Marlins @ Giants Series Game 2 Matchup Details

Positives for the Miami Marlins Series Game 2 Game Today

The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Heriberto Hernandez in the 75th percentile when it comes to his home run skill.

,Heriberto Hernandez is projected to bat 5th in the batting order today.

,The wind projects to be blowing out to CF at 8.3-mph in this contest, the 3rd-best of the day for hitters.

,Batting from the opposite that Robbie Ray throws from, Heriberto Hernandez will have an advantage today.

,When it comes to his home runs, Heriberto Hernandez has had some very poor luck since the start of last season. His 16.7 HR per 600 plate appearances mark has been considerably lower than the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Statcast-based Expected HR/600 at 25.2.

,The #4 park in baseball for boosting batting average to LHB, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oracle Park.

,Oracle Park has the 2nd-shallowest right field dimensions among all major league parks.

,Hitting from the opposite that Eury Perez throws from, Drew Gilbert will have the upper hand today.

,Drew Gilbert will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which should bolster all of his stats.

,The #4 stadium in the league for boosting batting average to RHB, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oracle Park.

,Xavier Edwards has a 97th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (38.7%) and will have a big advantage hitting them out towards the league’s 2nd-shallowest RF fences today.

,Hitters such as Xavier Edwards with extreme flyball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like Robbie Ray who skew towards the groundball end of the spectrum.

,The San Francisco Giants outfield defense projects as the 5th-weakest out of every team in action today.

,Agustin Ramirez is penciled in 2nd in the lineup in this game.

,Hitting from the opposite that Robbie Ray throws from, Agustin Ramirez will have the upper hand in today’s matchup.

,Agustin Ramirez has been unlucky in regards to his home runs since the start of last season; his 20.2 HR per 600 plate appearances rate is considerably lower than his 27.1 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Luis Arraez is projected to bat 2nd in the lineup in today’s game.

,Luis Arraez will hold the platoon advantage against Eury Perez in today’s game.

,As it relates to his batting average ability, Xavier Edwards is projected as the 16th-best batter in the league by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

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

,Rafael Devers is penciled in 4th on the lineup card in today’s game.

,Luis Arraez will benefit from the home field advantage today, which should improve all of his stats.

,In the last 7 days, Drew Gilbert has displayed impressive power, recording a a 16.7% Barrel% (an advanced standard to evaluate power).

,The switch-hitting Patrick Bailey will hold the platoon advantage while batting from from his good side (0) today against Eury Perez.

,Home field advantage generally boosts hitter metrics in all categories, and Patrick Bailey will hold that advantage today.

,Javier Sanoja’s batting average ability is projected to be in the 95th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Javier Sanoja will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Robbie Ray today.

,Xavier Edwards has made notable strides with his Barrel% lately, upping his 6.2% seasonal rate to 15.8% in the last week’s worth of games.

,In the past week’s worth of games, Xavier Edwards’s exit velocity on flyballs has seen a big rise, from 93.5-mph over the course of the season to 98.7-mph in recent games.

,When assessing his overall offensive talent, Matt Chapman ranks in the 91st percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Matt Chapman is projected to bat 3rd in the batting order today.

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

,Jakob Marsee is projected to hit 3rd in the lineup in today’s game.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Willy Adames in the 94th percentile as it relates to his home run talent.

,Willy Adames is penciled in 1st in the batting order in this matchup.

,Home field advantage generally boosts batter metrics in all categories, and Willy Adames will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

,Willy Adames has seen a sizeable improvement in his exit velocity on flyballs lately; just compare his 96.6-mph average in the last two weeks to his seasonal figure of 93.8-mph.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luis Arraez as the 3rd-best hitter in MLB when it comes to his batting average skill.

,Casey Schmitt is projected to hit 5th in the lineup in this game.

,Home field advantage typically boosts hitter stats across the board, and Casey Schmitt will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

,Casey Schmitt has seen a substantial increase in his exit velocity on flyballs this season; just compare his 96.3-mph average to last season’s 93.6-mph EV.

,Batting from the opposite that Eury Perez throws from, Jung Hoo Lee will have the upper hand in today’s game.

,Jung Hoo Lee will benefit from the home field advantage today, which figures to bolster all of his stats.

,When assessing his overall offensive talent, Heliot Ramos ranks in the 87th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Heliot Ramos has a 91st percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.6%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards the game’s 2nd-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

,Home field advantage generally boosts batter stats across the board, and Heliot Ramos will hold that advantage today.

,Casey Schmitt’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has gotten better from last season to this one, rising from 15.5% to 24.1%.

,Javier Sanoja’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has gotten better from last year to this one, going from 11.6% to 14.6%.

,Heliot Ramos has made substantial gains with his Barrel% lately, upping his 16.4% seasonal rate to 43.8% over the last 7 days.

,Jakob Marsee has had bad variance on his side thus far when it comes to his home runs since the start of last season; his 10.3 HR per 600 plate appearances rate is considerably lower than his 15.1 Expected HR/600, based on the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s interpretation of Statcast data.

,Using Statcast metrics, Jakob Marsee grades out in the 92nd percentile for offensive skills according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected wOBA (xwOBA) since the start of last season at .354.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Otto Lopez as the 17th-best batter in the game as it relates to his batting average talent.

,Otto Lopez is penciled in 4th in the batting order in today’s game.

,Otto Lopez will hold the platoon advantage over Robbie Ray in today’s matchup.

,Robbie Ray has been given an above-average leash this year, recording 5.9 more adjusted pitches-per-outing than the average pitcher.

,It may be sensible to expect worse results for the Miami Marlins offense in the future, given that the leading projection system (THE BAT X) sees them as the 7th-luckiest offense in Major League Baseball this year.

,According to the leading projection system (THE BAT), Patrick Bailey (the Giants’s expected catcher today) profiles as an elite pitch framer.

,The #1 field in Major League Baseball for suppressing walks, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oracle Park.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Willy Adames in the 85th percentile when estimating his overall offensive skill.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Connor Norby in the 91st percentile when assessing his BABIP talent.

,Connor Norby will have the handedness advantage against Robbie Ray in today’s game.

,As it relates to his strikeout skill, the leading projection system (THE BAT) puts Eury Perez in the 90th percentile among all starting pitchers in Major League Baseball.

,Eury Perez was firing on all cylinders in his last GS and put up 8 strikeouts.

,Eury Perez’s 97.4-mph fastball velocity this year is in the 97th percentile among all SPs.

,In the past week, Patrick Bailey’s Barrel% has experienced a surge, jumping from his seasonal rate of 6.8% up to 14.3%.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Otto Lopez in the 85th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive ability.

,Otto Lopez has a 91st percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (35.8%) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards the league’s 2nd-shallowest RF fences today.

,When it comes to his home run ability, Rafael Devers ranks in the 95th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jung Hoo Lee in the 93rd percentile when it comes to his batting average ability.

,When assessing his strikeout talent, the leading projection system (THE BAT) places Robbie Ray in the 93rd percentile among all SPs in MLB.

,The Miami Marlins have 3 bats in their projected batting order today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Owen Caissie, Heriberto Hernandez, Connor Norby).

,Jung Hoo Lee has seen a big improvement in his exit velocity this season; just compare his 89-mph average to last season’s 86.8-mph EV.

,Connor Norby’s launch angle recently (32.3° in the past 7 days) is significantly higher than his 16.8° seasonal mark.

,Connor Norby’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has gotten better from last season to this one, rising from 18.3% to 24%.

,Based on Statcast metrics, the leading projection system (THE BAT X)’s version of Expected HR per 600 plate appearances (20.6) provides evidence that Connor Norby has suffered from bad luck since the start of last season with his 14.2 actual HR/600.

,Rafael Devers will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Eury Perez in today’s matchup.

,Checking in at the 78th percentile, Matt Chapman sits with a .298 Isolated Power rate (ISO) since the start of last season.

Negatives with the San Francisco Giants Series Game 2 Game Today

The #2 venue in the game for suppressing home runs to right-handed hitters, per the leading projection system (THE BAT), is Oracle Park.

,Among all stadiums, the tallest fence height (on average) are at Oracle Park.

,Oracle Park’s altitude is near sea-level, one of the lowest in the league, which generally leads to worse offense.

,Cold weather is strongly correlated with less offense (and more whiffs), and the weather forecast forecasts the 3rd-coldest temperature on the slate today at 56°.

,Playing on the road generally lessens hitter stats across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Heriberto Hernandez today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Drew Gilbert in the 5th percentile when it comes to his BABIP ability.

,Drew Gilbert is penciled in 8th in the lineup in today’s game.

,When starting against a right-handed starter since the start of last season, Drew Gilbert has been pulled from the game early 26% of the time.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Xavier Edwards in the 1st percentile when estimating his home run talent.

,Xavier Edwards has primarily hit in the top-half of the batting order this year (72% of the time), but he is penciled in 7th in the lineup in today’s game.

,Playing on the road generally reduces batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Agustin Ramirez in today’s matchup.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Luis Arraez in the 0th percentile as it relates to his home run talent.

,The Miami Marlins outfield defense profiles as the 5th-strongest among all the teams today.

,Luis Arraez’s exit velocity on flyballs has declined in recent games; his 85.8-mph seasonal average has decreased to 83.2-mph in the last two weeks.

,Agustin Ramirez’s exit velocity on flyballs has fallen off this season; his 93.4-mph figure last season has dropped to 89.5-mph.

,Over the past week, Agustin Ramirez’s exit velocity on flyballs has dropped from his seasonal average of 89.5 mph to 83.8 mph.

,The switch-hitting Xavier Edwards will be less advantaged while batting from his worse side (0) today against Robbie Ray,Playing on the road generally diminishes hitter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Xavier Edwards in today’s matchup.

,Rafael Devers’s average exit velocity has dropped off this season; his 93.4-mph figure last season has dropped to 90.9-mph.

,Rafael Devers’s ability to hit the ball at a HR-optimizing launch angle (between 23° and 34°) has declined from last season to this one, going from 15.1% to 11.9%.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT) projects Oracle Park as the 2nd-worst stadium in MLB for left-handed home runs.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Drew Gilbert in the 24th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

,When estimating his overall offensive skill, Patrick Bailey ranks in the 8th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Patrick Bailey is projected to bat 9th in the batting order in this game.

,When starting against a right-handed starter this year, Patrick Bailey has been pinch hit for 13% of the time.

,Javier Sanoja is penciled in 9th on the lineup card in this game.

,Playing on the road generally lessens batter metrics across the board due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Javier Sanoja in today’s matchup.

,Compared to his seasonal angle of 8.6°, Javier Sanoja has produced a noticeably lower launch angle (-6.5°) over the past 14 days.

,Eury Perez will hold the platoon advantage against Matt Chapman in today’s game.

,Batting from the same side that Robbie Ray throws from, Jakob Marsee will not have the upper hand in today’s game.

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

,Jakob Marsee has struggled with his Barrel%; his 8.1% rate last season has fallen off to 2.9% this season.

,Eury Perez will hold the platoon advantage against Willy Adames today.

,Compared to his seasonal angle of 13.9°, Luis Arraez has produced a noticeably lower launch angle (0.1°) over the last two weeks.

,Eury Perez will receive the benefit of the platoon advantage against Casey Schmitt in today’s matchup.

,With a 3.45 K/BB rate since the start of last season, Casey Schmitt has displayed weak plate discipline, grading out in the 24th percentile.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jung Hoo Lee in the 6th percentile when it comes to his home run talent.

,Jung Hoo Lee is projected to bat 6th in the lineup in this game.

,Heliot Ramos is penciled in 7th in the lineup in today’s game.

,Eury Perez will have the benefit of the platoon advantage against Heliot Ramos in today’s game.

,In the past two weeks’ worth of games, Heriberto Hernandez’s exit velocity on flyballs has fallen off from his seasonal EV of 91 mph to 82.8 mph.

,When it comes to his home run skill, Javier Sanoja ranks in the 5th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Compared to his seasonal mark of 7.1°, Heriberto Hernandez has produced a noticeably lower launch angle (3.2°) in the past 14 days.

,Playing on the road typically lowers hitter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Otto Lopez in today’s game.

,Otto Lopez’s launch angle this year (4.7°) is significantly lower than his 8.4° mark last year.

,It is scheduled that we will see a Hitters Umpire (Mark Ripperger) behind the plate today.

,With 7 bats who bat from the other side in the opposing team’s projected batting order, Robbie Ray will have a tough challenge while lacking the platoon advantage in most plate appearances in this game.

,Given that flyball pitchers are least effective against groundball hitters, Robbie Ray (41.6% FB% per the leading projection system, THE BAT) will be a bit disadvantaged in this game with 2 GB hitters in Miami’s projected offense.

,Extreme flyball batters like Willy Adames generally hit worse against extreme flyball pitchers like Eury Perez.

,Connor Norby is penciled in 6th on the lineup card in this matchup.

,Playing on the road generally lowers hitter metrics in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Connor Norby in today’s matchup.

,Over the last 7 days, Connor Norby’s Barrel% has experienced a negative regression, plummeting from his seasonal rate of 8% down to 0%.

,Via the leading projection system (THE BAT X), the offense with the 4th-least strikeout-heavy lineup on the slate today is the San Francisco Giants with a 20.4% underlying K%.

,Oracle Park projects as the #25 venue in the league for strikeouts, per the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Eury Perez will be at a disadvantage playing on the road today.

,Compared to his seasonal angle of 4.7°, Otto Lopez has produced a noticeably lower launch angle (-7.9°) over the last two weeks.

,Matt Chapman’s average exit velocity has decreased of late; his 87.8-mph seasonal figure has fallen to 85-mph over the last 7 days.

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