Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Positive Match Player Stats for Mariners vs Angels Series Game 2 Matchup Today

When it comes to his overall offensive ability, Zach Neto ranks in the 85th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Zach Neto is projected to bat 1st in the lineup in this game.

In the majors, Angel Stadium has the 3rd-lowest average fence height.

The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 8-mph in this match-up, the 4th-strongest of the day for bats.

Out of every team today, the 3rd-worst infield defense belongs to the Seattle Mariners.

Home field advantage typically boosts batter metrics in all categories, and Zach Neto will hold that advantage in today’s game.

Hitting from the opposite that Jack Kochanowicz throws from, Cole Young will have an advantage in today’s matchup.

Among all the teams in action today, the 4th-weakest outfield defense belongs to the Los Angeles Angels.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Nolan Schanuel in the 89th percentile when it comes to his batting average ability.

Nolan Schanuel is projected to bat 2nd on the lineup card in this matchup.

Nolan Schanuel will have the handedness advantage against Luis Castillo today… and even better, Castillo has a large platoon split.

The Seattle Mariners have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Nolan Schanuel has a strong chance of holding the platoon advantage against every reliever all game.

Benjamin Williamson has been hot of late, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 87.9-mph to 93.2-mph in the last week.

Based on Statcast metrics, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected HR per 600 plate appearances (10.9) provides evidence that Benjamin Williamson has had some very poor luck this year with his 3.9 actual HR/600.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Benjamin Williamson in the 92nd percentile when assessing his BABIP talent.

Mike Trout projects as the 7th-best home run batter in the game, per the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Mike Trout is projected to bat 3rd in the lineup in this matchup.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), Mike Trout ranks as the 11th-best batter in MLB.

Mike Trout will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which figures to boost all of his stats.

When it comes to his overall offensive skill, Taylor Ward ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Taylor Ward is penciled in 4th in the lineup in this matchup.

Home field advantage typically bolsters batter stats across the board, and Taylor Ward will hold that advantage in today’s game.

Extreme flyball hitters like Luis Rengifo usually hit better against extreme groundball pitchers like Luis Castillo.

Luis Rengifo will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which should boost all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luis Rengifo in the 79th percentile when estimating his batting average talent.

Home field advantage typically improves hitter stats across the board, and Jo Adell will hold that advantage in today’s game.

Jo Adell has seen a significant gain in his exit velocity on flyballs this season; just compare his 98.1-mph average to last season’s 94.1-mph mark.

Jo Adell has seen a big improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs lately; just compare his 100.1-mph average over the last two weeks to his seasonal EV of 98.1-mph.

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

Luis Castillo has averaged 95.9 adjusted pitches per game per started this year, grading out in the 93rd percentile.

The Los Angeles Angels have 4 batters in their projected lineup today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Mike Trout, Logan O’Hoppe, Jo Adell, Chris Taylor).

Cal Raleigh, the Mariners’s expected catcher today, grades out as an elite pitch framer according to the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Angel Stadium as the 3rd-best ballpark in MLB for strikeouts.

When assessing his home run ability, Jorge Soler ranks in the 96th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Jorge Soler is penciled in 5th in the lineup today.

When estimating his overall offensive ability, Jorge Soler ranks in the 91st percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Home field advantage generally improves hitter metrics across the board, and Jorge Soler will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

Home field advantage typically improves hitter stats across the board, and Chris Taylor will hold that advantage today.

Chris Taylor’s launch angle this season (20.7°) is significantly better than his 16.8° angle last year.

Based on Statcast metrics, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected wOBA (.280) provides evidence that Chris Taylor has suffered from bad luck since the start of last season with his .255 actual wOBA.

When estimating his overall offensive ability, J.P. Crawford ranks in the 83rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

J.P. Crawford is projected to bat 1st in the batting order in this matchup.

J.P. Crawford will hold the platoon advantage against Jack Kochanowicz in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Randy Arozarena in the 92nd percentile as it relates to his overall offensive talent.

Randy Arozarena is penciled in 5th in the lineup in today’s game.

Randy Arozarena has made sizeable improvements with his Barrel% lately, bettering his 11.9% seasonal rate to 23.1% in the past two weeks’ worth of games.

The switch-hitting Leody Taveras will get to bat from his better side (0) today against Jack Kochanowicz.

Leody Taveras has been unlucky this year, putting up a .240 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .300 — a .060 gap.

Hitting from the opposite that Jack Kochanowicz throws from, Rowdy Tellez will have an advantage in today’s game.

The Barrel% of Rowdy Tellez has significantly improved, with an increase from 8.1% last year to 16.7% this season.

Rowdy Tellez’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has improved from last season to this one, going from 12% to 19.4%.

As it relates to his home run talent, Jorge Polanco ranks in the 80th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Jorge Polanco is projected to hit 2nd in the lineup in this game.

Extreme flyball bats like Jorge Polanco usually hit better against extreme groundball pitchers like Jack Kochanowicz.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jorge Polanco in the 77th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive skill.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) ranks Cal Raleigh as baseball’s 5th-best home run batter.

Cal Raleigh is projected to bat 4th in the lineup in today’s game.

Cal Raleigh has strong power (99th percentile) if he makes contact, but that’s always far from assured (26.5% K%). Today, however, opposing pitcher Jack Kochanowicz is a pitch-to-contact type (25th percentile K%) — great news for Raleigh.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Cal Raleigh in the 95th percentile when assessing his overall offensive skill.

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

When assessing his batting average ability, Julio Rodriguez is projected as the 10th-best batter in the majors by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Julio Rodriguez is projected to hit 3rd on the lineup card in today’s game.

Despite posting a .315 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Julio Rodriguez has had bad variance on his side given the .047 disparity between that figure and his estimated true talent wOBA of .362.

As it relates to his home run skill, Logan O’Hoppe ranks in the 96th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Home field advantage typically boosts hitter stats across the board, and Logan O’Hoppe will hold that advantage today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Logan O’Hoppe in the 86th percentile when it comes to his overall offensive skill.

Logan O’Hoppe has made big strides with his Barrel%, improving his 12% rate last season to 20.5% this season.

Home field advantage generally improves pitcher stats across the board, and Jack Kochanowicz will hold that advantage in today’s game.

Contrary to popular belief, fastballs are generally a pitcher’s least effective pitch. Jack Kochanowicz has relied on his off-speed and breaking balls 11.7% more often this season (33.2%) than he did last season (21.5%).

Jack Kochanowicz’s 94.9-mph fastball velocity this year ranks in the 81st percentile among all SPs.

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In terms of temperature and humidity, the weather report predicts the 3rd-most suitable pitching conditions of all games today.

Considering Luis Castillo’s large platoon split, Zach Neto will be at a gigantic disadvantage hitting from the same side of the plate in today’s matchup.

Zach Neto’s average exit velocity has dropped off in recent games; his 92.1-mph seasonal figure has decreased to 83.7-mph over the past 7 days.

Zach Neto has been lucky this year, posting a .351 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .328 — a .023 deviation.

Zach Neto has shown bad plate discipline this year, checking in at the 6th percentile with a 6.13 K/BB rate.

As it relates to his home run ability, Cole Young ranks in the 11th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Cole Young is projected to hit 8th in the lineup in today’s game.

Playing on the road generally diminishes batter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Cole Young in today’s game.

Cole Young has been cold in recent games, notching a 0% Barrel% (a reliable metric to evaluate power) over the past week.

Posting a lowly an 83.5-mph average exit velocity in the last week, Cole Young has been in a slump of late.

Nolan Schanuel has struggled with his Barrel% in recent games; his 5.4% seasonal rate has fallen off to 0% in the last two weeks’ worth of games.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Nolan Schanuel in the 4th percentile when estimating his home run ability.

Checking in at the 14th percentile for power, Nolan Schanuel has averaged 5.7 homers per 600 plate appearances this year.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Benjamin Williamson in the 5th percentile when it comes to his home run talent.

Benjamin Williamson is projected to bat 9th in the batting order in this matchup.

Benjamin Williamson has been pulled from the game early 15% of the time when starting against a right-handed starter this year.

Jack Kochanowicz will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Benjamin Williamson in today’s game.

Typically, batters like Benjamin Williamson who hit a lot of flyballs generally hit worse when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of flyballs such as Jack Kochanowicz.

Given Luis Castillo’s large platoon split, Mike Trout will be at an enormous disadvantage hitting from the same side of the plate in this game.

Typically, hitters like Mike Trout who hit a lot of flyballs tend to perform worse when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of flyballs such as Luis Castillo.

Mike Trout has had some very good luck with his home runs since the start of last season; his 44.3 HR per 600 plate appearances figure is quite a bit higher than his 31.9 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Placing in the 13th percentile, Mike Trout has put up a .215 BABIP since the start of last season.

Luis Castillo will have the handedness advantage against Taylor Ward in today’s matchup… and it’s an even larger mismatch considering Castillo’s large platoon split.

Typically, batters like Taylor Ward who hit a lot of flyballs generally hit worse when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of flyballs such as Luis Castillo.

Taylor Ward’s average exit velocity has fallen off of late; his 90.9-mph seasonal figure has fallen to 86.1-mph over the past 14 days.

Sporting a 3.81 K/BB rate this year, Taylor Ward has displayed weak plate discipline, grading out in the 22nd percentile.

As it relates to his home runs, Taylor Ward has experienced some positive variance this year. His 39.7 HR per 600 plate appearances rate has been quite a bit higher than the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected HR/600 at 30.0.

When it comes to his home run talent, Luis Rengifo ranks in the 10th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Luis Rengifo is projected to hit 7th in the batting order in today’s game.

As a switch-hitter who performs worse from the 0 side of the plate, Luis Rengifo will face a mismatch against Luis Castillo and his large platoon split today.

Luis Rengifo’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has decreased lately, falling from 11.8% on the season to 6.3% in the past two weeks’ worth of games.

Placing in the 1st percentile, Luis Rengifo has put up a .225 wOBA (widely regarded as the top indicator of overall offense) this year.

Jo Adell is penciled in 8th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Given Luis Castillo’s large platoon split, Jo Adell will be at a gigantic disadvantage hitting from the same side of the plate in today’s matchup.

In terms of plate discipline, Jo Adell’s ability is quite bad, putting up a 3.83 K/BB rate this year while checking in at in the 21st percentile.

With a .242 BABIP since the start of last season, Jo Adell finds himself in the 5th percentile.

It is scheduled that we will see a Huge Hitters Umpire (Alfonso Marquez) calling pitches today.

Playing on the road typically lessens pitcher metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Luis Castillo in today’s game.

Luis Castillo’s 94.3-mph velocity on his fastball this season is a big 1.2-mph drop off from last year’s 95.5-mph mark.

Luis Castillo’s 2212-rpm fastball spin rate this year ranks in the 18th percentile among all SPs.

Luis Castillo will hold the platoon advantage against Jorge Soler today… and it’s an even larger mismatch considering Castillo’s large platoon split.

In the last two weeks, Jorge Soler’s exit velocity on flyballs has dropped off from his seasonal figure of 92.1 mph to 89.7 mph.

Jorge Soler’s average launch angle on his hardest-contacted balls lately (-1.8° over the past 14 days) is significantly worse than his 7.5° seasonal angle.

Jorge Soler’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has fallen off from last year to this one, falling from 16.6% to 11.7%.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Chris Taylor in the 11th percentile when it comes to his batting average ability.

Chris Taylor is projected to bat 9th in the lineup in today’s game.

Because of Luis Castillo’s large platoon split, Chris Taylor will be at a gigantic disadvantage batting from the same side of the dish in today’s game.

Chris Taylor’s average exit velocity has decreased this year; his 85.9-mph figure last year has fallen to 81.8-mph.

J.P. Crawford will be at a disadvantage playing on the road today.

J.P. Crawford has been cold recently, with his seasonal exit velocity of 86.6-mph dropping to 81.1-mph over the last 14 days.

J.P. Crawford has been lucky this year, notching a .356 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .326 — a .030 disparity.

Jack Kochanowicz will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Randy Arozarena today.

Playing on the road typically lowers batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Randy Arozarena today.

Randy Arozarena’s exit velocity on flyballs has decreased lately; his 96-mph seasonal average has fallen to 93.3-mph in the past two weeks.

Leody Taveras is penciled in 7th in the lineup in today’s game.

Leody Taveras will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s matchup.

In the past week’s worth of games, Leody Taveras’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 6.8% down to 0%.

Leody Taveras’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has decreased from last season to this one, falling from 14.1% to 7.6%.

Rowdy Tellez’s BABIP talent is projected in the 1st percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Rowdy Tellez is projected to hit 6th in the lineup in this matchup.

Rowdy Tellez has been pinch hit for 46% of the time when starting against a righty hurler this year.

Rowdy Tellez will be at a disadvantage playing on the road in today’s game.

29% of the time that Jorge Polanco has started against a right-handed starter this year, he has been lifted for a pinch-hitter.

As a switch-hitter who bats worse from the 0 side of the dish, Jorge Polanco will bat from his worse side against Jack Kochanowicz in today’s matchup.

Jorge Polanco will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s game.

Jorge Polanco has struggled with his Barrel% recently; his 12.1% seasonal rate has dropped to 0% over the past two weeks.

As a switch-hitter who performs worse from the 0 side of the plate, Cal Raleigh will bat from his bad side against Jack Kochanowicz today.

Playing on the road typically reduces batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Cal Raleigh in today’s matchup.

Despite posting a .422 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Cal Raleigh has been lucky given the .072 deviation between that figure and his estimated true talent wOBA of .350.

Jack Kochanowicz will hold the platoon advantage over Julio Rodriguez in today’s matchup.

Julio Rodriguez will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player today.

Julio Rodriguez has struggled with his Barrel% recently; his 8.1% seasonal rate has decreased to 0% over the past week.

Julio Rodriguez’s exit velocity on flyballs has declined lately; his 95-mph seasonal mark has dropped off to 88.6-mph over the last 7 days.

Logan O’Hoppe is projected to hit 6th on the lineup card in this game.

Luis Castillo will have the handedness advantage over Logan O’Hoppe in today’s matchup… and it’s an even bigger mismatch considering Castillo’s large platoon split.

Based on Statcast data, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected HR per 600 plate appearances (35.3) may lead us to conclude that Logan O’Hoppe has been very fortunate this year with his 42.6 actual HR/600.

As it relates to plate discipline, Logan O’Hoppe’s skill is quite poor, putting up an 8 K/BB rate this year while ranking in in the 3rd percentile.

As it relates to his strikeout ability, the leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Jack Kochanowicz in the 2nd percentile among all starting pitchers in Major League Baseball.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jack Kochanowicz to throw 85 pitches today (6th-least of all pitchers on the slate today), considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup.

Projected catcher Logan O’Hoppe profiles as a weak pitch framer, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

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