Brewers @ Reds Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Positives for the Milwaukee Brewers Series Game 2 Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Great American Ball Park as the best venue in Major League Baseball for right-handed home runs.

,In MLB, Great American Ball Park’s LF fences are the 5th-shallowest.

,In terms of temperature and humidity, the weather forecast predicts for the 4th-best hitting conditions of all games on the slate today.

,The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 9.7-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-best of the day for bats.

,As a switch-hitter who is stronger from the 0 side of the dish, Blake Perkins will hold the platoon advantage while batting from from his better side against Nick Lodolo in today’s game.

,Noelvi Marte will possess the home field advantage in today’s game, which should boost all of his stats.

,Nathaniel Lowe is projected to hit 4th in the lineup in today’s game.

,The #1 venue in MLB for boosting home runs to lefties, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Great American Ball Park.

,Nathaniel Lowe will hold the platoon advantage over Brandon Sproat in today’s matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tyler Stephenson in the 79th percentile as it relates to his BABIP ability.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Great American Ball Park as the 10th-best park in baseball for righty batting average.

,Tyler Stephenson has an 85th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.6%) and has the good fortune of hitting them in the direction of baseball’s 8th-shallowest RF fences today.

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

,Eugenio Suarez pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (39.1% — 95th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards baseball’s 8th-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andrew Vaughn in the 87th percentile when assessing his overall offensive ability.

,Andrew Vaughn is projected to bat 5th in the lineup today.

,Cooper Pratt will have the handedness advantage over Nick Lodolo in today’s matchup.

,When estimating his BABIP talent, Garrett Mitchell is projected as the 5th-best hitter in the game by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Great American Ball Park ranks as the #10 stadium in Major League Baseball for LHB batting average, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Garrett Mitchell has a 96th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (37.5%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them in the direction of the game’s 8th-shallowest LF fences today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Matt McLain in the 77th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive ability.

,Matt McLain has an 87th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35%) and has the good fortune of hitting them in the direction of MLB’s 8th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Sal Stewart in the 94th percentile when it comes to his batting average talent.

,Sal Stewart is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card in this matchup.

,Hitting from the opposite that Nick Lodolo throws from, Joey Ortiz will have an edge in today’s matchup.

,Joey Ortiz has a 96th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (37.6%) and has the good fortune of hitting them out towards MLB’s 8th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects William Contreras in the 95th percentile when estimating his batting average talent.

,William Contreras is penciled in 3rd on the lineup card in today’s game.

,When estimating his home run ability, JJ Bleday ranks in the 90th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,JJ Bleday is projected to hit 2nd on the lineup card in this matchup.

,Eugenio Suarez will hold the home field advantage today, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

,Andrew Vaughn’s batting average ability is projected to be in the 91st percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Sal Stewart in the 93rd percentile as it relates to his overall offensive skill.

,Garrett Mitchell has been hot lately, posting a a 22.2% Barrel% (a reliable standard to assess power) over the past 14 days.

,When it comes to his overall offensive skill, Spencer Steer ranks in the 76th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Spencer Steer is projected to hit 5th in the lineup today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Tyler Stephenson in the 79th percentile when it comes to his home run ability.

,Hitting from the opposite that Brandon Sproat throws from, JJ Bleday will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Blake Dunn in the 95th percentile as it relates to his BABIP ability.

,Blake Dunn is penciled in 1st in the batting order in this game.

,The Cincinnati Reds have 4 bats in their projected lineup today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Tyler Stephenson, Matt McLain, Eugenio Suarez, Blake Dunn).

,With 7 batters who share his hand in the opposing team’s projected batting order, Brandon Sproat should benefit from having the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in this game.

,Brandon Sproat’s 95.4-mph fastball velocity this year is in the 81st percentile out of all starting pitchers.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Noelvi Marte in the 82nd percentile when it comes to his batting average talent.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brice Turang in the 96th percentile when estimating his BABIP skill.

,Brice Turang is penciled in 2nd on the lineup card in this matchup.

,The Cincinnati Reds have been the 7th-unluckiest offense in the game this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to perform better going forward,Great American Ball Park grades out as the #1 field in the game for home runs, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,The 7th-shallowest RF fences in the league are found in Great American Ball Park.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jackson Chourio in the 97th percentile when estimating his batting average talent.

,Jackson Chourio is penciled in 1st in the batting order in today’s game.

,When assessing his overall offensive ability, William Contreras ranks in the 92nd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brice Turang in the 86th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive talent.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Nick Lodolo in the 77th percentile when estimating his overall pitching skills.

,Compared to league average, Nick Lodolo has been granted a longer leash than the average pitcher this year, recording an additional 5.0 adjusted pitches each start.

,It may be sensible to expect worse results for the Milwaukee Brewers offense going forward, given that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes they are the 2nd-luckiest offense in Major League Baseball this year.

,Nick Lodolo will possess the home field advantage today, which figures to improve all of his metrics across the board.

,Nick Lodolo has been unlucky this year, notching a 6.12 ERA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 4.18 — a 1.94 deviation.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jackson Chourio in the 94th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive talent.

,Nick Lodolo has had bad variance on his side thus far when it comes to his strikeouts this year, putting up a 6.75 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 8.60 — a 1.85 K/9 difference.

Negatives with the Cincinnati Reds Series Game 2 Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Blake Perkins in the 23rd percentile when assessing his overall offensive ability.

,Blake Perkins is projected to hit 6th in the lineup in this matchup.

,Blake Perkins will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

,This season, there has been a decline in Blake Perkins’s footspeed with his Statcast Sprint Speed dropping from 29.11 ft/sec last year to 28.65 ft/sec currently.

,With a 7.400 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) based on Statcast data) since the start of last season , Blake Perkins is positioned in the 20th percentile for power.

,Noelvi Marte is projected to bat 7th on the lineup card today.

,This year, Noelvi Marte has been pulled from the game early in 12% of his appearances when starting against righty hurler.

,Brandon Sproat will have the handedness advantage over Noelvi Marte in today’s game.

,Noelvi Marte has had positive variance on his side thus far when it comes to his home runs since the start of last season; his 23.9 HR per 600 plate appearances rate is inflated compared to his 18.0 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,This year, Nathaniel Lowe has been pulled from the game early in 21% of his appearances when starting against right-handed pitcher.

,The Milwaukee Brewers infield defense grades out as the 3rd-strongest among all the teams today.

,Nathaniel Lowe has been cold in recent games, compiling a 0% Barrel% (a reliable stat to measure power) in the last week.

,Nathaniel Lowe has not been honed in on the ideal launch angle for home runs recently, hitting balls between 23° and 34° just 0% of the time over the past 7 days.

,Sporting a 11.300 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) based on Statcast data) since the start of last season , Nathaniel Lowe has performed in the 18th percentile for power.

,Tyler Stephenson is penciled in 8th in the batting order in this game.

,Hitting from the same side that Brandon Sproat throws from, Tyler Stephenson will not have the upper hand in today’s game.

,In the last week’s worth of games, Tyler Stephenson has failed to produce much power, posting a mere a 0% Barrel% (an advanced metric to evaluate power).

,Utilizing Statcast data, Tyler Stephenson grades out in the 24th percentile per the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average since the start of last season at .230.

,Eugenio Suarez has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this season (91% of the time), but he is projected to hit 6th in the lineup in this matchup.

,Hitting from the same side that Brandon Sproat throws from, Eugenio Suarez will be at a disadvantage in today’s game.

,Andrew Vaughn will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Cooper Pratt in the 18th percentile as it relates to his home run ability.

,Cooper Pratt is penciled in 8th in the batting order in today’s game.

,Cooper Pratt will be at a disadvantage playing away from home today.

,Garrett Mitchell is projected to hit 7th in the batting order today.

,Batting from the same side that Nick Lodolo throws from, Garrett Mitchell has a tough challenge in today’s matchup.

,Garrett Mitchell will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

,Matt McLain has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this year (55% of the time), but he is penciled in 9th in the batting order today.

,Brandon Sproat will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Matt McLain in today’s game.

,Matt McLain has paced 12.4 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances since the start of last season, grading out in the 22nd percentile for power according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Matt McLain has notched a .216 Expected Batting Average since the start of last season, ranking in the 11th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Hitting from the same side that Brandon Sproat throws from, Sal Stewart faces a tough challenge in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Joey Ortiz in the 22nd percentile as it relates to his BABIP talent.

,Joey Ortiz is penciled in 9th on the lineup card in this game.

,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 Joey Ortiz in today’s game.

,Joey Ortiz has exhibited some bad exit velocity indicators of late, averaging just 87.6-mph on his flyballs in the last 14 days.

,Posting a 2.9° launch angle in the past 14 days suggests that Joey Ortiz has been finding it challenging to lift the ball lately, which is a key component of hitting for power.

,Playing on the road generally lessens hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for William Contreras in today’s matchup.

,This year, there has been a decline in William Contreras’s footspeed with his Statcast Sprint Speed dropping from 26.17 ft/sec last year to 25.48 ft/sec currently.

,Sporting a .197 batting average since the start of last season, Blake Perkins is positioned in the 24th percentile.

,In the last week’s worth of games, JJ Bleday has failed to produce much power, posting a mere a 0% Barrel% (an advanced standard to measure power).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Eugenio Suarez in the 21st percentile when it comes to his batting average skill.

,This season, there has been a decline in Eugenio Suarez’s quickness with his Statcast Sprint Speed dropping from 26.41 ft/sec last year to 25.57 ft/sec currently.

,Posting a .176 Expected Batting Average (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) since the start of last season , JJ Bleday grades out in the 1st percentile.

,Andrew Vaughn’s quickness has dropped off this season. His 25.97 ft/sec Statcast Sprint Speed last year sits at 25.51 ft/sec now.

,Eugenio Suarez has notched a .201 Expected Batting Average since the start of last season, placing in the 4th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Sporting a 12.600 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) based on Statcast data) since the start of last season , William Contreras is ranked in the 23rd percentile for power.

,Garrett Mitchell has struggled to lift the ball of late, notching a 2.6° launch angle in the last 14 days.

,Batting from the same side that Brandon Sproat throws from, Spencer Steer encounters a tough challenge in today’s game.

,Spencer Steer has been cold recently, putting up a 83.5-mph average exit velocity in the past two weeks.

,Over the past 7 days, Spencer Steer’s swing has not been well optimized for home runs, hitting a mere 0% of his balls with a launch angle in the optimal range of 23° to 34°.

,Posting a .218 Expected Batting Average (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) since the start of last season , Spencer Steer is positioned in the 12th percentile.

,JJ Bleday’s BABIP ability is projected in the 10th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Hitting from the same side that Brandon Sproat throws from, Blake Dunn will not have the upper hand today.

,Blake Dunn is an extreme groundball hitter and matches up with the strong infield defense of Milwaukee (#3-best on the slate).

,In the last two weeks’ worth of games, Blake Dunn has recorded a mere a 0% Barrel%, indicating a decline in power ability.

,Over the past 14 days, Blake Dunn has been exhibiting poor exit velocity numbers, with an average of only 84.3-mph on his flyballs.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brandon Sproat to throw 82 pitches in this matchup (6th-least of all pitchers on the slate), considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup.

,It is expected that we will see a Huge Hitters Umpire (Clint Vondrak) behind the plate in today’s game.

,Brandon Sproat will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s matchup.

,Noelvi Marte has not been honed in on the ideal launch angle for base hits of late, angling balls between -4° and 26° just 25% of the time in the last 7 days.

,Batting from the same side that Nick Lodolo throws from, Brice Turang will have a tough matchup in today’s matchup.

,Brice Turang will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s game.

,In the past 14 days, Blake Dunn has not been doing well in optimizing the launch angle on his hardest hit balls to generate power, managing a mere a -4° angle.

,Brandon Sproat has been unlucky this year, notching a 5.94 ERA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 4.50 — a 1.44 deviation.

,Playing on the road typically diminishes hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Jackson Chourio today.

,Using Statcast data, Nathaniel Lowe ranks in the 18th percentile per the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average since the start of last season at .224.

,Using Statcast data, Brice Turang is in the 18th percentile for power according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances since the start of last season at 11.300.

,Matt McLain has put up a .207 batting average this year, grading out in the 14th percentile.

,When assessing his home run ability, Blake Dunn ranks in the 15th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT), Tyler Stephenson (the Reds’s expected catcher today) is considered to be a weak pitch framer.

,Nick Lodolo has posted a .331 BABIP this year, indicating that he has been one of the unluckiest pitchers in the majors on balls in play with improved performance likely coming.

,In his last game started, Nick Lodolo wasn’t on when it came to striking hitters out and only managed to tally 2 Ks.

,As it relates to his home run ability, Joey Ortiz ranks in the 25th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

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