MLB Player match stats positives for San Francisco at Chicago Wednesday Matchup

Wrigley Field sits at the 10th-highest elevation among all major league parks. High elevation often leads to better offense.

High temperatures are strongly correlated with more offense (and fewer whiffs), and the weather report predicts the hottest temperature of the day at 93°.

The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 13.2-mph in this contest, the best of the day for batters.

Mike Yastrzemski will hold the platoon advantage against Kyle Hendricks in today’s game.

Mike Yastrzemski has made notable improvements with his Barrel% recently, upping his 10.6% seasonal rate to 25% over the last two weeks.

Patrick Bailey is projected to hit 3rd in the batting order in today’s game.

Patrick Bailey has seen a sizeable improvement in his exit velocity this year; just compare his 92.2-mph average to last season’s 88.7-mph mark.

Patrick Bailey has been hot in recent games, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 92.2-mph to 95.8-mph in the last 7 days.

Matt Chapman projects as the 18th-best home run hitter in MLB, via the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Matt Chapman is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card today.

Wrigley Field has the 5th-shallowest LF dimensions in Major League Baseball.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Heliot Ramos in the 97th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent.

Heliot Ramos is projected to bat 2nd on the lineup card in today’s game, which would be an upgrade from his 54% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this year.

When estimating his overall offensive skill, Matt Chapman ranks in the 95th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Wrigley Field projects as the #7 venue in MLB for run-scoring, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jorge Soler in the 95th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive talent.

Jorge Soler pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (35.7% — 90th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the game’s 7th-shallowest LF fences today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Michael Conforto in the 82nd percentile when it comes to his overall offensive talent.

Michael Conforto is projected to bat 5th in the lineup in this matchup.

Hitting from the opposite that Kyle Hendricks throws from, Michael Conforto will have the upper hand today.

Jorge Soler projects as the 19th-best home run batter in the majors, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Brett Wisely has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this season (65% of the time), but he is projected to hit 1st on the lineup card today.

Batting from the opposite that Kyle Hendricks throws from, Brett Wisely will have the upper hand today.

When it comes to his home run talent, Mike Yastrzemski ranks in the 89th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Brett Wisely has made notable improvements with his Barrel% in recent games, upping his 12.1% seasonal rate to 25% in the past 7 days.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Heliot Ramos in the 89th percentile when it comes to his home run skill.

The San Francisco Giants have 3 bats in their projected batting order today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Mike Yastrzemski, Matt Chapman, Heliot Ramos).

It is anticipated that we will see a Pitchers Umpire (Nestor Ceja) behind the plate today.

The #10 stadium in Major League Baseball for boosting strikeouts, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Wrigley Field.

Home field advantage generally improves pitcher metrics in all categories, and Kyle Hendricks will hold that advantage today.

Kyle Hendricks has gone to his four-seamer 5.7% less often this year (14.6%) than he did last season (20.3%).

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Mike Yastrzemski’s BABIP ability is projected in the 14th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Mike Yastrzemski is projected to hit 7th on the lineup card in this matchup.

Mike Yastrzemski pulls many of his flyballs (35.8% — 90th percentile) but may find it hard to clear the game’s 5th-deepest RF fences in today’s game.

Mike Yastrzemski will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s game.

Mike Yastrzemski has been cold of late, with his seasonal exit velocity of 89.6-mph dropping to 85.7-mph over the past 14 days.

The 5th-deepest RF dimensions in the majors are found in Wrigley Field.

Among all parks, the 7th-tallest fences are at Wrigley Field.

Playing on the road generally lowers batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Patrick Bailey in today’s game.

Patrick Bailey has struggled with his Barrel%; his 10.1% rate last season has fallen off to 4.9% this year.

Despite posting a .349 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Patrick Bailey has been lucky given the .055 discrepancy between that mark and his estimated true talent wOBA of .294.

Kyle Hendricks will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Matt Chapman today.

Playing on the road generally reduces hitter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Matt Chapman today.

Matt Chapman has struggled with his Barrel%; his 17.2% rate last year has dropped to 10.9% this season.

Matt Chapman’s average launch angle on his highest exit velocity balls this year (7.8°) is a considerable dropoff from his 13.3° angle last year.

Kyle Hendricks will have the handedness advantage over Heliot Ramos today.

Today, Heliot Ramos is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 5th-deepest RF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the opposite field at a 34.5% rate (81st percentile).

Playing on the road generally reduces batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Heliot Ramos in today’s game.

Heliot Ramos has been lucky this year, posting a .414 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .319 — a .095 discrepancy.

Matt Chapman’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has declined lately, falling from 11.4% on the season to 3.6% in the past two weeks’ worth of games.

Jorge Soler is projected to hit 6th in the lineup in this game, which would be a downgrade from his 67% rate of hitting in the top-half of the batting order this season.

Kyle Hendricks will have the handedness advantage over Jorge Soler today.

Jorge Soler will be at a disadvantage playing on the road today.

Jorge Soler’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has decreased from last year to this one, decreasing from 19.6% to 13.6%.

Over the last week, Jorge Soler’s 0% rate of hitting balls at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has taken a nosedive compared to his seasonal rate of 13.6%.

Playing on the road generally lowers batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Michael Conforto in today’s game.

Over the past two weeks, Michael Conforto’s exit velocity on flyballs has lowered from his seasonal mark of 92.3 mph to 88.5 mph.

Based on Statcast data, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average (.301) suggests that Michael Conforto has had some very poor luck this year with his .241 actual batting average.

Brett Wisely will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s game.

Brett Wisely has been cold lately, with his seasonal exit velocity of 89.7-mph dropping to 87.4-mph in the past week’s worth of games.

Brett Wisely’s ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has declined of late, falling from 36.2% on the season to 30.8% in the past 14 days.

In terms of his wOBA and overall offense, Brett Wisely has experienced some positive variance this year. His .316 figure has been quite a bit higher than the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected wOBA (xwOBA) at .282.

Placing in the 23rd percentile, Brett Wisely sports a .253 wOBA (widely regarded as the top indicator of overall offense) since the start of last season.

Heliot Ramos’s launch angle lately (3.2° in the past 14 days) is quite a bit worse than his 6.7° seasonal angle.

As it relates to his strikeout talent, the leading projection system (THE BAT) places Kyle Hendricks in the 11th percentile among all SPs in the game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) expects Kyle Hendricks to have a pitch count in today’s game, projecting a maximum of 83 pitches.

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