Todays Game 2 Matchup Details

Player match stat positives for Los Angeles at Washington Game 2 Matchup Today

When estimating his overall offensive talent, Zach Neto ranks in the 87th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Zach Neto has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this season (92% of the time), but he is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order in this game.

The weather forecast predicts temperatures in this game to reach the 5th-highest level on the slate at 82°, which is highly linked to an increase in offense (and a reduction in strikeouts).

Batting from the opposite that Patrick Corbin throws from, Zach Neto will have an advantage in today’s game.

In the past 7 days, Zach Neto’s Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 9.3% up to 30.8%.

Alex Call is projected to hit 1st in the lineup in this matchup, which would be an upgrade from his 86% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this season.

Alex Call will possess the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which should bolster all of his stats.

Alex Call has been optimizing his launch angle on his hardest hit balls quite well lately, notching an 18.1° angle on such balls over the last 14 days.

In terms of plate discipline, Alex Call’s skill is quite good, sporting a 1.41 K/BB rate since the start of last season while placing in in the 95th percentile.

As it relates to his overall offensive skill, Anthony Rendon ranks in the 85th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Anthony Rendon will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Patrick Corbin today.

Anthony Rendon’s footspeed has gotten better this season. His 26.55 ft/sec Statcast Sprint Speed last season sits at 27.08 ft/sec now.

Anthony Rendon has been unlucky this year, notching a .268 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .326 — a .058 deviation.

Keibert Ruiz is projected to bat 4th on the lineup card in this game, which would be an upgrade from his 60% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this season.

The switch-hitting Keibert Ruiz will hold the platoon advantage while batting from from his strong side (0) today against Griffin Canning.

Keibert Ruiz pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (39.3% — 97th percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards the league’s 10th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

Keibert Ruiz will possess the home field advantage in today’s game, which figures to improve all of his stats.

Brandon Drury will hold the platoon advantage against Patrick Corbin in today’s game.

Brandon Drury has seen a significant increase in his exit velocity in recent games; just compare his 96-mph average in the past week’s worth of games to his seasonal 86.8-mph figure.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Brandon Drury’s true offensive ability to be a .300, suggesting that he has experienced some negative variance this year given the .099 disparity between that mark and his actual .201 wOBA.

Jacob Young has a 99th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (43.1%) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league’s 10th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

Home field advantage typically boosts hitter metrics across the board, and Jacob Young will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

Compared to his seasonal average of 4.6°, Jacob Young has significantly improved his launch angle in recent games, posting a 9.6° mark over the last 14 days.

Jacob Young has had bad variance on his side thus far when it comes to his batting average this year; his .248 figure is a fair amount lower than his .271 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Taylor Ward in the 94th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive skill.

Taylor Ward is penciled in 5th in the lineup today.

Taylor Ward will have the handedness advantage against Patrick Corbin today.

Taylor Ward has an 86th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.5%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards baseball’s 10th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luis Garcia in the 95th percentile when estimating his batting average skill.

Luis Garcia is projected to bat 2nd in the batting order in today’s game.

Nationals Park has the 9th-shallowest RF dimensions among all stadiums.

Luis Garcia will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Griffin Canning in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects James Wood as the 8th-best hitter in Major League Baseball when estimating his BABIP skill.

James Wood is projected to bat 5th in the batting order in this game.

James Wood will have the handedness advantage over Griffin Canning in today’s game.

Based on Statcast data, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected HR per 600 plate appearances (7.3) provides evidence that Anthony Rendon has had some very poor luck this year with his 0.0 actual HR/600.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Harold Ramirez in the 97th percentile when assessing his BABIP skill.

Harold Ramirez has a 95th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (38.6%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them out towards the game’s 10th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

Home field advantage typically bolsters hitter metrics across the board, and Harold Ramirez will hold that advantage in today’s game.

Despite posting a .271 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Harold Ramirez has been unlucky given the .034 gap between that mark and his estimated true talent wOBA of .305.

When it comes to his overall offensive skill, Logan O’Hoppe ranks in the 90th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Logan O’Hoppe is projected to bat 3rd in the lineup in this game.

Logan O’Hoppe will hold the platoon advantage against Patrick Corbin today.

Logan O’Hoppe has made substantial improvements with his Barrel% in recent games, improving his 11.6% seasonal rate to 24% over the last 14 days.

Kevin Pillar is penciled in 4th on the lineup card today.

Batting from the opposite that Patrick Corbin throws from, Kevin Pillar will have the upper hand in today’s game.

Kevin Pillar’s ability to hit the ball at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has increased lately, rising from 42% on the season to 60% in the last two weeks.

By putting up a .272 batting average this year, Kevin Pillar is ranked in the 80th percentile.

Ildemaro Vargas pulls many of his flyballs (33.6% — 78th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league’s 10th-shallowest RF fences today.

Ildemaro Vargas will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s game, which figures to improve all of his stats.

In terms of plate discipline, Ildemaro Vargas’s ability is quite good, sporting a 1.55 K/BB rate this year while ranking in in the 91st percentile.

Juan Yepez is penciled in 3rd in the lineup in this matchup.

Home field advantage generally bolsters hitter stats across the board, and Juan Yepez will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

Juan Yepez’s ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has gotten better in recent games, increasing from 49.5% on the season to 60% in the past 7 days.

Juan Yepez has compiled a .330 wOBA (the best measure of overall offense) since the start of last season, placing in the 81st percentile.

Nolan Schanuel is projected to bat 1st in the lineup in today’s game.

Nolan Schanuel has been hot of late, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 86.8-mph to 90.3-mph in the past 14 days.

Nolan Schanuel’s ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has increased of late, going from 47.4% on the season to 61.3% over the last two weeks.

Nolan Schanuel’s launch angle of late (27.8° in the past week) is a considerable increase over his 9.1° seasonal figure.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Griffin Canning in the 25th percentile as it relates to his overall pitching abilities.

Playing on the road generally weakens pitcher stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Griffin Canning in today’s game.

Griffin Canning’s 92.8-mph velocity on his fastball this season is a big 1.2-mph decline from last year’s 94-mph mark.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s evaluation, Patrick Corbin’s overall pitching ability is in the 8th percentile out of all SPs in the league currently.

It may be best to expect better results for the Los Angeles Angels offense in the future, considering that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes they are the 9th-unluckiest offense in baseball this year.

The Los Angeles Angels have 8 hitters in the projected offense that will hold the platoon advantage against Patrick Corbin in this matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Michael Stefanic in the 89th percentile when estimating his batting average talent.

Batting from the opposite that Patrick Corbin throws from, Michael Stefanic will have the upper hand in today’s game.

Michael Stefanic has an 88th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards the league’s 10th-shallowest RF fences today.

Michael Stefanic has been hot in recent games, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 85.7-mph to 89.9-mph over the past week.

When assessing his home run skill, Jo Adell ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Jo Adell will have the handedness advantage over Patrick Corbin today.

Jo Adell has a ton of pop (94th percentile) if he makes contact, but that’s never a guarantee (29.9% K%). Today, however, opposing pitcher Patrick Corbin has a pitch-to-contact profile (12th percentile K%) — great news for Adell.

In the past 7 days, Jo Adell’s Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 12.1% up to 20%.

Griffin Canning was in good form in his previous start and compiled 8 strikeouts.

Considering the 0.77 gap between Griffin Canning’s 6.88 K/9 and his 7.65 estimated true talent K/9 (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the unluckiest pitchers in Major League Baseball this year in terms of strikeouts and figures to see better results in future games.

Home field advantage generally improves hitter metrics in all categories, and Luis Garcia will hold that advantage today.

Michael Stefanic’s ability to hit the ball at a base hit-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has fallen off of late, going from 58.3% on the season to 42.9% in the last week.

Kevin Pillar’s launch angle in recent games (12° over the last 7 days) is significantly worse than his 18.8° seasonal angle.

Kevin Pillar has posted a .449 Slugging Percentage (SLG) this year, ranking in the 77th percentile.

Jo Adell has been hot in recent games, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 89.7-mph to 93.5-mph over the last two weeks.

Over the last week, Jo Adell’s 70% rate of hitting balls at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 37.8%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jacob Young in the 90th percentile when estimating his BABIP talent.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects James Wood in the 77th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive talent.

Nolan Schanuel’s batting average talent is projected to be in the 86th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

When it comes to hitting balls between 23° and 34° (the launch angle range that tends to optimize home runs), Anthony Rendon and his 18.7% rank in the 78th percentile this year.

In notching a .432 Slugging Percentage (SLG) since the start of last season, Juan Yepez grades out in the 78th percentile.

Saturday Game 2 player match stat slumps with Angels vs Nationals Matchup

The #1 ballpark in baseball for suppressing BABIP to RHB, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Nationals Park.

Out of all the teams today, the 2nd-strongest infield defense is that of the Washington Nationals.

Zach Neto will be at a disadvantage playing away from home today.

Griffin Canning will have the handedness advantage over Alex Call in today’s matchup.

Alex Call’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has decreased from last year to this one, falling from 16.1% to 8.6%.

Alex Call has averaged 13.2 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances since the start of last season, ranking in the 25th percentile for power according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Alex Call’s maximum exit velocity (a reliable metric to study power) has been 108.5 mph since the start of last season, grading out in the 12th percentile.

In notching a .337 Slugging Percentage (SLG) since the start of last season, Alex Call grades out in the 12th percentile.

Anthony Rendon has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this season (97% of the time), but he is projected to bat 6th on the lineup card today.

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

Anthony Rendon’s average exit velocity has fallen off this year; his 90.1-mph mark last season has decreased to 87.8-mph.

Keibert Ruiz’s average exit velocity has decreased in recent games; his 85-mph seasonal mark has fallen to 82-mph in the last week’s worth of games.

Keibert Ruiz’s exit velocity on flyballs has decreased this season; his 89.9-mph average last season has decreased to 86.9-mph.

Keibert Ruiz has been lucky in regards to his home runs this year; his 16.4 HR per 600 plate appearances rate is inflated compared to his 13.9 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

In notching a .267 Expected wOBA (or xwOBA, an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) utilizing Statcast data) this year, Keibert Ruiz is ranked in the 7th percentile for offensive skills.

Checking in at the 10th percentile, Keibert Ruiz has put up a .266 wOBA (widely regarded as the top measure of overall offense) this year.

Brandon Drury is penciled in 8th in the batting order in today’s game, which would be a downgrade from his 53% rate of hitting in the top-half of the batting order this season.

When starting against a left-handed starter this year, Brandon Drury has been pinch hit for 11% of the time.

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

Brandon Drury’s launch angle this season (2.7°) is quite a bit lower than his 11.8° angle last year.

Over the past 14 days, Brandon Drury’s average launch angle on his hardest-hit balls (-7.4°) has significantly dropped compared to his seasonal mark of 7.9°.

Keibert Ruiz’s BABIP skill is projected in the 2nd percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Nationals Park profiles as the #28 park in MLB for lefty base hits, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jacob Young in the 1st percentile when assessing his home run skill.

Jacob Young is projected to hit 8th in the lineup in today’s game.

Hitting from the same side that Griffin Canning throws from, Jacob Young will not have the upper hand today.

Jacob Young’s average exit velocity has decreased lately; his 84.5-mph seasonal figure has lowered to 81.2-mph in the last two weeks’ worth of games.

Playing on the road typically lessens hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Taylor Ward in today’s matchup.

Over the past week, Taylor Ward’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 13.1% down to 0%.

In the past 14 days, Jacob Young has recorded a mere a 0% Barrel%, indicating a decline in power ability.

Over the last two weeks, Luis Garcia’s exit velocity on flyballs has fallen off from his seasonal mark of 92.4 mph to 89.2 mph.

Based on Statcast data, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected HR per 600 plate appearances (18.3) implies that Luis Garcia has been very fortunate this year with his 21.9 actual HR/600.

An inconsistent launch angle is usually a measure of bad hitting skills, and James Wood has been very inconsistent with his lately, posting a 19.5° launch angle standard deviation in the last 14 days.

Despite posting a .338 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes James Wood has had positive variance on his side given the .020 deviation between that figure and his estimated true talent wOBA of .318.

Harold Ramirez has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this season (78% of the time), but he is projected to bat 6th in the batting order today.

19% of the time that Harold Ramirez has started against a northpaw this year, he has been pinch hit for.

Griffin Canning will have the handedness advantage against Harold Ramirez today.

Harold Ramirez’s average exit velocity has fallen off this season; his 89-mph EV last year has dropped off to 86.7-mph.

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

Logan O’Hoppe has been cold recently, with his seasonal exit velocity of 90.3-mph dropping to 86.3-mph in the last week.

In terms of his home runs, Logan O’Hoppe has been lucky this year. His 24.9 HR per 600 plate appearances mark has been a fair amount higher than the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected HR/600 at 22.3.

In terms of plate discipline, Logan O’Hoppe’s talent is quite poor, posting a 4.3 K/BB rate this year while checking in at in the 14th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Kevin Pillar in the 21st percentile when estimating his BABIP skill.

Playing on the road typically diminishes hitter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Kevin Pillar in today’s matchup.

Kevin Pillar’s exit velocity on flyballs has dropped off this year; his 90.6-mph EV last season has lowered to 87.7-mph.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Ildemaro Vargas in the 7th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability.

Ildemaro Vargas is projected to hit 7th on the lineup card in today’s game.

The switch-hitting Ildemaro Vargas will bat from his weak side (0) today against Griffin Canning, Ildemaro Vargas’s exit velocity on flyballs has fallen off recently; his 86.2-mph seasonal mark has dropped off to 81.9-mph over the past 14 days.

Griffin Canning will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Juan Yepez today.

In the last 14 days, Juan Yepez’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 5.5% down to 0%.

Juan Yepez’s average exit velocity has declined recently; his 87.2-mph seasonal mark has dropped off to 83.5-mph in the last week.

Juan Yepez has been lucky this year, posting a .376 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .301 — a .075 discrepancy.

When assessing his home run skill, Nolan Schanuel ranks in the 5th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Patrick Corbin will have the handedness advantage over Nolan Schanuel today.

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

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

Ildemaro Vargas’s average launch angle on his hardest-hit balls this year (0.7°) is quite a bit worse than his 3.7° angle last season.

Nolan Schanuel has been cold in recent games, posting a 0% Barrel% (a reliable standard to assess power) over the past 7 days.

Based on Statcast metrics, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected HR per 600 plate appearances (10.2) implies that Nolan Schanuel has been very fortunate this year with his 16.2 actual HR/600.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alex Call in the 11th percentile when assessing his BABIP skill.

The 2nd-weakest projected lineup of the day in terms of overall batting ability is that of the Washington Nationals.

The Washington Nationals have been the 5th-luckiest offense in Major League Baseball this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to hit worse in future games, Nationals Park grades out as the #25 field in MLB for BABIP, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Griffin Canning was on point in his last start and conceded 1 ER.

Griffin Canning has gone to his change-up 6% more often this year (27.8%) than he did last year (21.8%).

Patrick Corbin will possess the home field advantage in today’s game, which should bolster all of his metrics across the board.

Patrick Corbin’s sinker rate has fallen by 7% from last year to this one (41.5% to 34.5%) .

With a 1.34 disparity between Patrick Corbin’s 5.88 ERA and his 4.54 FIP, it’s safe to say he’s been one of the unluckiest pitchers in Major League Baseball this year and figures to positively regress in future games.

Michael Stefanic is projected to hit 9th on the lineup card in this game.

When starting against a lefty hurler since the start of last season, Michael Stefanic has been lifted for a pinch-hitter 22% of the time.

Playing on the road typically reduces batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Michael Stefanic today.

Jo Adell is penciled in 7th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Jo Adell will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s matchup.

Ranking in the 6th percentile, Jo Adell has posted a .237 BABIP this year.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), the team with the 3rd-least strikeout-heavy lineup on the slate today is the Washington Nationals with a 19.5% underlying K%.

Nationals Park ranks as the #23 venue in the league for strikeouts, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Michael Stefanic in the 2nd percentile when it comes to his home run ability.

Compared to his seasonal figure of 10.5°, Michael Stefanic has produced a noticeably lower launch angle (3°) in the last 14 days.

By putting up a .211 Expected Batting Average (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) since the start of last season , Alex Call is positioned in the 8th percentile.

Sporting a 3.57 K/BB rate this year, Jo Adell has demonstrated bad plate discipline, placing in the 25th percentile.

Kevin Pillar’s exit velocity on flyballs has dropped off lately; his 87.7-mph seasonal EV has decreased to 82.4-mph in the last two weeks.

Despite posting a .325 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Kevin Pillar has had positive variance on his side given the .026 difference between that mark and his estimated true talent wOBA of .299.

Kevin Pillar has displayed weak plate discipline this year, checking in at the 19th percentile with a 3.94 K/BB rate.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Luis Garcia’s true offensive ability to be a .315, suggesting that he has had some very good luck this year given the .021 gap between that mark and his actual .336 wOBA.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Harold Ramirez in the 10th percentile as it relates to his home run talent.

Nolan Schanuel is an extreme groundball batter and matches up with the strong infield defense of Washington (#2-best of all teams on the slate today).

Anthony Rendon has hit 0 long-balls per 600 plate appearances this year, grading out in the 0th percentile for power.

In the last two weeks’ worth of games, Juan Yepez’s 9.3% rate of hitting balls at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has taken a nosedive compared to his seasonal rate of 13.2%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Patrick Corbin in the 25th percentile when assessing his strikeout skill.

Out of all starting pitchers, Patrick Corbin’s fastball velocity of 90.9 mph ranks in the 12th percentile this year.