Cardinals vs White Sox match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Wednesday, June 18th

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Cardinals vs White Sox match player stats | 2025 Series Game 2 Wednesday, June 18th

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Series Game 2 Matchup Details

St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago White Sox
Series Game 2
Todays Game is on Wednesday, June 18th
18/06/25 19:40:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positive Match Player Stats for Cardinals vs White Sox Series Game 2 Matchup Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Sean Burke in the 9th percentile when it comes to his overall pitching abilities.

The #4 ballpark in the game for boosting home runs, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Guaranteed Rate Field.

In Major League Baseball, Guaranteed Rate Field’s left field dimensions are the shallowest.

High humidity has a small yet noteworthy connection with more offense (and fewer Ks), and the weather report forecasts the 4th-most humid conditions of all games on the slate at 77%.

Sean Burke is an extreme flyball pitcher (38.4% FB% per the leading projection system, THE BAT) and will be disadvantaged pitching in the #4 HR venue among all stadiums in this game.

The #8 ballpark in the league for boosting offensive stats, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Guaranteed Rate Field.

Victor Scott II will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Sean Burke today.

Victor Scott II has a 92nd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.6%) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the game’s 5th-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

Edgar Quero has a 92nd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.5%) and has the good fortune of hitting them out towards the league’s 5th-shallowest LF fences today.

Edgar Quero will benefit from the home field advantage today, which ought to boost all of his stats.

Chase Meidroth is projected to bat 2nd on the lineup card in today’s game.

Chase Meidroth has an 84th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.8%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them out towards the league’s 9th-shallowest RF fences today.

Extreme groundball batters like Chase Meidroth tend to be more successful against extreme flyball pitchers like Sonny Gray.

Chase Meidroth will benefit from the home field advantage today, which figures to improve all of his stats.

Kyle Teel is projected to hit 5th in the batting order today.

Kyle Teel will have the handedness advantage against Sonny Gray today.

Kyle Teel has a 75th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (33.5%) and will have a big advantage hitting them in the direction of the league’s 5th-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Home field advantage typically bolsters hitter metrics across the board, and Kyle Teel will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

Batting from the opposite that Sonny Gray throws from, Josh Rojas will have an edge in today’s matchup.

Josh Rojas has a 75th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (33.6%) and has the good fortune of hitting them in the direction of the league’s 5th-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Josh Rojas will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which ought to boost all of his stats.

Andrew Benintendi is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card in this game.

Guaranteed Rate Field has the 2nd-least fair ground among all stadiums — generally good for long-balls.

Andrew Benintendi will have the handedness advantage against Sonny Gray in today’s matchup.

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

Willson Contreras is projected to bat 4th in the lineup in this game.

When estimating his strikeout talent, the leading projection system (THE BAT) puts Sonny Gray in the 93rd percentile among all starters in baseball.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT), Pedro Pages (the Cardinals’s expected catcher in today’s matchup) profiles as a good pitch framer.

Sonny Gray’s 2499-rpm fastball spin rate this year ranks in the 92nd percentile among all starters.

Despite conventional wisdom, fastballs are generally a pitcher’s least effective pitch. Sonny Gray must realize this, because he has relied on his off-speed and breaking pitches a lot this year: 58.9% of the time, grading out in the 79th percentile.

Sonny Gray has posted a 12.2% Swinging Strike percentage this year, ranking in the 78th percentile.

Sonny Gray is an extreme flyball pitcher (31.2% FB% per the leading projection system, THE BAT) and has the misfortune of pitching in the #4 HR venue among all major league parks in this game.

Home field advantage typically boosts hitter stats in all categories, and Luis Robert Jr. will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

Mike Tauchman is projected to bat 1st on the lineup card in this game.

Hitting from the opposite that Sonny Gray throws from, Mike Tauchman will have an advantage in today’s matchup.

Mike Tauchman has an 86th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.1%) and has the good fortune of hitting them in the direction of the game’s 5th-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Mike Tauchman will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s game, which should improve all of his stats.

Ivan Herrera is penciled in 3rd in the batting order in today’s game.

Ivan Herrera has a 79th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.1%) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards baseball’s 9th-shallowest RF fences today.

Miguel Vargas is penciled in 4th in the lineup in this matchup.

Miguel Vargas will hold the home field advantage in today’s game, which should bolster all of his stats.

Lars Nootbaar is projected to hit 1st on the lineup card in this matchup.

Batting from the opposite that Sean Burke throws from, Lars Nootbaar will have an advantage today.

Alec Burleson is projected to hit 5th in the batting order today.

Hitting from the opposite that Sean Burke throws from, Alec Burleson will have the upper hand in today’s game.

Hitting from the opposite that Sean Burke throws from, Brendan Donovan will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

Brendan Donovan has an 81st percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.3%) and has the good fortune of hitting them out towards the league’s 5th-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

Masyn Winn is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order today.

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Sean Burke was firing on all cylinders in his previous start and gave up 0 ER.

Sean Burke’s 2546-rpm fastball spin rate this year is in the 97th percentile among all starting pitchers.

Victor Scott II is projected to bat 9th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Playing on the road typically diminishes batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Victor Scott II in today’s matchup.

Edgar Quero has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this season (58% of the time), but he is projected to bat 8th on the lineup card in today’s game.

As a switch-hitter who bats worse from the 0 side of the dish, Edgar Quero will be less advantaged while batting from his bad side against Sonny Gray in today’s matchup.

Batting from the same side that Sonny Gray throws from, Chase Meidroth will be in a tough position in today’s game.

Josh Rojas is projected to hit 9th in the batting order in today’s game.

Batting from the same side that Sean Burke throws from, Willson Contreras will not have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

Playing on the road typically lowers hitter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Willson Contreras today.

The #5 ballpark in the majors for suppressing strikeouts, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Guaranteed Rate Field.

Sonny Gray’s fastball velocity has decreased 1.1 mph this year (91.2 mph) below where it was last season (92.3 mph).

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Sonny Gray in the 92nd percentile when estimating his overall pitching abilities.

Sonny Gray turned in a great performance in his last game started and allowed 2 ER.

Nolan Arenado has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this year (68% of the time), but he is penciled in 6th on the lineup card today.

Hitting from the same side that Sean Burke throws from, Nolan Arenado encounters a tough challenge in today’s matchup.

Typically, hitters like Nolan Arenado who hit a lot of groundballs tend to perform worse when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of groundballs such as Sean Burke.

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

Luis Robert Jr. is projected to hit 6th on the lineup card in this matchup, which would be a downgrade from his 86% rate of hitting in the top-half of the lineup this year.

Batting from the same side that Sonny Gray throws from, Luis Robert Jr. will be in a tough position in today’s game.

Sean Burke will hold the platoon advantage over Ivan Herrera today.

Ivan Herrera will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s matchup.

Hitting from the same side that Sonny Gray throws from, Miguel Vargas will be in a tough position today.

Extreme flyball hitters like Miguel Vargas tend to perform worse against extreme flyball pitchers like Sonny Gray.

Lars Nootbaar will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

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

Brendan Donovan is projected to bat 9th in the lineup in today’s game, which would be a downgrade from his 97% rate of hitting in the top-half of the batting order this season.

Playing on the road generally lessens batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Brendan Donovan in today’s matchup.

Sean Burke will hold the platoon advantage over Masyn Winn in today’s matchup.

Masyn Winn will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s matchup.

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