Dodgers vs Yankees match player stats | 2026 Series Game 2 Saturday, July 18th

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Dodgers @ Yankees Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Teams : Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Yankees
Series Game 2
Date : Todays Game is on Saturday, July 18th
Time : 18/07/26 20:08:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Los Angeles Dodgers Series Game 2 Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Ryan Weathers in the 86th percentile when estimating his strikeout skill.

,Recording 92.2 adjusted pitches per start this year on average, Ryan Weathers falls in the 80th percentile.

,Austin Wells, the Yankees’s expected catcher today, profiles as a good pitch framer according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Yankee Stadium’s altitude is near sea-level, one of the lowest in MLB, which often leads to lower offensive output.

,Home field advantage typically boosts pitcher metrics across the board, and Ryan Weathers will hold that advantage today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Cody Bellinger in the 85th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive talent.

,Cody Bellinger is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card in today’s game.

,Yankee Stadium has the 7th-lowest fence height (on average) among all parks.

,Cody Bellinger will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Emmet Sheehan in today’s matchup.

,When it comes to his overall offensive talent, Kyle Tucker ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Yankee Stadium profiles as the #9 park in the majors for lefty home runs, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Kyle Tucker pulls a lot of his flyballs (35.7% — 85th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards MLB’s 7th-shallowest RF fences today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Dalton Rushing in the 75th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

,Dalton Rushing pulls many of his flyballs (37.3% — 92nd percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards MLB’s 7th-shallowest RF fences today.

,Over the last 14 days, Dalton Rushing has improved his Barrel% substantially, increasing it from his seasonal rate of 12.2% to 18.2%.

,Dalton Rushing has been hot recently, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 89.7-mph to 92.9-mph over the last two weeks.

,Tommy Edman is penciled in 5th on the lineup card in this game.

,The switch-hitting Tommy Edman will have the advantage of batting from from his strong side (0) today against Ryan Weathers.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Dalton Rushing in the 87th percentile as it relates to his home run talent.

,As it relates to his overall offensive skill, Ben Rice ranks in the 97th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Ben Rice is projected to bat 2nd in the lineup in this game.

,Hitting from the opposite that Emmet Sheehan throws from, Ben Rice will have an edge today.

,Ben Rice pulls many of his flyballs (36% — 87th percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards baseball’s 7th-shallowest RF fences today.

,Cody Bellinger pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (35.7% — 85th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards the game’s 7th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Teoscar Hernandez in the 92nd percentile as it relates to his BABIP talent.

,Hitting from the opposite that Ryan Weathers throws from, Teoscar Hernandez will have the upper hand today.

,Teoscar Hernandez has an 87th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35%) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the game’s 7th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

,Teoscar Hernandez has seen a big gain in his exit velocity lately; just compare his 91.8-mph average in the past two weeks to his seasonal 89.8-mph average.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Freddie Freeman as the 14th-best batter in the majors as it relates to his batting average talent.

,Freddie Freeman is penciled in 3rd in the batting order in today’s game.

,Freddie Freeman’s ability to hit the ball at a base hit-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has gotten better in recent games, going from 45.8% on the season to 51.4% in the last two weeks’ worth of games.

,Kyle Tucker’s ability to hit the ball at a base hit-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has improved of late, rising from 46.9% on the season to 60% in the last two weeks.

,With a .364 Expected wOBA (or xwOBA, an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) utilizing Statcast data) since the start of last season, Kyle Tucker has performed in the 90th percentile for offensive skills.

,Jose Caballero will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which should boost all of his stats.

,Based on Statcast data, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average (.281) suggests that Tommy Edman has been unlucky since the start of last season with his .244 actual batting average.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Andy Pages in the 88th percentile when assessing his overall offensive talent.

,Andy Pages is projected to bat 2nd on the lineup card today.

,Andy Pages will have the handedness advantage over Ryan Weathers today.

,With a .279 Expected Batting Average (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) utilizing Statcast data) since the start of last season , Andy Pages is ranked in the 85th percentile.

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

,Jasson Dominguez is projected to bat 5th in the batting order in this game.

,The switch-hitting Jasson Dominguez will have the advantage of batting from from his better side (0) today against Emmet Sheehan.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Paul Goldschmidt in the 79th percentile when assessing his batting average skill.

,Paul Goldschmidt is projected to bat 3rd in the lineup today.

,Paul Goldschmidt has an 86th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.7%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them out towards the league’s 7th-shallowest RF fences today.

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

,When it comes to his home run ability, Ryan McMahon ranks in the 82nd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Ryan McMahon will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Emmet Sheehan in today’s game.

,Home field advantage typically bolsters hitter metrics across the board, and Ryan McMahon will hold that advantage today.

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Shohei Ohtani ranks as the 4th-best batter in Major League Baseball.

,Shohei Ohtani is penciled in 1st in the lineup in this matchup.

,Shohei Ohtani pulls a lot of his flyballs (33.9% — 75th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the league’s 7th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

,Shohei Ohtani has made sizeable strides with his Barrel% recently, bettering his 16.5% seasonal rate to 27.3% over the last 7 days.

,When assessing his overall offensive ability, Trent Grisham ranks in the 96th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Trent Grisham is penciled in 1st in the batting order in this game.

,Batting from the opposite that Emmet Sheehan throws from, Trent Grisham will have an advantage in today’s matchup.

,The #9 ballpark in the majors for boosting home runs to RHB, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Yankee Stadium.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the 90th percentile as it relates to his home run skill.

,Hitting from the opposite that Emmet Sheehan throws from, Jazz Chisholm Jr. will have an advantage today.

,Jazz Chisholm Jr. pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (38.7% — 95th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards baseball’s 7th-shallowest RF fences today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Mookie Betts in the 95th percentile as it relates to his batting average talent.

,Mookie Betts is projected to hit 4th in the lineup today.

,Mookie Betts will have the handedness advantage against Ryan Weathers in today’s matchup.

,Mookie Betts has seen a substantial gain in his exit velocity in recent games; just compare his 93.4-mph average in the past two weeks to his seasonal 90.8-mph mark.

,Jasson Dominguez will benefit from the home field advantage today, which figures to boost all of his stats.

,When it comes to his home run ability, Austin Wells ranks in the 84th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Austin Wells will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Emmet Sheehan today.

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

,When it comes to his overall offensive talent, Paul Goldschmidt ranks in the 77th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Based on Statcast metrics, Freddie Freeman grades out in the 80th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average since the start of last season at .273.

,Jose Caballero has made big gains with his Barrel% lately, bettering his 4.3% seasonal rate to 25% over the past 7 days.

,As it relates to his overall offensive skill, Teoscar Hernandez ranks in the 88th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,When estimating his overall offensive ability, Jasson Dominguez ranks in the 81st percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,As it relates to his overall offensive skill, Mookie Betts ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Emmet Sheehan projects as the 20th-best SP in the league currently as it relates to his strikeout ability, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Considering that flyball pitchers have a significant edge over flyball bats, Emmet Sheehan and his 39.2% underlying FB% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT) will be in a good position in today’s matchup going up against 2 opposing FB bats.

,Among all starting pitchers, Emmet Sheehan’s fastball spin rate of 2439 rpm is in the 82nd percentile this year.

,Emmet Sheehan has compiled a 14.6% Swinging Strike% this year, checking in at the 96th percentile.

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Freddie Freeman ranks as the 18th-best hitter in MLB.

,The Los Angeles Dodgers projected offense profiles as the strongest on the slate in terms of overall hitting ability.

,The #3 venue in Major League Baseball for boosting walks, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Yankee Stadium.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the 80th percentile when assessing his overall offensive skill.

,Jazz Chisholm Jr. will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which ought to bolster all of his stats.

Negatives with the New York Yankees Series Game 2 Game Today

Jordan Baker grades out as a Hitters Umpire and is likely to be in charge of the strike zone in this game.

,Humid weather has a small but significant connection with more offense (and fewer whiffs), and the weather report projects the 2nd-most humid conditions on the slate today at 85%.

,Ryan Weathers’s fastball velocity has fallen 1.1 mph this year (95.1 mph) below where it was last year (96.2 mph).

,With a 0.78 deviation between Ryan Weathers’s 10.14 K/9 and his 9.36 estimated true talent K/9 (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the most fortunate pitchers in baseball this year in terms of strikeouts and figures to see negative regression the rest of the season.

,The #3 park in the majors for suppressing base hits to left-handed batters, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Yankee Stadium.

,Typically, batters like Cody Bellinger who hit a lot of groundballs tend to perform worse when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of groundballs such as Emmet Sheehan.

,In the last two weeks’ worth of games, Cody Bellinger’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 6.8% down to 0%.

,Cody Bellinger’s launch angle of late (-2.3° over the last week) is significantly lower than his 17.7° seasonal mark.

,Kyle Tucker is penciled in 6th on the lineup card in today’s game, which would be a downgrade from his 73% rate of hitting in the top-half of the batting order this season.

,Ryan Weathers will hold the platoon advantage against Kyle Tucker in today’s matchup.

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

,In the past week’s worth of games, Kyle Tucker’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 5.3% down to 0%.

,Dalton Rushing is projected to bat 9th in the batting order in this game.

,Ryan Weathers will have the handedness advantage over Dalton Rushing in today’s matchup.

,The New York Yankees infield defense grades out as the 4th-best among all the teams in action today.

,Yankee Stadium ranks as the #27 field in the majors for RHB base hits, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Among all major league parks, Yankee Stadium’s CF dimensions are the 5th-deepest.

,Tommy Edman will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player today.

,Over the past week, Tommy Edman’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 6.7% down to 0%.

,Ben Rice has been lucky this year, putting up a .402 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .363 — a .039 disparity.

,Teoscar Hernandez is penciled in 7th on the lineup card in this matchup.

,Teoscar Hernandez will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s game.

,Hitting from the same side that Ryan Weathers throws from, Freddie Freeman will be at a disadvantage in today’s matchup.

,Freddie Freeman has an 87th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.9%) but may find it hard to clear the game’s 8th-deepest LF fences in today’s matchup.

,Jose Caballero is penciled in 7th in the batting order in today’s game.

,Hitting from the same side that Emmet Sheehan throws from, Jose Caballero encounters a tough challenge in today’s matchup.

,Jose Caballero pulls a lot of his flyballs (38% — 94th percentile) but may find it hard to clear the league’s 8th-deepest LF fences in today’s game.

,Against the weak defense of New York’s 3rd-worst infield on the slate today), Tommy Edman has a very favorable matchup given his extreme groundball tendencies.

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

,Jasson Dominguez’s exit velocity on flyballs has fallen off this year; his 92.3-mph mark last year has lowered to 87.2-mph.

,Jasson Dominguez’s exit velocity on flyballs has decreased recently; his 87.2-mph seasonal EV has fallen off to 84.4-mph over the past week.

,Jasson Dominguez’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has dropped off in recent games, falling from 12.9% on the season to 0% in the last week.

,Emmet Sheehan will have the handedness advantage against Paul Goldschmidt in today’s game.

,Over the past 7 days, Paul Goldschmidt’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 11.6% down to 0%.

,In the past week, Paul Goldschmidt’s exit velocity on flyballs has fallen off from his seasonal mark of 94.4 mph to 83.7 mph.

,Andy Pages has negatively regressed with his Barrel% recently; his 8.4% seasonal rate has fallen to 0% over the last 7 days.

,Ryan McMahon is projected to bat 8th on the lineup card today.

,This year, Ryan McMahon has been replaced by a pinch-hitter in 13% of his appearances when starting against righty on the mound.

,Ryan McMahon has an 84th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.3%) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards MLB’s 8th-deepest LF fences in today’s game.

,Ryan Weathers will hold the platoon advantage over Shohei Ohtani in today’s matchup.

,Playing on the road typically diminishes hitter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Shohei Ohtani today.

,Trent Grisham hits a high percentage of his flyballs to center field (38.6% — 88th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the game’s 5th-deepest CF fences today.

,Over the last two weeks, Trent Grisham’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 10.9% down to 0%.

,Sporting a .265 BABIP this year, Trent Grisham is ranked in the 21st percentile.

,Tommy Edman’s exit velocity on flyballs has dropped off of late; his 85-mph seasonal average has lowered to 72.2-mph over the last week.

,Tommy Edman’s launch angle recently (-3.3° over the last two weeks) is a considerable dropoff from his 8.4° seasonal figure.

,Jazz Chisholm Jr. is penciled in 6th in the batting order in this game.

,Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has fallen off from last year to this one, going from 19.4% to 11.8%.

,Utilizing Statcast data, Jazz Chisholm Jr. grades out in the 17th percentile via the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Batting Average since the start of last season at .222.

,In today’s matchup, Mookie Betts is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 5th-deepest CF center field fences given that he hits his flyballs towards center field at a 39.8% rate (97th percentile).

,Playing on the road typically weakens hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Mookie Betts in today’s matchup.

,Austin Wells is projected to bat 9th in the lineup in this game.

,This year, Austin Wells has been pulled from the game early in 19% of his appearances when starting against righty on the mound.

,Extreme groundball bats like Austin Wells generally hit worse against extreme groundball pitchers like Emmet Sheehan.

,Austin Wells’s average exit velocity has decreased of late; his 88.6-mph seasonal average has fallen off to 85.6-mph in the past two weeks.

,Trent Grisham has notched a .224 Expected Batting Average since the start of last season, grading out in the 18th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Cody Bellinger has been cold recently, with his seasonal exit velocity of 88.6-mph dropping to 86.6-mph in the past two weeks.

,Paul Goldschmidt’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has fallen off of late, decreasing from 18% on the season to 0% over the last week.

,Jose Caballero’s average exit velocity has dropped off this year; his 86.1-mph EV last year has dropped to 83.8-mph.

,Andy Pages’s average exit velocity has decreased recently; his 89.1-mph seasonal EV has fallen to 86.5-mph in the last two weeks’ worth of games.

,Andy Pages’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has dropped off from last season to this one, falling from 19.4% to 15.4%.

,Teoscar Hernandez has negatively regressed with his Barrel% of late; his 10.1% seasonal rate has dropped off to 0% over the last week.

,Dalton Rushing will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

,Dalton Rushing’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has fallen off of late, falling from 14.6% on the season to 9.1% in the last 14 days.

,Jasson Dominguez has compiled a .294 Expected wOBA (xwOBA) since the start of last season, checking in at the 21st percentile for hitting ability according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Ryan McMahon’s batting average talent is projected to be in the 20th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Mookie Betts’s launch angle of late (1.3° in the last week’s worth of games) is a considerable dropoff from his 19.3° seasonal mark.

,Shohei Ohtani has taken a step back with his Barrel%; his 23.7% rate last season has fallen to 16.5% this season.

,Shohei Ohtani’s exit velocity on flyballs has fallen off this season; his 100.7-mph average last year has lowered to 96.5-mph.

,Ryan McMahon’s average exit velocity has decreased this year; his 93.2-mph EV last year has lowered to 90.7-mph.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Emmet Sheehan to throw 75 pitches today (4th-least on the slate today), considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup.

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT), Dalton Rushing (the Dodgers’s expected catcher today) profiles as a weak pitch framer.

,The New York Yankees have 7 bats in the projected batting order that will have the handedness advantage over Emmet Sheehan today.

,Playing on the road typically lowers batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Freddie Freeman today.

,Over the last week, Freddie Freeman’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 10.9% down to 0%.

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s estimation, Ryan Weathers’s overall pitching talent ranks in the 81st percentile out of all starting pitchers in MLB currently.

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