Mariners vs Royals match player stats | 2025 Tuesday, September 16th

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Mariners @ Royals Matchup Details

Teams : Seattle Mariners at Kansas City Royals
Series :
Date : Todays Game is on Tuesday, September 16th
Time : 16/09/25 19:40:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Seattle Mariners Game Today

When assessing his strikeout skill, Logan Gilbert projects as the 13th-best SP in baseball right now, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

In his last GS, Logan Gilbert turned in a great performance and notched 8 strikeouts.

Logan Gilbert has posted a 15.8% Swinging Strike% this year, ranking in the 99th percentile.

Grading out in the 99th percentile, Logan Gilbert has compiled a 33% Strikeout% this year.

According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s judgement, Michael Wacha’s overall pitching talent ranks in the 80th percentile among all starters in MLB currently.

Michael Wacha has averaged 17 outs per GS this year, grading out in the 79th percentile.

Kauffman Stadium has the deepest right field dimensions in MLB.

In his previous GS, Michael Wacha was firing on all cylinders and allowed 1 ER.

Michael Wacha has recorded a 3.62 FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching, an estimator of ERA that deals with the variables most within a pitcher’s control) this year, ranking in the 79th percentile.

Given the 0.95 difference between Michael Wacha’s 6.62 K/9 and his 7.58 estimated true talent K/9 (via the leading projection system, THE BAT), it’s safe to say he’s been one of the unluckiest pitchers in baseball this year as it relates to strikeouts and should positively regress in the future.

Negatives with the Kansas City Royals Game Today

Kauffman Stadium sits at the 4th-highest elevation among all parks. High elevation generally leads to higher offensive output.

The weather report forecasts temperatures in this contest to reach the 2nd-highest level of all games today at 86°, which is highly linked to an increase in offense (and a reduction in strikeouts).

The wind projects to be blowing out to RF at 12.9-mph in this match-up, the strongest of the day for batters.

Logan Gilbert’s fastball velocity has dropped 1.8 mph this season (94.8 mph) below where it was last year (96.6 mph).

Logan Gilbert’s higher utilization rate of his fastball this year (38.3 compared to 32.3% last year) is not ideal considering they are generally much less effective than breaking or off-speed pitches.

The #1 field in Major League Baseball for boosting walks, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Kauffman Stadium.

Michael Wacha’s 92.5-mph velocity on his fastball this season is a substantial 1.1-mph drop off from last year’s 93.6-mph mark.

In his last outing, Michael Wacha didn’t have his best stuff when it came to striking hitters out and was only able to tally 2 Ks.

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