Salvador Perez Total Hits Props • Kansas City
Drew Thorpe will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Salvador Perez in today's game. Playing on the road generally diminishes hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Salvador Perez in today's game. Salvador Perez's exit velocity on flyballs has dropped off recently; his 94.5-mph seasonal average has dropped to 88.8-mph in the last 7 days. Salvador Perez has had positive variance on his side thus far when it comes to his batting average this year; his .273 figure is considerably higher than his .255 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)'s interpretation of Statcast data.