Angels @ Astros Matchup Details

Positives for the Los Angeles Angels Game Today

Jose Altuve is projected to hit 5th in the lineup in this matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks Minute Maid Park as the 7th-best ballpark in baseball for right-handed home runs.

,Jose Altuve pulls many of his flyballs (41.2% — 98th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards MLB’s 2nd-shallowest LF fences today.

,Jose Altuve will hold the home field advantage in today’s game, which should bolster all of his stats.

,Jose Altuve’s launch angle of late (38.7° in the past 7 days) is quite a bit better than his 9.2° seasonal angle.

,When assessing his home run ability, Zach Neto ranks in the 89th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Zach Neto is penciled in 4th on the lineup card in this matchup.

,Zach Neto pulls a lot of his flyballs (38% — 94th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards baseball’s 2nd-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

,Zach Neto’s launch angle this season (23.2°) is considerably higher than his 17.7° mark last year.

,Zach Neto’s launch angle recently (35.2° over the last 14 days) is quite a bit higher than his 23.2° seasonal angle.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Christian Walker in the 91st percentile when assessing his home run skill.

,Minute Maid Park has the 2nd-shallowest left field dimensions among all major league stadiums.

,Out of all the teams today, the 4th-weakest infield defense is that of the the Los Angeles Angels.

,Home field advantage typically improves hitter metrics across the board, and Christian Walker will hold that advantage today.

,Christian Walker has seen a big gain in his exit velocity on flyballs in recent games; just compare his 97.8-mph average in the past week to his seasonal mark of 92-mph.

,Moises Ballesteros is projected to hit 5th in the lineup in today’s game.

,Homers are generally more common at fields with shallow fences, and Minute Maid Park has the 2nd-shallowest among all major league stadiums.

,Moises Ballesteros will hold the platoon advantage against Cristian Javier today.

,Moises Ballesteros has compiled a .333 Expected wOBA (xwOBA) since the start of last season, placing in the 80th percentile for hitting ability according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,In notching a .285 Expected Batting Average (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) since the start of last season , Moises Ballesteros has performed in the 93rd percentile.

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Mike Trout ranks as the 7th-best batter in the majors.

,Mike Trout is penciled in 2nd in the lineup today.

,In the past 14 days, Mike Trout’s exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 95.1-mph over the course of the season to 97.2-mph of late.

,Mike Trout’s ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has increased of late, increasing from 44.8% on the season to 56.3% in the last week’s worth of games.

,Nolan Schanuel is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this game.

,The #7 venue in baseball for boosting home runs to left-handed hitters, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Minute Maid Park.

,Nolan Schanuel will have the handedness advantage over Cristian Javier today.

,In terms of plate discipline, Nolan Schanuel’s skill is quite impressive, posting a 1.3 K/BB rate this year while checking in at in the 94th percentile.

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Yordan Alvarez ranks as the 2nd-best hitter in the game.

,Yordan Alvarez is projected to hit 2nd in the lineup today.

,Yordan Alvarez will have the handedness advantage against George Klassen today.

,Daulton Varsho is projected to bat 4th in the batting order in today’s game.

,Hitting from the opposite that George Klassen throws from, Daulton Varsho will have an advantage in today’s game.

,Daulton Varsho will hold the home field advantage in today’s game, which ought to boost all of his stats.

,Daulton Varsho has been hot lately, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 86.7-mph to 95.6-mph in the past week’s worth of games.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Yainer Diaz in the 93rd percentile as it relates to his batting average talent.

,Home field advantage typically bolsters batter stats across the board, and Yainer Diaz will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

,Utilizing Statcast metrics, Yainer Diaz is in the 78th percentile via the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average since the start of last season at .272.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jeremy Pena as the 18th-best hitter in the majors when estimating his batting average skill.

,Jeremy Pena is projected to bat 1st on the lineup card in this game.

,Jeremy Pena pulls many of his flyballs (34.5% — 79th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards the game’s 2nd-shallowest LF fences today.

,Jeremy Pena will benefit from the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats.

,With a .276 Expected Batting Average (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) since the start of last season , Nolan Schanuel finds himself in the 82nd percentile.

,Grading out in the 94th percentile, Nolan Schanuel has put up a .289 batting average this year.

,Hitting from the opposite that George Klassen throws from, Taylor Trammell will have the upper hand in today’s game.

,Taylor Trammell will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which figures to improve all of his stats.

,Taylor Trammell has made notable gains with his Barrel% lately, improving his 12.7% seasonal rate to 22.2% over the last 14 days.

,Taylor Trammell has seen a substantial improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs lately; just compare his 101.1-mph average over the past 14 days to his seasonal average of 93.7-mph.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Cam Smith in the 85th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive skill.

,Home field advantage typically bolsters batter stats across the board, and Cam Smith will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

,Over the last 14 days, Cam Smith has improved his Barrel% substantially, increasing it from his seasonal rate of 11.8% to 19%.

,Despite posting a .299 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Cam Smith has been unlucky given the .025 disparity between that mark and his estimated true talent wOBA of .324.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Josh Lowe in the 78th percentile as it relates to his BABIP talent.

,Josh Lowe will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Cristian Javier in today’s game.

,Josh Lowe has an 80th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (33.9%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them in the direction of baseball’s 2nd-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

,Josh Lowe has seen a sizeable improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs lately; just compare his 107-mph average over the last week to his seasonal EV of 93.1-mph.

,Josh Lowe’s ability to hit the ball at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has gotten better in recent games, rising from 35.6% on the season to 64.3% over the past 14 days.

,Isaac Paredes is penciled in 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup.

,Isaac Paredes pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (46.1% — 100th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards the game’s 2nd-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

,Home field advantage generally bolsters hitter metrics in all categories, and Isaac Paredes will hold that advantage today.

,Ranking in the 82nd percentile, Isaac Paredes sits with a .347 wOBA (widely regarded as the top measure of overall offense) this year.

,Jose Altuve’s batting average talent is projected to be in the 83rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,When it comes to his home run ability, Daulton Varsho ranks in the 76th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Zach Neto in the 84th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive skill.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Nolan Schanuel in the 93rd percentile when assessing his batting average ability.

,The Los Angeles Angels have been the 7th-luckiest offense in baseball this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to negatively regress in future games,Minute Maid Park ranks as the #26 stadium in the league for batting average, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Cristian Javier will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which should improve all of his metrics in all categories.

,Wade Meckler is projected to hit 1st on the lineup card in this matchup.

,Wade Meckler will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Cristian Javier in today’s game.

,Hitters such as Wade Meckler with extreme groundball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like Cristian Javier who skew towards the flyball end of the spectrum.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Wade Meckler as the 8th-best hitter in the league when it comes to his BABIP talent.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Cam Smith in the 88th percentile as it relates to his BABIP skill.

,The #1 park in Major League Baseball for boosting strikeouts, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Minute Maid Park.

,With 6 hitters of the same handedness in the opposing team’s projected offense, George Klassen ought to benefit from having the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in this game.

,George Klassen’s 95.7-mph fastball velocity this year grades out in the 86th percentile among all starting pitchers.

,Josh Lowe’s launch angle this season (18.7°) is quite a bit higher than his 9.4° figure last season.

,George Klassen was rolling in his last GS and allowed 2 ER.

,As it relates to his home run ability, Taylor Trammell ranks in the 79th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,In his previous game started, Cristian Javier allowed a staggering 6 earned runs.

,The Houston Astros collectively rank 2nd- overall in baseball this year as it relates to the maximum exit velocity of all of the balls their [HITTER}s have hit.

,With a 0.65 discrepancy between Cristian Javier’s 6.96 K/9 and his 7.61 estimated true talent K/9 (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the least fortunate pitchers in baseball this year when it comes to strikeouts and ought to perform better the rest of the season.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jeremy Pena in the 90th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive ability.

,When it comes to his overall offensive talent, Isaac Paredes ranks in the 77th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Negatives with the Houston Astros Game Today

Among all parks, the 3rd-tallest fences are at Minute Maid Park.

,Built just 20 feet above sea level, Minute Maid Park has one of the lowest altitudes among all parks, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to lower offensive output.

,The Minute Maid Park roof projects to be closed today, making conditions in this contest -7° colder than the average outdoor game on the schedule today — favorable for pitching.

,George Klassen will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Jose Altuve in today’s matchup.

,In the last 7 days, Jose Altuve’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 5.2% down to 0%.

,The #3 field in the league for suppressing batting average to right-handed hitters, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Minute Maid Park.

,Cristian Javier will hold the platoon advantage against Zach Neto today.

,Christian Walker has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this season (89% of the time), but he is penciled in 6th on the lineup card in today’s game.

,George Klassen will have the handedness advantage over Christian Walker in today’s matchup.

,Moises Ballesteros has been pinch hit for 39% of the time when starting against a northpaw this year.

,The #3 venue in the league for suppressing batting average to LHB, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Minute Maid Park.

,Moises Ballesteros will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s matchup.

,When estimating his overall offensive talent, Tyler Heineman ranks in the 2nd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Tyler Heineman is penciled in 9th in the batting order in this matchup.

,When starting against a right-handed starter this year, Tyler Heineman has been lifted for a pinch-hitter 19% of the time.

,Cristian Javier will have the handedness advantage against Mike Trout today.

,Extreme groundball hitters like Mike Trout tend to perform worse against extreme groundball pitchers like Cristian Javier.

,When assessing his home run ability, Nolan Schanuel ranks in the 7th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Nolan Schanuel pulls a lot of his flyballs (34.1% — 77th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the game’s 9th-deepest RF fences today.

,Yordan Alvarez’s launch angle in recent games (11° over the last week) is quite a bit lower than his 19.2° seasonal figure.

,Yordan Alvarez has been lucky this year, notching a .436 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .411 — a .025 deviation.

,Over the past two weeks, Christian Walker’s 10% rate of hitting balls at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has taken a nosedive compared to his seasonal rate of 15.3%.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Daulton Varsho in the 6th percentile when assessing his BABIP talent.

,Yainer Diaz is projected to hit 9th on the lineup card in this game.

,George Klassen will hold the platoon advantage against Jeremy Pena today.

,Jeremy Pena has struggled with his Barrel% recently; his 5.2% seasonal rate has fallen to 0% in the past two weeks’ worth of games.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Denzer Guzman in the 25th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive talent.

,Denzer Guzman is penciled in 7th on the lineup card in this game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Taylor Trammell in the 9th percentile when estimating his batting average skill.

,Taylor Trammell is projected to bat 7th in the lineup today.

,When starting against a right-handed pitcher this year, Taylor Trammell has been replaced by a pinch-hitter 21% of the time.

,Cam Smith is projected to bat 8th in the batting order today.

,Batting from the same side that George Klassen throws from, Cam Smith encounters a tough challenge in today’s matchup.

,Playing on the road generally lessens hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Mike Trout in today’s game.

,Josh Lowe is projected to bat 6th on the lineup card in today’s game.

,Josh Lowe has been replaced by a pinch-hitter 24% of the time when starting against a northpaw this year.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Isaac Paredes in the 2nd percentile as it relates to his BABIP talent.

,Daulton Varsho pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (38.3% — 95th percentile) but may find it hard to clear MLB’s 9th-deepest RF fences today.

,Daulton Varsho has negatively regressed with his Barrel% lately; his 6.2% seasonal rate has decreased to 0% in the last week.

,Hitting from the same side that George Klassen throws from, Yainer Diaz will be at a disadvantage in today’s game.

,Playing on the road generally reduces hitter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Zach Neto in today’s game.

,George Klassen will hold the platoon advantage against Isaac Paredes in today’s game.

,Playing on the road typically weakens hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Nolan Schanuel in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Cristian Javier in the 16th percentile as it relates to his overall pitching abilities.

,Cristian Javier has recorded 11.7 outs per outing this year, grading out in the 10th percentile.

,Projected catcher Yainer Diaz projects as a weak pitch framer, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,The Los Angeles Angels have 6 batters in the projected batting order that will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Cristian Javier in today’s game.

,When estimating his home run ability, Wade Meckler ranks in the 2nd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,20% of the time that Wade Meckler has started against a right-handed pitcher this year, he has been lifted for a pinch-hitter.

,Wade Meckler will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Christian Walker in the 13th percentile when it comes to his BABIP ability.

,Over the past 7 days, Moises Ballesteros’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 8.6% down to 0%.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects George Klassen to throw 84 pitches today (10th-least on the slate), considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup.

,The Houston Astros (20.5 K% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT X) are forecasted to have the 5th-least strikeout-prone group of hitters on the slate.

,Playing on the road typically weakens pitcher stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for George Klassen in today’s game.

,The Houston Astros projected lineup profiles as the 2nd-best on the slate in terms of overall offensive ability.

,In his previous outing, Cristian Javier wasn’t on when it came to striking batters out and only managed to tally 1 Ks.

,Cristian Javier’s fastball spin rate has fallen 153 rpm this season (2201 rpm) below where it was last season (2354 rpm).

,Cristian Javier’s high utilization rate of his fastball (52.3% this year) is likely dampening his results, consider they are generally much less effective than breaking or off-speed pitches.

,Isaac Paredes has struggled with his Barrel% lately; his 5.2% seasonal rate has fallen off to 0% over the last 14 days.

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