Atlanta @ St. Louis Picks & Props

High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%. Batting from the opposite that Reynaldo Lopez throws from, Nolan Gorman will have an advantage today. Nolan Gorman will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today's game, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

The wind projects to be blowing in from LF at 9.2-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-best of the day for pitchers. Kyle Gibson will hold the platoon advantage over Marcell Ozuna in today's game. Marcell Ozuna pulls many of his flyballs (34.8% — 86th percentile) but may find it hard to clear the league's 6th-deepest LF fences in today's game. The St. Louis Cardinals infield defense projects as the 4th-strongest among every team today. Marcell Ozuna will be at a disadvantage playing on the road today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jarred Kelenic in the 86th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent. Jarred Kelenic has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (88% of the time), but he is penciled in 1st on the lineup card in this matchup. High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%. Batting from the opposite that Kyle Gibson throws from, Jarred Kelenic will have an advantage in today's matchup. Jarred Kelenic hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (41% — 100th percentile) and will have a big advantage facing MLB's 7th-shallowest CF fences in today's matchup.

The wind projects to be blowing in from LF at 9.2-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-best of the day for pitchers. The switch-hitting Ozzie Albies will be less advantaged while batting from his worse side (0) today against Kyle Gibson Ozzie Albies pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (39.9% — 98th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards baseball's 2nd-deepest RF fences today. The St. Louis Cardinals infield defense projects as the 4th-strongest among every team today. Playing on the road generally diminishes hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Ozzie Albies today.

As it relates to his overall offensive skill, Matt Olson ranks in the 97th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X). Matt Olson is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card in today's game. High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%. Hitting from the opposite that Kyle Gibson throws from, Matt Olson will have the upper hand in today's game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Paul Goldschmidt in the 89th percentile when estimating his overall offensive skill. Paul Goldschmidt is projected to bat 4th in the batting order in this matchup. High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%. Paul Goldschmidt will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today's game, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%. Forrest Wall will have the handedness advantage over Kyle Gibson in today's game.

A correlation exists between high heat and more offense (and fewer whiffs), and this game is predicted to have the 2nd-highest temperatures on the schedule today at 96°. Hitting from the opposite that Reynaldo Lopez throws from, Brandon Crawford will have an edge today. Brandon Crawford hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.5% — 86th percentile) and sets up very well considering he'll be hitting out towards the game's 7th-shallowest CF fences in today's matchup. Brandon Crawford will benefit from the home field advantage in today's game, which should bolster all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brendan Donovan in the 92nd percentile when it comes to his batting average talent. Brendan Donovan is projected to hit 5th on the lineup card in today's game. High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%. Batting from the opposite that Reynaldo Lopez throws from, Brendan Donovan will have an advantage in today's game. Brendan Donovan will hold the home field advantage in today's game, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

When estimating his overall offensive skill, Willson Contreras ranks in the 96th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X). Willson Contreras is projected to hit 3rd in the lineup in today's game. High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%. Willson Contreras hits many of his flyballs to center field (38.5% — 86th percentile) and will have a big advantage facing baseball's 7th-shallowest CF fences today. Willson Contreras will benefit from the home field advantage in today's game, which figures to boost all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alec Burleson in the 85th percentile as it relates to his batting average skill. Alec Burleson is projected to bat 2nd in the lineup today. High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%. Alec Burleson will hold the platoon advantage against Reynaldo Lopez in today's game. Home field advantage generally bolsters hitter stats across the board, and Alec Burleson will hold that advantage in today's matchup.

High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%. Nolan Arenado will benefit from the home field advantage in today's game, which should bolster all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Sean Murphy in the 93rd percentile when assessing his overall offensive skill. High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Austin Riley ranks as the 16th-best batter in the game. Austin Riley is penciled in 5th in the batting order today. High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%.

Orlando Arcia has gone over 0.5 in 5 of his last 10 games.

High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%. Extreme flyball bats like Zack Short tend to perform better against extreme groundball pitchers like Kyle Gibson.

High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%.

High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%. Batting from the opposite that Reynaldo Lopez throws from, Matt Carpenter will have the upper hand in today's game. Matt Carpenter will hold the home field advantage today, which figures to improve all of his stats.

High humidity has a small but significant link with more offense (and fewer strikeouts), and the weather forecast calls for the most humid conditions of the day at 86%.

Masyn Winn has gone over 0.5 in 8 of his last 10 games.