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Positives for the Houston Astros World Game Today

Carlos Correa’s batting average talent is projected to be in the 94th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Carlos Correa is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card in today’s game.

The #4 park in MLB for boosting offensive stats, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Sutter Health Park.

Sutter Health Park has the 3rd-shortest fences in Major League Baseball.

Batting from the opposite that Jeffrey Springs throws from, Carlos Correa will have the upper hand today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Nick Kurtz as Major League Baseball’s 8th-best home run hitter.

Nick Kurtz is projected to hit 1st in the batting order in this matchup.

Nick Kurtz will have the handedness advantage against Cristian Javier in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Lawrence Butler in the 79th percentile when estimating his home run skill.

Lawrence Butler will have the handedness advantage against Cristian Javier in today’s game.

Lawrence Butler will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s game, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

Shea Langeliers projects as the 19th-best home run hitter in the game, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Shea Langeliers is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card in today’s game.

Shea Langeliers will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which figures to boost all of his stats.

Cam Smith will hold the platoon advantage over Jeffrey Springs in today’s matchup.

Based on Statcast data, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected wOBA (.318) may lead us to conclude that Cam Smith has experienced some negative variance since the start of last season with his .301 actual wOBA.

Ranking in the 81st percentile, the hardest ball Cam Smith has made contact with since the start of last season reached a maximum exit velocity of 113.9 mph — a reliable indication of underlying power ability.

Sutter Health Park profiles as the #8 park in the league for righty BABIP, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The Athletics infield defense projects as the 3rd-worst out of every team in action today.

Jose Altuve’s batting average skill is projected to be in the 89th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Jose Altuve is penciled in 1st on the lineup card in this matchup.

Hitting from the opposite that Jeffrey Springs throws from, Jose Altuve will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

When it comes to his home run skill, Brent Rooker ranks in the 97th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Brent Rooker is projected to hit 4th in the lineup in this matchup.

Home field advantage generally bolsters batter metrics in all categories, and Brent Rooker will hold that advantage today.

In terms of his wOBA and overall offense, Brent Rooker has had bad variance on his side since the start of last season. His .342 rate falls considerably below the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected wOBA (xwOBA) at .359.

Max Muncy will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to boost all of his stats.

Max Muncy has been hot recently, notching a a 27.3% Barrel% (a reliable standard to measure power) in the past 14 days.

Posting a 95.1-mph average exit velocity over the last 7 days, Max Muncy has been in great form lately.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jacob Wilson as the 10th-best hitter in the game when estimating his batting average talent.

Jacob Wilson is projected to bat 5th in the batting order in today’s game.

Batters such as Jacob Wilson 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 Yainer Diaz in the 95th percentile when it comes to his batting average ability.

Hitting from the opposite that Jeffrey Springs throws from, Yainer Diaz will have an advantage in today’s matchup.

Extreme groundball batters like Yainer Diaz are generally more successful against extreme flyball pitchers like Jeffrey Springs.

As it relates to his home run talent, Christian Walker ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Christian Walker is projected to hit 5th in the lineup in today’s game.

Batting from the opposite that Jeffrey Springs throws from, Christian Walker will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

Over the past 14 days, Christian Walker’s Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 23.5% up to 23.5%.

When assessing his overall offensive talent, Tyler Soderstrom ranks in the 85th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Tyler Soderstrom is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card today.

Tyler Soderstrom will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Cristian Javier in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brice Matthews in the 84th percentile when assessing his home run skill.

Batting from the opposite that Jeffrey Springs throws from, Brice Matthews will have an advantage in today’s game.

Over the last 7 days, Brice Matthews has displayed impressive power, recording a a 33.3% Barrel% (a reliable stat to study power).

Brice Matthews has been hot lately, notching a 99.7-mph average exit velocity over the past 7 days.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Cam Smith in the 94th percentile when estimating his BABIP ability.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Yordan Alvarez ranks as the 4th-best batter in the league.

Yordan Alvarez is projected to hit 2nd on the lineup card in today’s game.

Yordan Alvarez is likely to have an edge against every reliever for the game’s entirety, since the bullpen of the Athletics only has 1 same-handed RP.

Hitting from the opposite that Jeffrey Springs throws from, Jake Meyers will have an advantage in today’s matchup.

Over the last week, Jake Meyers’s swing has been well optimized for home runs, notching a 25% of balls hit with a launch angle in the optimal range of 23° to 34°.

Jake Meyers has been unlucky in regards to his home runs since the start of last season; his 4.5 HR per 600 plate appearances figure is a good deal lower than his 9.5 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

The #8 park in the league for boosting BABIP to lefties, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Sutter Health Park.

Hitting from the opposite that Cristian Javier throws from, Jeff McNeil will have an edge in today’s game.

Home field advantage generally improves hitter stats in all categories, and Jeff McNeil will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

Jeff McNeil has had some very poor luck with his batting average since the start of last season; his .238 BA is a fair amount lower than his .260 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Posting a 1.14 K/BB rate since the start of last season, Jeff McNeil has shown impressive plate discipline, ranking in the 97th percentile.

As it relates to his overall offensive skill, Jose Altuve ranks in the 88th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Jose Altuve has exhibited some good exit velocity benchmarks of late, averaging 103-mph on his flyballs in the past 14 days.

Jake Meyers’s batting average ability is projected to be in the 83rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

In the past two weeks’ worth of games, Yordan Alvarez’s Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 23.5% up to 23.5%.

Max Muncy has been honed in on the ideal launch angle for home runs in recent games, hitting balls between 23° and 34° 27.3% of the time in the past two weeks.

Isaac Paredes is projected to hit 3rd in the lineup in this game.

Hitting from the opposite that Jeffrey Springs throws from, Isaac Paredes will have the upper hand in today’s game.

Isaac Paredes’s 24.2° launch angle (a reliable metric to study a batter’s ability to lift the ball for power) is one of the steepest in the majors: 100th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Sutter Health Park as the 7th-best park in the league for strikeouts.

Based on Statcast data, Jake Meyers is in the 86th percentile per the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average since the start of last season at .280.

Based on Statcast metrics, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected wOBA (.313) suggests that Yainer Diaz has suffered from bad luck since the start of last season with his .295 actual wOBA.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Cristian Javier in the 9th percentile when assessing his overall pitching talent.

Sutter Health Park profiles as the #8 park in the game for batting average, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Cristian Javier is an extreme flyball pitcher (42.5% FB% via the leading projection system, THE BAT) and is stuck pitching in the #10 HR venue in Major League Baseball today.

Extreme flyball batters like Tyler Soderstrom are generally more successful against extreme groundball pitchers like Cristian Javier.

Lawrence Butler has hit one of the hardest balls in the majors in the past week — 110.8-mph — which is a favorable measure of recent form and raw power.

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

Checking in at the 75th percentile, Jacob Wilson sports a .341 wOBA (widely regarded as the top measure of overall offense) since the start of last season.

Tallying 91.8 adjusted pitches per game per started since the start of last season on average, Jeffrey Springs falls in the 78th percentile.

Given that flyball pitchers hold a significant edge over flyball hitters, Jeffrey Springs and his 36.3% underlying FB% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT) finds himself in a good position in this outing squaring off against 2 opposing FB hitters.

When it comes to his overall offensive ability, Isaac Paredes ranks in the 84th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Cam Smith has had bad variance on his side thus far when it comes to his batting average since the start of last season; his .235 figure is deflated compared to his .255 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

When assessing his overall offensive talent, Carlos Correa ranks in the 83rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Carlos Correa has displayed some good exit velocity indicators of late, averaging 99.6-mph on his flyballs over the last 14 days.

Shea Langeliers has been hot of late, posting a a 33.3% Barrel% (an advanced stat to study power) over the last two weeks.

When it comes to his overall offensive talent, Nick Kurtz ranks in the 97th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Nick Kurtz will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to improve all of his stats.

When estimating his overall offensive ability, Brent Rooker ranks in the 96th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

In terms of his batting average, Brent Rooker has experienced some negative variance since the start of last season. His .258 figure falls considerably below the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected Batting Average (xBA) at .274.

Nick Kurtz has a ton of pop (99th percentile) if he makes contact, but that’s usually a big “IF” (32.3% K%). Today, however, opposing pitcher Cristian Javier doesn’t generate many whiffs (6th percentile K%) — great news for Kurtz.

When it comes to his overall offensive talent, Shea Langeliers ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Negatives with the Athletics World Game Today

The 6th-deepest left field fences among all major league parks are found in Sutter Health Park.

Low humidity has a small yet noteworthy link with less offense (and more Ks), and the weather report forecasts the lowest humidity on the slate today at 11%.

The wind projects to be blowing in from RF at 10.2-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-best of the day for hurlers.

Carlos Correa will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s game.

Carlos Correa’s 7.2° launch angle (a reliable stat to study a batter’s ability to lift the ball for power) is among the most groundball-inducing in the majors: 7th percentile.

In today’s game, Nick 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 35.6% rate (90th percentile).

Nick Kurtz has been cold recently, posting a 0% Barrel% (a reliable stat to assess power) in the past week.

Based on Statcast data, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected HR per 600 plate appearances (30.1) provides evidence that Nick Kurtz has been very fortunate since the start of last season with his 42.4 actual HR/600.

Lawrence Butler is penciled in 6th in the lineup in today’s game.

Today, Lawrence Butler is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the opposite field at a 37.6% rate (96th percentile).

Lawrence Butler has been cold lately, putting up a 0% Barrel% (an advanced stat to evaluate power) over the past week.

Cristian Javier will have the handedness advantage against Shea Langeliers in today’s matchup.

Shea Langeliers pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (36.6% — 90th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards baseball’s 6th-deepest LF fences in today’s game.

Extreme groundball batters like Shea Langeliers generally hit worse against extreme groundball pitchers like Cristian Javier.

Cam Smith is projected to hit 6th in the lineup in today’s game.

When starting against a left-handed starter since the start of last season, Cam Smith has been pinch hit for 14% of the time.

Jose Altuve pulls a lot of his flyballs (42.7% — 100th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of MLB’s 6th-deepest LF fences today.

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

Jose Altuve has had some very good luck with his batting average since the start of last season; his .268 mark is significantly inflated relative to his .221 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Cristian Javier will have the handedness advantage over Brent Rooker today.

Brent Rooker hits many of his flyballs to center field (38% — 78th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards baseball’s 10th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.

Typically, hitters like Brent Rooker who hit a lot of groundballs generally hit worse when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of groundballs such as Cristian Javier.

Max Muncy is penciled in 7th on the lineup card in this game.

Batting from the same side that Cristian Javier throws from, Max Muncy faces a tough challenge in today’s matchup.

Hitting from the same side that Cristian Javier throws from, Jacob Wilson meets a tough challenge today.

Over the last week, Jacob Wilson has failed to produce much power, posting a mere a 0% Barrel% (a reliable standard to evaluate power).

Yainer Diaz is penciled in 9th in the lineup in today’s game.

Yainer Diaz hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (39% — 93rd percentile) but may find it hard to clear MLB’s 10th-deepest CF fences today.

Playing on the road typically weakens batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Yainer Diaz in today’s game.

Christian Walker hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (37.9% — 76th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards MLB’s 10th-deepest CF fences in today’s matchup.

Christian Walker will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s game.

As it relates to plate discipline, Christian Walker’s talent is quite bad, putting up a 4.24 K/BB rate since the start of last season while grading out in in the 16th percentile.

Tyler Soderstrom has an 88th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35%) and will have to hit them out towards MLB’s 6th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Tyler Soderstrom has been cold recently, posting a 0% Barrel% (a reliable standard to evaluate power) in the last week’s worth of games.

Tyler Soderstrom has displayed some bad exit velocity metrics lately, averaging just 77.3-mph on his flyballs over the last 14 days.

Brice Matthews is projected to bat 8th in the batting order in this game.

Brice Matthews has been lifted for a pinch-hitter 32% of the time when starting against a left-handed pitcher since the start of last season.

Brice Matthews hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.2% — 84th percentile) but may find it hard to clear the game’s 10th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brice Matthews in the 7th percentile when estimating his batting average talent.

Homers are generally less common at ballparks with deep fences, and Sutter Health Park has the 9th-deepest among all stadiums.

Jeffrey Springs will hold the platoon advantage against Yordan Alvarez in today’s matchup.

Extreme groundball bats like Yordan Alvarez are generally less successful against extreme groundball pitchers like Jeffrey Springs.

Based on Statcast data, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average (.228) may lead us to conclude that Christian Walker has had some very good luck since the start of last season with his .241 actual batting average.

Jake Meyers is projected to hit 7th in the lineup today.

Jake Meyers hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.9% — 92nd percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the game’s 10th-deepest CF fences in today’s game.

Playing on the road typically lessens batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Jake Meyers in today’s game.

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

Jeff McNeil is penciled in 8th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Posting a 2.6° launch angle over the last two weeks suggests that Jose Altuve has been finding it challenging to lift the ball recently, which is a key component of hitting for power.

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

Isaac Paredes pulls many of his flyballs (47.9% — 100th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of MLB’s 6th-deepest LF fences in today’s game.

Extreme groundball hitters like Isaac Paredes tend to be less successful against extreme groundball pitchers like Jeffrey Springs.

As it relates to his strikeout skill, the leading projection system (THE BAT) puts Cristian Javier in the 20th percentile among all starting pitchers in MLB.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Cristian Javier to throw 84 pitches in this game (8th-least on the slate), considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup.

Yainer Diaz, the Astros’s expected catcher today, projects as a weak pitch framer according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Playing on the road typically diminishes pitcher stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Cristian Javier in today’s game.

In his last outing, Cristian Javier didn’t have his best stuff when it came to striking batters out and was only able to tally 1 Ks.

Given the 0.74 difference between Cristian Javier’s 5.40 ERA and his 4.66 FIP, it’s safe to say he’s been one of the unluckiest pitchers in MLB since the start of last season and should see positive regression the rest of the season.

NULL’s 88.7-mph average exit velocity since the start of last season is one of the worst in Major League Baseball: #26 overall.

When it comes to his home run ability, Jacob Wilson ranks in the 3rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

The Houston Astros have been the 9th-unluckiest offense in the league since the start of last season, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to perform better in the future,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT), Shea Langeliers (the Athletics’s expected catcher in today’s game) is considered to be a weak pitch framer.

With 8 batters who bat from the opposite side in the opposing team’s projected offense, Jeffrey Springs will have a tough matchup while lacking the platoon advantage in most plate appearances today.

As it relates to his home run skill, Jeff McNeil ranks in the 23rd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Christian Walker in the 15th percentile when estimating his BABIP ability.

Isaac Paredes will be at a disadvantage playing away from home today.

Carlos Correa has been optimizing his launch angle on his hardest hit balls quite poorly in recent games, putting up a 1.7° angle on such balls over the past two weeks.

Nick Kurtz has had some very good luck with with his wOBA since the start of last season; his .409 rate is inflated compared to his .359 Expected wOBA, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

In his last start, Jeffrey Springs didn’t have his best stuff when it came to striking hitters out and only managed to tally 2 Ks.

Jeffrey Springs’s 90.1-mph fastball velocity since the start of last season is in the 8th percentile out of all starters.

Among all SPs, Jeffrey Springs’s fastball spin rate of 2170.1 rpm grades out in the 9th percentile since the start of last season.

Jeffrey Springs will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which should improve all of his stats across the board.

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