Taylor Ward Total Hits Props • LA Angels
The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Taylor Ward in the 95th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability. Taylor Ward is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this game. Taylor Ward has an 82nd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.7%) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards baseball's 4th-shallowest RF fences today. Taylor Ward's average launch angle on his hardest-hit balls of late (10.2° in the past two weeks' worth of games) is a considerable dropoff from his 16° seasonal mark. Taylor Ward's ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has improved from last season to this one, increasing from 17.8% to 24.1%.