MLB Player match stats positives for New York at Boston Sunday Matchup

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Aaron Judge ranks as the best batter in MLB.

Aaron Judge is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card in this game.

The 3rd-shallowest CF fences among all major league stadiums are found in Fenway Park.

Aaron Judge’s 26.9% Barrel% (an advanced metric to measure power) is in the 100th percentile since the start of last season.

Since the start of last season, Aaron Judge has an average exit velocity of 97.5 mph, which ranks among the best in the majors at the 100th percentile.

Juan Soto projects as the 3rd-best hitter in Major League Baseball, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Juan Soto is penciled in 2nd in the batting order in today’s game.

Juan Soto will have the handedness advantage against Kutter Crawford in today’s matchup.

Extreme flyball hitters like Juan Soto generally hit better against extreme groundball pitchers like Kutter Crawford.

Dominic Smith will have the handedness advantage over Marcus Stroman in today’s matchup.

Dominic Smith hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (39% — 93rd percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting towards MLB’s 3rd-shallowest CF fences today.

Dominic Smith will hold the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats.

Dominic Smith has done a favorable job optimizing his launch angle on his highest exit velocity balls. His 15.9° mark is among the highest in baseball since the start of last season (85th percentile).

Posting a 1.85 K/BB rate since the start of last season, Dominic Smith has demonstrated impressive plate discipline, placing in the 82nd percentile.

Hitting from the opposite that Kutter Crawford throws from, Anthony Rizzo will have an advantage in today’s matchup.

Anthony Rizzo pulls a lot of his flyballs (34.2% — 80th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards MLB’s 3rd-shallowest RF fences today.

Despite posting a .276 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Anthony Rizzo has been unlucky given the .037 disparity between that mark and his estimated true talent wOBA of .313.

Anthony Rizzo is in the 89th percentile when it comes to hitting balls between -4° and 26°, the launch angle range that tends to optimize base hits (47.5% rate since the start of last season).

The standard deviation of Anthony Rizzo’s launch angle since the start of last season (24.9°) is in the 94th percentile. A low deviation like this tends to lead to a higher rate of hits on balls in play.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Gleyber Torres in the 88th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability.

Gleyber Torres has an 88th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.9%) and will have a big advantage hitting them out towards the game’s 3rd-shallowest RF fences today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Gleyber Torres’s true offensive skill to be a .329, providing some evidence that he has been unlucky this year given the .038 deviation between that mark and his actual .291 wOBA.

Using Statcast metrics, Gleyber Torres is in the 90th percentile via the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average since the start of last season at .288.

Gleyber Torres ranks in the 82nd percentile when it comes to hitting balls between 23° and 34°, the launch angle range that tends to best-produce home runs (18% rate since the start of last season).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ceddanne Rafaela in the 83rd percentile when assessing his BABIP talent.

Fenway Park projects as the #2 venue in the majors for run-scoring, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Ceddanne Rafaela hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (38.1% — 79th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting towards baseball’s 3rd-shallowest CF fences in today’s matchup.

The New York Yankees outfield defense profiles as the 3rd-weakest among every team today.

Ceddanne Rafaela will hold the home field advantage today, which figures to improve all of his stats.

Giancarlo Stanton projects as the 5th-best home run hitter in MLB, per the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Giancarlo Stanton is projected to hit 5th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Giancarlo Stanton has experienced some negative variance in regards to his batting average this year; his .233 BA is considerably lower than his .234 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

DJ LeMahieu has a 99th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (42.8%) and will have a big advantage hitting them out towards the game’s 3rd-shallowest RF fences today.

Extreme groundball bats like DJ LeMahieu usually hit better against extreme flyball pitchers like Kutter Crawford.

With a 1.95 K/BB rate since the start of last season, DJ LeMahieu has displayed strong plate discipline, checking in at the 78th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Masataka Yoshida in the 96th percentile as it relates to his batting average talent.

Masataka Yoshida is projected to bat 5th on the lineup card in this game.

Batting from the opposite that Marcus Stroman throws from, Masataka Yoshida will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

Masataka Yoshida has an 82nd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.4%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them out towards the league’s shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

Recording 94.4 adjusted pitches per GS this year on average, Marcus Stroman checks in at the 85th percentile.

The Boston Red Sox have 3 hitters in their projected offense today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (David Hamilton, Tyler O’Neill, Connor Wong).

Dan Bellino grades out as a Pitchers Umpire and is anticipated to be umping in this game.

Projected catcher Austin Wells projects as a good pitch framer, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Enmanuel Valdez will have the handedness advantage against Marcus Stroman today.

Enmanuel Valdez hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38% — 76th percentile) and is fortunate to face baseball’s 3rd-shallowest CF fences in today’s game.

Enmanuel Valdez will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which ought to boost all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alex Verdugo in the 95th percentile when estimating his batting average ability.

Alex Verdugo is projected to hit 4th in the lineup in today’s game.

Alex Verdugo will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Kutter Crawford in today’s game.

Alex Verdugo has an 85th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.2%) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league’s shallowest LF fences today.

Utilizing Statcast data, Alex Verdugo ranks in the 75th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average since the start of last season at .268.

Jarren Duran’s BABIP ability is projected in the 97th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Jarren Duran is projected to bat 1st in the batting order today.

Batting from the opposite that Marcus Stroman throws from, Jarren Duran will have an advantage in today’s matchup.

Jarren Duran has a 96th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (39.6%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them out towards baseball’s shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Giancarlo Stanton in the 89th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability.

Giancarlo Stanton’s 15.8% Barrel% (a reliable standard to measure power) is in the 95th percentile since the start of last season.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jarren Duran in the 82nd percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

Home field advantage generally boosts batter metrics in all categories, and Jarren Duran will hold that advantage today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tyler O’Neill in the 96th percentile when it comes to his home run skill.

Tyler O’Neill is penciled in 3rd on the lineup card in this game.

Tyler O’Neill has a ton of pop (96th percentile) if he makes contact, but that’s always far from assured (29.5% K%). Today, however, opposing pitcher Marcus Stroman has a pitch-to-contact profile (13th percentile K%) — great news for O’Neill.

Tyler O’Neill pulls many of his flyballs (33.3% — 75th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the league’s shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Sporting a 27.100 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 , Enmanuel Valdez is ranked in the 84th percentile for power.

Enmanuel Valdez’s 10.5% Barrel% (a reliable stat to evaluate power) ranks in the 76th percentile since the start of last season.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Anthony Volpe in the 75th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive ability.

Anthony Volpe is projected to bat 1st in the batting order in this game.

Anthony Volpe has an 84th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.9%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them out towards the league’s 3rd-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

Anthony Volpe has had bad variance on his side thus far when it comes to his home runs this year; his 11.2 HR per 600 plate appearances rate is a fair amount lower than his 13.8 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Based on Statcast data, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected wOBA (.302) may lead us to conclude that Giancarlo Stanton has had some very good luck this year with his .330 actual wOBA.

DJ LeMahieu’s quickness has gotten better this year. His 25.62 ft/sec Statcast Sprint Speed last year sits at 26.34 ft/sec now.

David Hamilton has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this season (91% of the time), but he is penciled in 2nd in the batting order in today’s game.

David Hamilton will hold the platoon advantage against Marcus Stroman in today’s matchup.

David Hamilton has an 84th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.9%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them in the direction of the game’s shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Rafael Devers ranks as the 15th-best batter in baseball.

Rafael Devers is penciled in 4th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Rafael Devers will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Marcus Stroman in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Connor Wong in the 78th percentile when estimating his BABIP ability.

Home field advantage generally improves batter metrics in all categories, and Connor Wong will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s appraisal, Kutter Crawford’s overall pitching talent is in the 80th percentile out of all starting pitchers in baseball right now.

Kutter Crawford has averaged 17.2 outs per game per started this year, grading out in the 80th percentile.

The New York Yankees have been the 6th-luckiest offense in the league this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to hit worse going forward, The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Anthony Volpe in the 79th percentile when assessing his BABIP talent.

Ceddanne Rafaela is very toolsy, grading out in the 92nd percentile in Sprint Speed at 29 ft/sec this year.

Rafael Devers will hold the home field advantage today, which figures to improve all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Connor Wong in the 75th percentile when estimating his home run talent.

Connor Wong has been hot in recent games, hitting his way to a .367 wOBA in the last two weeks’ worth of games.

Since the start of last season, the hardest ball Connor Wong has made contact with reached a maximum exit velocity of 113.6 mph (an advanced standard to study power), grading out in the 79th percentile.

Tyler O’Neill will benefit from the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats.

David Hamilton will hold the home field advantage today, which should boost all of his stats.

Gleyber Torres has posted a .358 Expected wOBA (xwOBA) since the start of last season, checking in at the 88th percentile for hitting ability according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Anthony Rizzo’s 17.3° launch angle (a reliable stat to assess a batter’s ability to lift the ball for power) is among the highest in the game: 86th percentile.

As it relates to his strikeout talent, the leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Kutter Crawford in the 82nd percentile among all SPs in the league.

Kutter Crawford will possess the home field advantage in today’s game, which ought to boost all of his stats across the board.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alex Verdugo in the 82nd percentile when assessing his overall offensive skill.

With a 1.79 K/BB rate this year, Alex Verdugo has displayed impressive plate discipline, placing in the 83rd percentile.

DJ LeMahieu’s batting average skill is projected to be in the 78th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

DJ LeMahieu has been unlucky in regards to his batting average since the start of last season; his .239 BA is considerably lower than his .257 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Anthony Volpe has had positive variance on his side thus far when it comes to with his wOBA this year; his .325 rate is inflated compared to his .294 Expected wOBA, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

The standard deviation of Anthony Volpe’s launch angle since the start of last season (25.2°) is in the 93rd percentile. A low mark like this tends to lead to a higher BABIP.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tyler O’Neill in the 87th percentile when assessing his overall offensive talent.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Masataka Yoshida in the 87th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive skill.

Masataka Yoshida will benefit from the home field advantage today, which should improve all of his stats.

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Built just 16 feet above sea level, Fenway Park has one of the lowest altitudes in the majors, which generally leads to worse offense.

In terms of temperature and humidity, the weather forecast predicts the 3rd-most suitable pitching conditions of all games on the slate.

Kutter Crawford will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Aaron Judge in today’s matchup.

Typically, bats like Aaron Judge who hit a lot of groundballs usually hit worse when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of groundballs such as Kutter Crawford.

Aaron Judge will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s matchup.

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

Juan Soto has been lucky this year, compiling a .432 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .395 — a .037 disparity.

Juan Soto’s 6.6° launch angle (an advanced metric to measure a hitter’s ability to lift the ball for power) is one of the lowest in baseball: 11th percentile.

Dominic Smith is projected to bat 8th in the lineup in today’s game.

The league’s 2nd-tallest fences can be found at Fenway Park.

Dominic Smith’s 86.3-mph average exit velocity is among the worst in MLB since the start of last season: 8th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Anthony Rizzo in the 5th percentile when estimating his BABIP ability.

Anthony Rizzo is projected to bat 6th in the batting order in this game.

Playing on the road typically lessens batter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Anthony Rizzo in today’s matchup.

Gleyber Torres is penciled in 7th in the batting order in this matchup.

Hitting from the same side that Kutter Crawford throws from, Gleyber Torres faces a tough challenge today.

Playing on the road typically reduces hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Gleyber Torres in today’s game.

Ceddanne Rafaela is projected to hit 9th on the lineup card in this matchup.

Marcus Stroman will have the handedness advantage against Ceddanne Rafaela in today’s matchup.

Kutter Crawford will hold the platoon advantage against Giancarlo Stanton in today’s game.

Playing on the road generally reduces batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Giancarlo Stanton in today’s matchup.

Giancarlo Stanton grades out in the 1st percentile when it comes to hitting balls between -4° and 26°, the launch angle range that tends to optimize base hits (32.7% rate since the start of last season).

When estimating his home run ability, DJ LeMahieu ranks in the 15th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

DJ LeMahieu is projected to hit 9th in the batting order in today’s game.

Extreme groundball bats like Masataka Yoshida tend to perform worse against extreme groundball pitchers like Marcus Stroman.

When it comes to his batting average, Masataka Yoshida has experienced some positive variance since the start of last season. His .287 BA has been a good deal higher than the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected Batting Average (xBA) at .271.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Marcus Stroman in the 22nd percentile as it relates to his strikeout ability.

Fenway Park grades out as the #25 park in the majors for strikeouts, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The Boston Red Sox have 6 batters in the projected lineup that will hold the platoon advantage against Marcus Stroman in this game.

Marcus Stroman will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s matchup.

Marcus Stroman struggled when it came to striking hitters out in his last game started and put up 1 Ks.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Enmanuel Valdez in the 15th percentile as it relates to his BABIP ability.

Enmanuel Valdez is projected to bat 7th in the lineup today.

Alex Verdugo will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s matchup.

Alex Verdugo’s 5% Barrel% (an advanced metric to evaluate power) is in the 21st percentile since the start of last season.

Alex Verdugo’s 89.9-mph exit velocity on flyballs (an advanced stat to assess power) is in the 16th percentile since the start of last season.

Posting a .279 Expected wOBA (or xwOBA, an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) this year, Jarren Duran grades out in the 14th percentile for hitting ability.

Jarren Duran’s 5.3% Barrel% (an advanced stat to measure power) is in the 23rd percentile since the start of last season.

Hitting from the same side that Marcus Stroman throws from, Tyler O’Neill meets a tough challenge in today’s game.

This season, there has been a decline in Tyler O’Neill’s footspeed with his Statcast Sprint Speed dropping from 28.51 ft/sec last year to 27.32 ft/sec currently.

When estimating his overall offensive talent, Ceddanne Rafaela ranks in the 25th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

By putting up a 5.03 K/BB rate since the start of last season, Enmanuel Valdez has displayed weak plate discipline, placing in the 20th percentile.

Hitting from the same side that Kutter Crawford throws from, Anthony Volpe will be at a disadvantage in today’s game.

Anthony Volpe will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s game.

Giancarlo Stanton is in the 4th percentile when it comes to hitting balls between 23° and 34°, the launch angle range that tends to best-produce home runs (11% rate since the start of last season).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects David Hamilton in the 17th percentile when assessing his batting average talent.

David Hamilton has had positive variance on his side thus far when it comes to his home runs since the start of last season; his 13.4 HR per 600 plate appearances mark is a good deal higher than his 0.0 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Despite posting a .390 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Rafael Devers has experienced some positive variance given the .031 disparity between that figure and his estimated true talent wOBA of .359.

Rafael Devers is in the 14th percentile when it comes to hitting balls between -4° and 26°, the launch angle range that tends to best-produce base hits (38.5% rate since the start of last season).

Connor Wong has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this season (67% of the time), but he is projected to hit 6th in the lineup in today’s game.

Marcus Stroman will hold the platoon advantage over Connor Wong today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Connor Wong’s true offensive talent to be a .304, indicating that he has had positive variance on his side this year given the .063 disparity between that figure and his actual .367 wOBA.

The 2nd-best projected offense of all teams on the slate in terms of overall hitting skill is that of the New York Yankees.

Projected catcher Connor Wong profiles as a weak pitch framer, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Fenway Park profiles as the #2 field in Major League Baseball for batting average, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Among all major league stadiums, Fenway Park’s LF dimensions are the shallowest.

New York Yankees bats jointly grade out 4th- in the majors for power since the start of last season when assessing with their 9.3% Barrel%.

Jarren Duran has been lucky this year, posting a .345 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .321 — a .024 deviation.

Utilizing Statcast data, Alex Verdugo is in the 15th percentile for power per the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances since the start of last season at 11.500.

Ceddanne Rafaela has been cold of late, posting a .264 wOBA over the past 14 days.

The Boston Red Sox have been the 4th-luckiest offense in Major League Baseball this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to perform worse going forward, Tyler O’Neill has been lucky this year, posting a .364 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .327 — a .037 deviation.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates David Hamilton’s true offensive ability to be a .281, suggesting that he has been lucky this year given the .066 deviation between that figure and his actual .347 wOBA.

By putting up a .119 Expected Batting Average (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) based on Statcast data) since the start of last season , David Hamilton is positioned in the 1st percentile.

Kutter Crawford will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against DJ LeMahieu in today’s matchup.

DJ LeMahieu will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

Grading out in the 14th percentile for Sprint Speed at 25.61 ft/sec this year, Dominic Smith is not very toolsy.

Anthony Volpe’s maximum exit velocity (an advanced metric to study power) has been 108.7 mph since the start of last season, placing in the 14th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects David Hamilton in the 19th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive skill.

Masataka Yoshida’s 4° launch angle (an advanced standard to assess a hitter’s ability to lift the ball for power) is among the lowest in the game: 4th percentile.

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