Mariners vs Cardinals match player stats Saturday, September 7th 2024. Seattle Mariners at St. Louis Cardinals Series Game 2

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Mariners vs Cardinals match player stats Saturday, September 7th 2024. Seattle Mariners at St. Louis Cardinals Series Game 2

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Todays Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Seattle Mariners at St. Louis Cardinals
Series Game 2
Todays Game is on Saturday, September 7th
07/09/24 19:15:00 PM EST First Pitch

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When assessing his overall offensive ability, Lars Nootbaar ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

On average, the fence height at Busch Stadium is the 8th-lowest among all major league baseball stadiums.

Hitting from the opposite that Logan Gilbert throws from, Lars Nootbaar will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

Lars Nootbaar hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (39.3% — 95th percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting out towards MLB’s 7th-shallowest CF fences in today’s matchup.

Home field advantage generally improves hitter stats across the board, and Lars Nootbaar will hold that advantage today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alec Burleson in the 89th percentile when assessing his batting average talent.

Alec Burleson is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in today’s game.

Hitting from the opposite that Logan Gilbert throws from, Alec Burleson will have an advantage in today’s game.

Alec Burleson will possess the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which figures to boost all of his stats.

Over the past 7 days, Alec Burleson’s 26.3% rate of hitting balls at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 14.5%.

Victor Robles is projected to bat 1st in the lineup in this matchup.

Grading out in the 89th percentile, Victor Robles has put up a .347 wOBA (widely regarded as the top measure of overall offense) this year.

Grading out in the 75th percentile, Victor Robles sits with a .426 Slugging Percentage (SLG) this year.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luke Raley in the 93rd percentile when it comes to his home run talent.

Luke Raley is projected to hit 5th in the lineup in this game.

Batting from the opposite that Kyle Gibson throws from, Luke Raley will have the upper hand in today’s game.

Luke Raley hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (39.2% — 93rd percentile) and is fortunate to face the game’s 7th-shallowest CF fences today.

Mike Siani will have the handedness advantage against Logan Gilbert in today’s game.

Mike Siani will possess the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Julio Rodriguez as the 4th-best hitter in Major League Baseball when assessing his BABIP ability.

Julio Rodriguez is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order in today’s game.

Julio Rodriguez’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has increased from last season to this one, going from 11.9% to 16.1%.

Julio Rodriguez’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has improved lately, rising from 16.1% on the season to 29.7% in the last two weeks’ worth of games.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Randy Arozarena in the 94th percentile when estimating his overall offensive skill.

Randy Arozarena is penciled in 4th in the lineup today.

In the past week, Randy Arozarena’s exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 93.7-mph over the course of the season to 100.5-mph in recent games.

In the past 14 days, Randy Arozarena’s 23.3% rate of hitting balls at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 15.8%.

When it comes to his overall offensive talent, Paul Goldschmidt ranks in the 91st percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Paul Goldschmidt is projected to hit 3rd in the lineup in today’s game.

Home field advantage typically improves batter stats in all categories, and Paul Goldschmidt will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

Paul Goldschmidt has made notable strides with his Barrel% in recent games, upping his 10.6% seasonal rate to 23.8% over the past week.

Paul Goldschmidt has seen a big gain in his exit velocity lately; just compare his 96.8-mph average in the last 14 days to his seasonal 91.5-mph EV.

When estimating his overall offensive skill, J.P. Crawford ranks in the 81st percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Batting from the opposite that Kyle Gibson throws from, J.P. Crawford will have an edge in today’s matchup.

J.P. Crawford hits many of his flyballs to center field (40.5% — 100th percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting out towards MLB’s 7th-shallowest CF fences today.

Compared to last year, J.P. Crawford has improved his ability to hit the ball at a launch angle ideal for home runs, increasing his percentage of balls hit between 23° and 34° from 13% to 16.5% this season.

Logan Gilbert will be at a disadvantage playing on the road today.

Out of all starting pitchers, Logan Gilbert’s fastball spin rate of 2007 rpm ranks in the 1st percentile this year.

Logan Gilbert has put up a .245 BABIP this year, a sign that he has been one of the luckiest pitchers in the majors on balls in play and regression likely forthcoming.

Collectively, St. Louis Cardinals batters have excelled when assessing hitting balls in the launch angle range that tends to best-produce base hits (between -4° and 26°), placing 3rd-best in MLB.

Masyn Winn is projected to hit 1st on the lineup card in today’s game.

Masyn Winn will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

Masyn Winn has seen a big increase in his exit velocity recently; just compare his 90.9-mph average over the past 7 days to his seasonal 86.7-mph EV.

Posting a .276 Expected Batting Average (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) based on Statcast data) this year , Masyn Winn finds himself in the 86th percentile.

Sporting a .274 batting average this year, Masyn Winn finds himself in the 83rd percentile.

The Seattle Mariners have 3 hitters in their projected offense today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Dylan Moore, Luke Raley, Cal Raleigh).

Home field advantage typically improves pitcher metrics in all categories, and Kyle Gibson will hold that advantage today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Alec Burleson in the 77th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

Hitting from the opposite that Kyle Gibson throws from, Josh Rojas will have an edge in today’s matchup.

Grading out in the 94th percentile, Victor Robles has put up a .296 batting average this year.

Nolan Arenado is projected to hit 4th on the lineup card today.

Nolan Arenado will hold the home field advantage in today’s game, which should improve all of his stats.

In the past week, Nolan Arenado’s 70% rate of hitting balls at a BABIP-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 45%.

When assessing his overall offensive skill, Brendan Donovan ranks in the 87th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Brendan Donovan is penciled in 5th on the lineup card in today’s game.

Brendan Donovan will hold the platoon advantage over Logan Gilbert today.

Brendan Donovan will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which figures to boost all of his stats.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jordan Walker in the 87th percentile when assessing his BABIP skill.

Jordan Walker hits many of his flyballs to center field (39.4% — 95th percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting out towards the game’s 7th-shallowest CF fences today.

Home field advantage generally improves hitter stats in all categories, and Jordan Walker will hold that advantage today.

Jordan Walker has seen a sizeable improvement in his exit velocity this year; just compare his 91.5-mph average to last year’s 89.4-mph average.

When it comes to his home runs, Josh Rojas has suffered from bad luck this year. His 10.0 HR per 600 plate appearances rate has been quite a bit lower than the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected HR/600 at 13.5.

Cal Raleigh projects as the 13th-best home run batter in the majors, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Cal Raleigh is projected to hit 3rd in the lineup in today’s game.

Compared to his seasonal average of 21.2°, Cal Raleigh has significantly improved his launch angle lately, posting a 26.7° angle over the past 14 days.

Based on Statcast metrics, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected wOBA (.339) implies that Cal Raleigh has suffered from bad luck this year with his .311 actual wOBA.

Julio Rodriguez projects as the 19th-best batter in MLB, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Justin Turner’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has improved lately, going from 18.2% on the season to 28.6% over the past week.

With a 1.6 K/BB rate this year, Justin Turner has shown impressive plate discipline, grading out in the 91st percentile.

Kyle Gibson has tallied 17 outs per game per started this year, checking in at the 76th percentile.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brendan Donovan in the 95th percentile when assessing his batting average ability.

When assessing his overall offensive ability, Luke Raley ranks in the 85th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Luke Raley has made substantial improvements with his Barrel% in recent games, upping his 10.1% seasonal rate to 20% in the past two weeks.

As it relates to his strikeout talent, the leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Logan Gilbert in the 93rd percentile among all starters in the game.

Logan Gilbert has averaged 92.4 adjusted pitches per outing this year, ranking in the 78th percentile.

Brendan Donovan has been hot lately, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 88.4-mph to 91.4-mph over the past 7 days.

Rating 2nd-steepest in baseball this year, Seattle Mariners hitters as a unit have notched a 14.9° launch angle (an advanced stat to study the ability to lift the ball for power).

Jordan Walker has seen a significant increase in his exit velocity on flyballs recently; just compare his 99.2-mph average in the last week’s worth of games to his seasonal figure of 92.7-mph.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Julio Rodriguez’s true offensive talent to be a .360, providing some evidence that he has had bad variance on his side this year given the .055 deviation between that mark and his actual .305 wOBA.

Lars Nootbaar has seen a significant gain in his exit velocity this year; just compare his 91.9-mph average to last year’s 89.1-mph average.

J.P. Crawford has experienced some negative variance in regards to his batting average this year; his .195 BA is a fair amount lower than his .239 Expected Batting Average, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

Randy Arozarena has been unlucky this year, notching a .321 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .342 — a .021 discrepancy.

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Lars Nootbaar is projected to bat 6th in the batting order in today’s game.

The #4 field in the game for suppressing home runs to lefties, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Busch Stadium.

In terms of temperature and humidity, the weather report calls for the 4th-most favorable pitching conditions on the slate today.

The wind projects to be blowing in from LF at 9.8-mph in this match-up, the 2nd-best of the day for pitchers.

Lars Nootbaar’s average launch angle on his highest exit velocity balls this season (7.8°) is quite a bit worse than his 11° angle last year.

When starting against a righty on the mound this year, Alec Burleson has been replaced by a pinch-hitter 10% of the time.

Alec Burleson has a 79th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.2%) and will be challenged by baseball’s 6th-deepest LF fences today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Busch Stadium as the 4th-worst venue in Major League Baseball for righty home runs.

Kyle Gibson will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Victor Robles in today’s matchup.

Victor Robles pulls many of his flyballs (37.3% — 94th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of baseball’s 6th-deepest LF fences today.

13% of the time that Luke Raley has started against a right-handed pitcher this year, he has been pinch hit for.

Luke Raley will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s game.

When estimating his overall offensive skill, Mike Siani ranks in the 4th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

Mike Siani is projected to hit 9th in the lineup in this game.

Mike Siani has been pinch hit for 36% of the time when starting against a righty hurler this year.

HRs are generally less common at venues with deep fences, and Busch Stadium has the 5th-deepest among all major league parks.

Kyle Gibson will hold the platoon advantage over Julio Rodriguez in today’s matchup.

Kyle Gibson will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Randy Arozarena today.

Logan Gilbert will hold the platoon advantage against Paul Goldschmidt in today’s game.

Paul Goldschmidt has exhibited bad plate discipline this year, checking in at the 20th percentile with a 3.88 K/BB rate.

J.P. Crawford is projected to bat 7th on the lineup card today, which would be a downgrade from his 100% rate of hitting in the top-half of the batting order this season.

The St. Louis Cardinals outfield defense profiles as the 5th-best out of every team today.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Logan Gilbert as the 18th-best starting pitcher in the majors currently.

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

Busch Stadium projects as the #28 ballpark in Major League Baseball for home runs, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

The 2nd-deepest RF fences in Major League Baseball are found in Busch Stadium.

Logan Gilbert will have the handedness advantage over Masyn Winn today.

Masyn Winn’s launch angle recently (-4.7° over the last week) is considerably worse than his 12.9° seasonal figure.

The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles Busch Stadium as the 2nd-worst park in baseball for strikeouts.

Kyle Gibson’s fastball velocity has fallen 1.2 mph this year (90.2 mph) below where it was last season (91.4 mph).

Kyle Gibson’s change-up utilization has dropped by 7.9% from last year to this one (17% to 9.1%) .

Kyle Gibson has experienced some positive variance in regards to his strikeouts this year, putting up an 8.17 K/9 despite the leading projection system (THE BAT) estimating his true talent level to be 7.93 — a 0.23 K/9 discrepancy.

Josh Rojas is projected to hit 9th in the lineup today.

Josh Rojas has been pulled from the game early 18% of the time when starting against a righty hurler this year.

Nolan Arenado’s BABIP ability is projected in the 6th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Hitting from the same side that Logan Gilbert throws from, Nolan Arenado faces a tough challenge in today’s game.

Brendan Donovan has an 83rd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (34.9%) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences today.

In the past week’s worth of games, Brendan Donovan’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 5% down to 0%.

Jordan Walker is penciled in 7th in the lineup in today’s game.

Jordan Walker has been pinch hit for 20% of the time when starting against a right-handed starter this year.

J.P. Crawford will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s matchup.

In today’s matchup, Cal Raleigh is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 2nd-deepest RF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the pull field at a 40.5% rate (99th percentile).

Justin Turner has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this year (89% of the time), but he is projected to bat 6th in the lineup in this game.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Masyn Winn in the 16th percentile as it relates to his home run ability.

Kyle Gibson’s 23rd percentile Walk% (8.9% this year) is evidence of his poor control skills.

Seattle’s 93.3-mph exit velocity on flyballs grades them out as the #3 team in the game this year by this standard.

The St. Louis Cardinals (20.6 K% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT X) are forecasted to have the 4th-least strikeout-heavy batting order of all teams today.

Playing on the road typically lessens hitter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Cal Raleigh today.

Logan Gilbert will hold the platoon advantage over Jordan Walker in today’s matchup.

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Cal Raleigh in the 6th percentile when estimating his BABIP skill.

In today’s matchup, Nolan Arenado is at a disadvantage facing the league’s 6th-deepest LF fences given that he hits his flyballs to the pull field at a 42.9% rate (100th percentile).

Batting from the same side that Kyle Gibson throws from, Justin Turner will have a tough matchup in today’s game.

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