MLB Player match stats positives for Texas at Seattle Sunday Matchup

Josh Rojas is penciled in 2nd in the batting order in this matchup.

Given Dane Dunning’s large platoon split, Josh Rojas will have an enormous advantage batting from the opposite side of the plate in today’s matchup.

The Texas Rangers have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Josh Rojas has a strong chance of holding the advantage against every reliever all game.

Josh Rojas has a 77th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (33.9%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards MLB’s 9th-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Home field advantage generally boosts batter metrics across the board, and Josh Rojas will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Corey Seager ranks as the 10th-best batter in baseball.

Corey Seager is projected to bat 2nd in the lineup in this game.

In the league, T-Mobile Park has the 9th-lowest average fence height.

Long-balls are generally more common at parks with shallow fences, and T-Mobile Park has the 2nd-shallowest among all stadiums.

Corey Seager will hold the platoon advantage over Logan Gilbert in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Wyatt Langford in the 83rd percentile when assessing his BABIP ability.

Wyatt Langford is projected to bat 5th in the batting order today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Wyatt Langford’s true offensive talent to be a .309, indicating that he has experienced some negative variance this year given the .036 discrepancy between that figure and his actual .273 wOBA.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Nathaniel Lowe in the 87th percentile when assessing his overall offensive talent.

Nathaniel Lowe is projected to bat 4th in the lineup today.

Hitting from the opposite that Logan Gilbert throws from, Nathaniel Lowe will have the upper hand in today’s game.

The Seattle Mariners have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Nathaniel Lowe stands a good chance of never facing a bullpen mismatch all game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tyler Locklear in the 83rd percentile when assessing his BABIP skill.

Home field advantage generally improves batter stats across the board, and Tyler Locklear will hold that advantage today.

Tyler Locklear has been hot recently, cruising to a .338 wOBA in the last week.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Julio Rodriguez as the best hitter in the league when assessing his BABIP talent.

Julio Rodriguez is projected to hit 3rd in the lineup today.

Home field advantage typically bolsters batter metrics in all categories, and Julio Rodriguez will hold that advantage today.

J.P. Crawford is penciled in 1st in the lineup today.

Because of Dane Dunning’s large platoon split, J.P. Crawford will have a big advantage hitting from the opposite side of the dish in this game.

J.P. Crawford has a good chance to have the upper hand against every reliever throughout the game, since the bullpen of the Texas Rangers has just 1 same-handed RP.

Home field advantage generally improves batter stats in all categories, and J.P. Crawford will hold that advantage in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Logan Gilbert in the 81st percentile as it relates to his strikeout ability.

Brian Walsh projects as a Pitchers Umpire and is expected to be umping in this game.

Projected catcher Cal Raleigh profiles as an elite pitch framer, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The #1 stadium in the game for boosting strikeouts, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is T-Mobile Park.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ezequiel Duran in the 86th percentile when assessing his BABIP skill.

Posting a .342 Expected wOBA (or xwOBA, an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) since the start of last season, Ezequiel Duran is positioned in the 76th percentile for offensive skills.

Utilizing Statcast metrics, Ezequiel Duran ranks in the 83rd percentile via the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average since the start of last season at .280.

Ranking in the 98th percentile for Sprint Speed at 29.74 ft/sec this year, Wyatt Langford is notably fast.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Cal Raleigh as Major League Baseball’s 19th-best home run hitter.

Cal Raleigh is projected to hit 4th in the batting order today.

Cal Raleigh pulls many of his flyballs (40.1% — 98th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league’s 4th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

Cal Raleigh will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which figures to improve all of his stats.

As it relates to his overall offensive talent, Marcus Semien ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Marcus Semien is projected to bat 1st in the batting order in this game.

Marcus Semien pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (37.3% — 95th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards baseball’s 9th-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Marcus Semien ranks in the 98th percentile when it comes to hitting balls between 23° and 34°, the launch angle range that tends to optimize home runs (21.2% rate since the start of last season).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Nathaniel Lowe in the 89th percentile as it relates to his BABIP ability.

Since the start of last season, Cal Raleigh’s 12.6% Barrel%, a reliable standard for measuring power, places him in the 85th percentile among his peers.

Ranking in the 80th percentile, the hardest ball Cal Raleigh has hit since the start of last season reached a maximum exit velocity of 113.7 mph — an advanced indication of underlying power ability.

Andrew Knizner has a 77th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34%) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the league’s 4th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luke Raley in the 92nd percentile as it relates to his home run talent.

Luke Raley will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Dane Dunning in today’s game… and even more favorably, Dunning has a large platoon split.

Luke Raley will probably have an advantage against every reliever for the whole game, since the bullpen of the Texas Rangers has just 1 same-handed RP.

Nathaniel Lowe has a 98th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (41.7%) and will have a big advantage hitting them out towards MLB’s 9th-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

With a 1.64 K/BB rate this year, Marcus Semien has displayed strong plate discipline, grading out in the 87th percentile.

Dominic Canzone will have the handedness advantage against Dane Dunning in today’s game… and the cherry on top, Dunning has a large platoon split.

The Texas Rangers have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Dominic Canzone can likely count on holding the platoon advantage against every reliever all game.

Home field advantage typically improves batter stats across the board, and Dominic Canzone will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Julio Rodriguez’s true offensive talent to be a .352, indicating that he has had some very poor luck this year given the .055 gap between that mark and his actual .297 wOBA.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luke Raley in the 81st percentile when assessing his overall offensive talent.

Home field advantage generally improves hitter stats in all categories, and Luke Raley will hold that advantage today.

When it comes to his overall offensive skill, Julio Rodriguez ranks in the 97th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

It may be best to expect stronger performance for the Texas Rangers offense the rest of the season, given that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) views them as the 9th-unluckiest offense in the game this year.

T-Mobile Park has the 4th-shallowest RF dimensions among all stadiums.

Logan Gilbert has notched a .253 BABIP this year, indicating that he has been one of the luckiest pitchers in the game on balls in play and regression likely forthcoming.

It may come as a surprise, but fastballs are generally a pitcher’s least effective pitch. Dane Dunning must realize this, because he has relied on his non-fastballs a lot this year: 60.8% of the time, ranking in the 84th percentile.

Dane Dunning has been unlucky this year, putting up a 4.80 ERA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 4.32 — a 0.48 difference.

When assessing his home run talent, Adolis Garcia ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Adolis Garcia is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Adolis Garcia’s true offensive skill to be a .323, implying that he has experienced some negative variance this year given the .030 disparity between that figure and his actual .293 wOBA.

When estimating his home run talent, Dominic Canzone ranks in the 75th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Ranking in the 92nd percentile, the hardest ball Ezequiel Duran has hit since the start of last season reached a maximum exit velocity of 115.2 mph — a reliable indication of underlying power ability.

Dominic Canzone has been unlucky in regards to his batting average since the start of last season; his .211 figure is considerably lower than his .284 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

As it relates to his overall offensive talent, Adolis Garcia ranks in the 83rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

By putting up a .356 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, Adolis Garcia is positioned in the 87th percentile for hitting ability.

Corey Seager is likely to have an edge against every reliever for the whole game, since the bullpen of the Seattle Mariners has just 1 same-handed RP.

Tallying 19.4 outs per start this year on average, Logan Gilbert places in the 99th percentile.

The Seattle Mariners have 5 hitters in their projected batting order today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Cal Raleigh, Luke Raley, Tyler Locklear, Cal Raleigh, Dylan Moore).

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Josh Rojas has been replaced by a pinch-hitter 14% of the time when starting against a right-handed starter this year.

T-Mobile Park’s altitude is near sea-level, one of the lowest among all parks, which tends to lead to less offense.

Less offense (and more strikeouts) are strongly connected with lower temperatures, and the weather report for this contest calls for the lowest temperature on the slate at 58°.

Using Statcast data, Josh Rojas is in the 12th 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 .284.

Josh Rojas’s 3.8% Barrel% (an advanced metric to measure power) ranks in the 12th percentile since the start of last season.

The #2 field in baseball for suppressing offensive stats, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is T-Mobile Park.

Playing on the road typically diminishes hitter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Corey Seager today.

This year, there has been a decline in Corey Seager’s speed with his Statcast Sprint Speed dropping from 26.12 ft/sec last year to 25.23 ft/sec currently.

With a 11.500 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) based on Statcast data) this year , Corey Seager is positioned in the 9th percentile for power.

Logan Gilbert will have the handedness advantage over Wyatt Langford in today’s matchup.

Playing on the road typically lowers batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Wyatt Langford in today’s game.

Wyatt Langford has been cold of late, putting up a .273 wOBA over the last 14 days.

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

By putting up a 11.700 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 , Nathaniel Lowe has performed in the 16th percentile for power.

In terms of the ability to lift the ball for power, Nathaniel Lowe ranks in just the 13th percentile with a 7.2° launch angle, which is among the most groundball-inducing angles in MLB.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Josh Rojas in the 16th percentile when assessing his home run talent.

Tyler Locklear is projected to hit 8th in the batting order in this game.

Because of Dane Dunning’s large platoon split, Tyler Locklear will be at a colossal disadvantage hitting from the same side of the dish in this game.

Dane Dunning will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Julio Rodriguez in today’s matchup… and it’s an even bigger mismatch considering Dunning’s large platoon split.

Julio Rodriguez grades out in the 7th percentile when it comes to hitting balls between 23° and 34°, the launch angle range that tends to optimize home runs (11.7% rate since the start of last season).

With a .128 Isolated Power (ISO) this year, Julio Rodriguez has performed in the 10th percentile.

When estimating his home run talent, J.P. Crawford ranks in the 24th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

J.P. Crawford’s 5.1% Barrel% (an advanced metric to measure power) ranks in the 21st percentile since the start of last season.

Since the start of last season, J.P. Crawford’s flyball exit velocity (an advanced metric to evaluate power) ranks in the 9th percentile at 88.8 mph.

J.P. Crawford ranks in the 17th percentile when it comes to hitting balls between 23° and 34°, the launch angle range that tends to result the most in home runs (13% rate since the start of last season).

Among all starters, Logan Gilbert’s fastball spin rate of 1985 rpm ranks in the 1st percentile this year.

Grading out in the 21st percentile, Wyatt Langford has put up a .277 wOBA (widely regarded as the top measure of overall offense) this year.

Ezequiel Duran is projected to hit 8th in the lineup today.

Logan Gilbert will have the handedness advantage over Ezequiel Duran today.

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

Sporting a .225 Expected Batting Average (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) since the start of last season , Cal Raleigh finds himself in the 19th percentile.

Hitting from the same side that Logan Gilbert throws from, Marcus Semien will have a disadvantage in today’s game.

Marcus Semien will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s game.

Nathaniel Lowe’s quickness has dropped off this season. His 27.3 ft/sec Statcast Sprint Speed last season sits at 26.25 ft/sec now.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Cal Raleigh in the 9th percentile when estimating his BABIP ability.

As it relates to his overall offensive talent, Andrew Knizner ranks in the 11th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Andrew Knizner is projected to hit 9th in the lineup today.

Logan Gilbert will hold the platoon advantage against Andrew Knizner today.

Luke Raley is projected to hit 6th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Luke Raley has notched a .217 Expected Batting Average since the start of last season, ranking in the 12th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

As it relates to plate discipline, Luke Raley’s skill is quite weak, putting up a 7.87 K/BB rate this year while ranking in in the 1st percentile.

Andrew Knizner’s BABIP talent is projected in the 4th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Since the start of last season, the hardest ball Marcus Semien has made contact with reached a maximum exit velocity of 108.6 mph (a reliable standard to evaluate power), ranking in the 13th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Dominic Canzone in the 22nd percentile as it relates to his BABIP ability.

Dominic Canzone is penciled in 7th in the batting order in this game.

45% of the time that Dominic Canzone has started against a righty on the mound this year, he has been replaced by a pinch-hitter.

Julio Rodriguez has exhibited poor plate discipline this year, placing in the 13th percentile with a 4.41 K/BB rate.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s evaluation, Logan Gilbert’s overall pitching skill ranks in the 83rd percentile among all starters in the league currently.

T-Mobile Park projects as the #29 venue in the game for walks, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Dane Dunning has recorded 14.8 outs per game per started this year, ranking in the 19th percentile.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT), Andrew Knizner (the Rangers’s expected catcher in today’s game) projects as a weak pitch framer.

The Seattle Mariners have 6 hitters in the projected offense that will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Dane Dunning in today’s game, which is especially problematic given his large platoon split.

Hitting from the same side that Logan Gilbert throws from, Adolis Garcia will have a tough challenge in today’s game.

Playing on the road typically diminishes hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Adolis Garcia today.

In notching a .246 BABIP this year, Adolis Garcia has performed in the 14th percentile.

Sporting a 4.02 K/BB rate this year, Adolis Garcia has shown bad plate discipline, placing in the 17th percentile.

Ezequiel Duran grades out in the 23rd percentile when it comes to hitting balls between 23° and 34°, the launch angle range that tends to best-produce home runs (13.6% rate since the start of last season).

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

In his last outing, Dane Dunning struggled when it came to striking batters out and was only able to tally 2 Ks.

Dane Dunning’s 89.4-mph velocity on his fastball this season is a significant 1-mph decrease from last season’s 90.4-mph mark.

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