MLB Player match stats positives for Oakland at Kansas City Sunday Matchup

When estimating his home run ability, Hunter Renfroe ranks in the 83rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Kauffman Stadium has the 10th-shortest fences among all stadiums.

Built 886 feet above sea level, Kauffman Stadium has the 4th-highest elevation among all parks, which often leads to better offense.

A correlation exists between high heat and more offense (and fewer whiffs), and this game is forecasted to have the 2nd-hottest weather on the slate today at 84°.

The wind projects to be blowing out to LF at 9.2-mph in this contest, the 2nd-most-favorable of the day for batters.

Given that groundball hitters face a disadvantage against groundball pitchers, JP Sears (41% GB% per the leading projection system, THE BAT) is well-situated in today’s game with 3 GB hitters in the opposing club’s projected offense.

It may come as a surprise, but fastballs are generally a pitcher’s least effective pitch. JP Sears has used his secondary pitches 9.9% more often this year (59.6%) than he did last season (49.7%).

JP Sears has been unlucky in regards to his strikeouts this year, compiling a 6.30 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 7.66 — a 1.36 K/9 difference.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Vinnie Pasquantino in the 90th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability.

Vinnie Pasquantino is projected to hit 3rd in the lineup today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Kauffman Stadium as the 3rd-best park in baseball for LHB batting average.

J.J. Bleday is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card in this game.

The #3 venue in Major League Baseball for boosting batting average to righties, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Kauffman Stadium.

When estimating his home run ability, Shea Langeliers ranks in the 96th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Shea Langeliers is projected to hit 4th in the batting order in this matchup, which would be an upgrade from his 50% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this season.

Maikel Garcia’s BABIP ability is projected in the 94th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Maikel Garcia is penciled in 1st in the batting order in today’s game.

Freddy Fermin has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this season (89% of the time), but he is penciled in 5th in the lineup in today’s game.

Brady Singer has averaged 94.8 adjusted pitches per game per started this year, grading out in the 90th percentile.

The 5th-worst projected lineup of all teams on the slate in terms of overall offensive skill is that of the Oakland Athletics.

It may be smart to expect negative regression for the Oakland Athletics offense in future games, considering that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes they are the 6th-luckiest offense in the league this year.

In the league, Kauffman Stadium’s RF fences are the deepest.

Home field advantage generally improves pitcher stats across the board, and Brady Singer will hold that advantage today.

The Oakland Athletics have 7 bats in their projected batting order today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Shea Langeliers, Tyler Soderstrom, Zack Gelof, Seth Brown, Max Schuemann, Kyle McCann, Brent Rooker).

Brady Singer has utilized his sinker 9.3% less often this season (41.8%) than he did last season (51.1%).

Brady Singer has notched a 26.1% K% this year, grading out in the 81st percentile.

When assessing his home run talent, Nelson Velazquez ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Nelson Velazquez has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this season (70% of the time), but he is penciled in 4th on the lineup card today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Dairon Blanco in the 81st percentile when assessing his BABIP ability.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Salvador Perez in the 90th percentile when assessing his home run skill.

Salvador Perez is projected to bat 3rd in the batting order in this game.

Abraham Toro is projected to hit 1st in the batting order in this game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Seth Brown in the 94th percentile when estimating his home run ability.

Garrett Hampson will have the handedness advantage over JP Sears today… and the cherry on top, Sears has a large platoon split.

Tyler Soderstrom is projected to bat 5th on the lineup card in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Brent Rooker as MLB’s 13th-best home run hitter.

Brent Rooker is projected to hit 3rd in the batting order in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Zack Gelof in the 95th percentile when estimating his BABIP ability.

Given Brady Singer’s large platoon split, Kyle McCann will have an enormous advantage batting from the opposite side of the dish in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Bobby Witt Jr. as the 20th-best batter in the game when assessing his batting average skill.

Bobby Witt Jr. is penciled in 2nd in the batting order in this matchup.

Seth Brown will hold the platoon advantage against Brady Singer in today’s matchup… and the cherry on top, Singer has a large platoon split.

When it comes to his overall offensive ability, Salvador Perez ranks in the 80th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Michael Massey will probably have an edge against every reliever from start to finish, since the bullpen of the Oakland Athletics only has 1 same-handed RP.

Max Schuemann is quite fast, checking in at the 84th percentile in Sprint Speed at 28.47 ft/sec this year.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brent Rooker in the 89th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive talent.

The Kansas City Royals have been the 10th-unluckiest offense in baseball this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to perform better in future games, The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Zack Gelof’s true offensive talent to be a .304, indicating that he has been unlucky this year given the .058 deviation between that figure and his actual .246 wOBA.

Given JP Sears’s large platoon split, Dairon Blanco will have a big advantage hitting from the opposite side of the plate in this game.

Bobby Witt Jr. projects as the 20th-best batter in baseball, per the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Because of JP Sears’s large platoon split, Hunter Renfroe will have an enormous advantage batting from the opposite side of the dish in today’s game.

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Hunter Renfroe is penciled in 6th in the lineup in today’s game.

The #5 stadium in the league for suppressing home runs to right-handed hitters, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Kauffman Stadium.

Hunter Renfroe pulls many of his flyballs (39.5% — 97th percentile) and will be challenged by baseball’s 4th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Hunter Renfroe has been cold of late, putting up a .219 wOBA in the last two weeks.

Based on Statcast data, Hunter Renfroe ranks in the 17th percentile for offensive ability per the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected wOBA (xwOBA) since the start of last season at .293.

It is scheduled that we will see a Hitters Umpire (Brian Knight) calling pitches in this game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Kauffman Stadium as the worst park in the majors for strikeouts.

JP Sears will hold the platoon advantage against Vinnie Pasquantino today… and it’s an even larger mismatch considering Sears’s large platoon split.

Vinnie Pasquantino hits many of his flyballs to center field (38.7% — 88th percentile) but may find it hard to clear the game’s 4th-deepest CF fences in today’s matchup.

Since the start of last season, Vinnie Pasquantino’s flyball exit velocity (a reliable stat to measure power) ranks in the 17th percentile at 90.1 mph.

Placing in the 11th percentile, Vinnie Pasquantino sits with a .229 BABIP this year.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects J.J. Bleday in the 9th percentile as it relates to his BABIP talent.

When starting against a right-handed starter this year, J.J. Bleday has been pulled from the game early 15% of the time.

J.J. Bleday hits many of his flyballs to center field (38.3% — 82nd percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the league’s 4th-deepest CF fences in today’s matchup.

Playing on the road typically lessens hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for J.J. Bleday in today’s matchup.

With a .294 Expected wOBA (or xwOBA, an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) utilizing Statcast data) since the start of last season, J.J. Bleday finds himself in the 18th percentile for offensive skills.

When it comes to his home run skill, Garrett Hampson ranks in the 8th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Garrett Hampson is penciled in 9th in the lineup today.

Garrett Hampson has been lifted for a pinch-hitter 24% of the time when starting against a lefty on the mound since the start of last season.

Garrett Hampson hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.5% — 85th percentile) and will be challenged by the game’s 4th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.

Garrett Hampson has been lucky in regards to his home runs since the start of last season; his 5.9 HR per 600 plate appearances figure is a fair amount higher than his 2.5 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Brady Singer will hold the platoon advantage against Shea Langeliers in today’s matchup… and it’s an even bigger mismatch considering Singer’s large platoon split.

Shea Langeliers pulls a lot of his flyballs (35.7% — 90th percentile) and will be challenged by the game’s 4th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Playing on the road generally lowers hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Shea Langeliers today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Michael Massey in the 20th percentile as it relates to his BABIP skill.

Michael Massey is penciled in 8th in the batting order in this matchup, which would be a downgrade from his 63% rate of hitting in the top-half of the lineup this year.

JP Sears will hold the platoon advantage over Michael Massey in today’s game… and it’s an over-sized mismatch considering Sears’s large platoon split.

Michael Massey pulls many of his flyballs (38.3% — 96th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the game’s deepest RF fences in today’s game.

Extreme groundball batters like Michael Massey generally hit worse against extreme groundball pitchers like JP Sears.

Today, Maikel Garcia is at a disadvantage facing the league’s deepest RF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the opposite field at a 36.5% rate (91st percentile).

Posting a 6.000 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) based on Statcast data) since the start of last season , Maikel Garcia grades out in the 6th percentile for power.

Since the start of last season, Maikel Garcia’s 4.5% Barrel%, an advanced stat for measuring power, places him in the 15th percentile among his peers.

When it comes to his home run skill, Maikel Garcia ranks in the 18th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Freddy Fermin pulls a lot of his flyballs (36% — 92nd percentile) and will have to hit them out towards MLB’s 4th-deepest LF fences in today’s game.

Brett Harris is projected to bat 9th in the lineup in this matchup.

Kauffman Stadium has the 2nd-most fair ground among all major league stadiums — generally bad for HRs.

Brady Singer will have the handedness advantage over Brett Harris in today’s game… and it’s an over-sized mismatch considering Singer’s large platoon split.

Typically, hitters like Brett Harris who hit a lot of flyballs are generally less successful when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of flyballs such as Brady Singer.

The #1 venue in the majors for boosting walks, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Kauffman Stadium.

When starting against a left-handed starter since the start of last season, Nelson Velazquez has been pulled from the game early 19% of the time.

Posting a 4.26 K/BB rate since the start of last season, Nelson Velazquez has shown poor plate discipline, checking in at the 13th percentile.

Dairon Blanco is projected to hit 7th on the lineup card in this game.

12% of the time that Dairon Blanco has started against a southpaw since the start of last season, he has been lifted for a pinch-hitter.

Dairon Blanco hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (40.1% — 98th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the game’s 4th-deepest CF fences today.

Dairon Blanco’s footspeed has decreased this year. His 30.38 ft/sec Statcast Sprint Speed last season sits at 29.6 ft/sec now.

Dairon Blanco ranks in the 13th percentile when it comes to hitting balls between 23° and 34°, the launch angle range that tends to optimize home runs (10.6% rate since the start of last season).

In today’s matchup, Salvador Perez is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 4th-deepest LF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the pull field at a 35.6% rate (89th percentile).

Typically, batters like Salvador Perez who hit a lot of groundballs usually hit worse when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of groundballs such as JP Sears.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Salvador Perez’s true offensive talent to be a .320, suggesting that he has had some very good luck this year given the .080 discrepancy between that mark and his actual .400 wOBA.

Salvador Perez has notched a .298 Expected wOBA (xwOBA) since the start of last season, checking in at the 22nd percentile for offensive ability according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Checking in at the 5th percentile for Sprint Speed at 24.57 ft/sec this year, Salvador Perez is not very quick.

Abraham Toro’s BABIP talent is projected in the 18th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

The switch-hitting Abraham Toro will be less advantaged while batting from his worse side (0) today against Brady Singer… and it’s an over-sized mismatch considering Singer’s large platoon split.

Abraham Toro pulls a lot of his flyballs (34.1% — 80th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards the league’s deepest RF fences in today’s game.

Abraham Toro will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player today.

Abraham Toro has been lucky this year, putting up a .347 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .299 — a .048 difference.

Kyle McCann’s batting average ability is projected to be in the 1st percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Kyle McCann is penciled in 9th on the lineup card today.

46% of the time that Kyle McCann has started against a righty hurler this year, he has been replaced by a pinch-hitter.

Kyle McCann hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (39% — 92nd percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of MLB’s 4th-deepest CF fences today.

Playing on the road typically diminishes batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Kyle McCann in today’s game.

Seth Brown has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this season (86% of the time), but he is projected to bat 7th in the batting order today.

When starting against a righty on the mound this year, Seth Brown has been lifted for a pinch-hitter 19% of the time.

Seth Brown hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (39% — 92nd percentile) but may find it hard to clear the game’s 4th-deepest CF fences today.

Playing on the road typically lessens hitter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Seth Brown in today’s game.

Seth Brown has posted a .223 Expected Batting Average since the start of last season, ranking in the 17th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Tyler Soderstrom’s batting average skill is projected to be in the 9th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

When starting against a righty on the mound since the start of last season, Tyler Soderstrom has been pulled from the game early 17% of the time.

In today’s matchup, Tyler Soderstrom is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 4th-deepest CF center field fences given that he hits his flyballs towards center field at a 38.4% rate (84th percentile).

Tyler Soderstrom will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

Tyler Soderstrom has experienced some positive variance in regards to his home runs since the start of last season; his 14.5 HR per 600 plate appearances figure is a fair amount higher than his 10.8 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Kauffman Stadium grades out as the #25 park in the game for lefty home runs, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Brady Singer will hold the platoon advantage over Brent Rooker in today’s game… and it’s a particular mismatch considering Singer’s large platoon split.

Brent Rooker hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (39.6% — 96th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of MLB’s 4th-deepest CF fences today.

Playing on the road typically diminishes batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Brent Rooker today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Brent Rooker’s true offensive skill to be a .330, providing some evidence that he has experienced some positive variance this year given the .056 discrepancy between that mark and his actual .386 wOBA.

Zack Gelof has primarily hit in the top-half of the batting order this year (80% of the time), but he is penciled in 6th in the batting order in today’s game.

Considering Brady Singer’s large platoon split, Zack Gelof will be at an enormous disadvantage hitting from the same side of the plate in this game.

In today’s matchup, Zack Gelof is at a disadvantage facing the league’s deepest RF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the opposite field at a 34.5% rate (82nd percentile).

Zack Gelof will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s matchup.

Zack Gelof’s footspeed has fallen off this season. His 29.04 ft/sec Statcast Sprint Speed last year sits at 28.06 ft/sec now.

Bobby Witt Jr. has a 90th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.2%) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards baseball’s deepest RF fences in today’s game.

Extreme groundball batters like Bobby Witt Jr. generally hit worse against extreme groundball pitchers like JP Sears.

Playing on the road typically lessens hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Brett Harris in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Seth Brown in the 19th percentile when estimating his BABIP ability.

Max Schuemann is penciled in 8th in the batting order in this game.

This year, Max Schuemann has been pulled from the game early in 17% of his appearances when starting against righty hurler.

Given Brady Singer’s large platoon split, Max Schuemann will be at a gigantic disadvantage batting from the same side of the plate in today’s matchup.

Max Schuemann hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (40.7% — 99th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards MLB’s 4th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.

Playing on the road generally reduces batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Max Schuemann today.

Sporting a .247 Expected wOBA (or xwOBA, an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) based on Statcast data) since the start of last season, Tyler Soderstrom is ranked in the 14th percentile for hitting ability.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Garrett Hampson in the 14th percentile when estimating his overall offensive skill.

Garrett Hampson has been lucky in regards to with his wOBA since the start of last season; his .314 figure is a fair amount higher than his .298 Expected wOBA, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Shea Langeliers has posted a .216 Expected Batting Average since the start of last season, placing in the 11th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Shea Langeliers ranks in the 3rd percentile when it comes to hitting balls between -4° and 26°, the launch angle range that tends to result the most in base hits (35.5% rate since the start of last season).

JP Sears is an extreme flyball pitcher (41% FB% via the leading projection system, THE BAT) and is fortunate enough to be pitching in the #27 HR venue among all major league parks in today’s game.

In his previous GS, JP Sears turned in a great performance and allowed 1 ER.

Freddy Fermin hits a lot of balls with a launch angle that is “too high” (above 38°), which tends to lead to lazy pop-up outs. His 12.5% “too-high” rate since the start of last season ranks in the 19th percentile.

Shea Langeliers’s BABIP skill is projected in the 15th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tyler Soderstrom in the 10th percentile when assessing his overall offensive skill.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Hunter Renfroe in the 3rd percentile when assessing his BABIP talent.

Hunter Renfroe has put up a .220 Expected Batting Average since the start of last season, ranking in the 14th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

When estimating his overall offensive talent, Dairon Blanco ranks in the 23rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Kyle McCann in the 3rd percentile as it relates to his overall offensive skill.

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