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Marlins @ Brewers Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Teams : Miami Marlins at Milwaukee Brewers
Series Game 2
Date : Todays Game is on Saturday, July 18th
Time : 18/07/26 16:10:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Miami Marlins Series Game 2 Game Today

The #7 park in Major League Baseball for boosting home runs to left-handed batters, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is American Family Field.

,American Family Field has the 6th-shallowest centerfield fences in the majors.

,American Family Field has the 5th-shortest fences among all major league stadiums.

,Batting from the opposite that Max Meyer throws from, Sal Frelick will have the upper hand in today’s game.

,Sal Frelick will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s game, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

,The #9 ballpark in the league for boosting base hits to righties, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is American Family Field.

,Built 602 feet above sea level, American Family Field has the 8th-highest elevation in MLB, which usually leads (as a rule of thumb) to higher offensive output.

,Batting from the opposite that Shane Drohan throws from, Esteury Ruiz will have an edge in today’s game.

,Over the past week, Esteury Ruiz’s Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 8.2% up to 20%.

,Cooper Pratt will possess the home field advantage today, which ought to boost all of his stats.

,In the past week, Cooper Pratt’s exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 90.5-mph over the course of the season to 97.7-mph recently.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jake Bauers in the 87th percentile when assessing his home run talent.

,Jake Bauers is projected to hit 5th on the lineup card in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brice Turang in the 83rd percentile when estimating his overall offensive skill.

,Brice Turang is penciled in 3rd in the batting order in today’s game.

,Christian Yelich’s BABIP skill is projected in the 96th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Christian Yelich is penciled in 1st on the lineup card in this matchup.

,The Milwaukee Brewers have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Jakob Marsee has a strong chance of holding the advantage against every reliever all game.

,Jakob Marsee’s launch angle this year (18.3°) is quite a bit better than his 10.9° angle last season.

,Xavier Edwards is projected to hit 3rd in the batting order in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) ranks American Family Field as the 7th-best field in the majors for right-handed home runs.

,Xavier Edwards has been hot lately, raising his seasonal exit velocity of 87-mph to 90-mph in the past 7 days.

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT)’s assessment, Max Meyer’s overall pitching skill grades out in the 85th percentile among all starters in MLB right now.

,The Milwaukee Brewers have been the 6th-luckiest offense in MLB this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to perform worse in future games,Max Meyer has utilized his slider 9.1% more often this season (55.9%) than he did last season (46.8%).

,Out of all starters, Max Meyer’s fastball spin rate of 2612 rpm is in the 99th percentile this year.

,Grading out in the 79th percentile, Max Meyer put up a 12.4% Swinging Strike percentage this year.

,Javier Sanoja has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this season (86% of the time), but he is penciled in 4th in the batting order today.

,Javier Sanoja will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Shane Drohan in today’s game.

,Home field advantage typically improves batter metrics across the board, and Joey Ortiz will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

,Joey Ortiz has seen a significant gain in his exit velocity on flyballs this year; just compare his 90.1-mph average to last season’s 86.2-mph mark.

,The #9 ballpark in baseball for boosting base hits to left-handed batters, via the leading projection system (THE BAT), is American Family Field.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects William Contreras in the 96th percentile when it comes to his batting average talent.

,William Contreras is projected to bat 4th in the lineup today.

,William Contreras hits many of his flyballs to center field (39.3% — 95th percentile) and will have a big advantage facing the game’s 8th-shallowest CF fences in today’s matchup.

,When assessing his batting average ability, Xavier Edwards is projected as the 15th-best hitter in the majors by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Otto Lopez as the 8th-best batter in MLB when estimating his batting average talent.

,Otto Lopez is penciled in 1st on the lineup card in this matchup.

,Hitting from the opposite that Shane Drohan throws from, Otto Lopez will have the upper hand today.

,Leo Jimenez’s BABIP ability is projected in the 81st percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Batting from the opposite that Shane Drohan throws from, Leo Jimenez will have the upper hand today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Christian Yelich in the 77th percentile when estimating his overall offensive ability.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jackson Chourio in the 97th percentile as it relates to his batting average skill.

,Jackson Chourio is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order in this game.

,Jackson Chourio hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (40.1% — 98th percentile) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting out towards the game’s 8th-shallowest CF fences today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Garrett Mitchell as the 4th-best hitter in Major League Baseball as it relates to his BABIP skill.

,Garrett Mitchell will hold the platoon advantage over Max Meyer in today’s game.

,Leo Jimenez hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (39.1% — 94th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting towards the league’s 8th-shallowest CF fences in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Brice Turang in the 97th percentile when assessing his BABIP ability.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Heriberto Hernandez in the 90th percentile when estimating his home run ability.

,Heriberto Hernandez is projected to hit 2nd in the batting order today.

,The Milwaukee Brewers have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Joe Mack stands a good chance of holding the advantage against every reliever all game.

,A consistent launch angle is a proxy for good hitting, and Joe Mack has been very consistent with his lately, notching a 34.7° launch angle standard deviation in the past 14 days.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Javier Sanoja in the 93rd percentile when assessing his batting average talent.

,Compared to his seasonal average of 12.9°, Joe Mack has significantly improved his launch angle of late, posting a 16.5° angle in the last 14 days.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Sal Frelick in the 84th percentile as it relates to his batting average talent.

,When assessing his strikeout ability, the leading projection system (THE BAT) forecasts Max Meyer in the 89th percentile among all SPs in baseball.

,American Family Field projects as the #4 ballpark in the majors for strikeouts, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Heriberto Hernandez in the 89th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive talent.

,Hitting from the opposite that Shane Drohan throws from, Heriberto Hernandez will have an advantage in today’s game.

,When assessing his overall offensive ability, Jackson Chourio ranks in the 94th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,When estimating his overall offensive ability, Otto Lopez ranks in the 87th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Home field advantage typically boosts hitter stats across the board, and Garrett Mitchell will hold that advantage in today’s game.

,In the last two weeks’ worth of games, Joey Ortiz’s 55.2% rate of hitting balls at a BABIP-maximizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) shows big improvement over his seasonal rate of 40.6%.

,As it relates to his overall offensive skill, William Contreras ranks in the 93rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,The Miami Marlins have been the luckiest offense in MLB this year, according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X), and are likely to negatively regress in the future,Home field advantage generally bolsters pitcher metrics across the board, and Shane Drohan will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

,Out of all SPs, Shane Drohan’s fastball spin rate of 2427 rpm is in the 83rd percentile this year.

,Shane Drohan has recorded a 3.29 FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching, an estimator of ERA that is concerned with the things a pitcher can most influence) this year, placing in the 85th percentile.

,The Miami Marlins have 3 bats in their projected offense today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Heriberto Hernandez, Kyle Stowers, Joe Mack).

,Brice Turang will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Max Meyer in today’s matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jake Bauers in the 84th percentile when estimating his overall offensive skill.

Negatives with the Milwaukee Brewers Series Game 2 Game Today

When it comes to his home run ability, Sal Frelick ranks in the 4th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Sal Frelick is penciled in 8th in the batting order in this matchup.

,Sal Frelick’s exit velocity on flyballs has declined this year; his 88.2-mph figure last year has fallen off to 84.9-mph.

,Over the last 14 days, Sal Frelick’s exit velocity on flyballs has fallen off from his seasonal EV of 84.9 mph to 82.6 mph.

,Compared to his seasonal angle of 8.8°, Sal Frelick has produced a noticeably lower launch angle (-7.5°) in the past two weeks’ worth of games.

,Esteury Ruiz is penciled in 7th in the lineup in this matchup.

,Among all the teams playing today, the 3rd-best infield defense is that of the the Milwaukee Brewers.

,Esteury Ruiz will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s game.

,Esteury Ruiz’s exit velocity on flyballs has fallen off of late; his 90.3-mph seasonal figure has dropped to 85.4-mph over the last week.

,Esteury Ruiz’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has fallen off of late, falling from 21.3% on the season to 0% in the past week.

,Cooper Pratt is projected to bat 7th in the batting order in this matchup.

,Max Meyer will hold the platoon advantage over Cooper Pratt in today’s matchup.

,This year, Jake Bauers has been lifted for a pinch-hitter in 11% of his appearances when starting against northpaw.

,Jake Bauers’s exit velocity on flyballs has decreased in recent games; his 95.6-mph seasonal EV has dropped off to 86-mph in the past week.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Jake Bauers’s true offensive talent to be a .333, implying that he has had positive variance on his side this year given the .040 disparity between that mark and his actual .373 wOBA.

,Brice Turang’s exit velocity on flyballs has fallen off lately; his 94.3-mph seasonal figure has lowered to 91.7-mph in the last two weeks’ worth of games.

,Brice Turang has been lucky this year, putting up a .355 wOBA despite the leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimating his true talent level to be .331 — a .024 disparity.

,Based on Statcast data, Brice Turang ranks in the 18th percentile for power via the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances since the start of last season at 11.300.

,In terms of the ability to lift the ball for power, Brice Turang ranks in just the 9th percentile with a 7.2° launch angle, which is one of the lowest angles in the majors.

,Over the past 7 days, Christian Yelich’s exit velocity on flyballs has decreased from his seasonal figure of 92.6 mph to 81.2 mph.

,Jakob Marsee has primarily hit in the top-half of the lineup this season (58% of the time), but he is penciled in 8th in the lineup today.

,Batting from the same side that Shane Drohan throws from, Jakob Marsee will have a disadvantage in today’s game.

,Playing on the road generally diminishes batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Jakob Marsee in today’s matchup.

,Jakob Marsee’s average exit velocity has dropped off this season; his 88.9-mph figure last season has dropped off to 86.6-mph.

,Jakob Marsee has put up a .286 wOBA (the best measure of overall offense) this year, grading out in the 21st percentile.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Xavier Edwards in the 3rd percentile as it relates to his home run talent.

,As a switch-hitter who performs worse from the 0 side of the plate, Xavier Edwards will bat from his weak side against Shane Drohan in today’s matchup.

,Xavier Edwards has a 98th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (38.5%) and has the misfortune of hitting them towards the game’s 7th-deepest RF fences in today’s matchup.

,Playing on the road typically lessens hitter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Xavier Edwards in today’s matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Xavier Edwards’s true offensive talent to be a .321, providing some evidence that he has experienced some positive variance this year given the .031 discrepancy between that figure and his actual .352 wOBA.

,Considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup, Max Meyer is projected to throw 81 pitches in this matchup by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) system, which is the 9th-least of all pitchers today.

,It is likely that we will see a Hitters Umpire (Derek Thomas) in charge of the strike zone in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) profiles American Family Field as the 9th-best park in the league for walks.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Javier Sanoja in the 7th percentile when assessing his home run ability.

,Javier Sanoja will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team in today’s matchup.

,In the past week’s worth of games, Javier Sanoja’s 0% rate of hitting balls at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has taken a nosedive compared to his seasonal rate of 11%.

,In the past week, Javier Sanoja has failed to produce much power, posting a mere a 0% Barrel% (a reliable stat to study power).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Joey Ortiz in the 24th percentile as it relates to his home run talent.

,Joey Ortiz is projected to bat 9th in the batting order in this matchup.

,12% of the time that Joey Ortiz has started against a northpaw this year, he has been replaced by a pinch-hitter.

,Batting from the same side that Max Meyer throws from, Joey Ortiz meets a tough challenge in today’s matchup.

,Joey Ortiz has a 96th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (37.5%) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of the game’s 7th-deepest RF fences in today’s game.

,Jakob Marsee’s BABIP ability is projected in the 24th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Max Meyer will have the handedness advantage against William Contreras today.

,William Contreras has been cold in recent games, with his seasonal exit velocity of 90.1-mph dropping to 82.5-mph in the last 7 days.

,Over the past 14 days, William Contreras’s 0% rate of hitting balls at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has taken a nosedive compared to his seasonal rate of 10.9%.

,Otto Lopez has a 93rd percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (36.3%) and will be challenged by baseball’s 7th-deepest RF fences in today’s matchup.

,Milwaukee’s #3-ranked outfield defense of all teams on the slate today poses a formidable challenge for Otto Lopez, who tends to hit a lot of flyballs.

,Otto Lopez will be at a disadvantage playing on the visting team today.

,Despite posting a .380 wOBA this year, the leading projection system (THE BAT X) believes Otto Lopez has experienced some positive variance given the .043 deviation between that mark and his estimated true talent wOBA of .337.

,Leo Jimenez is projected to hit 6th in the lineup in today’s game.

,Leo Jimenez will be at a disadvantage playing as a visiting player in today’s matchup.

,Leo Jimenez’s ability to hit the ball at a BABIP-optimizing launch angle (between -4° and 26°) has declined lately, falling from 44.3% on the season to 25% in the past week’s worth of games.

,Leo Jimenez has compiled a .198 Expected Batting Average since the start of last season, grading out in the 20th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Jake Bauers’s launch angle this year (10.4°) is a significant dropoff from his 16.6° angle last season.

,Max Meyer will have the handedness advantage against Jackson Chourio today.

,In the last week, Jackson Chourio’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 13.6% down to 5%.

,Garrett Mitchell is projected to hit 6th on the lineup card today.

,When starting against a right-handed pitcher this year, Garrett Mitchell has been pulled from the game early 17% of the time.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Garrett Mitchell’s true offensive ability to be a .319, implying that he has been lucky this year given the .038 discrepancy between that figure and his actual .357 wOBA.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Leo Jimenez in the 24th percentile when assessing his home run talent.

,Checking in at the 20th percentile, Leo Jimenez has posted a .245 wOBA (widely regarded as the top indicator of overall offense) since the start of last season.

,Posting a .270 Slugging Percentage (SLG) since the start of last season, Leo Jimenez is positioned in the 18th percentile.

,Playing on the road typically reduces hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Heriberto Hernandez today.

,Heriberto Hernandez has compiled a .239 BABIP this year, placing in the 22nd percentile.

,Joe Mack’s batting average talent is projected to be in the 24th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Joe Mack is projected to bat 9th in the batting order in today’s game.

,Hitting from the same side that Shane Drohan throws from, Joe Mack will have a disadvantage in today’s game.

,Playing on the road typically reduces hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Joe Mack in today’s game.

,Javier Sanoja has compiled a .291 Expected wOBA (xwOBA) since the start of last season, checking in at the 19th percentile for offensive skills according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Cooper Pratt in the 11th percentile when it comes to his home run skill.

,Joe Mack ranks in the 17th percentile when it comes to hitting balls between 23° and 34°, the launch angle range that tends to best-produce home runs (11% rate this year).

,Utilizing Statcast metrics, Sal Frelick is in the 25th percentile for offensive ability according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected wOBA (xwOBA) since the start of last season at .299.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) estimates Esteury Ruiz’s true offensive talent to be a .307, providing some evidence that he has had some very good luck this year given the .063 deviation between that mark and his actual .370 wOBA.

,Max Meyer will be at a disadvantage playing away from home in today’s game.

,Otto Lopez’s 8.2° launch angle (a reliable stat to evaluate a batter’s ability to lift the ball for power) is one of the lowest in Major League Baseball: 12th percentile.

,By putting up a 12.600 Expected Home Runs per 600 plate appearances (an advanced metric created by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) utilizing Statcast data) since the start of last season , William Contreras finds himself in the 23rd percentile for power.

,Ranking in the 18th percentile, William Contreras has notched a .172 Isolated Power rate (ISO) this year.

,Garrett Mitchell’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-maximizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has decreased of late, going from 12.4% on the season to 7.7% over the past 7 days.

,Joey Ortiz’s launch angle this season (6.4°) is quite a bit worse than his 13.8° figure last season.

,Considering both his underlying tendencies and the matchup, Shane Drohan is projected to throw 75 pitches in today’s outing by the leading projection system (THE BAT X) system, which is the 5th-least on the slate.

,With 6 bats of the opposite hand in the opposing team’s projected offense, Shane Drohan will not have the upper hand while lacking the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in this outing.

,Shane Drohan didn’t have his best stuff when it came to striking hitters out in his previous GS and accumulated 2 Ks.

,Milwaukee’s 8.7° launch angle (an advanced metric to study the ability to lift the ball for power) is one of the lowest in the game this year: #30 overall.

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