Guardians vs Blue Jays match player stats | 2025 Series Game 3 Sunday, May 4th

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Guardians vs Blue Jays match player stats | 2025 Series Game 3 Sunday, May 4th

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Series Game 3 Matchup Details

Cleveland Guardians at Toronto Blue Jays
Series Game 3
Todays Game is on Sunday, May 4th
04/05/25 13:37:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positive Match Player Stats for Guardians vs Blue Jays Series Game 3 Matchup Today

Recording 98.1 adjusted pitches per start this year on average, Tanner Bibee places in the 95th percentile.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT), Bo Naylor (the Guardians’s expected catcher today) is considered to be an elite pitch framer.

The Cleveland Guardians have 4 batters in their projected offense today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Nolan Jones, Jhonkensy Noel, Daniel Schneemann, Bo Naylor).

Projected catcher Alejandro Kirk grades out as a good pitch framer, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

Considering that groundball hitters perform worse against groundball pitchers, Bowden Francis (39.9% GB% per the leading projection system, THE BAT) is well-situated in today’s game with 2 GB hitters in the opposing team’s projected offense.

Bowden Francis will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s game, which ought to improve all of his metrics in all categories.

Negative Match Player Stats with Guardians vs Blue Jays Series Game 3

The Toronto Blue Jays (19.1 K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) are projected to have the least strikeout-heavy set of hitters of the day.

It is anticipated that we will see a Huge Hitters Umpire (Scott Barry) in charge of the strike zone in this game.

The Rogers Centre roof projects to be closed today, making weather conditions in this match-up 7° hotter than the average outdoor game on the schedule today — favorable for offense.

Tanner Bibee will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s matchup.

Tanner Bibee’s fastball spin rate has fallen 163 rpm this year (2198 rpm) below where it was last season (2361 rpm).

The Cleveland Guardians have 7 batters in the projected offense that will hold the platoon advantage over Bowden Francis in today’s game.

Bowden Francis’s fastball velocity has dropped 1.1 mph this year (91.7 mph) below where it was last year (92.8 mph).

Bowden Francis’s 2245-rpm spin rate on his fastball this season is a substantial 119-rpm decline from last season’s 2364-rpm mark.

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