Cardinals vs Guardians match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Saturday, June 28th

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Cardinals vs Guardians match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Saturday, June 28th

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Series Game 2 Matchup Details

St. Louis Cardinals at Cleveland Guardians
Series Game 2
Todays Game is on Saturday, June 28th
28/06/25 16:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

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Progressive Field projects as the #3 park in the majors for walks, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Among all major league stadiums, Progressive Field’s left field fences are the 3rd-shallowest.

Miles Mikolas’s 91.6-mph velocity on his fastball this season is a sizeable 1.5-mph drop off from last season’s 93.1-mph mark.

Progressive Field ranks as the #10 stadium in the majors for strikeouts, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The Cleveland Guardians infield defense profiles as the 4th-weakest among every team today.

Slade Cecconi’s change-up percentage has dropped by 8.6% from last season to this one (15.4% to 6.8%) .

Slade Cecconi has been very fortunate when it comes to his ERA this year; his 3.38 rate is a good deal lower than his 4.43 FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching, an estimator of ERA that focuses on the things a pitcher has the most control over).

Slade Cecconi was on point in his last outing and compiled 8 strikeouts.

Slade Cecconi has put up a 12.5% Swinging Strike% this year, grading out in the 85th percentile.

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Progressive Field has the 4th-tallest fence height (on average) among all major league parks.

The wind projects to be blowing in from LF at 11.8-mph in this contest, the most-favorable of the day for pitchers.

Miles Mikolas was on point in his last outing and gave up 2 ER.

Miles Mikolas’s sinker rate has dropped by 5.8% from last year to this one (23.1% to 17.3%) .

Considering the 0.43 discrepancy between Miles Mikolas’s 4.31 ERA and his 3.87 FIP, it’s safe to say he’s been one of the least fortunate pitchers in the majors this year and should see positive regression going forward.

Miles Mikolas has been given less leash than the typical pitcher this year, throwing 10.9 fewer adjusted pitches-per-game than the average hurler.

Ranking in the 1st percentile, Miles Mikolas put up a 6.6% Swinging Strike percentage this year.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Miles Mikolas in the 7th percentile as it relates to his strikeout ability.

Built 673 feet above sea level, Progressive Field has the 7th-highest altitude in MLB, which generally leads to higher offensive output.

Out of all starting pitchers, Slade Cecconi’s fastball spin rate of 2394 rpm is in the 75th percentile this year.

Compared to league average, Slade Cecconi has been given less leash than the typical pitcher this year, throwing an -9.0 fewer adjusted pitches each outing.

Considering the 0.92 disparity between Slade Cecconi’s 8.92 K/9 and his 8.00 estimated true talent K/9 (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the luckiest pitchers in Major League Baseball this year as it relates to strikeouts and ought to negatively regress the rest of the season.

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