Yainer Diaz Total Hits Props • Houston

The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Minute Maid Park as the 10th-worst ballpark in the majors for righty BABIP. Minute Maid Park's elevation is near sea-level, one of the lowest in Major League Baseball, which tends to lead to less offense. The Minute Maid Park roof is expected to be closed today, making the temperature in this contest -11° colder than the average outdoor game of the day — favorable for pitching. Yainer Diaz has an 81st percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.5%) and will have to hit them out towards baseball's 9th-deepest RF fences in today's game. Yainer Diaz's ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has decreased from last season to this one, going from 21.6% to 11.3%.