Angels @ Athletics Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Positives for the Los Angeles Angels Game Today

Darell Hernaiz has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (93% of the time), but he is projected to bat 5th in the lineup in this game.

The #9 field in MLB for boosting offensive stats, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Sutter Health Park.

Sutter Health Park has the 4th-lowest average fence height in the majors.

The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 12.5-mph in this contest, the 2nd-strongest of the day for batters.

Darell Hernaiz will have the handedness advantage over Tyler Anderson in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Darell Hernaiz in the 84th percentile as it relates to his batting average skill.

Home field advantage typically improves hitter metrics across the board, and Darell Hernaiz will hold that advantage in today’s game.

When estimating his overall offensive skill, Zach Neto ranks in the 88th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Zach Neto is projected to bat 1st in the batting order in this matchup.

Zach Neto has made notable improvements with his Barrel%, improving his 8.5% rate last year to 13.8% this season.

The Athletics outfield defense profiles as the 2nd-weakest out of all the teams playing today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Nolan Schanuel in the 92nd percentile when estimating his batting average talent.

Nolan Schanuel is penciled in 2nd in the lineup today.

Batting from the opposite that Luis Morales throws from, Nolan Schanuel will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

Nolan Schanuel’s average launch angle on his hardest-hit balls this season (17.7°) is a considerable increase over his 13° mark last year.

Colby Thomas has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this year (55% of the time), but he is projected to hit 4th in the lineup in this game.

Colby Thomas will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Tyler Anderson in today’s game.

Home field advantage typically improves hitter metrics in all categories, and Colby Thomas will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

Over the past 14 days, Colby Thomas has posted a 26.3° launch angle, lifting the ball well and indicating strong home run potential.

Nicholas Kurtz projects as the 14th-best home run batter in the game, per the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Nicholas Kurtz is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in today’s game.

When it comes to his overall offensive talent, Nicholas Kurtz ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Home field advantage typically bolsters hitter stats in all categories, and Nicholas Kurtz will hold that advantage today.

In the last 14 days, Nicholas Kurtz’s 59.3% rate of hitting balls at a BABIP-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 49%.

It may be smart to expect better results for the Los Angeles Angels offense in future games, given that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) sees them as the 9th-unluckiest offense in the majors this year.

It is anticipated that we will see a Huge Hitters Umpire (Lance Barksdale) behind the plate in today’s game.

The #7 field in MLB for boosting walks, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Sutter Health Park.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), the team with the most strikeout-heavy lineup in today’s games is the Los Angeles Angels with a 26.6% underlying K%.

Mike Trout projects as the 14th-best batter in baseball, per the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Mike Trout is penciled in 3rd on the lineup card in today’s game.

When it comes to his batting average, Mike Trout has been unlucky this year. His .238 figure falls considerably below the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected Batting Average (xBA) at .255.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Mike Trout as Major League Baseball’s 9th-best home run hitter.

By putting up a .357 Expected wOBA (or xwOBA, an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) based on Statcast data) this year, Mike Trout finds himself in the 89th percentile for offensive ability.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Taylor Ward in the 94th percentile when assessing his overall offensive ability.

Taylor Ward is penciled in 4th on the lineup card in today’s game.

In the last week, Taylor Ward’s Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 15.4% up to 26.7%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jo Adell in the 96th percentile as it relates to his home run ability.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jo Adell in the 85th percentile when assessing his overall offensive ability.

Jo Adell has seen a sizeable increase in his exit velocity recently; just compare his 93.8-mph average over the last two weeks to his seasonal 91.2-mph mark.

This season, Jo Adell has experienced a significant gain in his exit velocity on flyballs, now sitting at an average of 97.5 mph compared to last year’s 94.1 mph mark.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT), Logan O’Hoppe (the Angels’s expected catcher in today’s matchup) is considered to be a weak pitch framer.

The Athletics (24.7% K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) are forecasted to have the 4th-most strikeout-heavy set of batters of all teams today.

Brent Rooker projects as the 13th-best batter in the game, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Brent Rooker is projected to bat 2nd on the lineup card today.

Brent Rooker will hold the platoon advantage against Tyler Anderson today.

Brent Rooker will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

As it relates to his overall offensive ability, Yoan Moncada ranks in the 83rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Yoan Moncada is projected to bat 5th in the lineup in this matchup.

The switch-hitting Yoan Moncada will hold the platoon advantage while batting from from his better side (0) today against Luis Morales.

Hitting from the opposite that Tyler Anderson throws from, Luis Urias will have an advantage in today’s matchup.

Luis Urias will possess the home field advantage today, which figures to improve all of his stats.

Luis Urias has seen a substantial increase in his exit velocity on flyballs of late; just compare his 93.8-mph average in the past week to his seasonal average of 91.2-mph.

When it comes to plate discipline, Luis Urias’s talent is quite strong, sporting a 1.38 K/BB rate this year while placing in in the 92nd percentile.

Willie MacIver will hold the platoon advantage over Tyler Anderson in today’s game.

Home field advantage generally bolsters batter stats in all categories, and Willie MacIver will hold that advantage today.

When assessing his overall offensive ability, Shea Langeliers ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Shea Langeliers is projected to bat 1st in the lineup in today’s game.

Shea Langeliers will hold the platoon advantage against Tyler Anderson in today’s matchup.

Shea Langeliers will benefit from the home field advantage today, which ought to boost all of his stats.

As it relates to his home run skill, Shea Langeliers ranks in the 96th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Logan O’Hoppe in the 94th percentile when estimating his home run talent.

Logan O’Hoppe has seen a big increase in his exit velocity on flyballs this season; just compare his 97.2-mph average to last year’s 94.6-mph figure.

Last year, Logan O’Hoppe had an average launch angle of 16° on his highest exit velocity balls, while this year it has significantly increased to 20.9°.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Logan O’Hoppe in the 82nd percentile when assessing his overall offensive ability.

Negatives with the Athletics Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Darell Hernaiz in the 8th percentile when assessing his home run ability.

32% of the time that Darell Hernaiz has started against a lefty on the mound since the start of last season, he has been lifted for a pinch-hitter.

Darell Hernaiz hits many of his flyballs to center field (40% — 97th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards the league’s 11th-deepest CF fences in today’s matchup.

Darell Hernaiz has been cold in recent games, putting up a 0% Barrel% (an advanced standard to evaluate power) over the last 7 days.

Over the past two weeks, Darell Hernaiz has not been doing well in optimizing the launch angle on his hardest hit balls to generate power, managing a mere a 2.8° angle.

Darell Hernaiz and his 0.2° launch angle on his hardest-contacted balls rank in 4th percentile, among the lowest in Major League Baseball since the start of last season.

Hitting from the same side that Luis Morales throws from, Zach Neto will be in a tough position in today’s matchup.

Today, Zach Neto is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the pull field at a 36% rate (92nd percentile).

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

In terms of plate discipline, Zach Neto’s skill is quite bad, sporting a 4.1 K/BB rate this year while grading out in in the 16th percentile.

Long-balls are generally less common at venues with deep fences, and Sutter Health Park has the 9th-deepest in MLB.

Nolan Schanuel will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s matchup.

Nolan Schanuel has taken a step back with his Barrel% recently; his 5% seasonal rate has fallen off to 0% in the last 14 days.

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

Sporting a 12.500 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 , Nolan Schanuel grades out in the 23rd percentile for power.

Colby Thomas’s batting average skill is projected to be in the 19th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

In MLB, Sutter Health Park’s left field dimensions are the 6th-deepest.

In the past 7 days, Colby Thomas has failed to produce much power, posting a mere a 0% Barrel% (an advanced metric to study power).

In the last week, Colby Thomas has been exhibiting poor exit velocity numbers, with an average of only 83.8-mph on his flyballs.

As it relates to his overall offensive ability, Colby Thomas ranks in the 20th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Hitting from the same side that Tyler Anderson throws from, Nicholas Kurtz will not have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

Today, Nicholas Kurtz is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the opposite field at a 35.2% rate (86th percentile).

Nicholas Kurtz has struggled with his Barrel% in recent games; his 18.8% seasonal rate has decreased to 3.7% in the last two weeks.

Nicholas Kurtz’s exit velocity on flyballs has declined in recent games; his 97.5-mph seasonal EV has lowered to 85.1-mph over the past two weeks.

Nicholas Kurtz has been lucky this year, posting a .419 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .343 — a .076 difference.

Nicholas Kurtz’s launch angle lately (6.2° in the past two weeks) is quite a bit lower than his 15.1° seasonal mark.

Luis Morales will hold the platoon advantage against 7 opposing hitters in this matchup.

Luis Morales will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which figures to boost all of his metrics in all categories.

Luis Morales was firing on all cylinders in his previous game started and allowed 0 ER.

Out of all starting pitchers, Luis Morales’s fastball spin rate of 2484 rpm is in the 90th percentile this year.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) expects Luis Morales to be on a bit of a short leash today, projecting a maximum of 84 pitches.

Batting from the same side that Luis Morales throws from, Mike Trout has a tough challenge in today’s matchup.

Playing on the road typically reduces batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Mike Trout in today’s game.

In the past week, Mike Trout’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 15.5% down to 0%.

Over the past 7 days, Mike Trout’s exit velocity on flyballs has decreased from his seasonal mark of 97.6 mph to 90 mph.

Hitting from the same side that Luis Morales throws from, Taylor Ward will have a tough matchup in today’s game.

Taylor Ward will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

As it relates to his home runs, Taylor Ward has had positive variance on his side this year. His 33.9 HR per 600 plate appearances mark has been considerably higher than the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected HR/600 at 26.8.

Taylor Ward has recorded a .268 BABIP this year, grading out in the 20th percentile.

Jo Adell is penciled in 6th in the batting order in this game.

Hitting from the same side that Luis Morales throws from, Jo Adell encounters a tough challenge in today’s matchup.

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

Jo Adell’s ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has declined lately, falling from 42.1% on the season to 29% in the last 14 days.

In terms of plate discipline, Jo Adell’s ability is quite bad, putting up a 3.8 K/BB rate this year while checking in at in the 19th percentile.

The Athletics have been the 5th-luckiest offense in baseball this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to perform worse the rest of the season,Tyler Anderson has a large reverse platoon split and should be helped facing 7 opposite-handed bats today.

Given that flyball batters face a disadvantage against flyball pitchers, Tyler Anderson (40.9% GB% via the leading projection system, THE BAT) is well-situated in this game with 2 FB hitters in the opposing team’s projected lineup.

Tyler Anderson’s high utilization percentage of his secondary pitches (57.8% this year) figures to work in his favor consider they are typically much more effective than fastballs.

Considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup, Tyler Anderson is projected to throw 81 pitches today by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) system, which is the 8th-least on the slate.

Playing on the road generally lessens pitcher metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Tyler Anderson today.

Brent Rooker pulls many of his flyballs (33.8% — 82nd percentile) and will have to hit them out towards the game’s 6th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Typically, hitters like Brent Rooker who hit a lot of flyballs tend to be less successful when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of flyballs such as Tyler Anderson.

Brent Rooker’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has dropped off in recent games, going from 16.3% on the season to 5.4% in the past two weeks.

Brent Rooker’s average launch angle on his hardest-hit balls this season (14.6°) is significantly lower than his 18.3° mark last season.

Yoan Moncada has been lifted for a pinch-hitter 22% of the time when starting against a right-handed starter this year.

Yoan Moncada will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s matchup.

Despite posting a .337 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Yoan Moncada has had some very good luck given the .010 gap between that mark and his estimated true talent wOBA of .327.

Luis Urias’s BABIP ability is projected in the 3rd percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Luis Urias is projected to hit 9th on the lineup card today.

This year, Luis Urias has been pulled from the game early in 27% of his appearances when starting against lefty hurler.

Luis Urias pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (36.7% — 94th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards the game’s 6th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Luis Urias’s ability to hit the ball at a base hit-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has declined recently, falling from 41.1% on the season to 14.3% in the last week.

In the last 14 days, Luis Urias has recorded a mere a 0% Barrel%, indicating a decline in power ability.

Luis Urias has been very fortunate when it comes to his home runs this year; his 15.2 HR per 600 plate appearances rate is quite a bit higher than his 11.5 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Willie MacIver in the 23rd percentile when it comes to his overall offensive ability.

Willie MacIver is projected to bat 7th on the lineup card in this matchup.

Shea Langeliers pulls many of his flyballs (35.3% — 90th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences today.

Shea Langeliers’s exit velocity on flyballs has declined lately; his 91.5-mph seasonal mark has dropped off to 89.4-mph in the past two weeks.

Shea Langeliers’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has decreased from last season to this one, falling from 17.2% to 14.2%.

Shea Langeliers has been lucky this year, posting a .364 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .342 — a .022 gap.

Based on Statcast data, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected HR per 600 plate appearances (27.0) provides evidence that Shea Langeliers has had positive variance on his side this year with his 38.4 actual HR/600.

Logan O’Hoppe is projected to hit 7th in the lineup in this matchup.

Luis Morales will hold the platoon advantage against Logan O’Hoppe in today’s matchup.

Logan O’Hoppe pulls many of his flyballs (33.7% — 81st percentile) and will have to hit them out towards the game’s 6th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Playing on the road generally lessens batter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Logan O’Hoppe in today’s game.

As it relates to plate discipline, Logan O’Hoppe’s skill is quite weak, posting a 6.01 K/BB rate this year while grading out in in the 3rd percentile.

Logan O’Hoppe has been cold in recent games, with his seasonal exit velocity of 91.7-mph dropping to 85.2-mph in the last two weeks.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Bryce Teodosio in the 3rd percentile when it comes to his overall offensive talent.

Bryce Teodosio is penciled in 9th in the lineup today.

34% of the time that Bryce Teodosio has started against a righty on the mound this year, he has been pulled from the game early.

Batting from the same side that Luis Morales throws from, Bryce Teodosio will be at a disadvantage in today’s matchup.

In today’s matchup, Bryce Teodosio is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 11th-deepest CF center field fences given that he hits his flyballs towards center field at a 38.3% rate (75th percentile).

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