Athletics vs Blue Jays match player stats | 2026 World Series Game 2 Saturday, March 28th

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Athletics @ Blue Jays Series Game 2 2025 WorldSeries Matchup Details

Teams : Athletics at Toronto Blue Jays
2025 WorldSeries Game 2
Date : Todays Game is on Saturday, March 28th
Time : 28/03/26 15:07:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Athletics World Series Game 2 Game Today

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

Kazuma Okamoto is projected to bat 5th in the lineup in this matchup.

Rogers Centre ranks as the #3 venue in the league for right-handed home runs, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Rogers Centre has the 6th-least fair ground in the majors — generally good for dingers.

The Rogers Centre roof is expected to be closed today, making the temperature in this game 17° hotter than the average outdoor game of the day — favorable for offense.

Given that groundball pitchers have a significant edge over groundball hitters, Jeffrey Springs and his 37.7% underlying GB% (via the leading projection system, THE BAT) will be in a favorable spot in today’s outing being matched up with 2 opposing GB hitters.

In his last outing, Jeffrey Springs was rolling and put up 9 strikeouts.

Considering the 0.6 difference between Jeffrey Springs’s 7.26 K/9 and his 7.86 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 MLB since the start of last season in terms of strikeouts and figures to perform better in the future.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Shea Langeliers in the 96th percentile when assessing his home run skill.

Shea Langeliers is projected to hit 2nd in the lineup today.

As it relates to his strikeout talent, Dylan Cease projects as the 13th-best starting pitcher in the majors currently, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Recording 95.6 adjusted pitches per outing since the start of last season on average, Dylan Cease places him the 94th percentile.

The Athletics have 3 batters in their projected offense today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Denzel Clarke, Max Muncy, Nick Kurtz).

Home field advantage typically boosts pitcher stats across the board, and Dylan Cease will hold that advantage in today’s game.

In his previous game started, Dylan Cease turned in a great performance and accumulated 7 strikeouts.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Nick Kurtz as the league’s 7th-best home run hitter.

Nick Kurtz is penciled in 1st in the lineup in this matchup.

Rogers Centre projects as the #3 venue in Major League Baseball for LHB home runs, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Andres Gimenez has a good chance to have the upper hand against every reliever throughout the game, since the bullpen of the Athletics has just 1 same-handed RP.

The Athletics infield defense profiles as the weakest out of every team playing today.

Home field advantage typically improves batter stats across the board, and Andres Gimenez will hold that advantage today.

The Athletics have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Daulton Varsho can likely count on never losing the platoon advantage against the ‘pen all game.

Negatives with the Toronto Blue Jays World Series Game 2 Game Today

The league’s 8th-tallest fences can be found at Rogers Centre.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) expects Jeffrey Springs to have a pitch count in today’s game, projecting a maximum of 83 pitches.

Per the leading projection system (THE BAT X), the team with the 2nd-least strikeout-heavy lineup today is the Toronto Blue Jays with a 19.6% underlying K%.

Shea Langeliers, the Athletics’s expected catcher today, profiles as a weak pitch framer according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The Toronto Blue Jays have 7 batters in the projected offense that will have the handedness advantage over Jeffrey Springs in this game.

Hitting from the same side that Dylan Cease throws from, Shea Langeliers meets a tough challenge in today’s matchup.

Playing on the road generally diminishes hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Shea Langeliers in today’s matchup.

Shea Langeliers has been lucky in regards to his home runs since the start of last season; his 35.6 HR per 600 plate appearances rate is a good deal higher than his 27.9 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Shea Langeliers ranks in the 18th percentile when it comes to hitting balls between 23° and 34°, the launch angle range that tends to best-produce home runs (13.6% rate since the start of last season).

Dylan Cease has experienced some positive variance in regards to his strikeouts since the start of last season, putting up an 11.52 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 10.92 — a 0.60 K/9 deviation.

Nick Kurtz will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player today.

Based on Statcast metrics, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected HR per 600 plate appearances (30.1) implies that Nick Kurtz has had positive variance on his side since the start of last season with his 44.2 actual HR/600.

Andres Gimenez is projected to hit 9th on the lineup card in this matchup.

The #7 park in baseball for suppressing BABIP to left-handed hitters, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Rogers Centre.

Jeffrey Springs will have the handedness advantage against Andres Gimenez in today’s matchup.

Since the start of last season, Andres Gimenez’s 3.1% Barrel%, a reliable stat for measuring power, places him in the 8th percentile among his peers.

Placing in the 3rd percentile, the hardest ball Andres Gimenez has made contact with since the start of last season reached a maximum exit velocity of 106.6 mph — a reliable indication of underlying power skill.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Daulton Varsho in the 3rd percentile as it relates to his BABIP ability.

Daulton Varsho is projected to bat 7th on the lineup card in this matchup.

Jeffrey Springs will have the handedness advantage against Daulton Varsho today.

Extreme flyball batters like Daulton Varsho tend to perform worse against extreme flyball pitchers like Jeffrey Springs.

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