Giants vs Padres match player stats | 2025 Monday, August 18th

Giants vs Padres match player stats | 2025 Monday, August 18th

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Giants @ Padres Matchup Details

Teams : San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres
Series :
Date : Todays Game is on Monday, August 18th
Time : 18/08/25 21:40:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the San Francisco Giants Game Today

Petco Park ranks as the #25 stadium in baseball for batting average, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The weather report projects the 5th-most favorable pitching conditions on the slate today, as it relates to temperature and humidity.

Nestor Cortes’s cutter percentage has increased by 8.9% from last year to this one (28.2% to 37.1%) .

Nestor Cortes’s 75th percentile BB% (6.6% since the start of last season) shows his good control skills.

The #5 park in baseball for boosting strikeouts, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Petco Park.

Built just 14 feet above sea level, Petco Park has one of the lowest elevations in the majors, which generally leads to less offense.

Robbie Ray projects as the 19th-best starting pitcher in the majors right now when it comes to his strikeout ability, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Tallying 96.2 adjusted pitches per game per started this year on average, Robbie Ray checks in at the 96th percentile.

Checking in at the 88th percentile, Robbie Ray recorded a 12.7% Swinging Strike rate this year.

Negatives with the San Diego Padres Game Today

Petco Park has the shallowest centerfield dimensions among all parks.

Petco Park has the 6th-lowest average fence height in MLB.

Nestor Cortes is an extreme flyball pitcher (43.5% FB% according to the leading projection system, THE BAT) and is stuck pitching in the #10 HR venue in the league today.

Out of all the teams in action today, the 9th-worst infield defense is that of the the San Diego Padres.

Nestor Cortes allowed a colossal 8 earned runs in his last game started.

Nestor Cortes wasn’t on when it came to striking hitters out in his last GS and compiled 2 Ks.

Nestor Cortes’s 89.9-mph velocity on his fastball this season is a sizeable 2.3-mph decrease from last season’s 92.2-mph mark.

Robbie Ray’s 92.9-mph velocity on his fastball this year is a significant 1.1-mph drop off from last season’s 94-mph figure.

Robbie Ray has been lucky this year, posting a 2.98 ERA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 4.32 — a 1.34 discrepancy.

Robbie Ray has been one of the luckiest hurlers in the league on balls in play this year with a .249 BABIP and should see that luck normalize going forward.

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