Dodgers vs Angels match player stats | 2026 Friday, May 15th

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Dodgers @ Angels Matchup Details

Teams : Los Angeles Dodgers at Los Angeles Angels

Date : Todays Game is on Friday, May 15th
Time : 15/05/26 21:38:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Los Angeles Dodgers Game Today

When estimating his home run skill, Zach Neto ranks in the 86th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Angel Stadium has the lowest fence height (on average) in the league.

,Hitting from the opposite that Blake Snell throws from, Zach Neto will have an advantage today.

,Zach Neto will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which figures to improve all of his stats.

,In the past week’s worth of games, Zach Neto’s exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 94.8-mph over the course of the season to 100.3-mph in recent games.

,Kyle Tucker projects as the 20th-best batter in baseball, per the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Kyle Tucker is projected to bat 3rd on the lineup card today.

,Kyle Tucker will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Jack Kochanowicz in today’s game.

,Extreme groundball hitters like Kyle Tucker tend to perform better against extreme flyball pitchers like Jack Kochanowicz.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Teoscar Hernandez in the 93rd percentile when assessing his BABIP skill.

,Out of all the teams in action today, the 3rd-weakest infield defense is that of the Los Angeles Angels.

,When assessing his home run ability, Jorge Soler ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Jorge Soler is penciled in 4th in the lineup in this game.

,Batting from the opposite that Blake Snell throws from, Jorge Soler will have an edge in today’s matchup.

,Jorge Soler will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to improve all of his stats.

,Hitting from the opposite that Blake Snell throws from, Sebastian Rivero will have an advantage in today’s matchup.

,Home field advantage generally boosts batter stats across the board, and Sebastian Rivero will hold that advantage today.

,Jack Kochanowicz has averaged 94.4 adjusted pitches per outing this year, grading out in the 85th percentile.

,The #3 ballpark in MLB for suppressing batting average, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Angel Stadium.

,Jack Kochanowicz will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s game, which should boost all of his metrics in all categories.

,Jack Kochanowicz’s sinker percentage has dropped by 6.2% from last year to this one (46.7% to 40.5%) .

,Mike Trout projects as the 7th-best hitter in the majors, via the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Mike Trout is projected to hit 2nd on the lineup card in today’s game.

,Batting from the opposite that Blake Snell throws from, Mike Trout will have an advantage today.

,Home field advantage generally bolsters hitter stats in all categories, and Mike Trout will hold that advantage today.

,Vaughn Grissom’s batting average skill is projected to be in the 85th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Vaughn Grissom has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this year (53% of the time), but he is penciled in 1st on the lineup card in this matchup.

,Vaughn Grissom will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Blake Snell in today’s game.

,Vaughn Grissom will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which figures to improve all of his stats.

,Blake Snell projects as the 12th-best pitcher in the league currently, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Compared to the average starter, Blake Snell has been given a longer leash than the average pitcher since the start of last season, tallying an extra 4.9 adjusted pitches each game.

,The Los Angeles Angels have been the 8th-luckiest offense in MLB this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to perform worse in future games,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andy Pages in the 88th percentile when assessing his batting average skill.

,Andy Pages is penciled in 4th in the lineup today, which would be an upgrade from his 74% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this year.

,Extreme flyball hitters like Andy Pages are generally more successful against extreme groundball pitchers like Jack Kochanowicz.

,Hitting from the opposite that Blake Snell throws from, Bryce Teodosio will have an edge in today’s game.

,Home field advantage generally bolsters hitter metrics across the board, and Bryce Teodosio will hold that advantage today.

,Ranking in the 96th percentile for Sprint Speed at 29.42 ft/sec this year, Bryce Teodosio is notably quick.

,Oswald Peraza is projected to hit 5th in the lineup today, which would be an upgrade from his 79% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the batting order this season.

,Hitting from the opposite that Blake Snell throws from, Oswald Peraza will have an advantage in today’s matchup.

,Home field advantage generally improves hitter stats across the board, and Oswald Peraza will hold that advantage in today’s game.

,Hyeseong Kim will hold the platoon advantage against Jack Kochanowicz today.

,With a .378 BABIP since the start of last season, Hyeseong Kim finds himself in the 97th percentile.

,As it relates to his overall offensive skill, Zach Neto ranks in the 84th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Zach Neto’s launch angle this year (22.2°) is quite a bit better than his 17.7° mark last season.

,Jorge Soler has seen a notable increase in his exit velocity on flyballs lately; just compare his 95.9-mph average over the last two weeks to his seasonal figure of 93.3-mph.

,Jorge Soler’s ability to hit the ball at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has gotten better from last season to this one, rising from 40.8% to 46.7%.

,As it relates to his home run skill, Jo Adell ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Jo Adell is projected to bat 3rd in the lineup in today’s game.

,Batting from the opposite that Blake Snell throws from, Jo Adell will have the upper hand today.

,Home field advantage typically boosts batter stats across the board, and Jo Adell will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

,Angel Stadium ranks as the #4 stadium in Major League Baseball for strikeouts, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,When assessing his overall offensive talent, Jo Adell ranks in the 84th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Jo Adell has made substantial gains with his Barrel% lately, upping his 7% seasonal rate to 21.4% over the past week.

,When estimating his batting average ability, Freddie Freeman is projected as the 13th-best batter in baseball by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Freddie Freeman is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.

,Freddie Freeman will have the handedness advantage against Jack Kochanowicz today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Max Muncy as Major League Baseball’s 16th-best home run batter.

,Max Muncy is projected to hit 5th in the batting order in today’s game.

,Batting from the opposite that Jack Kochanowicz throws from, Max Muncy will have an advantage in today’s game.

,Batters such as Max Muncy with extreme groundball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like Jack Kochanowicz who skew towards the flyball end of the spectrum.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Will Smith in the 97th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

,Will Smith is penciled in 1st in the batting order today.

,Extreme groundball hitters like Will Smith tend to be more successful against extreme flyball pitchers like Jack Kochanowicz.

,Will Smith has been hot lately, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 89.6-mph to 92.2-mph in the last two weeks.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Hyeseong Kim in the 93rd percentile when assessing his BABIP talent.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Max Muncy in the 95th percentile when assessing his overall offensive ability.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Teoscar Hernandez in the 89th percentile when it comes to his home run skill.

,Vaughn Grissom has been hot lately, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 91.6-mph to 94.7-mph over the past two weeks.

,Andy Pages has seen a substantial improvement in his exit velocity this season; just compare his 90.9-mph average to last season’s 88.7-mph mark.

,In the last 7 days, Freddie Freeman’s exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 93.6-mph over the course of the season to 96.5-mph of late.

,Freddie Freeman projects as the 18th-best batter in baseball, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,When estimating his overall offensive talent, Andy Pages ranks in the 84th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,When it comes to his strikeout ability, Blake Snell projects as the 3rd-best starter in the league right now, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,The Los Angeles Angels have 5 hitters in their projected batting order today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (via the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Bryce Teodosio, Yoan Moncada, Zach Neto, Jorge Soler, Mike Trout).

,Mike Trout has made big improvements with his Barrel%, improving his 15.5% rate last season to 23.2% this season.

,As it relates to his home runs, Bryce Teodosio has had some very poor luck since the start of last season. His 3.0 HR per 600 plate appearances rate has been a fair amount lower than the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected HR/600 at 9.2.

Negatives with the Los Angeles Angels Game Today

Zach Neto has primarily hit in the top-half of the batting order this year (98% of the time), but he is penciled in 6th on the lineup card in this game.

,Angel Stadium ranks as the #27 stadium in the league for run-scoring, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,In terms of temperature and humidity, the weather forecast projects the 4th-most favorable pitching conditions on the slate today.

,Zach Neto pulls a lot of his flyballs (38.3% — 95th percentile) but may find it hard to clear the game’s 11th-deepest LF fences in today’s game.

,Kyle Tucker will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

,Kyle Tucker has struggled with his Barrel% lately; his 6.8% seasonal rate has dropped off to 0% over the last week.

,Kyle Tucker’s exit velocity on flyballs has decreased of late; his 89.4-mph seasonal EV has lowered to 78.4-mph in the past week.

,Teoscar Hernandez is projected to bat 6th in the lineup in this game.

,Angel Stadium profiles as the #21 park in the league for right-handed batting average, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Hitting from the same side that Jack Kochanowicz throws from, Teoscar Hernandez faces a tough challenge in today’s matchup.

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

,Jorge Soler pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (35.8% — 85th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the game’s 11th-deepest LF fences today.

,Over the past week, Jorge Soler’s 0% rate of hitting balls at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has taken a nosedive compared to his seasonal rate of 16.3%.

,Using Statcast metrics, Jorge Soler grades out in the 17th percentile for offensive skills via the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected wOBA (xwOBA) since the start of last season at .290.

,When it comes to his overall offensive talent, Sebastian Rivero ranks in the 0th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Sebastian Rivero is penciled in 8th in the lineup today.

,Sebastian Rivero has been cold recently, posting a 0% Barrel% (an advanced metric to evaluate power) over the last 7 days.

,The 3rd-best projected offense of all teams on the slate today in terms of overall batting skill is that of the the Los Angeles Dodgers.

,Given that flyball pitchers struggle the most against groundball hitters, Jack Kochanowicz (53.2% FB% according to the leading projection system, THE BAT) will be a bit disadvantaged today with 4 GB hitters in Los Angeles’s projected offense.

,In his last GS, Jack Kochanowicz allowed a monstrous 5 earned runs.

,The standard deviation of Vaughn Grissom’s launch angle has been very inconsistent in recent games (22.3° in the past two weeks), which is an indicator of poor bat control and not seeing the ball well.

,Despite posting a .340 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Vaughn Grissom has had some very good luck given the .029 gap between that mark and his estimated true talent wOBA of .311.

,Projected catcher Dalton Rushing projects as a weak pitch framer, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,With 9 batters who hit from the other side in the opposing team’s projected offense, Blake Snell encounters a tough challenge while lacking the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in this matchup.

,Blake Snell will be at a disadvantage playing on the road today.

,The 9.3% Barrel% of the Los Angeles Angels grades them out as the #9 group of hitters in the game this year by this standard.

,Jack Kochanowicz will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Andy Pages in today’s matchup.

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

,Andy Pages’s launch angle recently (0.6° in the last 7 days) is considerably lower than his 14° seasonal figure.

,Angel Stadium profiles as the #21 park in the league for left-handed batting average, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,When assessing his overall offensive ability, Bryce Teodosio ranks in the 1st percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Bryce Teodosio is projected to bat 9th in the batting order in today’s game.

,This year, Bryce Teodosio has been replaced by a pinch-hitter in 45% of his appearances when starting against lefty hurler.

,When starting against a left-handed starter this year, Oswald Peraza has been lifted for a pinch-hitter 21% of the time.

,Oswald Peraza’s average exit velocity has decreased recently; his 86.6-mph seasonal mark has fallen to 80.4-mph over the past 14 days.

,Oswald Peraza’s exit velocity on flyballs has dropped off this year; his 92-mph figure last season has lowered to 90-mph.

,When estimating his home run talent, Hyeseong Kim ranks in the 6th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Hyeseong Kim is projected to bat 8th in the lineup in today’s game.

,38% of the time that Hyeseong Kim has started against a righty on the mound this year, he has been pulled from the game early.

,Jorge Soler’s BABIP ability is projected in the 17th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,From last season to this one, Jo Adell’s ability to hit the ball at a launch angle that optimizes home runs (23° to 34°) has decreased substantially, plummeting from 16.2% to 10.8%.

,When it comes to plate discipline, Jo Adell’s talent is quite bad, putting up a 7.38 K/BB rate this year while checking in at in the 2nd percentile.

,When assessing his strikeout talent, the leading projection system (THE BAT) puts Jack Kochanowicz in the 0th percentile among all SPs in Major League Baseball.

,Ranking in the 8th percentile, Jack Kochanowicz has compiled a 15% Strikeout% this year.

,Freddie Freeman has an 81st percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (33.8%) and will have to hit them out towards MLB’s 11th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

,Playing on the road generally lessens batter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Freddie Freeman in today’s matchup.

,Freddie Freeman’s ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has decreased from last year to this one, falling from 50.9% to 38.8%.

,Hyeseong Kim has an 84th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.4%) and will have to hit them out towards the game’s 11th-deepest LF fences today.

,Playing on the road typically weakens batter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Max Muncy today.

,Despite posting a .389 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Max Muncy has been lucky given the .039 discrepancy between that figure and his estimated true talent wOBA of .350.

,Sebastian Rivero has been cold of late, notching an 80.9-mph average exit velocity in the past 7 days.

,Jack Kochanowicz will hold the platoon advantage over Will Smith today.

,Playing on the road generally diminishes hitter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Will Smith today.

,Teoscar Hernandez has negatively regressed with his Barrel% of late; his 9% seasonal rate has dropped to 0% in the past two weeks.

,Compared to his seasonal angle of 12.3°, Oswald Peraza has produced a noticeably lower launch angle (6.3°) in the last two weeks.

,Over the last 14 days, Vaughn Grissom’s swing has not been well optimized for home runs, hitting a mere 7.4% of his balls with a launch angle in the optimal range of 23° to 34°.

,Freddie Freeman’s launch angle this year (10.9°) is quite a bit worse than his 14.3° angle last season.

,Andy Pages has been lucky this year, posting a .382 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .328 — a .054 deviation.

,Out of all starters, Blake Snell’s fastball spin rate of 2456.8 rpm grades out in the 88th percentile since the start of last season.

,Ranked in the 9th percentile, Bryce Teodosio’s average exit velocity of 84.7 mph ranks among the lowest in Major League Baseball since the start of last season.

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