to be a .278, providing some evidence that he has had positive variance on his side this year given the .037 difference between that figure and his actual .315 wOBA.

The #1 field in baseball for boosting batting average to right-handed batters, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Coors Field. Built 5197 feet above sea level, Coors Field has the highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense. Hunter Goodman will hold the platoon advantage against DJ Herz today. Hunter Goodman will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats. Hunter Goodman has made notable gains with his Barrel% recently, bettering his 14% seasonal rate to 25% in the past 14 days.

The #1 field in baseball for boosting batting average to right-handed batters, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Coors Field. Built 5197 feet above sea level, Coors Field has the highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense. Based on Statcast data, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s version of Expected Batting Average (.238) may lead us to conclude that Nick Senzel has had bad variance on his side this year with his .215 actual batting average. Nick Senzel has displayed good plate discipline this year, grading out in the 90th percentile with a 1.5 K/BB rate.

Jacob Young's BABIP skill is projected in the 87th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X). The #1 field in baseball for boosting batting average to right-handed batters, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Coors Field. Built 5197 feet above sea level, Coors Field has the highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense. Jacob Young has made sizeable strides with his Barrel% in recent games, bettering his 2.9% seasonal rate to 13.6% over the past two weeks. In the last week, Jacob Young's exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 87.4-mph over the course of the season to 102.4-mph of late.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jesse Winker in the 84th percentile when assessing his overall offensive ability. Jesse Winker is penciled in 3rd on the lineup card in this game. Coors Field profiles as the #1 field in Major League Baseball for left-handed batting average, via the leading projection system (THE BAT). Built 5197 feet above sea level, Coors Field has the highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense. Jesse Winker will hold the platoon advantage over Dakota Hudson today.

Jacob Stallings has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (83% of the time), but he is projected to bat 4th in the batting order today. The #1 field in baseball for boosting batting average to right-handed batters, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Coors Field. Built 5197 feet above sea level, Coors Field has the highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense. Jacob Stallings will hold the platoon advantage against DJ Herz today. Home field advantage generally boosts batter metrics in all categories, and Jacob Stallings will hold that advantage in today's game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ryan McMahon in the 80th percentile as it relates to his BABIP skill. Ryan McMahon is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card today. Coors Field profiles as the #1 field in Major League Baseball for left-handed batting average, via the leading projection system (THE BAT). Built 5197 feet above sea level, Coors Field has the highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense. The Washington Nationals have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Ryan McMahon has a strong chance of never losing the platoon advantage against the 'pen all game.

Over the last week, Ezequiel Tovar's Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 8.7% down to 0%. Based on Statcast data, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s version of Expected wOBA (.285) suggests that Ezequiel Tovar has been lucky this year with his .332 actual wOBA. When it comes to plate discipline, Ezequiel Tovar's skill is quite weak, putting up an 8.33 K/BB rate this year while placing in in the 1st percentile.

Coors Field profiles as the #1 field in Major League Baseball for left-handed batting average, via the leading projection system (THE BAT). Built 5197 feet above sea level, Coors Field has the highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense. The switch-hitting Drew Millas will hold the platoon advantage while batting from from his better side (0) today against Dakota Hudson. Based on Statcast metrics, Drew Millas grades out in the 96th percentile for hitting ability via the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s version of Expected wOBA (xwOBA) since the start of last season at .361. Based on Statcast metrics, Drew Millas ranks in the 99th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s version of Expected Batting Average since the start of last season at .318.

Nolan Jones's BABIP talent is projected in the 93rd percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X). Coors Field profiles as the #1 field in Major League Baseball for left-handed batting average, via the leading projection system (THE BAT). Built 5197 feet above sea level, Coors Field has the highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense. Nolan Jones may have the upper hand against every reliever for the duration of the game, since the bullpen of the Washington Nationals only has 1 same-handed RP. Nolan Jones will benefit from the home field advantage today, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

The #1 field in baseball for boosting batting average to right-handed batters, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Coors Field. Built 5197 feet above sea level, Coors Field has the highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense. Sean Bouchard will hold the platoon advantage over DJ Herz in today's game. Sean Bouchard will benefit from the home field advantage in today's game, which should boost all of his stats.

Built 5197 feet above sea level, Coors Field has the highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense. In terms of temperature and humidity, the weather report calls for for the 5th-most favorable hitting conditions of all games on the slate today. Ildemaro Vargas has been hot recently, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 87.1-mph to 89.1-mph in the last week. Ildemaro Vargas's ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has improved of late, going from 11.3% on the season to 20% in the last week. Ildemaro Vargas has exhibited favorable plate discipline since the start of last season, grading out in the 98th percentile with a 1.07 K/BB rate.

The #1 field in baseball for boosting batting average to right-handed batters, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Coors Field. Built 5197 feet above sea level, Coors Field has the highest elevation among all stadiums, which often leads to more offense. Alan Trejo will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against DJ Herz in today's matchup. Alan Trejo will benefit from the home field advantage in today's matchup, which figures to bolster all of his stats.