Marlins vs Rays match player stats | 2026 Series Game 3 Sunday, May 17th

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Marlins @ Rays Series Game 3 Matchup Details

Teams : Miami Marlins at Tampa Bay Rays
Series Game 3
Date : Todays Game is on Sunday, May 17th
Time : 17/05/26 12:15:00 PM EST First Pitch

Positives for the Miami Marlins Series Game 3 Game Today

Richie Palacios is penciled in 5th in the lineup in this matchup, which would be an upgrade from his 100% rate of hitting in the bottom-half of the lineup this season.

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

,Richie Palacios pulls a lot of his flyballs (33.9% — 75th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards the game’s 5th-shallowest RF fences in today’s game.

,Richie Palacios will benefit from the home field advantage in today’s game, which should boost all of his stats.

,When it comes to his overall offensive talent, Yandy Diaz ranks in the 95th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,Yandy Diaz is projected to bat 4th on the lineup card today.

,Yandy Diaz has a 100th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (44.1%) and has the good fortune of hitting them in the direction of the league’s 5th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

,Batters such as Yandy Diaz with extreme flyball tendencies are usually more effective when facing pitchers like Eury Perez who skew towards the groundball end of the spectrum.

,Yandy Diaz will have the benefit of the home field advantage in today’s game, which should boost all of his stats.

,Joe Mack will hold the platoon advantage against Drew Rasmussen in today’s game.

,The Tampa Bay Rays infield defense grades out as the 2nd-worst among every team in action today.

,Drew Rasmussen projects as the 13th-best pitcher in Major League Baseball currently, via the leading projection system (THE BAT).

,Considering that groundball hitters perform worse against groundball pitchers, Drew Rasmussen (46.9% GB% per the leading projection system, THE BAT) is well-situated today with 2 GB hitters in the opposing team’s projected offense.

,Drew Rasmussen will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which ought to bolster all of his metrics in all categories.

,Chandler Simpson is penciled in 1st on the lineup card in this game.

,Chandler Simpson will have the handedness advantage over Eury Perez today.

,Chandler Simpson has a 98th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (39.6%) and sets up very well considering he’ll be hitting them towards baseball’s 6th-shallowest LF fences today.

,Extreme flyball bats like Chandler Simpson tend to perform better against extreme groundball pitchers like Eury Perez.

,Home field advantage generally bolsters hitter stats across the board, and Chandler Simpson will hold that advantage today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Otto Lopez as the 15th-best batter in the game when it comes to his batting average talent.

,Otto Lopez is projected to hit 3rd in the lineup in today’s game.

,When it comes to his strikeout ability, the leading projection system (THE BAT) puts Drew Rasmussen in the 78th percentile among all SPs in the game.

,The Miami Marlins have 4 bats in their projected offense today with a high (i.e. over 27%) underlying K% (according to the leading projection system, THE BAT X) (Joe Mack, Owen Caissie, Connor Norby, Kyle Stowers).

,Liam Hicks’s batting average ability is projected to be in the 82nd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Liam Hicks is projected to bat 2nd in the lineup in this matchup.

,Liam Hicks will hold the platoon advantage against Drew Rasmussen in today’s game.

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

,Jonathan Aranda is projected to hit 3rd in the batting order today.

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

,Jonathan Aranda will have the benefit of the home field advantage today, which ought to improve all of his stats.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Kyle Stowers in the 91st percentile when it comes to his home run skill.

,Kyle Stowers is projected to hit 4th in the lineup in this matchup.

,Batting from the opposite that Drew Rasmussen throws from, Kyle Stowers will have the upper hand today.

,Jakob Marsee will have the handedness advantage against Drew Rasmussen today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Yandy Diaz as the 8th-best hitter in Major League Baseball when assessing his batting average talent.

,Xavier Edwards is projected to hit 1st on the lineup card today.

,The switch-hitting Xavier Edwards will get to bat from his good side (0) today against Drew Rasmussen.

,Xavier Edwards has a 98th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (38.9%) and has the good fortune of hitting them out towards the league’s 6th-shallowest LF fences today.

,Cedric Mullins will have the handedness advantage against Eury Perez today.

,Cedric Mullins pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (39.8% — 97th percentile) and is a great match for the park considering he’ll be hitting them towards MLB’s 5th-shallowest RF fences in today’s matchup.

,Cedric Mullins will hold the home field advantage in today’s matchup, which figures to boost all of his stats.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Owen Caissie as the 12th-best hitter in the game when it comes to his BABIP skill.

,Owen Caissie will have the handedness advantage against Drew Rasmussen in today’s game.

,Nick Fortes pulls many of his flyballs (36.4% — 88th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB’s 6th-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

,Home field advantage generally improves batter metrics across the board, and Nick Fortes will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

,As it relates to his strikeout ability, the leading projection system (THE BAT) puts Eury Perez in the 92nd percentile among all starters in baseball.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Cedric Mullins in the 82nd percentile when assessing his home run ability.

,When it comes to his home run ability, Junior Caminero ranks in the 97th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Junior Caminero is projected to bat 2nd in the batting order today.

,Junior Caminero pulls a high percentage of his flyballs (38.2% — 94th percentile) and will have a big advantage hitting them towards the game’s 6th-shallowest LF fences in today’s game.

,Junior Caminero will possess the home field advantage in today’s game, which ought to improve all of his stats.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Javier Sanoja in the 94th percentile when assessing his batting average talent.

,Home field advantage generally improves hitter metrics in all categories, and Jonny DeLuca will hold that advantage in today’s matchup.

,When it comes to his overall offensive talent, Kyle Stowers ranks in the 84th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,When it comes to his overall offensive skill, Otto Lopez ranks in the 83rd percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Chandler Simpson as the 6th-best hitter in the majors as it relates to his batting average skill.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Junior Caminero in the 96th percentile when estimating his overall offensive talent.

,When estimating his batting average skill, Xavier Edwards is projected as the 14th-best hitter in Major League Baseball by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

Negatives with the Tampa Bay Rays Series Game 3 Game Today

When estimating his home run skill, Javier Sanoja ranks in the 6th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Javier Sanoja is projected to hit 7th on the lineup card in today’s game.

,The Tropicana Field roof figures to be closed today, making conditions in this game -5° colder than the average outdoor game of all games today — favorable for pitching.

,Drew Rasmussen will hold the platoon advantage against Javier Sanoja in today’s matchup.

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

,When assessing his home run talent, Richie Palacios ranks in the 8th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Batting from the same side that Eury Perez throws from, Yandy Diaz will have a disadvantage in today’s matchup.

,Joe Mack’s batting average skill is projected to be in the 17th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Joe Mack is penciled in 9th on the lineup card in this matchup.

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

,It is likely that we will see a Hitters Umpire (Ramon De Jesus) calling pitches in this game.

,When it comes to his home run talent, Chandler Simpson ranks in the 0th percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Drew Rasmussen will hold the platoon advantage over Otto Lopez today.

,Otto Lopez hits many of his flyballs to center field (39.2% — 95th percentile) and will have to hit them out towards baseball’s 9th-deepest CF fences in today’s matchup.

,Extreme flyball hitters like Otto Lopez are generally less successful against extreme flyball pitchers like Drew Rasmussen.

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

,Liam Hicks hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.3% — 85th percentile) and has the misfortune of hitting them in the direction of MLB’s 9th-deepest CF fences today.

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

,Playing on the road generally weakens batter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which figures to be the case for Kyle Stowers today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jakob Marsee in the 25th percentile when assessing his BABIP skill.

,Jakob Marsee has primarily hit in the top-half of the batting order this year (86% of the time), but he is projected to hit 6th in the lineup in this game.

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

,When assessing his home run ability, Xavier Edwards ranks in the 2nd percentile according to the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Typically, batters like Xavier Edwards who hit a lot of groundballs are generally less successful when facing pitchers who also induce a lot of groundballs such as Drew Rasmussen.

,Playing on the road typically reduces hitter stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which ought to be the case for Xavier Edwards today.

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Cedric Mullins in the 2nd percentile when estimating his BABIP skill.

,Cedric Mullins is penciled in 6th in the batting order in this matchup.

,Extreme flyball batters like Cedric Mullins are generally less successful against extreme flyball pitchers like Eury Perez.

,Owen Caissie is penciled in 8th in the batting order in today’s game.

,Owen Caissie hits a lot of his flyballs to center field (38.2% — 83rd percentile) and will have to hit them out towards the league’s 9th-deepest CF fences in today’s matchup.

,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 Owen Caissie in today’s game.

,Nick Fortes’s BABIP ability is projected in the 2nd percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

,Nick Fortes is penciled in 8th in the lineup in today’s game.

,Eury Perez will have the handedness advantage against Nick Fortes in today’s game.

,When estimating his overall offensive talent, Nick Fortes ranks in the 7th percentile according to the leading projections (THE BAT X).

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Joe Mack in the 24th percentile as it relates to his overall offensive talent.

,Via the leading projection system (THE BAT X), the team with the 2nd-least strikeout-prone lineup in today’s games is the Tampa Bay Rays with a 19.1% underlying K%.

,Given that groundball hitters hold a significant advantage over flyball pitchers, Eury Perez and his 42.2% underlying GB% (per the leading projection system, THE BAT) will be in a hard position in this game squaring off against 2 opposing GB bats.

,Playing on the road typically diminishes pitcher stats in all categories due to the lack of home field advantage, which should be the case for Eury Perez in today’s matchup.

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

,The leading projection system (THE BAT X) projects Jonny DeLuca in the 21st percentile when estimating his BABIP talent.

,Jonny DeLuca is penciled in 7th in the batting order in this matchup.

,Eury Perez will have the handedness advantage against Jonny DeLuca today.

,Richie Palacios’s BABIP ability is projected in the 15th percentile by the leading projection system (THE BAT X).

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