Dodgers vs Guardians match player stats | 2025 Series Game 3 Wednesday, May 28th

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Dodgers vs Guardians match player stats | 2025 Series Game 3 Wednesday, May 28th

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Series Game 3 Matchup Details

Los Angeles Dodgers at Cleveland Guardians
Series Game 3
Todays Game is on Wednesday, May 28th
28/05/25 13:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

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Built 673 feet above sea level, Progressive Field has the 7th-highest elevation among all parks, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to better offense.

As a switch-hitter who bats better from the 0 side of the plate, Angel Martinez will get to bat from his better side against Clayton Kershaw today.

Angel Martinez pulls many of his flyballs (35.3% — 89th percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards baseball’s 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Angel Martinez will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to boost all of his stats.

Angel Martinez has seen a significant increase in his exit velocity on flyballs this season; just compare his 91.4-mph average to last season’s 89.2-mph EV.

The Los Angeles Dodgers outfield defense profiles as the 3rd-weakest out of all the teams in action today.

Progressive Field grades out as the #3 venue in MLB for righty base hits, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Kyle Manzardo is projected to hit 5th in the batting order in this game.

The #3 park in the game for boosting base hits to left-handed hitters, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Progressive Field.

Progressive Field has the 6th-shallowest right field fences in Major League Baseball.

Extreme groundball bats like Kyle Manzardo tend to perform better against extreme flyball pitchers like Clayton Kershaw.

As it relates to his home run skill, Kyle Manzardo ranks in the 92nd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Kyle Manzardo will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s game, which should boost all of his stats.

Carlos Santana is projected to bat 4th in the batting order in today’s game.

As a switch-hitter who bats better from the 0 side of the plate, Carlos Santana will get to bat from his good side against Clayton Kershaw in this game.

Carlos Santana pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (40.2% — 98th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB’s 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

Carlos Santana will benefit from the home field advantage today, which should improve all of his stats.

When estimating his overall offensive skill, Jose Ramirez ranks in the 96th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Jose Ramirez is penciled in 3rd in the batting order today.

Jose Ramirez pulls a lot of his flyballs (40.7% — 99th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the game’s 3rd-shallowest LF fences today.

Extreme groundball bats like Jose Ramirez are generally more successful against extreme flyball pitchers like Clayton Kershaw.

The Cleveland Guardians have 4 hitters in their projected batting order today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (via the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Kyle Manzardo, Jhonkensy Noel, Bo Naylor, Gabriel Arias).

Mike Estabrook projects as a Huge Pitchers Umpire and is anticipated to be in charge of the strike zone in today’s game.

The #9 venue in Major League Baseball for boosting strikeouts, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Progressive Field.

Clayton Kershaw’s high utilization rate of his secondary pitches (63.3% since the start of last season) ought to work in his favor since they are typically much more effective than fastballs.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Progressive Field as the 6th-best stadium in baseball for walks.

The 2nd-shallowest left field fences in the league are found in Progressive Field.

Gabriel Arias’s BABIP talent is projected in the 83rd percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Gabriel Arias has primarily hit in the back-half of the batting order this year (70% of the time), but he is projected to hit 2nd in the lineup in this game.

Gabriel Arias will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Clayton Kershaw today.

Gabriel Arias has an 88th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.4%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them in the direction of the league’s 6th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

Home field advantage typically bolsters hitter stats across the board, and Gabriel Arias will hold that advantage today.

Batting from the opposite that Clayton Kershaw throws from, Jhonkensy Noel will have an advantage today.

Jhonkensy Noel pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (38.1% — 97th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards the league’s 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

Jhonkensy Noel will hold the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jhonkensy Noel in the 84th percentile when it comes to his home run skill.

Steven Kwan is projected to hit 1st in the batting order in this matchup.

Steven Kwan has a 92nd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (37%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards baseball’s 3rd-shallowest LF fences in today’s matchup.

Steven Kwan will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which should improve all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Steven Kwan in the 95th percentile when estimating his batting average ability.

Steven Kwan has been hot recently, putting up a .352 wOBA in the last week’s worth of games.

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As it relates to his home run skill, Angel Martinez ranks in the 22nd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Angel Martinez is projected to hit 7th in the batting order in today’s game.

The #5 venue in Major League Baseball for suppressing home runs to right-handed hitters, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Progressive Field.

Among all parks, the 4th-tallest fences are at Progressive Field.

As far as temperature and humidity are concerned, the 5th-most suitable pitching weather on the schedule is expected for this contest.

Angel Martinez’s average launch angle on his highest exit velocity balls this year (8.2°) is quite a bit worse than his 16.6° figure last year.

Based on Statcast metrics, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average (.248) may lead us to conclude that Angel Martinez has been very fortunate this year with his .271 actual batting average.

Angel Martinez’s 2% Barrel% (a reliable metric to measure power) ranks in the 16th percentile since the start of last season.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Kyle Manzardo in the 9th percentile as it relates to his BABIP skill.

Clayton Kershaw will have the handedness advantage over Kyle Manzardo today.

Kyle Manzardo’s ability to hit the ball at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has fallen off from last year to this one, decreasing from 38.1% to 32.3%.

This season, there has been a decline in Kyle Manzardo’s footspeed with his Statcast Sprint Speed dropping from 25.88 ft/sec last year to 25.2 ft/sec currently.

The #5 park in the majors for suppressing home runs to LHB, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Progressive Field.

Carlos Santana’s BABIP talent is projected in the 0th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Carlos Santana’s average launch angle on his hardest-hit balls this year (8.2°) is considerably lower than his 14.1° figure last season.

Using Statcast metrics, Carlos Santana ranks in the 17th percentile via the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average this year at .220.

Carlos Santana has been very bad at hitting the ball to all fields (a key ability for batting average), checking in at the 0th percentile in THE BAT X’s Spray Score this year.

Based on Statcast metrics, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected wOBA (.329) implies that Jose Ramirez has had some very good luck this year with his .376 actual wOBA.

Jose Ramirez has hit 23.5% of his balls in the air 100 mph or greater this year, grading out in the 19th percentile.

Compared to the average starting pitcher, Clayton Kershaw has been granted a below-average leash since the start of last season, recording an -15.3 fewer adjusted pitches each outing.

The Cleveland Guardians have 6 bats in the projected offense that will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Clayton Kershaw in today’s game.

Given that flyball pitchers are hit hardest by groundball hitters, Clayton Kershaw (44.7% FB% according to the leading projection system, THE BAT) will be a bit disadvantaged in today’s game with 3 GB hitters in Cleveland’s projected batting order.

Playing on the road typically reduces pitcher metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Clayton Kershaw today.

The Cleveland Guardians projected batting order ranks as the 4th-weakest of all teams on the slate today in terms of overall offensive ability.

Typically, batters like Gabriel Arias who hit a lot of flyballs usually hit worse when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of flyballs such as Clayton Kershaw.

Based on Statcast data, Gabriel Arias ranks in the 14th percentile for offensive ability according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected wOBA (xwOBA) this year at .282.

Posting a .224 Expected Batting Average (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) using Statcast data) this year , Gabriel Arias finds himself in the 19th percentile.

In terms of the ability to lift the ball for power, Gabriel Arias ranks in just the 3rd percentile with a 3.5° launch angle, which is among the most groundball-inducing angles in baseball.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jhonkensy Noel in the 10th percentile when it comes to his BABIP ability.

Jhonkensy Noel is penciled in 6th in the lineup in this game.

Jhonkensy Noel has negatively regressed with his Barrel%; his 14.5% rate last year has decreased to 5.6% this year.

Jhonkensy Noel’s average launch angle on his hardest-hit balls this year (-3.4°) is quite a bit worse than his 14.7° angle last year.

When assessing his home run skill, Steven Kwan ranks in the 1st percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Hitting from the same side that Clayton Kershaw throws from, Steven Kwan encounters a tough challenge in today’s matchup.

Steven Kwan has been lucky this year, compiling a .352 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .308 — a .044 difference.

This year, Steven Kwan’s 2.6% Barrel%, an advanced standard for measuring power, places him in the 11th percentile among his peers.

This year, the hardest ball Steven Kwan has hit reached a maximum exit velocity of 104.1 mph (an advanced metric to measure power), ranking in the 2nd percentile.

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